Originally published at: Some Glimmers of Hope in the GOP’s Bleak Bid to Disenfranchise Black and Dem Voters - TPM – Talking Points Memo
Hello, and welcome back to The Franchise! Yes, the redistricting battle rages on across the South, but, FINALLY, some positive news on this front. In South Carolina, the GOP-controlled Senate voted against a proposal that would’ve targeted Rep. Jim Clyburn’s (D-SC) district, and was expected to give Republicans all seven congressional seats in the U.S.…
They did so only because they see a blue wave coming and thinning out red districts even more to remove the last remaining district representing POC could render some red districts purple.
No point in imputing integrity or honoring oath of office where it almost certainly does not exist; all patina gone, Republicans are now their most essential selves.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.” ― Frank Wilhoit
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The notion that “money is speech” and should be protected is (and was) a ruling that is (and was) a virulent cancer on the American body politic.
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