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In reply to the discussion: Bannon & Miller have let it slip: it's about population/demographic reshaping, not counterterrorism [View all]usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)30. It is about maintaining a numerical advantage at the poll booths
Look at what they have done over the last 10 years. Voter suppression any way they can. Voter ID. Purging voters off the rolls. Gerrymandering districts to insure republican voting advantages. Flipping votes. And now apparently getting foreign hacking to advantage the republican ticket.
IMO these are a must read. And it explains why republicans are winning elective seats. Efficiency Gap.
Efficiency Gap.
https://thinkprogress.org/the-most-exciting-attack-on-partisan-gerrymandering-in-over-a-decade-68ae8b6b2e5e#.vcc2fblov
SCOTUS
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=91462
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=90844
http://electionlawblog.org/?p=89402 (Wisconsin's SCOTUS case is coming up.)
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Bannon & Miller have let it slip: it's about population/demographic reshaping, not counterterrorism [View all]
kpete
Mar 2017
OP
Why would you want to "assimilate" when quintessential American "culture" appears like this
Jonny Appleseed
Mar 2017
#6
Maybe "quintessential American culture" looks like that in your neighborhood,
whathehell
Mar 2017
#24
Excluding African-American culture, this is pretty much our most prevalent culture that is uniquely
Jonny Appleseed
Mar 2017
#32
Sorry, but unthinking nationalism and stupidity are NOT traits limited to America
whathehell
Mar 2017
#33
I remember before the election hearing a Trump supporter say we need to get back to white
Amaryllis
Mar 2017
#36