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Michigan Voters Strip Lawmakers Of Redistricting Power In Effort To Limit Gerrymandering

I hope this ends up being an improvement. If it does, then it should be adopted nationally, forcing every state to comply. The fact that districts are redrawn every time the political parties in power are changed. The districts end up looking like they’re based on contortionists for the sole purpose of insuring the party in power remains in power – basically stacking the deck against the opposing party.

Congress could probably pass a law against certain kinds of gerrymandering (though that would be fun to write…). And apparently Congress also has the power to change how district mapping happens, taking it out of the hands of legislatures and establishing independent commissions nationwide. I doubt it would pass the Senate, though, let alone survive a veto.

neuroticpantomime:

commandtower-solring-go:

washingtonpost:

washingtonpost:

This is the best explanation of gerrymandering you will ever see.

Reminder: this is how you steal an election.

Gerymandering is rearranging the electoral regions in order to manipulate the vote in favour of one party

This is virtually always racialized as Hell too, aiming to disenfranchise and minimize the political weight of communities of color, particularly those in urban areas.

philosopherking1887:

My chest feels weirdly tight and I feel like I’m having trouble getting enough air. I’m not sure if this is a delayed reaction to the flu shot (they told me to stick around for 10 minutes to see if I developed that side effect, and I didn’t in the first hour or so) or some sort of low-level panic attack, only partly related to the midterm elections. I’ve been taking a fair amount of Gabapentin but I still feel weird. I even checked my blood pressure while I was killing time at the pharmacy (because I’ve been feeling lightheaded and faint when I stand up after lying down for a while), and that was fine but my resting heart rate was ridiculously high.

I don’t know if it’s the allergy meds, the ibuprofen, the gabapentin finally kicking in, the wine, or eating dinner, but I’m feeling a lot better. I’ll call the pharmacy if I start feeling weird again, though.

thesylverlining:

This shit world literally did not deserve unproblematic fave and glorious angelic-voiced bisexual Parsi scion Freddie Mercury who descended to our Earth from the skies to teach us to rock, love, and find some small happiness, and now sits in the lap of the gods, soul painted like the wings of butterflies

My chest feels weirdly tight and I feel like I’m having trouble getting enough air. I’m not sure if this is a delayed reaction to the flu shot (they told me to stick around for 10 minutes to see if I developed that side effect, and I didn’t in the first hour or so) or some sort of low-level panic attack, only partly related to the midterm elections. I’ve been taking a fair amount of Gabapentin but I still feel weird. I even checked my blood pressure while I was killing time at the pharmacy (because I’ve been feeling lightheaded and faint when I stand up after lying down for a while), and that was fine but my resting heart rate was ridiculously high.

tomloki:

I don’t need luck though. I don’t want it. I’ve always had to struggle and that’s made me strong. It’s made me who I am.

brainstatic:

SCHADENVOTE

moveslikekeithrichards:

arohameansfamily:

moveslikekeithrichards:

every morning when i go in the kitchen she yells at me nonstop so i have to put the spoon on her head

h o w d i d t h e y f i n d t h i s o u t

a couple people have asked how i figured out she wants the spoon & to that i say this: i dont actually know if she wants the spoon but it fits nicely on her little baby cat head & she stops meowing when i do it, probably out of confusion