The glee with which SC Republicans are anticipating booting Rep. Jim Clyburn from his seat through redistricting makes my head spin. The lust for power is an ugly thing. Yep, these folks really luv our country.
Then the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of mankind in a sudden vision, and said to him, “I will give you all this power and magnificence, for it belongs to me and I can give it to anyone I please. It shall all be yours if you will fall down and worship me.” (Luke 4:5-7)
And Trump and Vance and Mike Johnson followed Mitch McConnell and the Seditious Six of the Supreme Corrupt, saying “Hell, yes. Give it to me, Satan!”
It needs to weaken supermajorities in states like Ohio, too. Gerrymandering is not found only in the old south. Any party with a supermarket in its legislature can impose it's will, even those with legislative barriers to partisan gerrymandering. The Supreme Court appears to be happy with something states have legislated against even though states have the power and chore to organize voting. That is being gutted by the Supreme Court. SAD!
Rep. Jim Clyburn stands as an institution of greatness by himself. Of course he has 100% support from his amazing daughters.
The good Lord does not create better than Rep. Jim Clyburn. His daughters are a plus. In my opinion, he and his goodness as a human being and his greatness in his service will be hard to equal and impossible to surpass!
My prayer is that Rep. Jim Clyburn will garner enough support...Redistricting or NOT!!!!
What keeps going through my head is all the Alabama suffering to get the Voting Rights Act passed—those little girls in the Sixteenth Street church, John Lewis along with many others getting his head bashed in, James Reeb and Viola Liuzzo losing their lives. The list, of course, is much longer than I can conjure at 3 a.m., but it should be obvious that blood was shed, and the price was high. Shame on the Supreme Court majority.
He has proved his priorities, and it isn't his race or anyone's for that matter. He likes money, power, and retribution in that order. That's been his stick since he landed on the SC bench to all our detriment.
Old Clarence is rotten to the bone. He needs no excuses. As far as he’s concerned, he’s entitled. He stopped seeing himself as Black years ago. He got his and the Devil can take the rest. He’s the worst of the worst.
Clarence has aligned himself with white wealthy folks to enjoy the benefits of their money regardless of his color. It surely must be said that Justice Clarence Thomas is NOT concerned about people with color or democracy and constitutional law.
Ugh! This regression is just disgusting. What is so sad and grotesque is that no cultural progress was really made. Just a bunch of racist trolls were driven underground playing the long game only to surface and spread their hateful attempts at a cheating power grab, desperate to hang onto white supremacy power in their shrinking demographic.
It’s the Christian Nationalists. They think they have a mandate from God so the laws don’t apply to them in their endeavors to bring about what they think is God’s will.
I hope they are in for a surprise! With every Republican state gerrymandering to erase democratic seats in the House we must respond in kind or they will win!
omg, Alabama's senators wanted to pass SB1 so badly that they disobeyed alarm bells telling them to evacuate the building, in order to do it. They are like madmen, or druggies, driven to power mongering and racism. In the Noah story, man's wickedness was washed away in a flood, but today wickedness persisted despite a flood.
It’s a tragedy that we have been fighting the same damn war since before the Revolution.
Unfortunately, Democrats only have so much money to throw at the 2026 elections and we need to think long and hard about how to get the most bang for our buck. I live a lovely enlightened blue state on the west coast, but I have lived and traveled in several southern states over my long life (TX, FL, VA, LA, WV, SC) and except for VA I would never, ever, EVER go back, even to visit. All that vaunted ‘hospitality’ is just a facade for the rampant, vicious, unapologetic racism and misogyny. We have been trying to bring these people into the 19th century, then the 20th century, and now the 21st century for over 250 years but they have chosen to live in the dark ages. I am sad to say that it looks to me like the south is lost for the Senate this time around, except for maybe NC, GA, and possibly TX.
I’m so sorry Joyce, but I think we need to concentrate on winning ME, AK, OH, IA, NH, etc. where we have a good chance.
We did not abandon the south: the south abandoned America. Or really, never truly signed on to the democratic project in the first place. Maybe forcing them to stay in the Union was a mistake. Time to face it.
Maybe time for an uncontested secession. Maybe the Old Confederacy really would be better off on its own. Certainly our Blue States payment load to Washington would decrease.
I must confess, I find myself wondering lately if Lincoln should have just let the south go. The Lost Cause isn't what the south says it is. The Lost Cause is the cause of trying to educate people who refuse to be educated, of trying to get people to understand that racism and discrimination are wrong.
Looking at all the fall out resulting from the SCOTUS decision regarding Article 2 using a long lens, I channel Sen. Whitehouse and writer David Frum. FOLLOW THE MONEY. Power means money and money means power. Everything political now is driven by republican mega donors like Mr. Leo, et al. It is the wind behind the judicial sails and its been happening slowly and definitively since Dobbs. Now, looking microscopically, what is driving all the judicial hypocrisy? What's in it for them? Dark dinero. please someone follow it.
