puerto rico just needs to say fuck this and try to align themselves with cuba. it's right fucking there.
The Council of Elders has spoken, all must obey, lest the wrath of our Founding Fathers, who art in Heaven, be brought upon us.
Waiting for AOC to send arms and munitions to Puerto Rico and not the fucking Ukraine.
I forget what comrade posted this here a while back but I always think back to the post “the Supreme Court has never been a barrier to state oppression”
Supreme Court has never been a barrier to state oppression”
The period in the lead up to the civil war where the Supreme Court allowed the legal enforcement of the extradition of escaped slaves from the northern states back to their southern masters doesn't count, obviously you silly vommie commies
I hope the guillotines are real next time and the governor ends up in one.
The government's appeal originally was filed by former President Donald Trump's administration. Biden's administration continued the appeal while also urging Congress to extend SSI to Puerto Rico.
:liberalism:
We cannot erode trust in our institutions by doing good things completely legally
It's cute that you think the rich only torture the poor when it is profitable for them. My brother in Allah, our suffering is the point - they enjoy it, it is their entertainment, it adds meaning to their empty lives. They would torture us even if it cost them money, and they often do...
Another thing to add to that list of Joe Biden’s accomplishments that keeps popping up
Trump apparently supports it, which makes sense right? He really doesn't strike me as one who likes getting up an hour early, ever
It's advantageous to the mainland to keep them a territory. All the burdens of a state, with none of the perks or privileges.
There's a decent number of :maybe-later-kiddo: types who fantasize about Puerto Rico becoming a state so that the democrats will always win but I doubt the party leadership would ever let that happen, losing is their main strategy
Would Puerto Rico's senators or whatever even be democrats? Like aren't they pretty catholic and conservative
i mean, who knows what's going to happen in 2 or 5 or 10 years, but right now the Republicans are simply too racist for 66% of Latino voters and rising
Probably not. The majority of their governors have been PPD with only a few PNP governors over the last couple decades. PPD aligns with Dems while PNP aligns with Republicans.
The political parties are mostly formed around positions regarding the statehood/independence/status quo question though. If they were to become a state, politicians of both parties would lose their positions and have to join Dems or Republicans which is why a lot of the politicians and business folks that "support" statehood publicly are against it privately and never want it to actually happen.
That's a good point. I still think it would lean more Democratic. They would probably vote similarly to Mexican Americans.
There was a viral video leading up to the 2020 election where the person depicted does an unhinged screed about there being "a fucking fascist in the white house" and voting for Biden to do a harm reduction.
I am under the impression it was a satirical post and they were kind of unjustly lampooned, but :maybe-later-kiddo: will live on as an icon of BlueAnon regardless.
I've heard that. It really didn't feel satirical, but what do I know
origins discussed by Leon but it has come to symbolize the unique ability of libs to be condescending, arrogant, and wrong all at the same time.
Liberals managed to fucking lose a presidential election to Donald Trump and almost lost twice in a row.
If PR becomes a state, Dems will find a way to keep losing
There is someone unironically saying to add 8 more liberal judges to the Supreme Court after reading this shit. So what, the ruling could be 2-16?? These people have rocks for brains jfc
There is someone unironically saying to add 8 more liberal judges to the Supreme Court after reading this shit.
The fundamental argument behind this case is that Puerto Ricans don't pay federal income taxes, from which the SSI benefit is supposed to derive.
That said, when guys like Thomas are arguing this decision invalidates Fifth Amendment Equal Protections, yeah. I do see a benefit in stacking the court with people who disagree.
Obviously, actual leftists would be better than more liberals, but I could see liberals benefiting significantly from a stacked liberal court.
