The Washington Post published an opinion piece from one of its writers in which he writes:
"Nobody is pure in this debate, but the fact that both parties have felt the sting from gerrymandering should be an opportunity to find common ground."
I wish I was joking.
It's like those big media outlets are worried of being accused of having TDS - which, btw., is a perfectly healthy and normal human reaction when one is faced with an unignorable idiot.
Me if I had the delusion that gerrymandering mid census was for any other purpose than to steal an election.
Didn't Democrats propose to make gerrymandering illegal and all vote for it, but every single Republican voted against it?
Jfc it’s like they’ve never heard of California’s method of redistricting
It’s a Washington Shit Post.
It’s Republicans recognizing that they can’t win a gerrymandering war and may indeed lose it. @govpritzker.illinois.gov @governor.ca.gov @maddow.msnbc.com
Marc, is there any way to roll elimination of the electoral college into this gerrymandering issue??
Republicans have been benefiting from gerrymandering for decades, now everyone wants to claim it's a both-sides issue because Democrats have decided to fight fire with fire? Gtfoh. They cheat & we're supposed to just keep letting them cheat I guess.
False equivalents
SMH.
Democrats better not fold or the rath of the American people will be swift
My cat's vomit is more sentient than this WaPo writer.
You still read the Washington Post? Jesus Christ, they fucking helped elect Trump. I threw that rag in the fucking trash!
Ffs
When you try to read the « Art of War » from Sun Tzu to write an article but your brain is not fully developed…
It's 1934 Germany, and the Washington Post is looking for that middle ground between the NSDAP and the other political parties they just banned where both sides can be blamed and the WaPo editors can feel "objective."
The minority Republican party has only won the Presidency through gerrymandering, has only controlled the Senate through gerrymandering and currently holds control of the House purely through gerrymandering.
It's time to fight fire with missiles.
I can name several Blue states with independent commissions drawing the districts not requiring the state legislature to approve. Can the author name one Red state? Blue states led - Red states laughed.
Apparently Sharon Tate scratched one of Charles Manson's maniac butchers with her fingernail so, obviously, there was violence on both sides.
Why are they still in business? They are hacks
I hope you realize that they're going to do that to try and manipulate our side because they want to abuse our empathy even more. Same shit Russia has done
#idiots
The Washington POS
Have to remove the T from here on out.
Good lord.
Who's the moron that wrote this? I don't see a byline. But since it's from The Washington Post it's just garbage just like its owner
democrats don’t stop before we have the majority in the house. Bipartisan politics are only a ploy at this time in the political arena.
Thin gruel is Bezo’s favorite meal.
We’re sick of the gaslighting, BS, AND CAPITULATION!! Did we really expect better from the WaPo!!?? NO EFFIN NO! We the people MUST AND CAN SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY, not Congress, not the mainstream media, not the courts. Join the fight if you wanna win at MoveOn, 5calls, DCCC, 50501, Indivisible. ACT
Ok. You first.
It's an opinion...not sure what it's based on on.
This would’ve been a reasonable comment 10+ years ago, but not now. We need to finish what they’ve started! Redistrict the hell out of every blue state to eliminate red seats. Only then will we have an opportunity to write new laws strengthening our Democracy & Constitution. Period.
Clearly written as sarcasm
Hahhahahhahhah
Um… democrats have tried and voted to remove and ban gerrymandering. Both sides are not the same.
The media has failed us..truly astonishing 🤦🏾♀️
WaPo, from respected oracle to fascist rag, both-siding America into the grave on behalf of world’s richest man.
Who still listens to mainstream media?!
The former newspaper known as the WaPo went the "murder and jaywalking are both crimes, so Both Sides!" route a couple decades ago, and it's only ever gotten worse over the years. They "report", we "decide", right?
The solution to ending the looming “gerrymandering war” is as simple as ending the war in Ukraine: the aggressor needs to back off completely. You don’t need an article on this.
I wish you were, too.
"I have a vested interest in not ending gerrymandering, so I want to both-sides this issue"
Hmmm.
So glad I canceled by subscription.
"Bothsidesism" taken to a new level...
