I just hope that the Republican party in congress isn't as stupid obstructionist and re-evaluates what they stand for. I'm glad that we took down a few of their notable crazies though; nice to know that people are becoming more and more aware of how far lost a few of those individuals have become in the last 8 years, so we might actually get more accountability for their actions.
We'd better get an actual investigation into some of that voter suppression though; better not see these things come up again in the next election.
@addictedtopinescent said:
Republicans have the house, so nothing has really changed since 2010.
Colarado and Washington legalized recreational marijuana, which is awesome. Massachusetts legalized it for medical purposes and a few more states might have done it too.
Sad news is prop 34 (death penalty repeal) didn't pass in California.
Yea, I was kinda iffy on that proposition due to the forced work clause in it, but I did want to see a repeal of that. Luckily the use of death penalty is something extremely rare in the first place for CA.
I'm glad for the passing of prop 30 though. The state absolutely needed it and people actually were willing to vote for a tax increase.
I'm sad that the sex trafficking and sex offender registry expansion thing is passing. On paper it sounds amazing, but for the most part it's just a low blow to those on the sex offender list, a list that's obscenely broad for bad reasons. Sex trafficking is sort of a federal concern over a state concern anyhow.
The three strikes law getting revised is nice to hear; it was an overtly harsh law that isn't helping keep our prison population down.
For the most part, CA voted pretty intelligently (from my own perspective and research at least) for the propositions this year. Moreso than usual.
The money the death penalty costs the state is insane though, much more then life imprisonment because of all the lawyers and special treatments the death row inmates get
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