Andrew Taban | Gerrymandering, Broken Promises, the Quiet Parts Said Out Loud |
Well readers, here we are with a new month, a whirlwind of news, and somehow the same stupidity. It’s almost impressive how we manage to combine chaos with hypocrisy.
This month there was a lot to choose from, but two things that went hand in hand: the Supreme Court gutting the Civil Rights Act and the newest form of oppression. Well, it’s not really new, but the current version: gerrymandering.
It’s no wonder a large percentage of Americans today think the Supreme Court is political, because it is. Sure, conservatives can claim it isn’t, but it wasn’t too long ago when the court approved marriage equality that they were saying the same thing. It also wasn’t too long ago they were promoting Donald Trump to politicize the Supreme Court and push Project 2025. And look where we are now, somewhere around Chapter … honestly, who even knows at this point. They’ve defunded education so thoroughly that they can’t even read anymore.
However, what astonished me most in all of this was how quickly the goalposts changed. I remember being on the panel when Proposition 50 was on the ballot in California. You remember that? The one we the people voted on after Texas decided to just redo their maps without any public input, and the local Republican Party lost their minds? Ring any bells? Great! So it........