Joe Biden is now officially the 46th President of the United States of America

[Xzi]

If that we're the case, the fed owns 640 million acres of land, 28% of the whole country - ripe for new states whenever an administration feels like pulling two new senators out of a hat. If this comes to pass as the new status quo, I am perfectly happy with the Republicans starting a New California Republic or two somewhere in a national park, inhabited solely by bears.

Much of that land is designated national parks/wildlife, which of course Republicans would want to eliminate, but then much of it is also designated as resource gathering (fracking/drilling/etc) in various states, and Republicans wouldn't want to change what we're already doing there.

As far as anybody knows, statehood can be granted by legislation. Republicans threaten to go nuclear on every little issue, so after a while it starts to sound like the boy who cried wolf.

 

[Hanafuda]

That would just make DC federal land in perpetuity. Pursuant to Article 4, Congress has the right to buy, sell and regulate federal lands, I'm not sure it has the right to abandon them. It would be the first time in history the U.S. Government has generated a new state out of thin air. Pursuant to the same Article, the government has the right to admit new states into the union, but it's unclear whether it can just generate them using the land it owns. If that were the case, the fed owns 640 million acres of land, 28% of the whole country - ripe for new states whenever an administration feels like pulling two new senators out of a hat. If this comes to pass as the new status quo, I am perfectly happy with the Republicans starting a New California Republic or two somewhere in a national park, inhabited solely by bears.

Depends on what kind of bears.

 

[Foxi4]

Much of that land is designated national parks/wildlife, which of course Republicans would want to eliminate, but then much of it is also designated as resource gathering (fracking/drilling/etc) in various states, and Republicans wouldn't want to change what we're already doing there.

Give me one good reason why clown world can't get any more ridiculous. Your suggestion isn't any less silly than mine - you want Congress to take land it owns and create a new state just because. Two can play that game - a national park that you can live in sounds lovely. I'll have a log cabin, why not? Cozy.

 

[Xzi]

Give me one good reason why clown world can't get any more ridiculous. Your suggestion isn't any less silly than mine - you want Congress to take land it owns and create a new state just because. Two can play that game - a national park that you can live in sounds lovely. I'll have a log cabin, why not? Cozy.

They fuck with that land, Dems fuck with drilling land. It's a nice balance they've found themselves, or so they think.

 

[Foxi4]

They fuck with that land, Dems fuck with drilling land. It's a nice balance they've found themselves, or so they think.

We can both have a log cabin. Let's split the parks into 100 meter squares so everyone gets a nice lawn. I am looking forward to our 2000 Senator future, lemme get my visa sorted.

 

[Xzi]

We can both have a log cabin. Let's split the parks into 100 meter squares so everyone gets a nice lawn. I am looking forward to our 2000 Senator future, lemme get my visa sorted.

I'm telling you it'll never happen. Most of that land exists within established states. Fuck the politicians, the corporations would be out minute one. DC is a very unique situation, along with our territories. Don't play dumb.

 

[Foxi4]

I'm telling you it'll never happen. Most of that land exists within established states. Fuck the politicians, the corporations would be out minute one. DC is a very unique situation, along with our territories. Don't play dumb.

I think my log cabin idea is great, you're playing dumb by pretending this isn't about power.

 

[Xzi]

I think my log cabin idea is great, you're playing dumb by pretending this isn't about power.

Again, I couldn't care less what the motivations are or what you perceive them to be, the people in DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam need to be given representation in government. Let the votes fall how they may for their own representatives.

Edit: TIL Guam has one House representative. At least that's something I guess.

 

[KingVamp]

Edit: TIL Guam has one House representative. At least that's something I guess

They call these shadows. They can have a say, but can't actually vote.

 

[Hanafuda]

We can both have a log cabin. Let's split the parks into 100 meter squares so everyone gets a nice lawn. I am looking forward to our 2000 Senator future, lemme get my visa sorted.

Make each 100 meter square its own State. Then everyone gets two senators.

 

[Seliph]

Make D.C its own independent nation-state

Boom problem solved

 

[Valwinz]

The arizona thing is odd because for some reason Democrats are trying to stop the audit and now paypal is also trying to stop it

I mean at this point what are they afraid off? everything was fine they say why are they afraid of an audit

 

[Lacius]

The arizona thing is odd because for some reason Democrats are trying to stop the audit and now paypal is also trying to stop it

I mean at this point what are they afraid off? everything was fine they say why are they afraid of an audit

The "audit" is partisan nonsense. They're making things up as they go along.

 

[Valwinz]

The "audit" is partisan nonsense. They're making things up as they go along.

if it is nonsense why try to stop it what are afraid off kinda odd mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[Xzi]

if it is nonsense why try to stop it what are afraid off kinda odd mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Why stop it? Because it's a waste of state funds, duh. It's completely inconsequential, and the people behind it are just gonna lie their asses off anyway. You'll get to hear what you want to hear, but Arizona's official results will remain unchanged.

 

[Valwinz]

Donald Trump told us the 2020 election would be stolen via fake printed ballots. The media and left labeled us as conspiracy theorists.

The Maricopa County audit is confirming the rumors, that a special watermark is on the real ballots. No wonder the Democrats tried to stall. pic.twitter.com/53BRIwvwvF

— Dino (@Dino_Velet) April 24, 2021

this is why this audit is good because it will put some conspiracies to rest finally or it will show they were actually true there

Democrats seems so scared of this for some funny reason I mean nothing wrong with showing elections are secure

They are checking the watermarks thing and hopefully put it rest

 

[tthousand]

Why stop it? Because it's a waste of state funds, duh. It's completely inconsequential, and the people behind it are just gonna lie their asses off anyway. You'll get to hear what you want to hear, but Arizona's official results will remain unchanged.

A) The government is interested in NOT wasting funds now? LOL
B) If fraud is found, there could be major, major consequences.
C) At least they have people looking into it who actually are interested in finding foul-play, as opposed to all the people who have previously "looked" into it who knew finding anything would be bad for them.

 

[Xzi]

The government is interested in NOT wasting funds now? LOL

It's coming out of Arizona's budget, not the federal government's, so yes I imagine there are a million more beneficial things the money could've been spent on.

If fraud is found, there could be major, major consequences.

If fraud was to be discovered by an independent nonpartisan committee or outside group, that'd be one thing. But when it's discovered by a bunch of known partisan grifters? They'll largely be ignored. Supposing I were to play into the fairy tale though, then what? Arizona flips and Biden still wins by like three states. The desperation from conspiracy loons is both palpable and pathetic.

At least they have people looking into it who actually are interested in finding foul-play, as opposed to all the people who have previously "looked" into it who knew finding anything would be bad for them.

You mean all the Republicans in the room while votes were being counted and re-counted weren't interested in finding foul play? Believe me, they tried to generate some evidence of foul play from thin air. Many times.

 

[Louse]

A) The government is interested in NOT wasting funds now? LOL
B) If fraud is found, there could be major, major consequences.
C) At least they have people looking into it who actually are interested in finding foul-play, as opposed to all the people who have previously "looked" into it who knew finding anything would be bad for them.

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This photo is quite suspicious, my good lad.
Please reverse the processes in which created this seemingly pin-holed photograph

 

[AncientBoi]

This chit still ain't convincing me that tRUMP won. tRuMp was Dumped on election day.