I think that is only against the rules on the FQ board?
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The centerpiece of DeSantis’ new proposal, which for months he’d pushed in the face—until now—of strenuous opposition by state lawmakers, is the dismantling of the 5th District, a plurality-Black seat represented by Democratic Rep. Al Lawson that stretches across the northern tier of the state from Jacksonville to Tallahassee.The new map breaks Jacksonville apart to create a revamped district that would almost certainly elect a white Republican instead of a Black Democrat like Lawson: The 5th would transform from a district Biden won 63-36 into a 57-41 Trump seat—a swing of 43 points. The reshaped 4th District would become considerably bluer, going from a 60-39 Trump advantage to just a 53-46 Trump edge, but Republicans should still easily be able to hold it in November. (It’s not yet clear which district GOP Rep. John Rutherford, who represents the current 4th, might seek re-election in.)
…Elsewhere, the map would make further changes to boost the GOP’s fortunes, chiefly in the middle part of the state:
- In the Orlando area, DeSantis would pack Democratic voters into the 10th District to make it even more safely blue in order to turn the neighboring 7th red. This open seat would jump from 55-44 Biden to 52-47 Trump. This long-anticipated transformation might explain why Democratic Rep. Stephanie Murphy announced her retirement last year (though she insisted at the time that redistricting wouldn’t play a role).
- Along central Florida’s Gulf coast, DeSantis would revive an egregious gerrymander that was struck down by the courts by having the Tampa-based 14th District cross Tampa Bay to pack Black voters in eastern St. Petersburg into this solidly blue district. That would flip the open 13th, in the remainder of the St. Petersburg area, from 51-47 Biden to 53-46 Trump. (Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist, who represents the 13th, is running for governor.)
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I know… not news…
Gee… hard to keep up with stupid Republican ideas today. They’re swarming.
“Unanimously.” They move and think as one now. Republicans are The Borg.
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“Debates are an important part of the democratic process, and the RNC is committed to free and fair debates,” Chair Ronna McDaniel said in a statement. “Today, the RNC voted to withdraw from the biased CPD, and we are going to find newer, better debate platforms to ensure that future nominees are not forced to go through the biased CPD in order to make their case to the American people.”
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I think the Republican candidate should debate alone. He or she (who am I kidding, of course there will never be a female presidential candidate-- sorry, Sarah!) could move back and forth from one side of the stage to the other, representing alternative points of view. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
I didn’t realize this grifter was running for Congress. It wouldn’t surprise me to see the idiots of district 4 elect him. Their current rep, Dan Newhouse, made the maroons mad by daring to vote to impeach Donny… And of course, Donny is now endorsing Culp. Culp is one of the dumbest dipshits around. He will fit right in with the rest of the folks fighting the good fight against the gazpacho police and the gangs of teachers pushing CRT.
I fear there will be, and maybe as soon as '24 if you-know-who doesn’t run. I say “fear,” because a frothing MAGAt such as SD governor Kristi Noem would be 100% as palatable to the deplorables as any man while having more appeal to purplish suburbanites who’d see her nomination as evidence that the GOP might not be as bigoted as they’d thought.
Candidate for Governor of Alabama is campaigning against a school that accepts kids of all genders and persuasions, and of course, the crazies are now showing up to harass the kids.
Trucks are stacked up at border entry points after Greg Abbot instituted an order requiring extensive inspection of all trucks entering the border. I would have thought this would be a violation of interstate commerce, but what do I know/
Like hell. The Borg have far more humanity and empathy.
And when this new bottleneck in the supply chain pushes up prices further, it will be blamed on Obama Biden.
Just call it what it is: A job-killing regulation.
I saw a theory kicking around (somewhere on Raw Story or some such place) that Abbott is doing this deliberately to drive up inflation heading into the mid-terms, with the specific intention that Republicans everywhere can blame it on Democrats everywhere.
Or at least, adaptability.
I’m looking for the article to cite where I read that and not finding exactly that – but here’s Beto calling Abbott an “economic arsonist”:
Yahoo News has several articles on the subject.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/36886f6f-6e9a-3855-a025-68c466ebbf4f/further-price-inflation-and.html
Yes, this? By all accounts I’ve been reading, this affects commerce far beyond Texas. Why hasn’t the Biden Administration (presumably the Department of Commerce) given him a cease-and-desist order? Followed up, if necessary, by nationalization of the Texas National Guard to enforce?
I read some articles, I saw one that said they did not know if any of the inspections were finding anything. Does anyone have a link that might show the number of inspections vs the number of aliens or contraband or faulty vehicles that they have found?
They aren’t trying to find aliens or contraband or faulty vehicles. This is pure political terrorism by traitors.
I get that. But I was just wondering about the stats
I don’t think they are bothering to write anything down.
If you’re not writing it down, you’re just screwing around.