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Today in "no shit" news: Virginia Dems will do literally nothing for their voter-approved electoral map (archive.is)
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There was an option on the table for them to lower the mandatory retirement age of Supreme Court justices, but they will not do it.

They want to "work within the existing legal system": https://bsky.app/profile/therealbrent.bsky.social/post/3mllik3ltck2i

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[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 16 points 3 days ago

They want to "work within the existing legal system".

I was 100% expecting that yet I still have an unexpected feeling. It turns out that the 100% was more like ~99.90%. I knew the situation was hopeless but I couldn't entirely accept that. I guess I would have the same feeling if I was a passenger in a car where the driver is an idiot, the high mountain road is twisty and treacherous, and crashing through a barrier is fatal.

The GOP SCOTUS ruling was the car smashing through and the certainty of death. At least in the car - death is probably quick. Instead - for years to go we'll have to listen to endless, pointless, flag-waving speeches about voting, democracy, and American exceptionalism.