evince
Truthmatters
he has everything the dems need
brilliant
dedicated
an expert on the constitution
self controlled
he Looks like a president
lets talk him into running
Campaign isn't a day old and Trump poodle Ron Desantis already had a "macaca" moment
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he has everything the dems need
brilliant
dedicated
an expert on the constitution
self controlled
he Looks like a president
lets talk him into running
evince
Truthmatters
sure would let the racists know they are done
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
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countryboy
Verified User
I'm not. Who is "we"? What Nazis?
This is really reaching. A time-based Google search of this specific phrase from the past ten years up until yesterday shows very few results, mostly used in the context of auto or home repairs, and with really no negative connotations. It seems to mean--to the few who've used it--that you have to get your hands and there and tighten it down. Claiming that this is an even remotely common US colloquialism is a straight up delusion.
But then again it's Google, so it could just be another mass conspiracy against Donald Trump.
You're a Conservative, right? Well, Conservatives are voting for Nazis. Like the 20,000 who voted for the Nazi as the Republican nominee in IL-2.
evince
Truthmatters
evince
Truthmatters
1991–2003 evolution and Tom DeLay's role[edit]
The Texas Legislature had last enacted a Congressional redistrict plan in 1991, following the 1990 census. At the time, Democrats held both the governor's seat (with Ann Richards) and control of both state legislative branches. By the 2000 census, Republicans had recaptured the state executive branch, having elected Governor George W. Bush and Lt. Governor Rick Perry, as well as control of the Texas Senate. Democrats maintained their majority in the Texas House of Representatives.
In 2001, Democrats and Republicans were unable to agree on new district maps to respond to the latest census. The Republican minority recommended the issue be submitted to a panel of judges, per state law. The judges, being "hesitant to undo the work of one political party for the benefit of another",[4] drew a new map which left many of the 1991 districts intact. It yielded a 17 to 15 Democratic majority in Texas's US House delegation after the 2002 elections.
For Texas House and Senate redistricting, the Texas Constitution provides that the Legislative Redistricting Board (LRB) convenes when the state legislature is unable to approve, for either body, a redistricting plan in the first legislative session following the National Census. In June 2001, the task of redistricting passed to the LRB after the state legislature failed to pass a redistricting plan for either the House or Senate.[5] The LRB consists of five statewide officials, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, the Attorney General, the State Comptroller, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Four of these five officials were Republican, and the resulting redistricting plans were seen as favorable to Republicans.
In September 2001, then House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (TX-22) organized Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), a political action committee designed to gather campaign funds for Republican candidates throughout Texas—in particular with an eye to gaining control of the House Speakership, then held by Democrat Pete Laney. TRMPAC was modeled closely after DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC), a federal-level organization created to raise funds for Republicans during the 2000 national elections.[6] Simultaneously, as has been well documented in the media, DeLay played a key role in the ongoing Texas redistricting effort.
In 2002, after winning a majority of seats in the State House of Representatives, Republicans gained complete control of the legislature. With the urging of Governor Rick Perry and Tom Delay, who had assumed the position of US House Majority Leader in January 2003, the Republican majority introduced legislation to redraw the court-drawn districts from 2001.
Lacking sufficient votes to stop the new plan, 52 Democratic members fled the state to prevent a quorum in the Texas House, effectively preventing a vote from taking place during the regular session. The 52 Democrats, known as the "Killer Ds", returned to the state when time had expired for the bill. But in the summer of 2003, Governor Rick Perry called a series of special legislative sessions in order to continue the redistricting effort. With control of more than one-third of the seats in the State Senate, the Democrats invoked a two-thirds rule, preventing a vote on the redistricting plan during the first special session. Half an hour after ending the first special session, Governor Perry called a second special session. This time, due to the calendaring of the redistricting bill, the two-thirds rule would not come into play. Eleven of the twelve Democratic state senators left the state to prevent a quorum. The Senators assembled in Albuquerque, New Mexico and were referred to as the Texas Eleven. After a month-long stand off, Senator John Whitmire returned to the State Senate. The redistricting plan was passed in a third special legislative session. After the 2004 elections, Texas' U.S. House delegation had a Republican majority, 21-11, for the first time since Reconstruction. The demographics of the Republican Party in Texas, and across the South, had markedly changed by then, being made up primarily of conservative whites.
An article in the March 6, 2006, issue of The New Yorker magazine, written by Jeffrey Toobin, quoted Texas's junior Republican Senator John Cornyn as saying, "Everybody who knows Tom knows that he's a fighter and a competitor, and he saw an opportunity to help the Republicans stay in power in Washington." Toobin reported that DeLay left Washington and returned to Texas to oversee the project while final voting was underway in the state legislature, and that "several times during the long days of negotiating sessions, DeLay personally shuttled proposed maps among House and Senate offices in Austin."[7] Texas Monthly editor Paul Burka, writing in the magazine's May 2006 issue, characterized the measure as "DeLay's midcensus congressional redistricting plan" and said, "n order to increase his Republican majority in Congress, he [DeLay] resorted to a midcensus redistricting plan."[8]
The Texas Legislature had last enacted a Congressional redistrict plan in 1991, following the 1990 census. At the time, Democrats held both the governor's seat (with Ann Richards) and control of both state legislative branches. By the 2000 census, Republicans had recaptured the state executive branch, having elected Governor George W. Bush and Lt. Governor Rick Perry, as well as control of the Texas Senate. Democrats maintained their majority in the Texas House of Representatives.
