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Uncle Joe

(65,453 posts)
Sat May 9, 2026, 11:01 AM 5 hrs ago

Brooks and Marcus on Virginia's major shakeup in the national redistricting battle



David Brooks of The Atlantic and Ruth Marcus of The New Yorker join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a voter-approved congressional map and developments in the war with Iran.
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Brooks and Marcus on Virginia's major shakeup in the national redistricting battle (Original Post) Uncle Joe 5 hrs ago OP
David Brooks is still such an asshole. Bluepinky 4 hrs ago #1

Bluepinky

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1. David Brooks is still such an asshole.
Sat May 9, 2026, 12:19 PM
4 hrs ago

He says “That’s why we take some things out of the hands of voters”, because they’ll “not be responsible about it”. “They care more about their party than their country, they care more about their party than democracy.” He was justifying the Virginia Supreme Court’s recent decision to disallow the voter-approved redistricting plan.

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