It's time to start pressuring Hollywood on Georgia. That state is becoming Hollywood East because of the massive tax breaks they're offering people to make their shows and movies there.

Civil rights groups sue Florida to provide Spanish-language voting material

Oh man, this headline alone is going to send thousands of lawnmowers into orbit.

Follow-up: I just spent 5-10 minutes trying to explain to my wife the notion of lawnmowers in orbit, and why there's a popular gif with a gorilla saying not to be upset. Didn't really pan out.

I think we're gonna need a transcript of this. At least an abbreviated one.

Heh, inspired by this post, I spent about 2 minutes explaining this to MrsWookie, and she thought it was hilarious

7 of 9 polls in that area Georgia have to be closed because disabled people can't use them. Boy these ****s think of the most ridic excuses. With Trump in charge they might as well say the real reason out loud. Nothing will happen.

I know that feel bro

In my case it usually goes like this

When that religious freedom bill came up a couple years ago, there was definitely pressure from Hollywood to get it rejected. Fortunately, Gov. Deal used some sense and vetoed it. He sucks, but he does support the film industry here.

It would be tragic if tax breaks were eliminated and film jobs disappeared. The industry has created thousands upon thousands of jobs here, plus tons of tangential businesses have benefits (lumber, catering, etc.). Multiple studios have been built, some on abandoned building complexes, revitalizing dead areas.

I enjoy the industry as a hobby and it has given me a lot of joy over the last few years. I'd be very sad if it left. But that would pale in comparison to many people I know who have built careers from scratch in the film industry in Georgia. They'd have to start over or move.


Stacey Abrams wants to grow the industry more, including developing training programs for people who want to get involved. I don't know how Kemp feels - on his site, he only goes on and on about trying to get Amazon here when it comes to promoting economic development in Georgia.

I would guess he would like to end the film industry because he and his supporters don't want "Hollywood liberal elite values" forced upon us, but who knows.

Can't find that war on voting thread, but that majority black Georgia county that almost closed all its polling stations isn't happening. Voted down in less than a minute by the board of elections.

Yeah I love how the only consequences to trying this stuff is being told no - only after a massive PR effort and fight from the other side. Really deters futures bad actors.

Sorta like how if Trumpfans win out - it's white nationalist Putinesque sham democracy and internment camps for immigrants. But if normies win out - Trumpfans get forced to have healthcare and better living conditions.

Not fair at all.

It sounds like NC should be quite the cluster**** now through election.

That is a giant ****show even by NC standards.

That NC twitter thread is absolutely bonkers. Make sure to click on it; it's worth the read.

Absurd... and massively tilting. This is the GOP game plan. Find a way to tilt the scales, and get it to hold up past the election. Then get told not to do it again and find a new method in 2 years, and get that to hold for one cycle. Rinse and repeat.

Until they are forced to rectify something before an election or severely punished for it, they just get to run a massive freeroll in perpetuity with zero risk. And even if they are forced to rectify something, they got to run a freeroll.

Democrats are utterly inept for not finding ways to counter that strategy. DC and PR statehood, universal voter registration at 18, national fair districting laws, or just gerrymandering the **** out of CA and NY. That's the least attractive, but it beats doing nothing.

NC is insane.

Cliffs: Rs tried to rig State Supreme Court election. D switches parties and uses their own bull**** against them, putting multiple Rs on ballot against a single D. Rs frantically write a law specifically to throw him off ballot. Courts make Rs eat the original **** sandwich they thought they'd prepared for Ds.

https://amp.slate.com/news-and-polit...mpression=true

Relevant history:

https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/...ogy/redemption

went to vote in Massachusetts today at the same place I’ve been voting each year for the last 14 years. but my name wasn’t on the registration roll. (same address for last 14 years too.) lady said that perhaps I’d been temp-deleted as a result of not having turned in the last census. she said I could still vote but first she would need to look me up in a special book AND I WOULD HAVE TO SHOW I.D.!!!

I’d never felt so marginalized or disenfranchised. It was straight-up dehumanizing.....oh no wait a minute I just showed them my ID and voted 30 seconds later

csb

Lol, what a ****

Well Massachusetts is a pretty liberal state. So presumably they would find some way to block conservatives from voting - like maybe force you to demonstrate a trace amount of empathy for someone not exactly like yourself.

Congrats on your new representative!

It's comforting to know that chyme's vote won't matter either way

Interesting new story line in "Things That Have Actually Happened In this Universe." Sad we have to wait so long in between episodes!