Wow. Just wow!
Seems making 1 ballot = 1 vote without worrying about "districts" (aka Electoral College b.s.) might just be the way to go, no?
…creating more safe Republican seats and boosting their U.S. House margin by an estimated 16 seats in 2024 compared to fair maps.
Trump owns Bezos.
Am I the only one who now see these people as complicit?
I’m so sick of this “both sides” BS, as if you can have unity between 2 sides when one side refuses to do/say anything in good faith. This is like the crazy kid in Season 4 of the Walking Dead who thought there could be peace and friendship between humans and walkers.
Lol, they also headlined today that 'Ukraine Invaded Russia' followed by more misleading or outright lying nonsense. Bezos and the WP can go fvck a duck.
Like closing arguments from the defense in a murder trial: “both parties have felt the sting…” Except one is a murderer and the victim is dead, so 🤦🏼♀️
The both sides narrative
The two bullshit parties can shove it up their asses.
The country that they both betray regularly matters, meaning the people.
The politicians are just servants, most of whom are terrible at their jobs and need to be thrown in the trash where garbage belongs.
NY Times Pitchbot couldn't have written it better.
Holy smokes that’s a terrible take.
Sell-out newspaper. Cancelled them. The reporters must be humiliated
Washington Post inadvertently using the correct phrasing in the headline because both parties will take this proposal just as seriously as Clemenceau and Lloyd George took Wilson's "peace without victory" proposal
WaPo went full fascist. I knew it was headed there, but it has now arrived. Vichy Press all the way. Shame.
Who is the dumbass who wrote this?
I'm Googling Democrat gerrymandering and coming up empty.
Not a "both sides" situation.
This is such bullshit and it's typical of how republican tactics are treated. They aggressively move the goalposts and then when the new "normal" is established in their advantage everyone cries "it's time to stop the the tit for tat and come together" meanwhile they got what they wanted
Bulllshit!!!
Who cares what the wishy washy post says, it's a Nazi rag.
To stop gerrymandering wars, the democratic states need to go hard right and gain about 50 seats. Then, Republicans might come to the table but not before.
We HAVE to fight fire with fire. The maga Republicans in office throughout our country isn't going to nicely drop their gerrymandering crusade. So we shouldn't either. It would be better if our law would arrest the viper in the white house and his swamp rats for treason but that's wishful thinking
One party introduced legislation to make it illegal and the other party voted it down.
Save your bothesidesism Bezos Kneeler.
I wouldn't expect anything different from WAPO. What a bunch of hacks.
Still does not get it is war against fascist MAGA?
A perfect example of not journalism!
Gerrymandering suddenly became a problem when the dems started fighting back.
Another example why Washington Post subscription was cancelled last summer.
The editorial page is unreadable these days
WAPO now B side stories
"Kiss my grits" -Flo
I cancelled my WP subscription.
They sent me a survey asking what would bring me back.
I told them as long as Bezos is the owner, and they continue to soft soap & capitulate to Trumps’ Fascist takeover…
I’ll never resubcribe.
And that Ben Bradley must be rolling over in his grave.
WaPo is a mouthpiece for the CIA. Part of their duty is to hide the messes of the ruling class, which is significantly more difficult when Democrats can’t be lulled into numb acceptance of the anti-Democratic policies of the GOP.
There has to be a schadenfreude like German descriptor for appealing for civility, where one side wears it like a mask to fool the other.
Jesus wept. "common ground".
We're WAY PAST THE POINT of trying to Play Fair, or be Reasonable. No more "make nice"....CRUSH ALL REPUBLICANS IN 2026. They Surrendered our Rights, our Morals, our Laws to please a SOCIOPATH who wants to 1. Stay out of Prison 2. Be like Dictators he admires like Putin, Xi, Un, Orban.
FFS
If it's in WAPO, I don't even glance at it.
I wish you were joking too, Marc, when you stump for authoritarian policy
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Hello Dear Readers!
For the Love of God! 🙄
#epsteinfiles #trumpisapedofiles
When will they wake up and acknowledge that there is NO "common ground" with fascists?
