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Stupid goo goo nonsense. The only way to get fair districting is to pinch republicans in the mouth enough until they agree to fairness. Doing this with Callais days away from ripping up the VRA is so stupid I don’t know where to begin.

no actually, “we gerrymander as revenge for their gerrymander” is the bad stuff. if you can’t win with a level playing field, tilting the field is not a long- or even medium-term solution (and nationalizing state politics is also bad)

There's an easy solution: A bipartisan federal law requiring fair districting with oversight from a neutral (nonpartisan/bipartisan) team. …The Republicans won't go for it; they'd lose too many of their advantages. They don't want districts that accurately represent the state's population.

Democrats win with a level playing field. They don't win if the Republicans get to tilt it to meet their interests, and Democrats don't get to tilt it back. There's no way to make this level without support from SCOTUS. And this SCOTUS is not, apparently, interested in equitable representation.

hmm, how do we fix scotus? will gerrymandering help with that?

Yes - because the House can impeach federal judges, including SCOTUS judges. And while a majority-R Senate is not likely to convict, judges might step down rather than having their record dragged into public view. Especially if it might open the way for lawsuits or criminal charges.

We can do both. All seats are in play. Like. Do you not understand that we can be fucking DONE with this shit in November? We can be. We can fucking end this shit.

lol what? there’s going to be another election in two years. and another one two years after that. there’s no such thing as done

Okay I know you worked for 538 but it's simple. Two thirds majority and an electorate hungry for blood means we win. Means we get impeachments and the bully pulpit. Means we get to make sure Bannon Trump has 10k left in his account by the time it is done. Get it?