In 2001, Democrats and Republicans were unable to agree on new district maps to respond to the latest census. The Republican minority recommended the issue be submitted to a panel of judges, per state law. The judges, being "hesitant to undo the work of one political party for the benefit of another",[4] drew a new map which left many of the 1991 districts intact. It yielded a 17 to 15 Democratic majority in Texas's US House delegation after the 2002 elections.
For Texas House and Senate redistricting, the Texas Constitution provides that the Legislative Redistricting Board (LRB) convenes when the state legislature is unable to approve, for either body, a redistricting plan in the first legislative session following the National Census. In June 2001, the task of redistricting passed to the LRB after the state legislature failed to pass a redistricting plan for either the House or Senate.[5] The LRB consists of five statewide officials, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, the Attorney General, the State Comptroller, and the Commissioner of the General Land Office. Four of these five officials were Republican, and the resulting redistricting plans were seen as favorable to Republicans.
In September 2001, then House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (TX-22) organized Texans for a Republican Majority (TRMPAC), a political action committee designed to gather campaign funds for Republican candidates throughout Texas—in particular with an eye to gaining control of the House Speakership, then held by Democrat Pete Laney. TRMPAC was modeled closely after DeLay's Americans for a Republican Majority (ARMPAC), a federal-level organization created to raise funds for Republicans during the 2000 national elections.[6] Simultaneously, as has been well documented in the media, DeLay played a key role in the ongoing Texas redistricting effort.
In 2002, after winning a majority of seats in the State House of Representatives, Republicans gained complete control of the legislature. With the urging of Governor Rick Perry and Tom Delay, who had assumed the position of US House Majority Leader in January 2003, the Republican majority introduced legislation to redraw the court-drawn districts from 2001.
Lacking sufficient votes to stop the new plan, 52 Democratic members fled the state to prevent a quorum in the Texas House, effectively preventing a vote from taking place during the regular session. The 52 Democrats, known as the "Killer Ds", returned to the state when time had expired for the bill. But in the summer of 2003, Governor Rick Perry called a series of special legislative sessions in order to continue the redistricting effort. With control of more than one-third of the seats in the State Senate, the Democrats invoked a two-thirds rule, preventing a vote on the redistricting plan during the first special session. Half an hour after ending the first special session, Governor Perry called a second special session. This time, due to the calendaring of the redistricting bill, the two-thirds rule would not come into play. Eleven of the twelve Democratic state senators left the state to prevent a quorum. The Senators assembled in Albuquerque, New Mexico and were referred to as the Texas Eleven. After a month-long stand off, Senator John Whitmire returned to the State Senate. The redistricting plan was passed in a third special legislative session. After the 2004 elections, Texas' U.S. House delegation had a Republican majority, 21-11, for the first time since Reconstruction. The demographics of the Republican Party in Texas, and across the South, had markedly changed by then, being made up primarily of conservative whites.
An article in the March 6, 2006, issue of The New Yorker magazine, written by Jeffrey Toobin, quoted Texas's junior Republican Senator John Cornyn as saying, "Everybody who knows Tom knows that he's a fighter and a competitor, and he saw an opportunity to help the Republicans stay in power in Washington." Toobin reported that DeLay left Washington and returned to Texas to oversee the project while final voting was underway in the state legislature, and that "several times during the long days of negotiating sessions, DeLay personally shuttled proposed maps among House and Senate offices in Austin."[7] Texas Monthly editor Paul Burka, writing in the magazine's May 2006 issue, characterized the measure as "DeLay's midcensus congressional redistricting plan" and said, "n order to increase his Republican majority in Congress, he [DeLay] resorted to a midcensus redistricting plan."[8]
ThatOwlWoman
Not Nice
Ditto.
cawacko
Well-known member
How can minorities, or any group, be underrepresented on a statewide vote?
Her claim it's not about turnout is false. California has very low turnout during off year elections. Progressives complain that as a result it's more the rich, white and wealthy that vote in them. And even though they are democrats they are not as liberal as progressives would like.
She is just making excuses. I'll give Althea credit. He stood up to her and called it as it was. The black vote and youth vote was down in 2016 for democrats. It's a big reason why Clinton lost.
Leonthecat
Racism Watchdog
When politicians are allowed to pick their voters, America loses.
Adolf_Twitler
Verified User
Really dude? The one who posted the map of Texas counties, knowing fully well that the majority of minority voters live in Texas's largest 5 cities.
Just look at this map of the crazy gerrymandered voting districts in Dallas!
Just look at this map of the crazy gerrymandered voting districts in Dallas!
Easy; by closing down polling places, and requiring photo ID while also closing down DMV offices in largely minority-majority areas. That's disenfranchisement that leads to under-representation.
Yup......it's all by design.
Here in CA we have voting stations all across the state in every neighborhood. People, Regular American People of all hues, nationalities, races, and all social economic background, run the voting stations, some out of their garages. Our schools also double as voting stations. Every employer has to give their employee 2 hours off to vote. They can take it either before or after their shifts. No long lines or closing early in my state.
If it weren't for cheating the republicans would never win an election.
Then send him your money and back him. It's the American way, not Venezuelan as he wants.
Really dude? The one who posted the map of Texas counties, knowing fully well that the majority of minority voters live in Texas's largest 5 cities.
Just look at this map of the crazy gerrymandered voting districts in Dallas!
Look at 107. What a fucking crock. Conservatives are such fucking assholes.
Gillum doesn't.
Sure he does. Medicare for All, legal pot, criminal justice reform, climate change protections, expanded voting rights, gun control, higher taxes on the wealthy...
Sounds like Canada to me.
You guys, however, want us to be Russia; oligarchs, no environmental protections, state-sanctioned discrimination against LGBTQ...
ThatOwlWoman
Not Nice
This will be an interesting race.