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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 1h

I am not sure people have yet grasped how cooked we are when (not if) SCOTUS overturns section 2 of the VRA.

It basically means that it is quite likely that Republicans will control the House for at least a generation, if not indefinitely.

We are fucked.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

I am not sure people have yet grasped how cooked we are when (not if) SCOTUS overturns section 2 of the VRA.

It basically means that it is quite likely that Republicans will control the House for at least a generation, if not indefinitely.

We are fucked.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

Newt: whatever you say sir. Whatever you say. I am a sycophant for you.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

Trump to GA in 2020 “I need you to find me 11780 votes”

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

Literally just straight making shit up with zero pushback.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

There will be more people at No Kings DC than were at Trump’s inauguration.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

Don’t worry, we are letting you know about it.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

lol - Trump complains about political weaponization as he, in the same sentence, does political weaponization.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

Trump is all over the place. First he says Russia should have won the war in a week. Now he is saying he might support Ukraine.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

Trump doesn’t show any evidence of that. Just tells Congress to “trust me bro”.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

The Chicago mayor is black. All women or black leaders have low IQs according to Trump.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

The “peace” President!!!

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 2h

Translation: Because I like to blow shit up. It’s fun for me.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 3h

Basically if the city is a blue city, be on high alert for fascism by this administration.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 4h

Translation: We are going to continue to hurt people as much as possible because we like to do that sort of thing.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 5h

To be fair to JD Vance, racism, misogyny and sexual assault are just every day normal and commonplace things for the Republican party.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 6h

Yeah, the arguments are over and it's not going to be good for the VRA. Expect another 6-3 decision with a lot of weasel words but basically allowing states to gerrymander to their hearts content, race be damned.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 8h

lol - I had a feeling this case was going to go bad, but this quickly? Wow!

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 8h

Yeah, this case is pretty much cooked from the start. We have a complicit SCOTUS in the destruction of democracy.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 8h

Yep. We are cooked when Roberts starts with this crap.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 8h

This is going to go really bad isn’t it when Robert’s is starting with this stuff?

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 8h

He really wants to say that the Biden economy was better doesn’t he?

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 8h

Bessent basically saying out loud that he doesn’t give a shit about the other NATO countries.

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Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 8h

Wow! Who would have thunk that Trump’s stupid tariff policy could be a problem?

Elmo Talks Politics @elmotalkspolitics.bsky.social · 8h

When you are agreeing with Lenin on anything, it’s probably time to rethink your worldview.

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