Opening move? The coup has already happened. The fix is in. This is an occupation. Opening move? We're at the fucking starting line still they mean.
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The 2024 takeover plan is complete and Project 2025 is well underway, but I'd argue these are the first concrete actions within the plan to cancel the 2026 midterm elections and 2028 general.
The Democrats first moves, yes.
That the Republicans already made a bunch of moves...
The real first moves the Democrats did was to move their pawns out of the path of their king, basically letting Republicans move to "checkmate" without a fight.
To be clear: for now, the entire concept of fair redistricting needs to be categorically disregarded.
The Tribunal of Six has decided that playing overtly political gerrymandering fucky-fuck games is a-okay. Until and unless the practice of gerrymandering is declared wholly illegal, it MUST (and I mean the RFC-2119 definition of “MUST”) be used as a standard tactic by the Democratic Party at a national level.
They’ve refused to level the playing field for fucking decades, and that’s a big part of how we got here. Anything less is frankly gross negligence - or, an admission that they are wholly subordinate to the Republican party.
If there's one thing that'll get gerrymandering outlawed, it's Democrats doing it at scale. I support it
And that is the entire point of the strategy that I’m describing. If it’s “allowed”, then just fucking do it. If everyone agrees it’s illegal, then nobody can do it.
Would've been nice if they fucking acted like this in 2010 when republicans did it the first time and actually started the coup. God I hate it here.
Its never been a better time to move to a better system of voting... ranked choice, or even better options...
Need to get rid of this stupid system that had empowered terrible people for decades just because otherwise it wouldn't be fair that one side would always win.
Fuck this convoluted system...
I'm wary of the hype over this gambit because it's been tried several times in the recent past and has always ended with a few key legislators caving and returning to the capitol for no real concessions. Hopefully they realize that people are not in the mood for token resistance (and Abbott's threats against them will steel their spines).
Or will we move toward a system buttressed by pro-democracy interventions like independent redistricting boards?
HAAAA HAHAHA
Oh man, that's a funny joke.
I want this person's drugs.
It happened here in Michigan a few years ago. It took a ballot initiative, but it’s made a positive difference - it broke the Republican gerrymandered grip on the legislature
Unfortunately, ballot initiatives are literally not a thing in Texas. The change would have to come from either the Texas legislature itself or a sweeping law at the national level. Good fucking luck with either of those solutions.
Oof, that sucks. Ballot initiatives have been huge for progressive victories. It’s how Michigan legalized cannabis and put abortion rights in the state constitution. It’s a shame they aren’t everywhere.
Interesting move for the Democrats. Where was the will to take direct action like this six months ago when it would have mattered?
These are local Democrats, not federal ones
Of course.
So like... Two different groups of people.
These ones actually acted when the moment came, they have no control over what happens in Washington
We should be praising them. They did their damn jobs, and we should wildly gesture to them when the fuckers in Washington whine about not having the numbers to do anything
I mean, where was the willpower of voters/nonvoters 9 months ago when it mattered?