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Virginia's original districts was the result of a GOP gerrymander whereas the old CA districts were from the independent commission so CA Dems didn't really have that much capital to go all the way. The independent commission in CA is overwhelmingly popular

nah to compulsory voting

So what's the legal argument for dumping the Dems gerrymander and keeping the original GOP gerrymander?

Church ladies are the foundational legionnaires of American democracy

One of the districts looks like a lobster

CA should’ve done it

The fact that California stopped at 5 instead of going for the full 54-0 showed their restraint

Any rumors or plans to have the traditional World Cup qualifiers (the hex) for the women’s side?

My only objection was that California stopped at 5 seats

It was from the Atlantic of course

There was a similar article where the mother had no regrets not vaccinating her (now dead) child.

Ah I did not. Wrong article. Noted

Putting an entire qualifier campaign in a 1 game tournament sucks

there is literally one proven policy to reduce traffic congestion long-term.

it’s congestion pricing. and Trump just spent a whole year trying to illegally scrap it in New York City

Wait until he finds out about police unions

Once he wore that MAGA hat, the NYT had to sanitize him out of sheer habit

10% of it is Europe being more walkable. 90% of it is they don’t speak the language enough to pick up on the dread offline and online

The praise of small businesses is such a weird theater because Americans seem to trust them with absolutely everything except their money

I'm skeptical of violent left wing plots because while right wing crazies are homicidal, left wing crazies are merely suicidal

5 dem candidates dividing votes sound bad but the bright side is that there are still a substantial undecided block that will most likely push someone over. But if dem manage to fumble ca gov primary it’ll make for an interesting write in campaign

If the USSR stole excel instead of nukes they'd still be around

Hard not to love Big Pat. For all the shortcomings of player development in US, catching late bloomers is something most other international footballing nations simply can't do.

So what news hit Park Chung Hee City that's getting them to vote liberal?

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It's because a lot of those non-white Americans do like the dictatorships and defend them. Every Korean-American has run into an old fart that still thinks Park Chung Hee was the best president

Rightoids obese/leftoids malnourished?

$45 may be steep for a comic book but something's gotta pay for that coke habit

Wasn’t based on an American study on gila monster saliva?

Obama also had a powerful ability to churn out votes among infrequent voters