The states are just as corrupted at this point. Some of them aren't but most of them are.I agree with John that we need less federal government and more power to the states. It's literally in the Constitution enumerated in the 10th Amendment.
The states are just as corrupted at this point. Some of them aren't but most of them are.I agree with John that we need less federal government and more power to the states. It's literally in the Constitution enumerated in the 10th Amendment.
Then that's our fault and only We the People can fix it. We exercise our might at the ballot box.The states are just as corrupted at this point. Some of them aren't but most of them are.
That is the thing, we can fix it but we won't be able to because half the country is brainwashed or just don't care/pay attention. I think that is why they push all this crap that divides people now, so they don't have to work so hard to destroy everything.Then that's our fault and only We the People can fix it. We exercise our might at the ballot box.
Maryland can have them. We don't want DC in Virginia.I accidentally slipped into the rabbit hole of "why won't they make DC a state?!"... has it not occurred to anyone to just shrink the size of DC and incorporate everything else into Maryland and Virginia...?
Like... I don't get it...
Basically think of them like Puerto Rico, U.S.V.I., or Guam, any person born there is a U.S. citizen by birthright, but if I were to move there then I instantly become disenfranchised. Much like taxation without representation, you can't vote in federal elections without an accompanying representative body. Why does one party push so hard for statehood for some or all of these places? They know they'd get millions of citizens to vote for them, two guaranteed senators and one seat in the House. Other side of the aisle doesn't want that so at a stalemate we stand.I accidentally slipped into the rabbit hole of "why won't they make DC a state?!"... has it not occurred to anyone to just shrink the size of DC and incorporate everything else into Maryland and Virginia...?
Like... I don't get it...
Oh right. They're probably blue, right? "More Senators, please!"As for your proposal of shrinking D.C. and just leaving the National Mall and the Hill as the federally regulated areas, problem is that can't just come from the top down at the federal level. That violates the rights of two states who would have to each unilaterally vote on and approve absorbing their respective sides of the territory. That'll happen when the sun explodes.
Oh right. They're probably blue, right? "More Senators, please!"
Someone at the old folks home needs to desperately take his phone away
I feel like he says and does things that are just too dumbfounded to be real sometimes.I hope on his death bed, he announces he was being satirical and he's secretly been donating to the Republicans his whole life.
Now why would democrats be worried about something like this?Florida man files a new bill that will "immediately cancel the filings of a political party, to include its registration and approved status as a political party, if the party’s platform has previously advocated for, or been in support of, slavery or involuntary servitude."
https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1248/BillText/Filed/PD
[UWSL]Found this out from a few pearl-clutching Dems who I don't think read the how and why of this stunt.[/UWSL]
The beetlejuice memes are my faves but the fish ones are good.