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And that’s basically it!
Donald Trump doesn't "seriously consider" anything at all. He just says and does whatever the fuck pops into his addled brain at any given moment.
I have to hand it to his handlers, this is a very lateral thinking move for dealing with the perceived problem of immigration. 800k fewer immigrants in the USA with the stroke of a pen. Genius.
You know they do them in pairs, Venezuela might vote Democrat. DC and Puerto Rico would vote Democrat.
DC entered the chat
Honestly, unless we change our electoral college and the way that Senators represent people, which are things that we should totally do, we should break up our most populous states into smaller states. I would say that should be our first goal for new states.
States with large populations ironically have less proportional representation in the Senate, and they have fewer electors, per capita, in the presidential elections. In other words, in populous states like California, Texas, and Florida, the voters have less representation than if they lived in Wyoming.
Plus, the Senators and electors are generally winner-take-all, which means that, if you compare to a multiple state solution, the minorities in those states are essentially disenfranchised completely.
So, with such a large discrepancy in population between the most and least populous states, countless voters are getting screwed under our current system.
The only people who benefit from large, populous states are people who are leaders of some sort in those states. The governors of Texas and California have power over many more people than the governor of Alaska. Wealthy people get more if they buy a state politician in Texas than in Vermont.
It would make more sense to split some states up and maybe merge other states together until there is at least some pretense that each state has a similar population.
Or just add about 1000 reps to the 435 that are already there. And nuke the electoral college via the interstate voting compact
Doesn't fix the Senate... But these are at least things that have a reasonable chance to be executed on.
That is a wildly unreasonable backup plan. Texas isn't gonna agree to split. California isn't gonna agree to split. Like the only state that might consider it is...Alaska? I don't know. I don't think yoconsidering what a massive undertaking that is.
It'd be easier to replace FPTP with something else. But if even that is too hard, the simplest solution is to just get rid of the electoral college. The popular vote is unaffected by state size and without the electoral college, "swing states" don't exist so campaigns would become more distributed across the country
FPTP primaries can be implemented in most places without any need to win elections or hold seats first. Of course though the Democrats aren't doing this already because then every one of their geriatric do nothings in blue areas would be replaced by mamdani-esque candidates.
California isn’t gonna agree to split.
Split, no, secede, yes. NCR here we come!
Wait. So now Venezuelans are now citizens and cannot be deported?
And also get to vote and have representation in the house and senate?
I would be perfectly happy if 42 million more communists joined the US.
Seriously though, can you imagine how much progressive legislation would get passed if the Venezuelan populace were allowed to vote in US elections?
Well, they are already arresting and deporting US citizens, so...
Yawn.. Here we go again.
What's grampa dementia tryin' to deflect our attention from now?
The same thing he distracts from every night, Pinky. The fact that he's in the Epstein files.
Well yeah.. that's obvious.. but he's gone "extra special" the last few days.. Inflation's biting the economy now, so mabe the news on that sent him completely off the rails? Seems like.
Poor trump, I feel for the guy.
Born too late to play Napoleon, born too early to play a Mad Max warlord.
It's a tragedy really.
...fucking clown.
In the medieval or classical age he would have been served a poison chalice long ago
He just posted this..
Can someone take this fucker out of office already?
I'm so tired of this shit.
Epstein files
https://www.inedjobs.com/2026/01/salaries-in-venezuela-2026.html
Salaries in Venezuela 2026
Estimated averages for 2026:
- Average monthly salary (USD): USD 180 – 350
- Average annual salary: USD 2,200 – 4,200
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuela
Population: 31,800,000
the incumbent leftist bloc United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), its major allies Fatherland for All (PPT) and the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV)
Only place on Earth that would cheer the arrival of a 7.25 USD minimum wage
nobody believes this orange moron anymore
Pretty sure granting statehood is not an executive privilege.
Will ICE be use to deport people of Venezula out of the US?
Orange turd.
I guess he realized Canada wasn't gonna let it happen so he switched to a smaller target to bully.
Didn't this guy want to make English the official language of America?
They were miserable. Now they’re happy.
The nuance. The depth.