This is ludicrous! This cannot stand. I am in NC, and the powers that be are trying to pull a fast one as well come November. We cannot allow this to stand! ANYWHERE!
The state legislature passed a law so there’s a majority republican representation on all election boards. In a 90 minute closed door session, Cumberland County’s election board is now trying to fire our elections director who has served the county for 20 years. They sent their 3:2 petition to the state board, which of course was made majority Republican also.
NC voters elected democrats to our TOP five state offices during our last election, yet the republican gerrymandered legislature can and does veto our governor (as it did our last two-term dem governor) and continues to corrupt our elections and silence our voices.
NC voter here too. Did I see something too about two “democrats” that switched sides in order to override Gov Stein’s veto? I’m very worried about our election in November. The legislature has been very destructive since the last election. It’s going to take a tidal wave to overcome what they’ve done so far.
That line stopped me for a second too! All of the named artifacts and monuments will disappear once he's gone. Hence, he plans never to go! Can our democracy withstand a corrupt SCOTUS, a cult that slavishly follows a downward spiraling leader, war-playing, and militarized goons who walk our streets to capture people for unlawful prisons? November will tell....
That was a shocking statement from Joyce who has been, in my listening to her over the years in her shared podcast #Sistersinlaw, fairly restrained in her vision for the future with trump 1.0 and now 2.0.
Trump can't eat enough fast food fast enough in my opinion. Stroke or death is our only salvation from his evil regime.
Unless he’s pronounced dead on live television (FoxNews, OneAmerica, etc.), they’ll just sit him at his desk and prop him up and his voters won’t notice anything different. I don’t think we can pin our hopes on him eating one cheese burger too many.
I never thought I'd live to see the Supreme Court of the Land return us to the days of Jim Crow. You can lead a racist to democracy but you can't make him think.
“China just announced it will not recognise or enforce US sanctions. Translation: go fuck yourself, Donald.
On May 2nd, China’s commerce ministry issued an order, the first of its kind, stating that China shall not recognise or enforce sanctions imposed by the United States. Not a leak. Not a rumour. An official fucking ministerial order. China is now legally instructing its companies to ignore Washington’s sanctions regime and keep trading with whoever the fuck they want, including Iran.
The empire didn’t fall because someone invaded it. It fell because the bloke in charge couldn’t stop talking shit, and the rest of the world finally decided it had better things to do.
Beijing didn’t even raise its voice. It just filed the paperwork.”
IFAL ~ Gman
‘Drumpf Just Got Told to Get Fucked. In Mandarin. And There Ain't A Goddamn Thing He Can Do About It.’
You can hate ChatGPT all you want but run this query:” Is political really racial gerrymandering hiding behind a facade that is possible because of multicollinearity?” The result is fascinating. This is part of it:
“So the short answer
Political gerrymandering is not simply racial gerrymandering in disguise.
But:
* in highly polarized racial environments,
* partisan and racial sorting can become statistically and practically inseparable,
* and multicollinearity gives mapmakers legal cover to claim partisan rather than racial intent.
That tension is one of the central unresolved problems in modern election law and redistricting theory.”
My broad interpretation, reading beyond the ChatGPT result, is that political gerrymandering is really racial gerrymandering hiding behind a facade. It would be so much fun to be in graduate school now.
The glee with which SC Republicans are anticipating booting Rep. Jim Clyburn from his seat through redistricting makes my head spin. The lust for power is an ugly thing. Yep, these folks really luv our country.
Then the devil took him up and showed him all the kingdoms of mankind in a sudden vision, and said to him, “I will give you all this power and magnificence, for it belongs to me and I can give it to anyone I please. It shall all be yours if you will fall down and worship me.” (Luke 4:5-7)
And Trump and Vance and Mike Johnson followed Mitch McConnell and the Seditious Six of the Supreme Corrupt, saying “Hell, yes. Give it to me, Satan!”
I love the name Seditious Six. We need to incorporate it into any article referring to them.
“Hell, yes. Give it to me, Satan!” Yum! Yum!
Preach it, Cleetus! Preach it! And thank you for the Biblical context.
More quotable funny bs
The remedy must be that non-racist whites vote in droves for Democrats.
MAGAs are assuming that all whites buy the Great Replacement garbage and will fearfully fall in line to vote for Republican racists.
Let's prove them wrong.
It may be harder in states like Alabama, but Georgia and Texas have shown some signs that they are politically tired of fascism.
I hope you're right.
