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Re:EPA says it will eliminate its scientific reseach arm by tmountain on Saturday July 19, 2025 @02:50AM (#44613178)
They won’t get power again in a meaningful way. The last election was their “last stand”. The U.S. has a rigged court and gerrymandered senate. Kamala was right about one thing, “we’re not going back”. Unfortunately, the context was wrong. In this case, it’s, “we’re not going back to being a functional democracy”.
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Re:EPA says it will eliminate its scientific reseach arm by rayiner on Saturday July 19, 2025 @04:15AM (#44613579)
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Re:EPA says it will eliminate its scientific reseach arm by yareally on Saturday July 19, 2025 @12:14PM (#44616747)
How is the Senate gerrymandered? They're elected statewide.
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Re:EPA says it will eliminate its scientific reseach arm by overfeed on Saturday July 19, 2025 @01:18PM (#44617362)
As an example: in Texas, there are laws and processes that discourage voting in high-population-density areas that trend less conservative. Can you think of benign reason for a law that bams providing water for people waiting in line to vote in a state that gets really hot?
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Re:EPA says it will eliminate its scientific reseach arm by guelo on Saturday July 19, 2025 @02:22PM (#44617991)
The state borders themselves were gerrymandered in the 19th century to influence the electoral college. That's why for example there's all these very empty northern states like the two Dakotas, Montana and Wyoming that collectively have fewer people than LA but between them they get 8 senators.
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