Wisconsin’s Republicans Went to Extremes in Gerrymandering. Now They’re Scrambling to Protect That Power.
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-gop-gerrymander-elections-janet-protasiewicz
https://www.propublica.org/article/wisconsin-gop-gerrymander-elections-janet-protasiewicz
13 Comments
athos77@kbin.social · 90 pts · 2y
It's always a 'joke, just kidding, what's the matter can't you take a joke?!' - until the timing works out and they go ahead and do it. When people show you who they are, believe them the first time.
misterundercoat@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
Big "...unless 👉👈" energy here
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Jokes contain an element of truth. They say it's a joke but it's also true.
TechyDad@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
In one of Colbert's monologue's, he compared this to joking with your spouse about having a threesome. If you do it one time, it might be a joke. If you keep doing it over and over - specifically asking if he friend would "get the joke" - then you're not joking. You're being serious in trying to have a threesome.
Bipta@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
That one could actually be a joke but for the person saying it and the context. Usually their "jokes" contain neither irony nor humor.
TechyDad@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I call it Shrödinger's Joke. The statement is simultaneously a joke and a serious proposal. The wave function only collapses once someone reacts to it.
If the reaction is "that's outrageous," then the statement becomes a joke.
If the reaction is "hell, yeah, I've got my Nazi flag ready," then the statement was serious.
TheJims@lemmy.world · 62 pts · 2y
Republicans will never stop trying to steal elections
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y
What you need to do is run double agent Republican candidates
treefrog@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y
GreenMario@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
Would be stupid easy too.
The radical woke LGBT Marxist leftist Biden wants to take away your patriotic water heaters.
Gimme votes.
watson387@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 2y
Or run Republicans out of office with torches and pitchforks.
xhieron@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. - JFK
PeleSpirit@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
It's truly a bold move to make a clearly illegal action after voters delivered you a loss of -10%. In a swing state.
Either Republicans accept they'll have to run in fairer maps, or they'll create an environment where their gerrymandering isn't enough to stop public backlash -- and then be forced to run in fairer maps anyway.
bogo@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
It'd be great if she gets impeached, she resigns and the governor appoints an ultra left judge who agrees to step down after the special election, where she runs again and wins.