No vote in Tennessee (+1 GOP)
No vote in Florida (+4 GOP)
No vote in Missouri (+1 GOP)
No vote in North Carolina (+2 GOP)
No vote in Texas (+5 GOP)
Virginia’s voter-approved maps thrown out.
MAGA has rigged the system.
Texas redistricts without a vote, Republicans cheer.
Dems in Virginia respond by putting it UP FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, it passes, Republican cry foul.
Oh well. Good job Virginia!!
Republicans screaming and crying hard at Virginia’s voter referendum on redistricting are peak hypocrisy.
Trump himself demanded mid-decade redraws in Texas (and pushed other states as well) to snag 5+ extra GOP seats, all done via backroom legislative votes with ZERO public referendum votes.
Democrats let voters decide in VA. You cheered when it was your power grab. Now it’s unfair? Spare us.
Cope!
GOP - *gerrymanders*
DEMS - hey stop that no fair
GOP - *gerrymanders even more*
DEMS - we mean it we’re gonna sue
SCOTUS - *legalizes gerrymandering completely*
DEMS - *start gerrymandering*
GOP - HEY STOP THAT NO FAIR!!!! 😭
JD Vance proves he's a lightweight twice in 48 hours.
Congratulations to the people of Hungary -- democracy, free press and human rights win today. There is hope.
San Francisco is now a model for how to fight crime.
A few years ago it averaged 86 car break-ins per day. Today: 15.
SF did two things:
1. Got a DA that prosecutes criminals: Following the successful recall of Chesa Boudin, DA Brooke Jenkins started prosecuting prolific offenders and said so loudly. Crime dropped every year since she took office.
2. Put tech to use: In 2024, SF activated 400 license plate readers and deployed 80 drones citywide. This tech feeds officers live intelligence on suspects in motion. Drones alone have assisted in 1,000+ arrests since then. The technology lets authorities solve crimes as they happen rather than depend on much more intensive, legally perilous post hoc investigations (which ironically are often more intrusive than using tech).
The results:
- Car break-ins down 85%
- Robbery down 30%
- Burglary down 33%.
- Homicides hit their lowest level since 1954.
Plate readers, drones, a prosecutor who prosecutes. That's the whole formula!
Austin has the opposite approach. License plate cameras are effectively banned. Jail bookings are down despite repeat offenders victimizing innocent people regularly. Bond violations went from 37 in 2020 to 250 last year.
SF proved crime is a choice. Austin, so far, keeps making a different one.