More good news on the elections front --
🚨ALERT: Supreme Court of North Carolina throws out the state's congressional & legislative maps for being partisan gerrymanders, rejecting the lower court and Republican defendants’ claim that partisan gerrymandering is allowed under the NC Constitution.https://t.co/awq1JBPnVu
— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) February 4, 2022
Republicans' "legitimate political discourse" --
I have spent alot of my career studying what happens when conservatives fully go off the rails. This is one of those momentshttps://t.co/D4M7vqe53k
— Daniel Ziblatt (@dziblatt) February 4, 2022
Turning the Civil War into a gallant defense of states' rights helped to rally generations of young white southerners around maintaining a rigid Jim Crow system. How will describing Jan.6 as an example of "legitimate political discourse" influence future generations?
— Kevin M. Levin (@KevinLevin) February 5, 2022
I'm going to have to rename my Civil War class "Great Moments in Legitimate Political Discourse."
— Adam Rothman (@arothmanhistory) February 5, 2022
I was disagreeing with a friend about politics last night. I got so annoyed that I bear-sprayed him and beat him with a flagpole. I was surprised when he objected since we were obviously engaging in legitimate political discourse.
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) February 5, 2022
Weasel Glenn Youngkin gets called out --
“Read the room, buddy,” She says to a maskless Glenn youngkin.
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 4, 2022
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"Deep bench" of sociopaths --
Never envious of the Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse. https://t.co/cxmUH61C6M
— Ethan Bearman (@EthanBearman) February 5, 2022
Melon Melanie Melania was to blame for chaos, too! --
Poor prime minister. Must be very weak. pic.twitter.com/QnLiuiOq8m
— emma jacobs (@emmavj) February 5, 2022