It needs to weaken supermajorities in states like Ohio, too. Gerrymandering is not found only in the old south. Any party with a supermarket in its legislature can impose it's will, even those with legislative barriers to partisan gerrymandering. The Supreme Court appears to be happy with something states have legislated against even though states have the power and chore to organize voting. That is being gutted by the Supreme Court. SAD!
Kathleen Weber,
Rep. Jim Clyburn stands as an institution of greatness by himself. Of course he has 100% support from his amazing daughters.
The good Lord does not create better than Rep. Jim Clyburn. His daughters are a plus. In my opinion, he and his goodness as a human being and his greatness in his service will be hard to equal and impossible to surpass!
My prayer is that Rep. Jim Clyburn will garner enough support...Redistricting or NOT!!!!
He is one in a trillion!!!!
I do not have the good fortune to be one of Representative Clyburn's daughters but I support, with my whole heart, every word you've written here.
What keeps going through my head is all the Alabama suffering to get the Voting Rights Act passed—those little girls in the Sixteenth Street church, John Lewis along with many others getting his head bashed in, James Reeb and Viola Liuzzo losing their lives. The list, of course, is much longer than I can conjure at 3 a.m., but it should be obvious that blood was shed, and the price was high. Shame on the Supreme Court majority.
And how to explain Clarence Thomas' votes in particular?
He loves those freebies more than he loves his fellow Americans.
He has proved his priorities, and it isn't his race or anyone's for that matter. He likes money, power, and retribution in that order. That's been his stick since he landed on the SC bench to all our detriment.
Clarence Thomas is a deeply damaged individual. However, that does not excuse his corruption and hypocrisy.
Yes, Thomas hates his own skin.
Clarence Thomas is corrupt. He's been "on the take" for decades.
Old Clarence is rotten to the bone. He needs no excuses. As far as he’s concerned, he’s entitled. He stopped seeing himself as Black years ago. He got his and the Devil can take the rest. He’s the worst of the worst.
Clarence has aligned himself with white wealthy folks to enjoy the benefits of their money regardless of his color. It surely must be said that Justice Clarence Thomas is NOT concerned about people with color or democracy and constitutional law.
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Ugh! This regression is just disgusting. What is so sad and grotesque is that no cultural progress was really made. Just a bunch of racist trolls were driven underground playing the long game only to surface and spread their hateful attempts at a cheating power grab, desperate to hang onto white supremacy power in their shrinking demographic.
looks like the south finally won the war...
They do keep rising don't they?
It’s the Christian Nationalists. They think they have a mandate from God so the laws don’t apply to them in their endeavors to bring about what they think is God’s will.
It's because, if they don't cheat like mad things, they will lose.
I agree! Boy are they in for a surprise. I can’t wait to see it!
I hope they are in for a surprise! With every Republican state gerrymandering to erase democratic seats in the House we must respond in kind or they will win!
omg, Alabama's senators wanted to pass SB1 so badly that they disobeyed alarm bells telling them to evacuate the building, in order to do it. They are like madmen, or druggies, driven to power mongering and racism. In the Noah story, man's wickedness was washed away in a flood, but today wickedness persisted despite a flood.
Old dogs, old tricks … this time I don’t think the kids will buy it.
The Unreconstructed Confederacy never died. The South never changed in the hearts of the white South.
Well said TC. We should have cut The South loose in 1860.
Or 1980
Once again, is it any wonder that the right wants to abolish education? History looks forward too by illustrating what mistakes were previously made.
It’s a tragedy that we have been fighting the same damn war since before the Revolution.
Unfortunately, Democrats only have so much money to throw at the 2026 elections and we need to think long and hard about how to get the most bang for our buck. I live a lovely enlightened blue state on the west coast, but I have lived and traveled in several southern states over my long life (TX, FL, VA, LA, WV, SC) and except for VA I would never, ever, EVER go back, even to visit. All that vaunted ‘hospitality’ is just a facade for the rampant, vicious, unapologetic racism and misogyny. We have been trying to bring these people into the 19th century, then the 20th century, and now the 21st century for over 250 years but they have chosen to live in the dark ages. I am sad to say that it looks to me like the south is lost for the Senate this time around, except for maybe NC, GA, and possibly TX.
I’m so sorry Joyce, but I think we need to concentrate on winning ME, AK, OH, IA, NH, etc. where we have a good chance.
We did not abandon the south: the south abandoned America. Or really, never truly signed on to the democratic project in the first place. Maybe forcing them to stay in the Union was a mistake. Time to face it.
Maybe time for an uncontested secession. Maybe the Old Confederacy really would be better off on its own. Certainly our Blue States payment load to Washington would decrease.
I must confess, I find myself wondering lately if Lincoln should have just let the south go. The Lost Cause isn't what the south says it is. The Lost Cause is the cause of trying to educate people who refuse to be educated, of trying to get people to understand that racism and discrimination are wrong.
