2026-04-30 03:35:45
Why not eliminate single-representative districts and switch to some form of proportional representation? (Or just go with nationwide independent redistricting commissions.) Too much time and resources are spent on gerrymandering and redistricting legal warfare.
But of course, those that benefit under the current system (*cough* GOP *cough*) won’t change it.
#uspol



















![Companies are going to get refunds for tariffs they already raised prices to pay for in a country that teaches everyone as kids that it is justified to start shooting people if taxes on our breakfast beverages are too high.
Good luck with that CEOs, sleep well.
[a live drawing of a crate labeled “Boston tea” floating in the Boston harbor with a sailing ship and city skyline in the background]](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/450/733/772/041/101/small/aa6dd966fa214311.png)



!["TO ANNOUNCE THAT
THERE MUST BE NO CRITICISM OF THE PRESIDENT,
OR THAT WE ARE TO STAND BY THE PRESIDENT, RIGHT OR WRONG, IS NOT ONLY UNPATRIOTIC AND SERVILE, BUT IS MORALLY TREASONABLE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC."
Theodore Roosevelt
[sepia photo of Theodore Roosevelt]](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/246/356/050/549/468/small/78995d04c850420b.jpeg)
![BREAKING: A defiant Pete Hegseth lashed out at his critics on Thursday. "I get knocked down, but I get up again," he told reporters at the Pentagon. "You're never gonna keep me down." Revealing the secret to his resilience, Hegseth said, "I drink a whiskey drink, I drink a vodka drink, I drink a lager drink, I drink a cider drink."
[photo of hegseth speaking to press outside]](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/239/598/557/123/134/small/6c5882e38b737c18.jpeg)






![Screenshot of a post by
Senator Mark Kelly
@SenMarkKelly
We had this conversation in a public hearing a week ago and you said it would take “years” to replenish some of these stockpiles. That’s not classified, it’s a quote from you. This war is coming at a serious cost and you and the president still haven’t explained to the American people what the goal is.
[video of hegseth saying it will take years to replenish]
[quote of a post by
Pete Hegseth
@PeteHegseth]
“Captain” Mark Kelly s…](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/557/425/898/212/324/small/45b0554abd4fcbc2.png)




![post by Iran Embassy in Zimbabwe @IRANinZIMBABWE
8 P.M. is not that good. Could you change it to between 1 and 2 P.M., or if possible, 1 and 2 A.M.?
Thank you for your attention to this important matter. I.E.Z.
[quoted post]
Donald J. Trump
@reaDonaldTrump
Tuesday, 8:00 P.M. Eastern Time!
3:02 AM • 4/6/26](https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/116/358/211/068/820/519/small/5303b07d9772b7ca.jpeg)