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afavouryesterday at 7:16 PM2 repliesview on HN

> imagine the level of stupid that's going down if the Dems do not also get get the Senate

The Senate, literally by design, does not represent the will of the people. Add things like gerrymandering on top and the uphill climb required of Democrats to capture the Senate keeps getting higher and higher.


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abeppuyesterday at 7:41 PM

Wait, wait, gerrymandering messes with the House, but how does gerrymandering impact control of the Senate? Don't senators need to be elected by their whole state?

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ck2yesterday at 7:21 PM

how's that supreme court working out for you?

how's all those cabinet members working out for you?

that's 100% Senate, regardless what you think of its representation

we can argue the details later if we somehow survive this decade

btw all the nuclear treaties like weapons in space have been allowed to expire

and he's looking at invading Cuba and Greenland if only for the chaos

without full control over Congress the next two years are going to make the first two pale in comparison