And, as a Southern,gentle-lady would offer; "God bless those Northerners, they know not for what they ask"
Looking at all the fall out resulting from the SCOTUS decision regarding Article 2 using a long lens, I channel Sen. Whitehouse and writer David Frum. FOLLOW THE MONEY. Power means money and money means power. Everything political now is driven by republican mega donors like Mr. Leo, et al. It is the wind behind the judicial sails and its been happening slowly and definitively since Dobbs. Now, looking microscopically, what is driving all the judicial hypocrisy? What's in it for them? Dark dinero. please someone follow it.
Don't neglect the harm sown by Citizens United. Elon Musk spent over $250mio in the last election cycle. Some things are just plain wrong.
I think the reward of "putting things right" is enough for them
This is ludicrous! This cannot stand. I am in NC, and the powers that be are trying to pull a fast one as well come November. We cannot allow this to stand! ANYWHERE!
The state legislature passed a law so there’s a majority republican representation on all election boards. In a 90 minute closed door session, Cumberland County’s election board is now trying to fire our elections director who has served the county for 20 years. They sent their 3:2 petition to the state board, which of course was made majority Republican also.
NC voters elected democrats to our TOP five state offices during our last election, yet the republican gerrymandered legislature can and does veto our governor (as it did our last two-term dem governor) and continues to corrupt our elections and silence our voices.
NC voter here too. Did I see something too about two “democrats” that switched sides in order to override Gov Stein’s veto? I’m very worried about our election in November. The legislature has been very destructive since the last election. It’s going to take a tidal wave to overcome what they’ve done so far.
"Trump isn’t building a ballroom for the next guy." This chills my heart.
So it IS up to us to hold the line.
That line stopped me for a second too! All of the named artifacts and monuments will disappear once he's gone. Hence, he plans never to go! Can our democracy withstand a corrupt SCOTUS, a cult that slavishly follows a downward spiraling leader, war-playing, and militarized goons who walk our streets to capture people for unlawful prisons? November will tell....
That was a shocking statement from Joyce who has been, in my listening to her over the years in her shared podcast #Sistersinlaw, fairly restrained in her vision for the future with trump 1.0 and now 2.0.
Trump can't eat enough fast food fast enough in my opinion. Stroke or death is our only salvation from his evil regime.
Unless he’s pronounced dead on live television (FoxNews, OneAmerica, etc.), they’ll just sit him at his desk and prop him up and his voters won’t notice anything different. I don’t think we can pin our hopes on him eating one cheese burger too many.
Once Trump and his cabinet are in the ballroom bunker, he can run the country without surfacing. No one will be able to get to him.
Like the guy who ends up in the basement of the house in the movie Parasite.
So many people hate our country so much. Why else would they work do hard to destroy our democracy?
I never thought I'd live to see the Supreme Court of the Land return us to the days of Jim Crow. You can lead a racist to democracy but you can't make him think.
“China just announced it will not recognise or enforce US sanctions. Translation: go fuck yourself, Donald.
On May 2nd, China’s commerce ministry issued an order, the first of its kind, stating that China shall not recognise or enforce sanctions imposed by the United States. Not a leak. Not a rumour. An official fucking ministerial order. China is now legally instructing its companies to ignore Washington’s sanctions regime and keep trading with whoever the fuck they want, including Iran.
The empire didn’t fall because someone invaded it. It fell because the bloke in charge couldn’t stop talking shit, and the rest of the world finally decided it had better things to do.
Beijing didn’t even raise its voice. It just filed the paperwork.”
IFAL ~ Gman
‘Drumpf Just Got Told to Get Fucked. In Mandarin. And There Ain't A Goddamn Thing He Can Do About It.’
I FUCKING LOVE AUSTRALIA by Gman
MAY 7 2026 | Substack
https://ifloz.substack.com/p/drumpf-just-got-told-to-get-fucked?r=kxzps&utm_medium=ios,
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You can hate ChatGPT all you want but run this query:” Is political really racial gerrymandering hiding behind a facade that is possible because of multicollinearity?” The result is fascinating. This is part of it:
“So the short answer
Political gerrymandering is not simply racial gerrymandering in disguise.
But:
* in highly polarized racial environments,
* partisan and racial sorting can become statistically and practically inseparable,
* and multicollinearity gives mapmakers legal cover to claim partisan rather than racial intent.
That tension is one of the central unresolved problems in modern election law and redistricting theory.”
My broad interpretation, reading beyond the ChatGPT result, is that political gerrymandering is really racial gerrymandering hiding behind a facade. It would be so much fun to be in graduate school now.
https://chatgpt.com/s/t_69fc28683c5881918666437e0f823d5b