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There are no more rules. Fight dirty.

About time. Good for her, she gets crapped on a lot, but if she can swing 4 or 5 seats, she's doing way more than most democrats.

Release the Kraken!!!

Thank God the Democrats actually have governors with some values and fight in them in NY, CA, and IL. I'm so sick of Democrats being doormats. This is all people really want is to see some backbone and some action. That's why Democratic Socialism is winning over big money Democrats in races.

He also re-wrote personal injury limits after he got a huge personal injury settlement

Hochul gets the assignment. Dig in. Fight back. Play dirty. Democracy is at stake.

where is ther nat'l leadership on this -- Pritzker, Newsom, Hochul....great -- but too they should be calling for Schmuner and Jeffries to step down in favor of some leaders with fire in their bellies.

About time. Fight fire with fire. Fight redistricting with redistricting

The Governor has Bigger Balls then most Democrats

Choice A: play by the rules and complain from the sidelines forever Choice B: fight any way you can to get back in power and then reset the rules

Sigh. I know. But a person can dream.

This would require 67 senate dems (impossible) or republicans to vote for this (also impossible). SCOTUS has also already ruled numerous times that gerrymandering is legal. Your "proposal" is based on fantasy that will never come to be. Dems are finally starting to realize this and acting.

I literally typed up this exact explanation and accidentally deleted it. Very grateful you jumped in. (I lived in Baton Rouge for 15 years.)

that have large black populations that essentially don't have representation. It's very fucked up.

What does it mean to set "congressional districts based just on the number of people in a contiguous geographical area"? How does that translate into a determination of boundary lines?

I agree with her. Proper redistricting must be mandatory for all before it would work. Without that those who play by the "rule" are always going to be disadvantaged by those who don't. Hopefully when we get back to a functioning government again (a.k.a. MAGA kicked out) that will get done.

YES!! It is crucial that Blue States gerrymander NOW to counter Texas trying to lock-in a permanent Republican controlled House. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Yikes.

I wish these blue states would stop threatening the, *I'm going to hit you, if you hit me* card. Just haul off and slug them by redistricting now. Only when we fight fire w/fire will we get independent redistricting for the country as a whole. Course Reps will call it their idea by that time.

Good. It's time blue states fight fire with fire. Republicans want to redistrict Dems to extinction in Texas? Let's eliminate GOP districts in CA, NY, IL, MA, NJ, and MD.

We gotta push every ounce of leverage to get every last seat.

redistrict the traitors into oblivion

Common sense from Hochul. Gerrymander the fuck out of NY until republicans agree to a nationwide ban on it.

Go get em Gov.!!

Okayyy Katherine. I see the Irish Catholic spirits are possessing her once more

If it has to get burned to the ground, I'd rather be the one lighting the match.

Thank you!!!!!! Yes! Finally

More of this from Dems - please.

If gerrymandering is legal for the GOP lead states then it’s null and void in Democratic states, emergency executive orders, temporary suspend the independent committee, is not extreme in this case. Let’s even out the playing field.

Good. It's time to fight fire with fire with fire 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Take the gloves off

We, in Florida, want to know what happened to the 2010 Fair Redistricting Amendment that we voted for? It passed with a majority, yet our maps were drawn by DeSantis. WTF???

This is the kind of leadership the United States needs right now. Leaders who can see the fascist threat and are willing to do something about it.

about fucking time someone said this? it's wild that Dems continue to play by a rulebook for a game the GOP hasn't been playing in decades. patting themselves on the back and saying "when they go low, we go high" as the GOP destroys democracy and stands up concentration camps is insane!

There is no fairness when the other side refuses to play by the rules

We must.

Right go for it. Let make sure that the cheaters in TX and in the white house don't get away with it.

Let's fucking go! Punch the Republican fascists where it hurts the most...

WTF?!

This is what John Roberts’ court called for.

If she follows up this rhetoric with real bite and results, she’s got my vote back, I gotta say...

It's time to fight fire with a fire extinguisher.

This is the way.

Good!

Finally

It may not be done by midterms but DO IT NOW for 2028!

GOOD. This is a war and we need to be strategic, not pure.

Governor Hochul was like....

It’s about goddamn time. How many decades has it taken the Democrats to get a fucking clue on this kind of stuff? There are no moderate Republicans, so act like it.

fire with fire

Yes. Thank you. Call them what they are-- fascists, white supremecists, Nazis, thugs, greedy bastards, theives, mobsters, racists, a fucking street gang, butchers, organized crime, a fucking hate group, clowns, hypocrites, morons, deplorables, sociopaths, gun fetishists, disgusting authoritarians

Fight Fight Fight!

This is true. I want the Dems to play just as dirty. I wish they had eliminated the filibuster for judges so much earlier, because in the end Repubs did it anyway. When the other side lacks morals you have to play at their level. But it really sucks going against our own morals too.

“The paradox of tolerance“… Tells us we need to change our tactics! And I think we are :-)

Battles need to be fought with ALL tools available. Fairness is achieved when ALL parties follow the same rules, NOT when we adhere to abstract plans that ensure that we will be victimized!

What's the point of going thru the humiliating process of gaining power if you don't use it when you get it? Obama could have got so much done his first two years but let the GOP set his agenda. It was sickening to me to watch. Roe could have been codified. Single payer passed. So much more.

Has Delgado weighed in on this? it's the ONLY issue that matters, because without power, we get nothing accomplished. There should be only ONE issue we focus on: resisting OrangeKingBoy...

It can happen in my state. An emergency session. It’s being discussed now. Also, you’re talking about following the law in a cold civil war. We didn’t follow the law during our last one.

