topcat
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I'll take your word for it.
The Long March to 11/24
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printer
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I stopped listening to him years ago but I will have to agree he seems to be more in lines of what I thought he was. Will it continue?
printer
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Georgia advances congressional maps in favor of GOP despite concerns over law
Republican lawmakers in Georgia pushed forward Tuesday with a congressional map proposal that keeps a 9-5 Republican majority for House seats, which Democrats claim violates a federal court order.
The map, introduced Friday, will split Rep. Lucy McBath’s (D-Ga.) northeast Atlanta district and create a new west Atlanta district to follow a court order after a judge ruled the state’s congressional boundaries violated the Voting Rights Act.
The proposal passed the state Senate on Tuesday in a 32-22 vote and will now advance to further debate in the state House. New map proposals also change district boundaries for both bodies of the state Legislature.
Judge Steve Jones ruled in October that the state’s current congressional boundaries depress the voting power of Black voters, specifically in west Atlanta, and ordered a new map with a west Atlanta district. That sparked a Legislature special session on the new map proposals.
By moving McBath’s district toward more rural areas and changing the boundaries of other Atlanta districts, the state GOP is attempting to follow the judge’s order without giving up a House seat to Democrats.
Democrats and anti-gerrymandering activists argue that the new maps keep the systemic discriminatory representation of current district boundaries while solving only some of the issues pointed out in the federal court order.
McBath’s campaign denounced the proposed boundaries Friday.
“Georgia Republicans have yet again attempted to subvert voters by changing the rules. We will look to the ruling from Judge Jones in the coming weeks before announcing further plans,” McBath campaign manager Jake Orvis said in a statement. “Regardless, Congresswoman McBath refuses to let an extremist few in the state legislature determine when her time serving Georgians in Congress is done.”
Jones will review the congressional and state Legislature maps before they are implemented.
“This Republican map is unlawful,” State Rep. Sam Park (D) said on the Legislature floor Friday. “It is a map that Judge Jones can and should reject.”
“Unfortunately, it seems we are repeating the mistakes of our dark past under Republican control of the state of Georgia,” he continued. “Not only are these maps unlawful, they cling to power and maintain an unrepresentative majority that does not reflect our great state … To put it plainly, it seems Republicans are trying to remedy their racial discrimination with partisan gerrymandering.”
thehill.com
Republican lawmakers in Georgia pushed forward Tuesday with a congressional map proposal that keeps a 9-5 Republican majority for House seats, which Democrats claim violates a federal court order.
The map, introduced Friday, will split Rep. Lucy McBath’s (D-Ga.) northeast Atlanta district and create a new west Atlanta district to follow a court order after a judge ruled the state’s congressional boundaries violated the Voting Rights Act.
The proposal passed the state Senate on Tuesday in a 32-22 vote and will now advance to further debate in the state House. New map proposals also change district boundaries for both bodies of the state Legislature.
Judge Steve Jones ruled in October that the state’s current congressional boundaries depress the voting power of Black voters, specifically in west Atlanta, and ordered a new map with a west Atlanta district. That sparked a Legislature special session on the new map proposals.
By moving McBath’s district toward more rural areas and changing the boundaries of other Atlanta districts, the state GOP is attempting to follow the judge’s order without giving up a House seat to Democrats.
Democrats and anti-gerrymandering activists argue that the new maps keep the systemic discriminatory representation of current district boundaries while solving only some of the issues pointed out in the federal court order.
McBath’s campaign denounced the proposed boundaries Friday.
“Georgia Republicans have yet again attempted to subvert voters by changing the rules. We will look to the ruling from Judge Jones in the coming weeks before announcing further plans,” McBath campaign manager Jake Orvis said in a statement. “Regardless, Congresswoman McBath refuses to let an extremist few in the state legislature determine when her time serving Georgians in Congress is done.”
Jones will review the congressional and state Legislature maps before they are implemented.
“This Republican map is unlawful,” State Rep. Sam Park (D) said on the Legislature floor Friday. “It is a map that Judge Jones can and should reject.”
“Unfortunately, it seems we are repeating the mistakes of our dark past under Republican control of the state of Georgia,” he continued. “Not only are these maps unlawful, they cling to power and maintain an unrepresentative majority that does not reflect our great state … To put it plainly, it seems Republicans are trying to remedy their racial discrimination with partisan gerrymandering.”
Georgia advances congressional maps in favor of GOP despite concerns over law
Republican lawmakers in Georgia pushed forward Tuesday with a congressional map proposal that keeps a 9-5 Republican majority for House seats, which Democrats claim violates a federal court order. …
thehill.com
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
Look whom Newsom gets to replace with a Democrat!
amp.cnn.com
Kevin McCarthy to leave Congress at the end of this year | CNN Politics
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy is resigning from Congress snd will leave at the end of this year, he announced the Wall Street Journal in an op-ed published Wednesday.
topcat
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Maybe Keven can get a job milking Devin Nunes' Cow.Look whom Newsom gets to replace with a Democrat!
Kevin McCarthy to leave Congress at the end of this year | CNN Politics
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy is resigning from Congress snd will leave at the end of this year, he announced the Wall Street Journal in an op-ed published Wednesday.
cannabineer
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At least he’s no longer milking the national cow.
The great irony is while he is solid maga, he wasn’t enough so for the treason caucus. It must sting to be knocked off the high perch by Pedobear.
His replacement is dangerous.
topcat
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Nothing will change in Bakersfield.
cannabineer
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topcat
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Anytime I think of Bakersfield, Far Away Eyes by The Rolling Stones comes to mind. My dad nearly took a promotion to go to Modesto (similar to Bakersfield). Many years later I asked him why he didn't take it and to his credit, he said "nobody (in the family) wanted to go."
cannabineer
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Fogdog
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topcat
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And DeSoto's, I'd guess.
cannabineer
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It’s remarkable to think American Graffiti was filmed there. I visited the road where the climactic nighttime drag race was staged. Whole lotta nothing. Nut orchards consuming much irrigation.
It was probably a nicer place in the DeSotocene epoch.
topcat
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The film was set in Lucas' hometown of Modesto, but largely filmed in Petaluma, CA. The race took place on Frates Rd.
cannabineer
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Looks like I fell victim to a Modesto journalist’s fantasy. But they named a road that looked right, and it was a half-mile of ruler-straight nowhere.
topcat
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Yeah, Frates Rd. is like that. Perfectly straight for at least half a mile. Petaluma is the home of the slow growth movement. It's my adopted hometown, I've been here for 42 years.
cannabineer
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I’ve been through a few times, usually after driving from Tuolumne County to a really cool beach near Jenner I think. Rainbow pebbles. I still have a small jar of the keepers. Never found any unambiguous jade though.
topcat
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That's a nice drive, first go through grape vines then follow the Russian River through Forestville and Monte Rio, where the movers and shakers meet for a week of drinking, dealing and debauchery at Bohemian Grove, ending at the beach. Was it Goat Rock Beach?
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
After a bit more Net browsing … I think so!
cannabineer
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A handy summary of the woes facing those who libeled the voting companies. Rupert shelled out close to $1bn to keep some of the evidence under wraps. But there are three more big lawsuits, and imo the chances that that very same expensively-suppressed dirty laundry is gonna get aired (both ways) are good.
www.nbcnews.com
Voting companies go to court over 2020 election claims as Trump returns to the ballot
Defamation lawsuits filed by the voting companies are expected to drag Trump allies and reams of evidence into court next year.