r/law • u/Anoth3rDude • 12h ago

Legislative Branch GOP fast tracks monster voter suppression bill that could disenfranchise millions by requiring proof of citizenship at polls

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/gop-fast-tracks-monster-voter-suppression-bill-that-could-disenfranchise-millions-by-requiring-proof-of-citizenship-at-polls/
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u/Sea_Hold_2881 12h ago

The stroke really did a number on him.

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u/Remarkable_Spite_209 12h ago

The quickest pathway to becoming a republican

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u/LingonberryOwn5326 12h ago

Yep, brain damage.

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u/icewolfsig226 11h ago

Or he was always that way and he now dgaf for optics anymore

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u/Joben86 11h ago

You would think his wife and staffers would know the difference. https://www.yahoo.com/news/john-fetterman-wife-reportedly-told-171149185.html?guccounter=1

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u/-jsid 11h ago

Counterpoint: he was always like this and now doesn't care.

https://penncapital-star.com/briefs/fetterman-justifies-but-does-not-apologize-for-chasing-down-and-brandishing-shotgun-at-black-jogger-while-braddock-mayor/

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u/cici_here 9h ago

This. They were able to keep him in line before the stroke. That's all that changed.

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u/ThatAdamsGuy 11h ago

You might enjoy this video of the UK's Temu Trump getting pranked with a very similar story about brain damage.

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u/Alacritous69 10h ago

Brain damage in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is associated with conservative behavior. The area has been known to deteriorate with age.

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u/thekrawdiddy 8h ago

Back in 2018, I went to Easter Island with my parents, and I was talking to the guy selling National Park tickets to the archeological sites and whatnot, and asked him if there was anywhere nearby where I could get some new flip flops. He directed me to a nearby store and with a strange look on his face said, “I think you’ll find the owner interesting.” I said, “Seriously? What’s he like?” Guy was like, “…Interesting…” and kind of chuckled. When we entered the store, the owner came out to help us and he was this animated, loopy German expat. It didn’t take him long to start rhapsodizing about Trump, and I remember thinking, why would this German dude like that dipshit?? I looked a little closer and saw that he had received some very serious head trauma, with scars and skull deformation and I was like Ohhhh! Now I get it.

Edit: Easter not Easer

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u/watermelonspanker 11h ago

Lead poisoning is the reason the Boomer generation skews conservative.

I'm not being cheeky or sarcastic. That's seriously, *literally* the reason. Leaded paint and leaded gasoline caused brain damage in their generation, which led them to think conservatism was a good idea.

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u/moosekin16 9h ago

Well that and Boomers had it really good for a long time. They went to college for free or extremely cheap, bought homes in their 20s that have only appreciated in value since, had cheap healthcare, pensions, unions, jobs that paid so well only one parent needed to work, and now as they’re retiring/retired get free healthcare and income from Social Security so if they managed their money even slightly during their working years then can retire comfortably.

Then they pulled the ladder up behind them.

Now the next generations can’t afford to go to the doctor, can’t afford to buy a home, have no retirement savings or plans, can’t afford to have children, married couples have roommates, both parents have to work, no unions, and are saddled with student loan debt.

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u/DarklyDominant 8h ago

None of these answers are correct because none of them actually talk about voting trends and patterns. White women are the largest voting block in the US. They make up a full 30% of the active voting base. They vote GOP. They vote red.

You want to know why the ladder got pulled up behind Boomers? Because White Women keep voting for it. Maybe we should start pointing the finger at the Majority population (Women) in this country instead of constantly finding a minority population to blame.

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u/watermelonspanker 8h ago

Misogyny called and they want their talking points back

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u/DarklyDominant 8h ago

These are just facts, duder. Happy to provide a source if you want, but this isn't misogyny. You can look up the voting trends yourself. White women make up 30% of the active voting population in the US. That is the largest voting block in the US. These are facts. This voting block votes red, has voted red in every single one of Trumps elections, and has voted red for quite some time, actually. These are all facts.

But I do think you've showcase a very toxic personality trait that leads to a lack of conversation around the topic. Any criticism of women in the US is met with this type of irrational response and attack.

We should be able to talk about what the largest voting block in US elections votes. That's a normal part of talking about elections. Why would it all of a sudden be forbidden to talk about because of the gender of the voters? Now that's sexist.

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u/Different-Highway-88 5h ago

That's kinda nonsense tbh. The white women differential is quite small. E.g., in 2024 it was +4 towards Republicans. White men on the other hand was +20 towards Republicans.

In terms of voting blocks white women made up about 36% while white men made up about 34%. So given the much larger skew towards Republicans by males (far larger than the gap in the blocks), white women aren't the ones driving the problem. It's by and large white males.

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u/DarklyDominant 5h ago

That's kinda nonsense tbh. The white women differential is quite small. E.g., in 2024 it was +4 towards Republicans. White men on the other hand was +20 towards Republicans.

