Godric@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agoLemmy's political discourse when Republicans gutted the Voting Rights Act yesterday:lemmy.worldimagemessage-square427linkfedilinkarrow-up1913arrow-down180
arrow-up1833arrow-down1imageLemmy's political discourse when Republicans gutted the Voting Rights Act yesterday:lemmy.worldGodric@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square427linkfedilink
minus-squareSCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·15 hours agoUh… I was offline. What happened?
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·5 hours agoThe Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act to allow racially based gerrymandering if they don’t outright say it’s racially based. And now liberals are blaming progressives and leftists, as usual.
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·5 hours agoWhat, you expect them to do something, or like not vote for the massive increase in “defense” spending?
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·4 hours agoDidn’t they vote against that? Which doesn’t matter one bit since Republicans have both Congress and Senate, so they can do whatever the fuck they want?
minus-squareMatty Roses@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 hours agoHuh, that’s weird - because when the Democrats had both houses, we were told there’s nothing they can do. THE PARLIMENTARIAN didn’t allow it.
minus-squareAlaknár@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoThe who? I’m not from the US so I don’t know the specifics of the process.
Uh… I was offline. What happened?
The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act to allow racially based gerrymandering if they don’t outright say it’s racially based.
And now liberals are blaming progressives and leftists, as usual.
What, you expect them to do something, or like not vote for the massive increase in “defense” spending?
Didn’t they vote against that? Which doesn’t matter one bit since Republicans have both Congress and Senate, so they can do whatever the fuck they want?
Huh, that’s weird - because when the Democrats had both houses, we were told there’s nothing they can do. THE PARLIMENTARIAN didn’t allow it.
The who?
I’m not from the US so I don’t know the specifics of the process.