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BlueCheeseAgain

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34. Gerrymandering is a big problem, no doubt.

Fri Apr 7, 2023, 05:43 PM

Apr 2023

But Republicans would control Tennessee pretty well even without it. Trump got 60% of the vote there. The R got 65% of the vote in the governor election.

There are states with huge Dem majorities, too. Hawaii's state house is 88% Dem. Rhode Island is 87% Dem. Massachusetts is 84% Dem.

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The shitshow in Tennessee belongs, 1000%, to the Roberts Supreme Court of the Confederate States [View all] maxrandb Apr 2023 OP

Get thee to the greatest page malaise Apr 2023 #1

Great post. Baitball Blogger Apr 2023 #2

ABSOLUTELY! B.See Apr 2023 #51

Yes, this was their plan all along! Hopefully this fact will kept in the spottlight. Kittycatkat Apr 2023 #3

Started with that rancid bag of shit and polling place "overseer" Renqhuist and Carlitos Brigante Apr 2023 #4

Yep. As designed. Working perfectly to keep white wealthy conservative minority rule Freethinker65 Apr 2023 #5

K&R. Excellent. The Supreme Disenfranchisers. bronxiteforever Apr 2023 #6

As horrific as Dredd Scott was, I think the Roberts court will go down Marius25 Apr 2023 #7

I totally agree, Marius. brer cat Apr 2023 #8

I also agree. Grumpy Old Guy Apr 2023 #14

Plus the Federalist Society, Koch network, ALEC, Heritage Foundation, Mercers, ... rubbersole Apr 2023 #16

Yes! Grumpy Old Guy Apr 2023 #33

Either that or history itself will go down. 👎 dchill Apr 2023 #25

The California Assembly is 77.5% Democratic Sympthsical Apr 2023 #9

California's districts leftieNanner Apr 2023 #21

Well then Tennessee has some very incompetent partisans Sympthsical Apr 2023 #22

True Zeitghost Apr 2023 #42

Point taken, but. I have seen R control of CA in my lifetime. The minority has never been..... mjvpi Apr 2023 #26

Why are you attempting to "both-siderize" this? maxrandb Apr 2023 #31

+1 Spazito Apr 2023 #39

Sadly, too many people on our side didn't like Hillary. Kaleva Apr 2023 #10

You forgot inthewind21 Apr 2023 #11

Well thought out Farmer-Rick Apr 2023 #12

You are right the Roberts Court in history will be remember as the "Shitshow" Court. usaf-vet Apr 2023 #13

As a veteran Traildogbob Apr 2023 #15

+1000 mountain grammy Apr 2023 #19

The two biggest problems in America are the Supreme Court and gerrymandering world wide wally Apr 2023 #17

Bingo inthewind21 Apr 2023 #18

Fix campaign finance and democracy will deal with both of those issues. mjvpi Apr 2023 #27

Agree! True Blue American Apr 2023 #44

K & R mountain grammy Apr 2023 #20

Don't forget the Scumbag BINO Justice housecat Apr 2023 #23

The Supralegal Extreme Court of the Untied States. dchill Apr 2023 #24

So it belongs to Bush and Rove and their ilk. LisaM Apr 2023 #28

+1000 n/t MarcA Apr 2023 #35

Roberts helped to engineer W's "win" in 2000, madamesilverspurs Apr 2023 #43

I actually forgot that Gore was once elected in this state that now has a bigoted, RW legislature. Ligyron Apr 2023 #48

+1,000,000,000 happy feet Apr 2023 #29

Not sure where you're getting the "confederate" nonsense. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #30

You don't have to live in the south to have the ideology of the confederacy maxrandb Apr 2023 #37

Tell us you hate the south without telling us you hate the south. BlackSkimmer Apr 2023 #46

Tell us you can't read the Electoral Maps of the past 50 years maxrandb Apr 2023 #47

Not just the Citizens United decision. Grins Apr 2023 #32

Gerrymandering is a big problem, no doubt. BlueCheeseAgain Apr 2023 #34

Hawaii, Rhode Island and Massachusetts maxrandb Apr 2023 #45

Its simple Cherokee100 Apr 2023 #36

also, This entire shitshow belongs to John Roberts - Citizen's United OhNo-Really Apr 2023 #38

I thought John Roberts would be better. I was dead leftyladyfrommo Apr 2023 #49

John Crow krkaufman Apr 2023 #40

McConnell laid the groundwork in 2010 for the court takeover. NullTuples Apr 2023 #41

Think again? The influence is FAR-RIGHT CONSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN RELIGIOSITY. Hortensis Apr 2023 #50