Newsom JUST signed the California redistricting plan into law, to go up for vote in a special election this November. Mailers opposing this crucial anti-fascist plan under a "preserve our independent system" banner are ALREADY arriving at people's homes! Be prepared for fascist forces to throw a fortune into the effort to prevent California from countering Texas' redistricting travesty! VOTE YES ON THE CALIFORNIA REDISTRICTING PLAN.
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@lauren
I've already got two of these glossy mailers, one 8.5x11 and the other 11x17 folded in half.
Republicans are going to be pouring $billions into this in an attempt to keep control of congress.
@lauren
"A brigante, brigante e mezzo"
(loose translation: "to fight one scoundrel, you need one and a half scoundrels)
This is what you need to fight a fascist according to Sandro Pertini (former President of Italy, the last who actively fought as an anti-fascist partisan in WW2).
@lauren
I already received a mailed yesterday.
I thought, "huh, who would be opposed to this? Is this funded by Greg Abbott?"
I already received a mailed yesterday.
I thought, "huh, who would be opposed to this? Is this funded by Greg Abbott?"
@lauren As soon as a heard him say it would require a vote from the population for the redistricting measure to pass I simply lost faith in this maneuver working. Too much nuance for the regular person who does not pay much attention to politics for them to vote for it I think. They should have done what Texas did and redistrict without voter input in order to counteract fast. Not sure if it would have been legal in California to do so.
@LePetitChatNoir No, this requires a vote due to the way the original commission was set up. However, because this is a special election, it will tend to mostly draw voters interested in the issue, and those interested in this change are likely to be far more motivated than those only interested in the status quo.
@lauren Got it. I hope this works.
...why?
No, really, why? California elects a butt ton of Democratics already, so how would gerrymandering make them any MORE blue?
I mean I honestly had that impression. Am I wrong?
@lauren We received one of those mailers yesterday. It went immediately into the recycle bin. I wonder how many such mailers claiming to preserve independent districting went out to Texans. Republicans only care about rigging elections in their favor.
@lauren
Anti-redistricting stuff is also showing up on Nextdoor, although the moderators seem to be taking them down as being inappropriate political discussion.
Anti-redistricting stuff is also showing up on Nextdoor, although the moderators seem to be taking them down as being inappropriate political discussion.
I've noticed on Nextdoor that posts and comments that aren't about lost cats or people stealing fruit off trees in the front yard skew conservative/reactionary even though we're in a Democratic-majority area (during Covid, this was especially true). Lots of "Newscum"-style commentary. The exception is when NIMBYSm enters the chat, where there's a sprinkling of leftists who think that increasing supply somehow increases prices. But I digress.
(Yeah, I know I shouldn't waste time reading these things, but I'm amused by the idiocy of some of the people living near me, and it beats watching reality shows)
@PeterLudemann I stay off those platforms.
@lauren Jump in the comments to say hello someone please tell Banksy; can you make a mailer collage art thing.
@lauren I do hope we don’t have a repeat of the Kamala Harris non voting happen again. We would not be in these circumstances if people had thought further ahead to what Trump and the Repucans would do to Americans and America. Time to hold noses (if that’s the feeling about this) and vote to protect America and democracy. It’s a temporary redisricting. America is on fire. And can and will get much worse if Trump and the Republicans are not stopped. #USPol
@lauren
I got one of the mailers yesterday. Shook my head in disgust and threw it out.
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