The GOP's new power centers

[DonViejo]

2 hours ago - Politics & Policy

Axios
Mike Allen, Jim VandeHei

Democrats control Washington, but Republicans have a mighty counterweight that gets little attention: dominance in the states and the courts.

State of play: The GOP controls a majority of statehouses and state legislatures + more state Supreme Court justices lean Republican than Democrat. All of this is backed by Republican-appointed majorities on federal appeals courts and the U.S. Supreme court.

Why it matters: That one-two punch gives Republicans domain over a huge swath of America's governing system, including power over voting laws and the redistricting of House seats, plus the ability to use state courts to their advantage.

Just as Biden is taking a maximalist approach to Washington power; Republicans are doing the same state-by-state:

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https://www.axios.com/republicans-democrats-voting-courts-states-ea4183f9-4834-4c93-b125-1ad424605894.html

[SWBTATTReg]

1. And this will change. With their passing of toxic anti-voter bills, people are starting to take...

note and I suspect, are getting pissed off. I am.

[CrispyQ]

2. Wake up the young voters, the non-voters, get them engaged, & this will change.

GOTV is our only way out of this. We need every single one of the 81 million 2020 Biden voters to GOTV in 2022 & 2024.

[erronis]

3. I can't wait for the senile old white racists to die off - however they go it ain't fast enough.

Males mainly, southern good-ole-days boys, mainly. Lots of stupid women that can't figure out that they are chattel (or enjoy it.)

Being a senile old white guy I'm looking forward to being replaced by someone of a fresh and energetic outlook, someone who can help solve the problems we've left you. Someone who is representative of the world's population.

Good luck!