• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      The Republican justices have already signaled that they probably won’t strike down California’s maps

      In fairness to the Court’s Republicans, they did suggest in their LULAC opinion that the Texas and California gerrymanders are mirror images of each other. The majority opinion in that case begins with the observation that after Texas drew its new map, “California responded with its own map for the stated purpose of counteracting what Texas had done.” Justice Samuel Alito, a Republican, also wrote a separate opinion stating that it is “indisputable” that “the impetus for the adoption of the Texas map (like the map subsequently adopted in California) was partisan advantage pure and simple.”

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        Alito: “fuck your bullshit. You just mad your tricks don’t work like you hoped they would.”

        Guys, you need another strategy. Manipulating the vote isn’t sustainable. Alito is your canary.

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      Unshocking futurenews. A no from you would have been heart attack fuel, so thanks for sparing us the shock of a decent future event.

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        You’re into dudes in the future, but they’re cute and you’re passionate, and there’s gentle hugs while thoughtfully baking cookies. You’ll do alright.

        Politically, however, shit will be more fucked than ever.

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          Wait, I’m the SpaghettiMan from Council Bluffs, IA. I’m not the one in Saratoga. Does this change anything?

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            Says here in the book that you’ll have a happy gay relationship that borders on saccharine, and that your friends will be jealous of your adorable and stable homelife.

            However, the one in Saratoga will get three felonies because a heavy bookend connected with his husband’s head, flung across the room in yet another protracted dispute, and the medical examiner who saw Saratoga SpaghettiMan’s husband is a mandatory reporter. They were never meant to be.

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                    He’s pretty, a subtle feminine aesthetic. You were doubtful at first.

                    Oh also, interesting to note in the future: after self-flying cars were legalized by Chairman X. A. E. Musk of the United States Board of Presidential Chairmen in ‘51, mid-air traffic fatalities octupled almost immediately. He wanted one, and you were so close to talking him out. Next time this conversation happens, mention the payment cycle and interest rate more often.

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      That must have been a source of great distress for voters, at least for as long as they kept having elections.