What cowards. So they take ok down some inept burglars 50 years ago. They have real dictators and Nazis to go after now, and crickets. Bezos turns out to be like jack and apple. Just weirdos with tech money
He’s a jerkoff, Marc!
Wow. It’s classic narcissistic gaslighting.
Both sides’ism…again. This is not journalism, this is putting the thumb on the scale of accurate information.
This source is better..
gerrymander.princeton.edu/redistrictin...
Gerrymandering Project
This type of disingenuous bullshit is designed to try and force democrats to just accept whatever extreme measures republicans take to disenfranchise the electorate.
That’s not going to happen anymore.
No wonder their talent is jumping ship!
Fun(!) Fact: There is a 100 MILLION-strong voting bloc in this country. This bloc votes the SAME WAY in EVERY ELECTION. THEY DON'T VOTE. This is the bloc we must tap.
Run on CHANGING THREE THINGS: Healthcare for All, Fair Economy, and Fair Taxes. Dems: MAKE SOME PROMISES.
Right. Because both sides are the same when one side is a fascist regime holding all the power. Jfc, we're so doomed.
Those days are long gone. We are in a Cold War for the future of the Republic.
Sounds like a great time to end Gerrymandering, and turn these "districts" back into the Counties and Parishes that already exist as legal & geological divisions that separate people with pretend lines on a map..
integrity people-honor your oath of office
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Oh Jesus. I'm glad I unsubscribed when the fascist refused to endorse Harris.
I quit the Washington Post and will never subscribe again!
Unbelievable. Mainstream media is cowering
What fuckwit penned that screed? I'm not about to give the post clicks to find out
mwha we've reached peak whaddaboudism and bothsidesism - what am i sayin there's always a new peak coming
The Bezos Beacon is hemorrhaging journalists for this very reason.
What a crock o’ shit!
“Be truthful, not neutral.” ~Christiane Amanpour
Republicans want "common ground" after they cheat.
Not advantaging either side means the GOP loses ground, which they clearly won't agree to.
ten years ago this piece would make sense, both siding this takes the side of the fascists.
The travesty of the tan suit still stings!
Or, change the entire process of setting boundaries. After boundaries are set they become permanent. Much like the boundaries of each state and our country👽 Now there's an idea👽
More validation that cancelling my WAPO subscription in 2023 was the right thing to do.
There is no common ground with fascists. Period.
The repub party is a fascist party. Dems are barely better, but the repub party should be abolished. Why do we allow a party who's platform is civil destruction, stripping rights, and transferring wealth to robber barons?
JFC.
Trump's running scared. Didn't the Post take a knee?
Gobble gobble gobble.
As a Democrat in Texas, this is just plain bullshit. And, this is nothing new. It's been happening for DECADES!
Bullshit - this is nothing but right wing garbage… 😑
Wtf? NOT an Onion piece?...
Bezos Bows…..
Oh ffs what a useless rag It’s become
Hell
If we get rid of the outdated electoral college and move to a popular vote (one person-one vote) the gerrymandering problem is solved. So are many other problems.
The Washington Post was my hometown newspaper. I no longer subscribe which is sad. It's not news and it's opinions are mostly right leaning now. Really sad to see how this "news" outlet has deteriorated since Bezos bought it. Really sad.
Welp I must have fallen for the BS, because according to the news today, "both sides have done this", and "you can't get elected in Mass if your a R for the last 20 yrs". I can believe that both sides have done this, but being a better candidate gets you elected. Also look a VA was R then D now R
Wondering why on the Washington Post Subscription AD's comments everyone tells them to stick their subscription and other not so subtle comments.
They need to carefully consider the results, because Republicans could end up with more seats.
That is a lot of words to say Democrats should just give complete control to Trump.
Why we canceled subscriptions.
WaPo has become a joke. And a bad one at that.
Washington Post Pitchbot.
I happily canceled my WaPo subscription months ago. Screw them.
Bad blame framing but isn’t some of the point of fighting fire with fire showing that the net partisan benefit is nil and it can therefore be abandoned in favour of neutral/independent commissions? You can’t skip straight there but I think you can take this as evidence you’ve moved the conversation.