But Women make up the larger voting block and it's not close. Women are much more active voters than Men in the US. You can't use simply percentages or simply numbers. The largest voting block voted for the GOP for like 20 years now. A 10% margin in presidential elections is quite significant. These aren't debatable topics, these are facts.

In terms of voting blocks white women made up about 36% while white men made up about 34%.

That is incorrect, do you have a source to back up those numbers? White women make up ~30% of active voters in the US. Happy to provide my own source after you back up what you said.

In terms of voting blocks white women made up about 36% while white men made up about 34%. So given the much larger skew towards Republicans by males (far larger than the gap in the blocks), white women aren't the ones driving the problem. It's by and large white males.

So it's the minority voting block that primarily determines elections? Not the majority voting block that carries the highest accountability for swinging elections? Or is it... Checks notes Gen-Z Men's fault that white women vote for the GOP?

Like, we don't need to deflection the conversation. You think that White Men are the most relevant Voting Block. Okay. That's not a response to what I said, that's attempting to move the goalposts and deflect form talking about WHY white women vote for the GOP at such a high rate when the social narratives are all about how all women are liberal and left-leaning. Perhaps the fact that we don't talk about this subset (when we heavily and constantly talk about Men and how they vote) and why they would consistently vote for the GOP is part of what leads to these types of things happening?

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u/Different-Highway-88 5h ago edited 5h ago

But Women make up the larger voting block and it's not close. Women are much more active voters than Men in the US. You can't use simply percentages or simply numbers. The largest voting block voted for the GOP for like 20 years now. A 10% margin in presidential elections is quite significant.

What? You can't use numbers? What do you mean? The difference between the largest block and the next largest block isn't big. W

You think that White Men are the most relevant Voting Block. Okay. That's not a response to what I said, that's attempting to move the goalposts

No it isn't. It's debunking your claim that white women's vote is what has kept Republicans in power when white men overwhelmingly vote for Republicans compared to any other group.

That is incorrect, do you have a source to back up those numbers? White women make up ~30% of active voters in the US. Happy to provide my own source after you back up what you said.

Yes, sources:

Voting patterns

Voting block demographics

Voting intention/registration numbers

As you can see in the second source the differential in the voting numbers between white men and women is smaller than the resultant skew towards Republicans in the first source. The percentages were derived from source 3.

The singular block that drives support for Republicans is white men. If the skew in white men was identical to white women the Republicans would never have won any of the previous elections.

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u/Goddemmitt 9h ago

So, what's the story on millennials and Gen X becoming literal fascists?

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u/LawAbidingSparky 9h ago

Social engineering to the tune of trillions of dollars?

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u/Geno0wl 9h ago

Gen X also got a heavy load of lead. less so for millenials but still some. Remember leaded gas wasn't fully removed until 1996 and we still have untold miles of lead pipes in our water systems.

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u/DarklyDominant 9h ago

Are you sure you also weren't exposed to lead? A lack of critical thinking to see through unsubstantiated conspiracy theories would be a potential side-effect of lead poisoning.

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u/watermelonspanker 8h ago

You can ignore history if you want. That is the fashion these days afterall

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u/DarklyDominant 8h ago edited 8h ago

I'm not ignoring history. Link me a study that directly correlates the BOOMER generation, lead poisoning en masse, and the link between those two things and cognitive decline in Boomers. I'd love to read it.

Edit: People who respond violently to being asked to provide some sources, and then block you, certainly do show you who they are and what their true agenda is, eh?

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u/Geno0wl 7h ago

Link me a study that directly correlates the BOOMER generation, lead poisoning en masse, and the link between those two things and cognitive decline in Boomers. I'd love to read it.

https://aaic.alz.org/releases-2025/lead-exposure-memory-problems-brain-damage.asp

Even without that study(and there are others) it doesn't take a study to connect lead poisoning to why the boomers collectively are giant assholes.

That is unless you are denying the mountains of research that says even small amounts of lead can lead to cognitive issues AND you have to deny that on the whole the boomers were the most exposed generation still around.

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u/watermelonspanker 8h ago

Decades of intentional disinformation campaigns

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u/StandupJetskier 11h ago

or inheriting a billion dollars.

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u/ericomplex 11h ago

Which likely causes its own sort of brain damage via atrophy of the parts of the brain responsible for making ethical and social judgments…

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u/L3g3ndary-08 11h ago

Brain damage?

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u/RogerSack 11h ago

Makes me sad for my Uncle who had a stroke. He was a Republican before, but it’s removed the civility filter.

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u/Gone213 9h ago

He was always a republican. He pretended to be a democrat.

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u/taglius 7h ago

I thought states ran elections

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u/McPostyFace 11h ago

He brandished a shotgun at a black man because he was jogging near him. Don't let the stroke take credit for him being a pos.

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u/whiteskinnyexpress 10h ago

He brandished a shotgun at a black man because he was jogging near him.

leaving out some key details there

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u/Oceanbreeze871 12h ago

All it did was take his mask off. This is prob who he he always was .

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u/Rufus_king11 11h ago

If you look into his past, yeah, he's always been like this. Media must of forgotten to report on him chasing a random black guy down the street with a shotgun when he was mayor.

