Conservative Catch-All

No need to reply to this--just an observation: It amazes me daily how the opposition to Trump verges on hysteria--and I'm not one of his supporters. I don't intend on defending him. I just think it's sad what is becoming of our country.

another weirdo coming out of the woodwork.  That is sick!

Correct, but since the FEDS did not enforce immigration laws effectively, then the state economy should suffer? The California AG is saying California would be disproportionately effected. Not necessarily making it all about representation from what I've read. Two different things. 

This from the Census Bureau ....

“Public Law 94-171, enacted by Congress in December 1975, requires the Census Bureau to provide state legislatures with the small area census population tabulations necessary for legislative redistricting. The law also specifies:

The states choosing to participate in this voluntary program will define the small areas for which specific data tabulations are desired and submit these areas following timelines established by the Census Bureau. These small areas include census block boundaries, voting districts, and state legislative districts.

The Census Bureau must transmit the total population tabulations to the states within one year of census day, customarily April 1 of the year following the census.

The 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program provided states the opportunity to delineate voting and state legislative districts and to suggest census block boundaries for use in the 2010 Census redistricting data tabulations (Public Law 94-171 Redistricting Data File).

The program also ensured continued dialogue with the states in regard to 2010 Census planning, thereby allowing states ample time for planning, response, and participation.

To read more about the 2010 Census Redistricting Data Program, view the other pages of our website and check out our publication:”

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And this from the Washington Times in 2016 may  answer why California and other states are suing the Census Bureau about adding that question.

“Supreme Court rules in redistricting case: Illegal immigrants can be counted“

From the article...

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Monday that illegal immigrants and other noncitizens can be counted when states draw their legislative districts, shooting down a challenge by Texas residents who said their own voting power was being diluted.

The ruling does not grant noncitizens the power to vote, but says the principle of one person, one vote doesn’t require localities to only count those who are actually eligible to vote when they are deciding how many people to put inside of each district.

 Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, writing for the court, said even though only eligible voters are supposed to cast ballots, elected officials represent all people within their districts, and it is that act of representation, not the election itself, that the boundaries are drawn to.

“As the Framers of the Constitution and the Fourteenth Amendment comprehended, representatives serve all residents, not just those eligible or registered to vote,” she wrote. “Nonvoters have an important stake in many policy debates — children, their parents, even their grandparents, for example, have a stake in a strong public-education system — and in receiving constituent services, such as help navigating public-benefits bureaucracies.”

 Hispanic groups hailed the ruling as a victory for their own political power, saying it ensured Latinos continue to earn representation even if they don’t have the right to vote.

But conservatives and those who want to see a crackdown on illegal immigration said the ruling could entice even more communities to become sanctuary cities, shielding illegal immigrants in an attempt to attract more nonvoters and build their political clout.

 Texas residents had challenged the way districts were drawn in their state, saying that because they ended up in districts with more eligible voters, their vote counted less than someone in another district.”

On that we can agree.

I hope anger management class is in her near future. 

I am appalled that Diamond and Silk are being shut down by Facebook. I think they're hilarious too. Censoring/banning voices of opposing viewpoints is the absolute definition of fascism and FB removing people they don't like because they're deemed "unsafe" is just like book burning in the past. Completely fascist. FB seems to be trying to walk it back a little but it's too late now, they've shown their true selves in this.



ETA - Facebook says now it's all a big misunderstanding and they aren't shutting D & S down.  I just checked and their page is still up, so I will give FB the benefit of the doubt.  I still think FB has too much power in silencing those they don't agree with and promoting those they do but that's another topic.

This morning I was able to go to Diamond and Silk's Facebook page.

Apparently you can go there, but their content has been compromised.   As of last night, they posted they haven't heard from facebook, and people were still having problems with the content on their page, or commenting on their page, or liking their page.  He stated in his testimony that the problem had been taken care of, and that it was an "administrative mistake" to begin with, and that they had contacted Diamond and Silk--none of that happened.

Oh ok.

I'm not going to miss him much.  He talked a good game when he was running, but after this Omnibus bill has passed, I don't believe anything he ever said.  I also think Steve Scalise would be the next in line--if the Republicans don't lose too many members with this next election.  It could be pretty close. 

I live in his district and he has lost a lot of support and he wouldn't  be a shoo-in like he has been in the past.  Not even close.  There is some talk of him wanting to run for governor in the future. Madison is just a hop, skip from Janesville.  But it's just talk at this point. 

That being said, the GOP better get better candidates because the top republican candidate to replace Ryan (was going to oppose Ryan) has become pretty open white supremacist.  He seemed to be more on the down low before the presidential election.  

As far as Speaker of the House I think it's too early to tell.  A lot can happen in nine months.

oh good Lord, we don't need that. I need to start researching who is looking to be the up and coming...I agree, the Republicans better get some better candidates. 

Sorry, I'm late getting back to this. Thanks for taking the time to explain, megop. I understand and agree. It seems that the only thing politician are held accountable for these days is elicit affairs. Everything else, like running the country/state, doesn't matter. They should be held accountable for that first and foremost.