I support the goal but you won’t get there by resurrecting policy crafted in the 40s and abolished 80s. We deserve, and should demand, legislation appropriate to our times.
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Exactly. Gotta be adaptive, insightful
aug 30, 2025, 6:49 pm • 1 0 • view
Here’s my crude kernel of an idea FWIW: You know how tobacco companies fought & fought but eventually had to accede to warning labels covering a third of their packaging? If a carrier (term per 47 USC) is adjudicated to have knowingly & persistently propagated falsehood OR settled a suit to (1/2)
aug 30, 2025, 5:20 pm • 42 4 • view
avoid such an adjudication, they must run a public service alert (think of those tests of the Emergency Broadcast System) every 15 minutes informing their audience of this occurrence of persistent, deliberate disinformation. (2/2)
aug 30, 2025, 5:20 pm • 66 5 • view
Compelled speech also violates 1A.
aug 30, 2025, 11:18 pm • 2 0 • view
Pass a new law. Citizen Redistricting commissions must be used to redistrict for all Federal House seats. Barring that, increase the size of the House of Representatives to 1700 members and ensure that the number of people / representative ratio remains the same well into the future.
aug 30, 2025, 8:40 pm • 31 0 • view
Unlike sane federal democracies, the laws for everything involved with congressional elections are up to the states. Reinstating the original population per seat is completely possible though, it was 30k so that would mean 11,333 representatives, give or take. 😊
aug 30, 2025, 9:20 pm • 14 0 • view
Generally you are right but if you limit it to federal elections you might be able to do it
aug 30, 2025, 9:39 pm • 1 0 • view
It's also about what you can get past SCOTUS. They're already gutting the voting rights act.
aug 30, 2025, 10:21 pm • 2 0 • view
Not sue that more politicians is the answer.
aug 30, 2025, 10:01 pm • 10 0 • view
It's not *not* the answer. Lot harder to gerrymander elections with that many fewer voters per seat.
aug 30, 2025, 10:21 pm • 10 0 • view
Tax the rich Fund the IRS
aug 31, 2025, 12:04 am • 5 0 • view
Politicians aren't the problem, crooked and unaccountable politicians are the problem 🧵 Gerrymandering incentivises each candidate to be more extreme than the last because the primary is all that matters when a general is non-competitive Unlimited money (Cit. Un.) made it legal to buy elections
aug 31, 2025, 6:51 am • 1 0 • view
The revolving door & lack of regulation on lobbying means a seat in Congress can be parlayed into a highly lucrative job/title/position after by simply providing access Capping the # of Representatives at 435 means that as populations increase and become more diverse people are guaranteed LESS
aug 31, 2025, 6:51 am • 0 0 • view
representation/access to leaders, however the Senate & Electoral Collegw are the bigger problems. WY has 1 Senator/587,000 people while CA has 1/20,000,000 and TX has 1/15,600,000 which is as absurd as losing the popular vote but winning the Presidency The lack of rules on individual stock trades
aug 31, 2025, 6:51 am • 0 0 • view
combined with a total lack of oversight/prosecutions over insider trading & a SCOTUS that's literallyq taking bribes to legalize bribery made pay-to-play & quid pro quo the way of Washington DC Judicial & Cabinet picks LIE in confirmation hearings because there's zero penalties for lying under
aug 31, 2025, 6:51 am • 0 0 • view
oath making the Constitutionally mandated confirmation process a farce There's no ethics rules for SCOTUS Vote by proxy & laxed filibuster rules mean someone who isn't even present can derail legislation With zero enforcement on emoluments & congress self-policing there's no independent arbitors
aug 31, 2025, 6:51 am • 1 0 • view
Better yet, get rid of the electoral college!
aug 30, 2025, 10:49 pm • 2 0 • view
That one is a much harder sell as it requires a constitutional amendment but fixing Congress is a much easier sell
aug 31, 2025, 3:27 am • 1 0 • view
Find a protest near you. #LaborDayProtests #ShowUp #HandmadeSigns https://www.mobilize.us/mayday/map/
aug 31, 2025, 8:35 am • 1 0 • view
Agreed. I actually didn’t know this had been torched… pretty sad.
aug 30, 2025, 5:24 pm • 1 0 • view