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Voldemort86

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  1. 6 hours ago, bolverk said:

    All five at least have medical. It's getting tougher break new ground. Although, North Carolina and Georgia seem ripe for the pickings.

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    My analysis of the map and future opportunities is as follows:

    Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania are only a matter of time. All 3 states have had detailed conversations, votes, and they seem to be trying to sort the last few things out.  It’s a “when” not “ if” thing here.

    North Dakota and South Dakota seems like they vote on it nearly every election cycle. If they continue to allow votes on it, it will eventually break thru and that’s 2 more red states we can add to the pile. Every 2-4 years people in these states get it on the ballot thru the ballot initiative process.

    West Virginia seems to be trending to the “when not if” category. 
     

    I’m still Skeptical on Florida. Florida is both Republican as hell and crazy as fuck. They have used the Florida Supreme Court to stop it from getting on the ballot before and may do so again. Desantis is a 70 year old man in a 40 year old’s body. For some reason, he really doesn’t like this stuff. You’d think anyone under 50 wouldn’t be hostile to marijuana, but there are lots of idiots in the US population.  In addition, Florida needs 60% to pass ballot initiatives and recreational is still considered somewhat controversial so I’m not sure it could get 60% statewide in Desantis land with the GOP trying to stop it there.

     

    Georgia and Wisconsin are considered “playing the long game”. We flipped the Supreme Court in Wisconsin, we are fixing the maps, and hopefully we can take control there and get abortion / weed legalization passed like the majority of Wisconsin residents desire.

    Georgia we need to continue to have liberals move there for work. We need more black Georgians to get over the age of 18. Georgia is competitive like we were hoping Texas would be by now. The demographics in Georgia seem to be trending in the dems direction.  Take the legislature / governor in Georgia and they could pass it. 
     

    Activists have tried to get medical on the ballot in Idaho, Nebraska, and Wyoming, but they’ve had trouble with either collecting enough signatures or the Supreme Court / republicans have stepped in and killed it. 
     

    there are still lots of wins out there to be had and fight for. Like I said,  I wish Dan Patrick would croak so maybe Texas could join the fun.

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  2. 2 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

    that map makes me mad every time i see it

    Bathroom Dan,  potty Patrick, Dan Patrick 

    that fucker kills it every year in the state legislature regardless of what Texans think and other republicans think.  I really wish Dan Patrick would die.

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  3. 3 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

    You're not wrong, but the answer needs to be getting rid of gerrymandering nationwide.

    Same shit is about to happen in New York.  Nearly all dems hate Elise Stefanik, but we’re going to Hochulmamder the maps where we get 4-5 seats back and make Stefanik’s district even redder.

  4. https://www.marijuanamoment.net/west-virginia-senate-president-says-marijuana-could-be-legalized-to-help-curb-fentanyl-epidemic-sooner-than-later/
     

    Republican West Virginia senate president talking about legalizing marijuana relatively soon because his state is getting hammered by the opioid epidemic. 
     

    West Virginia legalizing would be huge for several reasons. WV is the reddest state in the country. Would send a message to other republican states. WV going legal would fully surround Pennsylvania with legal states and put more pressure on them to legalize. New Hampshire is an island of prohibition as well, but prohibition seems to be holding on by a thread in that state.

    your possibilities for 2024 legalization appear to be :  

    Florida, Hawaii, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota. 
     

    24 states fully legal. 26 to go. Just want to see this sham of a prohibition die. 

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  5. On 12/27/2023 at 9:08 PM, Chewbacca said:

    I don't know anything about anyone in CD4. It's been Buck's district for 8 years and the district is a safe Republican district. A Democrat is not winning that district.

    I wouldn’t mind putting up with her if we could gerrymander the shit out of the rest of the state. Get Colorado all dem except 1 or 2 seats.

     

    we’ve kind of kicked ourselves in the balls nationwide with all these bipartisan redistricting committees. They only seem to exist in blue states. Republicans just Gerrymander hardcore and hope the courts don’t step in.  Dems need to go as hard as repubs on this.

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  6. 7 hours ago, Ghost of LL said:

    Yeah, so the GQP now has a one-vote majority?  Or is it two votes?

    Beyond running the risk of losing the majority if they have a retirement or death (or another expulsion), it enables any single member to flip the majority by switching parties.  And for a few of them in Biden districts, that may be pretty appealing.

    With “hopefully” New York, Louisiana, and Wisconsin redistricting still to come. I hope we will be favored to win the house back in 2024. 

  7. 1 hour ago, GopherRock said:

     

     

    1) owned the libs

    2) primal MAGA yells 

    3) prevent the dems from doing anything to improve non-rich folks lives

    4) take away access to needed programs that help the poor

    oh yeah……how do GOP candidates get more than 10% of the nationwide vote again? 

  8. 19 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

    I honestly think state Republicans were surprised that the Supreme Court struck down racial gerrymandering.  I would also have to admit to being surprised at this development from this Court stacked with right wing loonies.  In any event, their decision has a good potential for more equitable representation, particularly in the south, as we are seeing.  Prior to this decision, this was a common place game politically played to suppress minority vote.  In the end, I have to give credit to the Court for righting a wrong (and yes that such an odd thing to think about this Court).  

    Republicans have two choices, come up with ridiculous maps that will be laughed out of court (which is partially how we have arrived here) and leave it to the courts to decide, or limit the political damage the best they can with something reasonable.  I suspect they will choose the latter, because at least it gives them some level of choice on protectionism in certain districts.  Either way, all this stands to be a good pick up of representation for minorities, and ultimately everyone rightfully believing they have an equitable voice in our democracy is good thing.  

    Republicans always choose party over country. If black people make up 40% of a state, then they clearly should receive 2 seats in a state that has 5 seats total. Without the minorities, the state would only have 3 seats to divvy up.  It’s not a hard concept to understand. The GOP is just crazy power hungry.

  9. 5 hours ago, BamaATL said:

    I knew about Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina and the racial gerrymandering issues, but I was unaware that Republicans are going to also lose a seat in Louisiana as well.  Apparently they have until early January to draw one themselves that works or the court will.  

    Between Alabama, Georgia, and now Louisiana, those are 3 seats we should pick up.  I think North Carolina is a gonna fuck and around and find out.  

    The Republican strategy for this is sickening.  Well I guess  it’s their strategy for nearly everything they don’t like.  They say “let’s talk about it”, when they finally get in a room, they do all they can to make sure there’s a stalemate, and then they try to bring the courts attention to something else. Whenever they try to bring it up again,  the republicans say “ what about…… we gotta fix….. let’s do the maps after……..”.

    it’s like the GOP is Muhammad Ali and they’re essentially playing “rope a dope” for 10 years until the next map comes out and the process repeats.

    These fuckers always talk about supporting “law and order”. Well….let’s follow the damn law as written and fix these maps.

  10. I know it would never happen because of republicans,  but damn…..

    job hunting is so damn excruciating that the state you live in should have something where they pay you minimum wage or half of that an hour to actively apply for jobs. We make the process so damn excruciating. People are literally treated like shit for trying to better themselves and improve their lives. Companies should be ecstatic and flattered that people are applying to their jobs, but the world doesn’t work that way. In reality, job hunters are barely treated better than homeless people.

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  11. 46 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

     

     

     

     

    Remember when Musk teamed up with Desantis to launch his campaign announcement and it ended up being all crappy, buggy, and a massive flop?
     

    Elon Musk should stick to inventing things because he really stinks at politics.

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