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This #SaturdayMorning we're addressing a complaint from those who say they won't bother voting this November.
What does it matter? they think. Gerrymandering has rigged the election. I'm in a red state or a red district. My vote won't count.
Here's why it matters.
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What does it matter? they think. Gerrymandering has rigged the election. I'm in a red state or a red district. My vote won't count.
Here's why it matters.
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(2) The GOP has erected many barriers to voting, including voter ID laws & lax security that undermines voter confidence in elections. But perhaps their most powerful tool is voter suppression through gerrymandering.
It's how the GOP won the House in 2012
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It's how the GOP won the House in 2012
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(3) Gerrymandering is when state legislatures draw up districts in order to heavily weight conservative votes. Republican gerrymandering after the 2010 census helped win a majority of House seats for the GOP in 2012 even though they got fewer votes across congressional districts.
Did you guys see this? Have you seen what we did here? Surpassing 3 MIL in donations, we crashed the site right after Collins' speech yesterday. Very cool thing! #SaturdayMorning #VoteBlue
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2/"A crowdfunding site where activists have been raising money to defeat Sen. Susan Collins in 2020 was inundated with pledges Friday afternoon, after the Maine Republican announced she would support Judge Brett M. Kavanaughās nomination to the Supreme Court. By 3:55 p.m., the
3/"site had crashed, apparently overwhelmed.
āSenator Susan Collins has people more motivated than weāve ever seen before,ā Crowdpac tweeted. āHold tight, weāll be back shortly.ā The site was back online a little less than two hours later. By Saturday morning, the campaign that
āSenator Susan Collins has people more motivated than weāve ever seen before,ā Crowdpac tweeted. āHold tight, weāll be back shortly.ā The site was back online a little less than two hours later. By Saturday morning, the campaign that
"Judge Kavanaugh is highly qualified, I'm glad Dr. Ford was heard".
Looks like a hostage video with Trump standing just off camera, feeding her lines at gunpoint.
BLINK TWICE IF YOU NEED HELP MELANIA
#saturdaymorning #amjoy
Looks like a hostage video with Trump standing just off camera, feeding her lines at gunpoint.
BLINK TWICE IF YOU NEED HELP MELANIA
#saturdaymorning #amjoy
OMG who did this?
OMFG
2/"So last week I feel like we got off on the wrong foot a little bit. Like Justice John Paul Stevens, you may have seen the guy shouting about beer and ārevenge on behalf of the Clintonsā and thought, āYeeeegh, I donāt love this. Can someone else be lifetime-appointed to the
3/"Supreme Court?ā I just want to say: That wasnāt me. I mean, technically, it was me, but in a broader, representational sense, it wasnāt. I was only throwing a temper tantrum as a father, a son and a husband. As a judge, I am a mind of pure light floating in a vat. The person
Analysis | Hereās why the protests against Kavanaugh (and the Trump administration) wonāt go away
#SaturdayMorning #VoteBlue #NoKavanaugh
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#SaturdayMorning #VoteBlue #NoKavanaugh
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2/"Now that the highly contentious confirmation process for Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh is winding down, will the resolution dampen the fervor of recent activism? In the past two weeks, protesters have interrupted Senate Judiciary Committee hearings, blocked the
3/"streets around the Capitol, sung on the steps of the Supreme Court, occupied a Senate building, and much more ā including calling for a national day of action today. In fact, survivors who confronted Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) in a Senate elevator live on CNN may have pushed
If this 85 year old man is still alive when he's up for reelection in 2022, he won't run. But we have him for another FOUR years?! We need to win back the Senate, kids. Desperately. #SaturdayMorning #VoteBlue
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2/"Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) told reporters that the Senate Judiciary Committeeās inability to attract Republican women might be caused by its heavy workload, a remark the panelās chairman tried to retract a few minutes later. āItās a lot of work ā maybe they donāt want
3/"to do it,ā Grassley told the Wall Street Journal, NBC News and other outlets, as he headed toward the Senate floor for a speech by Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). The committee, which has turned into a partisan hotbed in the past five years, has never had a Republican woman
This about sums it up. Grassley, Hatch, Cornyn and COLLINS need to be retired by us. Just vote, my sisters, and bring all of your people with you on 11/6. #SaturdayMorning #IBelieveSurvivors
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2/"Well, sure, I am going to vote yes on Kavanaugh, sweetie. Donāt become hysterical. But I just feel so awful it had to happen like this. Itās such a shame, I think.
I just think, dollface, if there is one thing that came out of all this, sugar, that was good, it is, pumpkin,
I just think, dollface, if there is one thing that came out of all this, sugar, that was good, it is, pumpkin,
3/"that you got to have your say. Baby, you got to stand up in front of all these people and bear witness to what you felt like you had experienced, like a big girl! It was so important, and I absolutely believed you, sweetheart! Chickadee, baby doll, your voice was so important
#FridayNight Questions Regarding Why @senatemajldr began the #Nomination process for #SCOTUS #BrettKavanaugh can all be found here: gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CDOCā¦ Itās 99 pages but includes an index. Itās very helpful. #ILikeBeer šŗ Iām Tired š Good Nite š¤
Back to being #ShadowBanned Unable to Post earlier. Literally no one has seen this post. My analytics are near zero today. Iāve not been offensive, used foul language, but my crime is being a conservative.
#SaturdayMorning āļøāļø Monitoring my Account. #shadowbanned appeared Yesterday at approximately mid-morning. Think I figured out what triggered the #Censored response. Looks like using the hashtag # ConfirmBrettKavanaugh or similar. Making progress..8 hours later:
The #GreatAwakening When I & a bunch of other deplorable shitposting basement dwelling 8ch "conspiracy theorists" saved the world from the Satanic Deep State with memes because they were bored & it was fun. Both my pics related. #Qanon #WWG1WGA #WeThePeople #ThursdayThoughts
