If I were the Democrats I would simply undo the national party realignment of the late twentieth century that saw the Republicans become much more influential in constitutionally advantaged rural areas leading to overrepresentation in state legislatures
Hi, it's me, your neighborhood reasonable adult. I heard Dr. Seuss books were "banned" in a Virginia school district, which surprised me! So, I did what any reasonable adult would do with internet access: I looked it up to get official details. (thread)
The fact is that Prop 22 is a simple story: 3 massive companies don't like a state law, so they're spending $200 million to buy their way out of it. If we let it happen, every industry from fossil fuels to gambling will have a green light to do the same. We must vote #NoOnProp22
And this point is not remotely controversial among Democratic strategists who analyze polling and have found that people are more likely to vote if they think their vote will matter and count. Here's one piece of a memo where they talk about how to better frame it (3rd row down)
The $1M+ house with the trump yard sign has its own box for outgoing mail, but I have to walk down the block to the blue box, which they are now removing, for reasons, surely. #VoterSuppression#SaveTheUSPS
weeks of the president and his denialist flunkies insisting covid was no worse than the flu all the while trump was very aware that this virus was much, much worse than the flu. very cool.
Politics is what makes modern civilization possible. Not the aqueduct or air conditioning, but our willingness to have neighbors.
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