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What an amazing week this has been for progressives!  First, the SCOTUS upholds the legitimacy of the Affordable Care Act, which would have caused millions of people to lose their health insurance had they ruled against it; followed by their ruling which legalizes same-sex marriage in all 50 states.
Another ruling that was equally important but received less attention came from Arizona, where voters petitioned and passed a referendum that took the drawing up of districts out of state congressional hands and assigned it to a bi-partisan group consisting of two Republicans, two Democrats, and one independent.  If you've ever seen how these districts are drawn up on a map, you would have a better understanding as to why the Republicans have a stranglehold on Congress.  They are designed to cheat the system ensuring like-minded individuals (i.e. right-wing nutjobs) are the overwhelming majority in each district.
When you have competitive districts composed of mixed ideology, progressives will usually win and re-thugs couldn't have that; so they challenged it and lost.  Now the momentum is on "we the people's" side to have gerrymandering relegated to the dustbins of history throughout the US.  Bring it on bitches!
Granted, we've also been grappling with the deaths of nine black folks in a South Carolina church by yet another right-wing nut job, which has been ensconced in a debate over the Confederate flag and whether or not state capitals should be flying the core symbol of slavery.  Sadly, you have to take the good with the bad.  Nevertheless, this symbol of bigotry and hatred may be seeing its final days up on a pole in most southern states.  Walmart and Amazon have already yanked them from their shelves.  No doubt, all the racists will be waving the flag touting their support for their history, which frankly they know very little of.
For now, it's ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!