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orangecrush

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26. Gonna be one long hot sumner

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Fri May 8, 2026, 12:50 PM

May 8

Motherfuckers.

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Virginia Redistricting is Dead [View all] angrychair May 8 OP

Now, imagine this... our hopes are in the Florida state courts that they'll strike down the Florida map 😂 In It to Win It May 8 #1

DeSatan installed all but 1 justices on the FLSC. I don't have high hopes here. Lochloosa May 8 #12

Agreed. I'd be shocked if they actually strike down the map before the primaries. In It to Win It May 8 #17

Trump said if you put him back in office Emile May 8 #2

Truth! Mr.Bee Saturday #92

Great. 🤬 underpants May 8 #3

It's what happens when only one side plays by the rules and always takes the high road. OGBuzz May 8 #4

Truth Six117 May 8 #45

If only there was some economic solution to all this. OGBuzz May 8 #54

The problem is that your statement is not complete. OldBaldy1701E Saturday #85

The USA is the biggest heap of bullshit on earth 31st Street Bridge May 8 #46

Not totally true Abstractartist Saturday #89

No disagreement from me. American democracy is coming apart and Democrats need OGBuzz Saturday #91

Dead for this year, not forever Fiendish Thingy May 8 #5

True angrychair May 8 #10

Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami Fiendish Thingy May 8 #20

That was before voter disenfranchisement angrychair May 8 #38

Sorry to hear you have bought the mythology Fiendish Thingy May 8 #61

Thanks for pointing this out. ShazzieB May 8 #51

Exactly. There have been dozens of special elections since 2024 Wednesdays May 8 #68

I don't trust any of those Trump voters or MAGA to do the right thing Bengus81 May 8 #60

They're already doing it Fiendish Thingy May 8 #63

But no poll anywhere ever showed her winning by more than maybe a point or 2 Callie1979 Saturday #86

I wouldn't trust them blindly, either. ShazzieB Saturday #94

There is no world the GOP win the House. mr715 May 8 #32

So why didn't you post that fact? Kingofalldems May 8 #64

Why can't they call an emergency session? Diraven May 8 #47

It wouldn't create the missing "intervening election" FBaggins May 8 #74

Why is it dead? Baitball Blogger May 8 #6

State Law Matter Aepps22 May 8 #7

Yes, but in the law, no one prevails if they don't seek novel ways using the Court's own system of Baitball Blogger May 8 #9

two can be denied by state legislature in 2028 but they house must stay blue. GreenWave May 8 #22

There was a MAJOR thing that happened in popsdenver May 8 #39

it's not the law that matter but the judges who interpret it AlexSFCA May 8 #77

Florida, in particular, will have to overcome state law as well... assuming the state courts give a fuck. In It to Win It May 8 #8

Yep. I wouldn't hang my hat on this one. Baitball Blogger May 8 #11

Neither would I In It to Win It May 8 #14

Narrator: Florida courts do not, in fact, care angrychair May 8 #13

Florida............... popsdenver May 8 #41

The article explains why. The legislature violated the set of rules laid out. Celerity May 8 #15

More details for non-Virginians AverageOldGuy May 8 #33

Florida is breaking its own state Constitution to redistrict. Baitball Blogger May 8 #50

I think that Florida should be blocked from breaking its own rules/laws as well. Same for all states, both Red and Blue. Celerity May 8 #53

It's part of the state constitution, not just a law Fiendish Thingy May 8 #21

Thank MW67 May 8 #80

Passing it requires an intervening election FBaggins May 8 #31

Rupert Murdoch and the Heritage Foundation rigged the system. Initech May 8 #57

We are in hell Billsdaughter May 8 #16

Yup orangecrush May 8 #25

We're living in a dictatorship that no longer Emile Saturday #90

And a Republican party that's actively Billsdaughter Saturday #95

Tom "The Hammer" DeLay... GiqueCee May 8 #18

It better not be. If the governor and the state party take this lying down, we're cooked. Queso Delicioso May 8 #19

Agree orangecrush May 8 #23

True, but the only recourse is taking it to the SCOTUS. FSogol May 8 #27

That is the opposite of recourse In It to Win It May 8 #28

The chance of the Republican USSC doing any good popsdenver May 8 #43

I don't think scotus has jurisdiction in cases involving state law spooky3 May 8 #55

There's always "ignore the court, do it anyway" Queso Delicioso May 8 #62

This orangecrush May 8 #24

That's irrelevant to the state constitution EdmondDantes_ May 8 #56

Gonna be one long hot sumner orangecrush May 8 #26

Oh believe me....... popsdenver May 8 #44

Hillary said that in 90's... Wednesdays May 8 #70

Well....... popsdenver May 8 #73

I fault my home state...Texas. Our Governor (Abbott) willingly and happily kissed Trump's ass and start the entire mess. walkingman May 8 #29

Regular DU readers will get tired of my saying this but I'll keep on saying it: AverageOldGuy May 8 #30

But if Republicans won would the court have blocked block it? ChicagoTeamster May 8 #34

No, because Rupert Murdoch has rigged the system. Initech May 8 #36

absolutely blubunyip May 8 #42

Bullshit. Fuck MAGA. Fuck Fox. Fuck them to fucking hell. Initech May 8 #35

Not happy with this but we are beating their ass in November and VA can still gerrymander later! OrlandoDem2 May 8 #37

Then they should just do it using the same rationale Figarosmom May 8 #40

Virginia and California let THE VOTERS decide on their redistricting AdamGG May 8 #48

So basically what's going to happen now Diraven May 8 #49

Except that's not true EdmondDantes_ May 8 #81

Dead, or shelved? EnergizedLib May 8 #52

This was a 4-3 ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court. Lasher May 8 #58

And America along with it Takket May 8 #59

We're in civil war. The south attempts return to Jim Crow. Drumpf threatening nuclear, and SCOTUS is in his pocket. Evolve Dammit May 8 #65

We HAVE been in a civil war, since B.See May 8 #75

true. That's when the guns and ammo were flying off the shelves. I think you could say it never ended really. Evolve Dammit Saturday #87

When the people are denied all legal and nonviolent means of effecting change... Orrex May 8 #66

That's basically a paraphrase of AdamGG May 8 #67

We're closer than we've been in a long time misanthrope May 8 #72

It's almost as though our president is doing everything in his power Orrex May 8 #78

This may have beenmentioned up the chain here, but why then can the Democrats not just gerrymander anyway like the GOP Scalded Nun May 8 #69

Because they knew how to play the long game misanthrope May 8 #71

This is when you know for sure the fix is in. OhioBack2Blue May 8 #76

So if MW67 May 8 #79

Just watch SSJVegeta May 8 #82

Why? raising2moredems May 8 #83

They are not winning. HeartsCanHope Saturday #84

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people" is DEAD! Emile Saturday #88

Republicans have gerrymandering down to an art Azathoth1 Saturday #93