We can do hard things! Dems need to let their governor and state reps know they support fight fire with fire.

Delgado???? Are you serious?

Unfortunately, you have to fight fire with fire. This is far from a perfect world we live in.

We have no other choice unless we want to have Trump never leave the White House. The current Republicans in Congress have proven they only care about their seats, not us, not democracy, not the success of the nation. WE must fight back here.

Finally! Just do the thing. We are being eliminated. If our elected officials dont start fighting, we are done for. And I dont just mean in an electoral way.

I'm in 💕

Slam the hammer down on that friggin elephant!

"The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are." ~ Marcus Aurelius en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_...

Democrats have no choice. Unless you want one-party rule.

I hope my Governor makes me proud to be a New Yorker all over again.

Sadly, reaching across party lines doesn't work anymore. It's a shame it took Dems 20 years to understand this. Fight fire with fire before it's too late.

Yes and the weak whiny Dems need to get out of the way or step aside so the serious “democracy first” people can take the lead.

She’s right to blame Trump for trashing the norms. The GOP are pushing boundaries, cheating, & working the refs. Elected Dems unwilling to do the same—i.e., what’s necessary *politically* to stop GOP—are damning us to a horrific future of disappearings, torture, murder, and hunger.

@governorferguson.bsky.social Let's do this!

PIt's all in the timing

Isn't just weird that other global democracies manage this process without the bullshit.

Better yet get rid of your antiquated ELECTORAL COLLEGE!

Yesssss! This is the only way to defeat them. If you keep playing nice, they will keep cheating and winning even though they're the minority. Every governor in a Democratic party led state should do this. Gerrymander them into oblivion and then we can come back to the table to chart a path forward.

These are the new rules.

One of these blue states needs to gerrymander another blue district to make up for Utah. They have been ordered to ungerrymander us but they're never going to do it now.

“Eliminated that forever” There’s a lot in this country that can’t go back to the way it worked to many cracks have been shown

That's 100% correct. Take the fucking gloves off and get to work.

👏🏼 👏🏼 No state disarmament. Either we get fair maps and independent redistricting nationwide… or nothing.

She's right. It's tragic, but we live in the real world. bsky.app/profile/davi...

NYker here. Go Hochul! (usually not too impressed but…)

The laws have to change. We need the clauses that turn it back to legislators or govs. If another state uses extreme gerrymandering. With a corrupt SCOTUS and repubs. We have to fight back. We have to prevent authoritarians taking over out elections.

Fight fire with fire.

“Good Government” doesn’t work with Dictators. Play nice and lose your county. We didn’t play nice with the Confederacy. A forever MAGA party in Congress ends us as a Nation.

We need to stop breaking the country into districts in the first place there are far better way to vote for representatives that don’t cause this mess.

It is inhumane to make people live under Republican rule. They want to return us to feudalism and let anyone not white or rich die of preventable illness, have no education, and no hope. If we have to rig the counties to make sure people are given a chance at a dignified life, so be it.

Yes—take the gloves off!

Take the gloves off. Gerrymander the fuck out of districts. The GOP is doing it. Dems have no choice. It’s a matter of survival.

This time the blame will lie not with Democratic elected officials, but with the New York Judiciary, which righteously condemns gerrymandering like Platonic Guardians…oblivious to the fact that sister states like TX are composed of Roland Freisler rubber stamps.

Democracy dies when one party is held to an incredibly high standard while the other party runs rogue dismantling it. Sometimes you have to fight Ak47 with RPG inorder to save democracy. Bet this is what’s happening here.

Game on!

Democratic states should use independent, non-partisan commissions to draw voting maps designed to create a significant number of competitive districts ... only after it's part of national voting rights and reform legislation

I’ve been calling for this for quite a while. We can have fair redistributing when everyone across the country participates. Until then, I want to shove redistributing down their Republican throats. Democrats should also call for eliminating the federal income tax and defund the red states!

The leaders should have been better than their own voters.

Actually the majority of white voters are responsible for this since they vote Rethuglikkkan every election since the 1960s.

Non-partisan redistricting. It was not something the politicians came up with. Once it was clear that no GOP state was doing the same, all we were doing was limiting ourselves.

I will vote for & cobribute what I can to any Dems who show the spirit & fight of Hochel, Pritzker, Newsom, etc. No money to the DCCC, only candidates that are willing to fight.

Don’t mess with a Buffalo girl, I know, I’m one

Every Democrat leader everywhere need to listen to this. There is no point in gaining power unless you use the power you gained. And Dems don't do that. They want to go thru some type of process that will make them look more virtuous instead of getting shit done.

Independent commissions in every state or in no state. The American Fascist Party does not play by silly things like "norms".

FINALLY common sense from our elected leaders. 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

Good! Now Cali, IL, Virginia (yea Spangbeger governor) New Jersey, Mass. = 30 seats?

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

She's right l, but wrong. If voting isn't proportional to the electorate, this nation is cooked as a Constitutional entity. 2/3rds, or more, of districts ought to be winnable by the candidates. Otherwise, we just slide toward darker times.

Nah, just remove this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reappor... Make gerrymandering irrelevant

About time democrats start saying "oh yeah?!" Any elected democrat has already been chosen to fight and win against pigs who dilute democrat's votes. Appears Hochul will fight. Good. She, Newsom, Pritzker, et al must win.

I hope so, but it's a major change so I'm doubtful

Dems need to gerrymander now. Then once in power create laws to prevent it and force the entire country to redistrict with a non partisan group.

Fight fire with fire, Kathy. Until there is a federal constitutional amendment to eliminate or at least define clear rules for redistricting, the gloves gotta come off.