Mastodawn

The United States of America was founded on the principle of
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
and a war with Great Britain, so why is Puerto Rico taxed by the federal government but has no representation in Congress or Senate?
#StatehoodForPuertoRico #PR51 #StatehoodForDC #DC52

OUR COMMON GROUND Mar 5, 2025

This is all the explanation we need about how hatred works when #whitesupremacy reigns.

NEW: Republicans threaten to cancel millions of dollars in transportation funding unless DC Mayor Bowser paints over Black Lives Matter Plaza.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/03/04/dc-black-lives-matter-plaza-repainted-bowser/

#StatehoodForDC #BlackLivesMatter

Bowser signals D.C. will paint over BLM Plaza after GOP threatens funding

The mayor’s announcement represents a remarkable retreat from her defiant posture toward President Donald Trump during his first term.

The Washington Post

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jun 6, 2024

@GottaLaff

#USpol #SCOTUS #ExpandTheCourt

I'd love to participate 😇

#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico

https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112570238798990241

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jun 12, 2023

@GottaLaff

(1/n)

#USPol #USElections

Yes, but...

#AbolishTheElectoralCollege

...is just a start of what needs major mending in the #US electoral system:

#IntroduceProportionalRepresentation
#MakeGerrymanderingACrime
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#DoubleNationality for #NativeAmericans,
#NoGunsNearTheVotingBooth

#ThomasJefferson "...wrote to #JamesMadison in #1789:"

"Every #constitution then, & 👉every law, naturally expires👈 at..." (1)

(1)
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0248

Founders Online: Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 6 September 1789

Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 6 September 1789

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Jun 12, 2023

@Hey_Beth @noondlyt

(4/5)

...
#IntroduceProportionalRepresentation
#MakeGerrymanderingACrime
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#DoubleNationality for #NativeAmericans,
#NoGunsNearTheVotingBooth.

Gladwyn d’Souza Jun 6, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/06/opinion/roberts-court-glacier-labor-workers.html

In the #SCOTUS war on #workers, the #Robertscourt is only acting in the #SupremeCourt’s #historical capacity as an #agentofcapital. It has rarely been a friend to the #rightofworkers to #organize and act in their own interests.

#GerrymanderedCourt
#ExpandTheCourt
#EndTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico

Opinion | There Is One Group the Roberts Court Really Doesn’t Like

It is difficult to overstate the court’s hostility to organized labor and the rights of American workers.

The New York Times

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HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴May 23, 2023

@ScienceDesk

Important reminder:
#CitizensUnitedVsFEC must be repealed by reversely codifying it in #Congress.

Here is the most recent data what the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex has been spending on #contributions to #US politicians*.

In order to achieve this: #Supreme13--#ExpandTheCourt.

To get things going: break the #Senate stalemate:

#AbolishTheFilibuster
#StatehoodForDC
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#AbolishTheElectors

#ItIsAllInterconnected.

*
https://www.opensecrets.org/industries/indus.php?Ind=D

Defense | OpenSecrets

OpenSecrets.org issue profile for Defense.

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Apr 15, 2023

@[email protected]

No more gerrymandering
Abolish the Electoral College
#Supreme13 - #ExpandTheCourt
#ImpeachClarenceThomas
#StatehoodForPuertoRico
#StatehoodForDC
No public office for convicted felons, with a minimum sentence of # years or # dollars (TBD)
#TermLimit for all politicians (2 consecutive years on state and federal level, 3 on local level due to many small communities)
Assault weapons monopoly for the military and special police units only

and this:
https://mastodon.social/@HistoPol/109976532688427491

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴Feb 25, 2023

@[email protected]

good idea, but I don't think #Mexico would want it back in that case. 😉
#LoneStarRepublic -》 #RepublicOfGilead

Other other hand, #StatehoodForDC is overdue, too and #Florida would be on that list as well, hypothecically speaking.