Big BREAKING NEWS out of Alabama!

[AntivaxHunters]

Let's goooooooooo!

Link to tweet

[JohnSJ]

1. I wouldn't be surprise if the racist republican legislature want to secede from the union

[EYESORE 9001]

3. Me either

Chaos is the point.

[Martin68]

11. I'd love it if they seceded. No more blue state federal dollars going to a fascist red state.

No more interstate travel without a passport, and they'll be paying import duties on US goods and export duties on their exports. Won't be voting in national elections, and won't be represented in Congress. Become a third world country overnight (they already qualify for that status except the the rest of the US is here to help them).

[AverageJoe]

18. Don't throw the Democratic babies out with the bath water.

The GOP makes it very difficult for people of color and the poor to vote in Alabama. Combine that with gerrymandering, the power of conservative churches and the poor funding of public education and you have a recipe for a populace under the thumb of the bad guys.

There are many Democrats here. The deck is just stacked against us.

[AllyCat]

25. Hugs AverageJoe.

I cannot imagine.

[wnylib]

12. Fine with me. Those who are not part of their cult can migrate to blue states.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

15. I doubt they can afford to

Probably a recipient state, not a donor state.

[JohnSJ]

24. It would be an illegal action if they tried it, and like the Jan 6th idiot, there would be

consequences

[Sessuch]

31. When they go, have them take Tuberville with them

[CottonBear]

34. Tuberville's already gone. He owns a home in Florida that's his primary residence. NT

[getagrip_already]

2. Just curious.....

What if al refuses to implement the eventual federal map after exhausting all appeals?

Has a state ever just defied a federal order on a voting issue before?

[AntivaxHunters]

4. Good question & the funny thing?

They defied a SCOTUS decision telling them to redraw it..

[ancianita]

7. Defying SCOTUS is what AL does. Back in civil rights days, the president sent in Nat'l Guard to

force its governor Geo Wallace to integrate schools. If they continue to defy the feds, some leadership might be charged with obstruction.

[thatcrowwoman]

9. That's why JuanitaJean refers to it as Ala-damn-Bama.

Nina Simone sang Mississippi Goddam, but it also applies to Alabama, Texas, and more.

🕊thatcrowwoman

[wnylib]

13. Maybe refuse to allow elected people from illegitimate districts to be sworn in?

[ancianita]

26. Sounds like the least that should happen to them. I prefer they be charged with attempted fraud

against the citizens of Alabama.

There shouldn't be a single state within the United States that defies SCOTUS rulings. They have courts and AG's. They should use them.

[dchill]

5. Them's fahtin' words!

[Nevilledog]

6. NPR article

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1193749552/alabama-congressional-map

[TeamProg]

8. K&R Thanks for posting. n/t

[PortTack]

10. I do know that states have to comply with federal election laws or risk federal level candidates

Not appearing on the ballot.

[spanone]

14. 👍🏼...K&R...👍🏼

[The Bopper]

16. Remove everything from Huntsville

And move any military base or other federal facility. They want to starve, let them. Tired of being a nice guy to people who think the federal money they het is entitled to it.
True federal welfare queens.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Glad to see Marc Elias' DemocracyDocket involved!

Their record has been stellar!

[jaxexpat]

19. The MAGA south holds its their breath for the outcome in Atlanta.

All those people who still harbor anything but disgust for the Confederacy are apoplectic in fear. Trump's case is like a sword of Damocles hanging over their stubborn and misplaced pride filled heads.

[FailureToCommunicate]

23. You forgot to add..."Bless their hearts"

[jaxexpat]

28. True dat, but seriously.

There are southerners who have made their political careers stoking the flames of old fashioned southern racism. Newt and his sycophants from Alabama or Mississippi abound.. There are many who studied at the feet of the master. Lindsey Graham comes to.mind. How many denizens of low bearing have grown to fruit and power tugging at the apron strings of veteran racist demagogues since the great unpleasantness?

[gab13by13]

20. 1 more Democratic Rep.

1 less Magat Rep. is a net gain of 2 in the House.

[democrank]

21. Very good news....K&R

Thanks for posting this

[Warpy]

22. Ir will be interesting to see how long this one plays out

because you know the Alabama ruling class is not going to accept anything that doesn't gerrymander the rights of its African American citizens into oblivion. They'll throw a temper tantrum shrieking about states' rights, the Feds will scream about civil rights, the court case will drag on and on and only be resolved when all the current screamers are dead.

The issue won't be, of course, since so much of the south has never given up on federalism, the strong state and weak central government that had states ready to go to war with each other in the 1780s. Nobody gonna tell them what to do, no suh.

[FakeNoose]

27. Florida's gerrymander map got struck down last Thursday or Friday

Yippee and a great big thanks to these state Supreme Court justices who aren't lying down for their Repuke Governors and legislatures!

[Recycle_Guru]

29. kick

[liberalla]

30. Good news! That is fantastic!

[AZLD4Candidate]

32. Replace the A's with Klanhoods and that how people spelled Alabama in the 1960s

[Smackdown2019]

33. Alabama, you ratified the 14th amendment to readmintted to the US.

You agreed to the 14th amendment to be a state again, therefore your oath NOT to hinder the rights of your citizens shall automatically remove you from your office.