Not sure this op-ed deserves print space. When R the legacy media going to part of the solution AND NOT THE PERPETUATORS of this regime's myths?
🤦♂️
Again, Democrats are held to a higher standard as a way to excuse and protect Republicans. It's past time for people who excuse the Republicans to be held accountable for the horrors they helped create.
Democracy is so fucked‼️
Make gerrymandering illegal.
Yeah….thats the attitude that keeps me asking America to just speed up to the 2nd Civil War and stop wasting more of the sane-world’s time.
Gerrymandering Tx is the GOP fault, and there shouldn’t be ANY debate about whether or not the Dems should ‘play fair’ in a rigged game. Idiots!!!!
Who was the blithering piece of shit who wrote that, so I can spit in his face if we ever meet?
FFS
Glad that I canceled my subscription after Bezos wouldn't allow WaPo to endorse a candidate, then bent the knee to Trump.
Horrifyingly anti American
Bezos that prick
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️😡😡🤦♀️
Maybe we should give Texas a piece of eastern California. 🙄
I’m sure they have lovely things to say about Adolph and Eva, too. Some things just don’t have both sides
we could but they don't want to no matter what we do
so fuck em. yes gerrymander all the fucking things. hell i'll even do one better. blue states country, red states country. fuck the United States. It died last November and clearly, there's no going back to that.
Another hard-hitting opinion piece inspired by Jeff Bezos.
WaPo is failed journalism.
Thankfully I stopped my subscription LOOOOONG time ago.
What a d-bag.
Who wrote this?
Marc, The WashPost has adopted Bezospeak, a dialect of Newspeak.
Democrats have tried that approach. How many times do we have to get played?
Both sidesism is the reasoning of intellectually lazy.
The post is toilet paper.
Here's an idea... Abolish the bullshit electoral college, and take away their ability to cheat.
...... fuck Conservative APOLOGISTS
Justice Brennen, Upon Retirement, Years Ago Said That Gerrymandering Was The Most Important Threat To Democracy. Then The Supreme Court Was Bought By Oligarchs And Republican Conniving In The Senate By Mitch McConnell Helped Rig Future Results....
Calling that an "opinion" piece instead of the arse-kissing piece that it really is, is an insult to the part of the US population with functioning brains.
🤮
Its difficult to find common ground with a group of fascist dictators.
Bezos supporting Trump disguised as centrist milquetoast cowardice. Jfc
WaPo is a POS
There needs to be an anti-gerrymandering law passed urgently; and, congressional districts need to be drawn by independent commissions that represent voters.
My eyes are not able to roll hard enough.When I read stuff like this!
So we know where these terrible and ignorant people stand.
MAGA doesn’t do “peace without victory.” In Trump-world, you can’t be winning unless someone else is losing.
I totally agree with this: the constant tit for tat fighting is getting old. There are idiots on both sides of the aisle..,
Why doesn't he just let the paper die a dignified death?
Should read, "Please stop while it benefits the right".
Constant, unrelenting drivel.
why would anyone react wapo after shitface bought it? it’s a propaganda rag for christian white supremacy, oops, i mean conservative business leaders!
“Good people on both sides.” 🙄
That's why the @washingtonpost.com post will never get another dime from me. #FuckJeffBezos
voting districts are not the only politically mapped things, i once worked in a school district where a middle schools lines were redrawn to get a perfect 50/50 desegregation-it included a narrow piece with the poorest white homes and a narrow strip that included the three projects,curly strips
Bezos is just bending the knee to his master.
WAPO is white washing
All districts purple 💜
Draw unrestricted C boundaries in turn one at a time.
So... with Republican gerrymandering at present blocking any attempt at Democratic power sharing, our media gatekeepers would have us freeze the situation right where it is and call it a victory for both sides?
Thanks again, guys.
This is from Bezo's orange-cock sucking WaPo.
Who gives a fuck what that rag says?
One would think that Rupert Murdoch owned the WP.
WAPO is garbage
Bozzos playing the both sides game to defect from his criminal in chief.
…both sides…
I canceled my subscription today.
