You can count on it.

The 1st session of the 120th Congress begins on Jan. 3, 2027 and because Congress has to re-vote for a new Speaker of the House each session, no one is sworn in until there IS a Speaker elected -

You might recall the 15 votes that were taken to get the dummy Charlie McCarthy elected for the 118th Congress (in Jan. 2023) and during the 4 days when that drama went on, there were no members sworn in and no "official" Congressional business could be conducted. The Clerk was forced to run the sessions each day.

Someone will file a lawsuit against what the governor in California is doing and the people of California and depending on the court it will be upheld or not and if it is it will be appealed to the Supreme Court and guess what they’ll do.

I’m assuming this is something that could go to court and we certainly understand by now that this Supreme Court has no intention of abiding by the law or the Constitution. Yes they will rule that Texas can do it and California cannot. They will just make up an excuse.

From here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=3510265

But so far, unless it has to do with the VRA, the SCOTUS has still stayed out of state elections stuff and they blessed gerrymandering -

A decade of Supreme Court rulings have given states increasingly unfettered power in redistricting

When PA redistricted in 2018 due to the GOP years of gerrymandering after the 2010 Census, violating the state Constitution's requirement of "compact and contiguous", (and PA finally had a (D) governor to support legal action), the state Supreme Court (majority (D)) ruled that the map needed to be redrawn, ignored the various maps proffered, and drew their own lines.

The GOP took it to federal court and went all the way to the SCOTUS and the SCOTUS waved them away because per the Constitution, "elections are handled by the states". The same happened again here after the 2020 Census when the state Supreme Court revised the lines to take into account a lost seat, the GOP again ran it to daddy Roberts, and the case was waved away.

ETA - and after that 2018 redistricting, the PA Congressional split went from 13 (R) - 5 (D) to 9 (R) - 9 (D), where Democrats picked up 4 seats. After the 2020 redraw, it went to 9 (D) - 8 (R), where Republicans lost a seat. The 2024 election left us at 10 (R) - 7 (D). Hopefully we can get our lost seats back and pick up a couple more.

He isn't going to do shit.

Johnson is a dirt rotten Crook. I hate his guts. #LockUpSpeakerJohnson #RepublicansAreTheProblem #RepukesAreCrooks. #LockUpTrump

Just kidding. Jesus's been in this little lying fart's rear view mirror ever since he started monitoring his son's porn visits on the internet. I can't prove it, but I understand the vile hypocrite uses Holy Lube when he does his monitoring. Y'know, to prevent chafing.

What I'm trying to say is, Little Mikey is the epitome of the MAGA Christian -- a little pissant of a lying dirtbag who, if there is a hell, is gonna slide down to its deepest pits on a metal chute greased with Holy Lube.

Other than, he's a fine man.

any state can do this,

I was first hanging out on DU. There was this acronym, IOKIYAR, and i was puzzled by it for so long.

it seems so silly now that I'm so much older, but at the time I was kinda embarrassed to admit I didn't know what the fuck it meant. At some point someone wrote it out, or another more brave person than me asked, and so I learned

It's Ok if you're a republican.

early naughts. mid 21st century now.

On my list of demands is the outlawing of the republican party. When/if we get our democracy back, they should never be allowed to hold office ever, ever again.

... I have called for the GOP/RNC to be taken down under R.I.C.O. statutes for over a decade. Citizen's United decision only reinforces that belief of mine.

What to speak of Republican for-profit political groups evading taxes for their moneymaking activities and political machine expenses.

Fundraisers for politicians is not tax-exempt and charity. Which weasel Republican lawyers and SCOTUS have redefined Republicans as charitable organizations.

If so, I oppose spending brain research funds to study why Republicans are so misguided. Those monies are needed for actual patients, not politicians playing dumb for the attention.

To LEARN From This Lesson - This Is What The Republican Party Does When In Power!
We Have Been Living Under Republican Rule for Almost Fifty Years Now.
Since Limbaugh and FoxNews.
Sure there have been Democratic presidents...
But with strong Republican Congresses.
DId Clinton or Obama create executive orders to overturn the Reagan Tax Cuts?
Did they reinstate the 70% top tax rate?
Did they raise the minimum wage?
Did they do anything to make our lives better?
(and don't say RomneyObamacare).
We Must Learn This Lesson and never repeat it!

Push up the daisies Johnson. Everyone hates your guts Boy.

Idiocy, thy name is 'publican.

He doesn't deserve his position.

Holy Mike better hope with all his shriveled soul that Jesus doesn't exist. Otherwise, the replay of his life at his judgement day is going to be most cringe-worthy.

Which should be a good argument to use against any efforts they make to stop California.

Fuck you and your tiny Johnson!

If it wasn't for gerrymandering and illegal power grabs the republican party would never be in power.

then maybe--just maybe--you shouldn't be allowed to do it at all.

What a concept, I know.

Johnsons creepy relationship with his son.

Matthew 7:5 - "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."


Clearly the Texas mid-decade reapportionment is the 'beam' in Johnson's eye....
and the Texas mid-decade reapportionment, while not prohibited by any obvious 'law',
lacks any support from the U.S. Constitution....



Other verses about hypocrisy:
https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Hypocrisy/

1 John 4:20 - If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

James 1:26 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.

Matthew 6:1 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 7:1-5 - Judge not, that ye be not judged. (Read More...)

Matthew 15 -9 - Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, (Read More...)

Romans 2:3 - And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?

1 John 2 - He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.

Luke 12:2 - For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

James 2:14-26 - What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? (Read More...)

2 Timothy 3:5 - Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Matthew 7:15 - Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Titus 1:16 - They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.

1 John 2:4 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

They call the Democratic parties use of gerrymandering a power grab and they just refer to the situation in Texas as Trump asking for five more seats no sweat.

Excuse me??? Democrats???

Whose ass did you pull that one from, “Moses??”

Clinical-level Projection!

It's an inconvenient truth, but it IS the truth. Loooking at the congressional district maps of my state, I'd be as hypocritical as Johnson to claim otherwise. (My district looks like a snake with an oversized head at each end, lol. And some of the others are much worse!) I don't love it, but that's how the game is played, by both sides, and it's not changing any time soon.

The reason Texas's plans are so outrageous is that those maps are based on census data and are therefore customarily drawn after each census, not halfway in between the last census and the next one. Of course Johnson has no problem at all with a red state doing that, but is screaming like a stuck pig about Newsom saying both sides can play at that game. That's where the hypocrisy comes in: he thinks it's fine for HIS side to change the rules in the middle of the game but for Dems to do the same thing is *GASP* heresy!

However, when it comes to drawing ongressional district maps in such a way that one party is favored over the other, neither side has squeaky clean hands, at least not in every state, and it's disingenuous to claim otherwise.

They have a Fort Knox stockpile of hypocrisy, I tell you what!

The RNCC can't do shit about it. Elections are state regulated and Republicans in states where they are minority can do as they please. They know that from the way they have operated in states they are super majority. Johnson must think the other states they rule can squeeze out some more seats. But I think they are so gerrymandering they can't. Either way there are more seats to be gotten on the Dem side. Even Cal.can figure out a way to get 9 if need be.

Make our day!

What's good for you is not good for us? Eat shit! Typical republican bullshit.

That's rich!

MAGA Mike is a fucking HYPOCRITE.

Someone needs to wipe that smirk off his slimy face.

States are immune from federal interference.

Tenth Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

be all they can be to fuck them over.

i hope he and his son are sharing an app where every time these good christian's lie it zaps the Lie Partner.

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