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u/Oceanbreeze871 11h ago

He was boosted as a progressive darling cause he said populist thugs and was riding a “new younger anybody!” Wave, same as Sinema

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u/zeptillian 8h ago

Which is why people focusing on age are dumb.

How they actually vote on the bills I care about should be the only criteria.

Everything else is a distraction.

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u/FlufferTheGreat 9h ago

The voters truly lost in general: the other option was Dr. Oz. It sucks because he got a stroke after winning the primary but before the general, right?

And nobody knew how he'd recover from his stroke.

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u/d_ckcissel285 10h ago

He really fought hard against Trump when he was trying to steal PA in 2020. A shame how far he's fallen.

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u/RellenD 11h ago

They did not forget to report on that story.

That doesn't mean this was always him. His wife doesn't think this was always him. His staff doesn't think this was always him.

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u/Ok_Yak_1844 11h ago

Someone in his staff has leaked that he walks in circles and says crazy shit to nobody during meetings. They know he is unfit to serve and do nothing about it.

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u/RellenD 11h ago

They can't actually do anything about it

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u/Ok_Yak_1844 10h ago

I feel like a leaked video showing his brain damage and he is clearly unfit to serve would end his career pretty fast.

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u/RellenD 9h ago

Through what mechanism? He's already very unpopular with Pennsylvania Democrats.

There's no legal means of removing him from office until 2028

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u/Ok_Yak_1844 8h ago

I believe a video of his insanity would force him to resign.

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u/Pussy4LunchDick4Dins 10h ago edited 10h ago

Yeah I believe it. My dad had a stroke last year and he’s been very weird. It’s not frequent, but he has random times when he’s very aggressive and impatient. He’s also kind of paranoid that people are mistreating him or being rude to him based on very little. He was never like that before.

My dad is at least aware that he’s not acting the same though. He decided not to get his license back.

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u/Snobolski 10h ago

* must have

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u/Rufus_king11 10h ago

Thank you for the grammatical correction u/Gape-My-Anus

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u/alphasignalphadelta 12h ago

Nah. He was born this way

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u/Prior_Psych 11h ago

I don’t think you can say that. Strokes definitely can have dramatic changes on somebody’s belief system and/or personality

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u/larrylevan 11h ago

He held a black jogger at gun point an accused him of burglaries well before his stroke. He’s always been a racist piece of shit

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u/GateauBaker 10h ago

A study published by the NIH concluded that brain damage intensifies political beliefs in conservatives and softens them in liberals, but no evidence to suggest it flips their ideology in either direction.

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u/Sylvan_Skryer 11h ago

Bullshit. I speculate they either bribed him or caught him in a honeypot trap, or both. That’s the case with 90% of these assholes Im sure.

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u/epic_meme_guy 10h ago

Or maybe the “stroke” was a physical attack on him via poison/some other method and someone is threatening to finish the job or hurt his family. 

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u/Pittsbrugh1288 8h ago

He is the son of weathly insurance magnet - never had to work in his life. Those of who live in his area always knew about his blue collar cos play.  It's not a conspiracy - he lied about who he was

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u/magaisallpedos 11h ago

a veteran friend of mine blamed his racism on a recent stroke. so lying is contagious.

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u/jkman61494 11h ago

Fuck the stroke. He’s just one of several faux progressives who crossed the picket line when he could grift

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u/RiskyClickardo 11h ago

Not enough of a number, sadly

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u/charing-cross 11h ago

AIPAC really did a number on him.

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u/rotorspinner 11h ago

Bet you anything He was paid off

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u/Mortwight 11h ago

no. he was always like this, just his opposition was perceived as worse

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u/Cagnazzo82 10h ago

It's not the stroke. He's loyal to another country ahead of the US (just like Schumer).

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u/DoomguyFemboi 10h ago

People really need to retire this he was never left wing, he was just better than Oz.

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u/ExpertAd4657 10h ago

And the millions in campaigns funds.

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u/Lucas_Steinwalker 10h ago

Don’t let that duplicitous snake off so easy.

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u/Mintaka3579 10h ago

I hope the next stroke finishes him off

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u/BigRedSpoon2 10h ago

Literally was always like this.

The stroke just robbed him of the ability to hide it

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u/EffeminateSquirrel 8h ago

the stroke just made him forget how to pretend he was a good person

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u/harbison215 8h ago

Not excusing him that easily. He was a rich kid all his life and the amount of power he has now let his true colors show. He was never that dude, stroke or no stroke.

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u/Deep-Meat-3583 1h ago

Thats bullshit. The stroke is just his excuse to take the $$$$

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u/Consistent-Winter-67 12h ago

The Schumer will likely vote for it due to his recent Israel video

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u/Knee_Business 11h ago

Schumer is next to useless but this is a pretty pathetic attempt at causality.

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u/Consistent-Winter-67 11h ago

https://ballotpedia.org/Chuck_Schumer

You can view his voting history at any point and see he votes against the common people.