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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

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##Alabama

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) signed new congressional and legislative maps into law last week as legal challenges mounted in the courts. The congressional map (image), drawing boundaries for U.S. House districts, maintains the GOP’s 6-1 hold on the state. The single Democratic seat, CD07, is held by Rep. Terri Sewell and is the subject of the latest lawsuit alleging racial gerrymandering. The Republican-drawn map packs the majority of the Black population into CD07, resulting in only one minority district.

The lawsuit, brought by Black voters in and around CD07, reads in part (pdf):

>Between 2010 and 2020, Alabama’s Black population grew 6.5 percent. During the same period, the state’s white population fell by 1.7 percent, meaning majority-Black Alabamians drove all of Alabama’s population growth over the last decade. And yet the state’s newly enacted congressional redistricting plan further entrenches the state’s white majority by creating only a single majority-Black district in the state, despite Alabama’s Black population being sufficiently numerous and geographically compact to support two majority-Black congressional districts...

>HB 1 “cracks” Black voters between the First, Second, and Third Congressional Districts, and “packs” Black voters into the Seventh Congressional District (“CD 7”) despite—or perhaps because of—the fact that the Black population in these districts is sufficiently numerous and geographically compact to form a majority of the voting age population in a second district. Additionally, there is widespread racially polarized voting in Alabama, and when considered against the totality of the circumstances

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Heard they've been doing some shady business.

BamBOO!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Christopher Walken

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Hi! We’re activists and experts from the League of Women Voters here to answer any question you have about the ongoing 2021 redistricting cycle! Proof: https://twitter.com/LWV/status/1441054905721106434

New legislative and local district maps are being drawn using population data collected in the 2020 Census. It is crucial that the public has a voice in the process to ensure that maps are drawn with the interests of the people in mind – not politicians. Through our People Powered Fair MapsTM program, we have been advocating for a fair and transparent 2021 redistricting cycle with the hopes of gaining more equitable maps for the next ten years. We are committed to ensuring that maps are drawn fairly and accurately, with all voices considered and equitably represented.

Maps drawn this year will impact us for the next ten years. Ask us anything about the ongoing redistricting process and how you can get involved to ensure fair maps for your community.

The League of Women Voters is a 100-year-old grassroots organization dedicated to empowering voters and defending democracy. We adhere to a strict nonpartisan stance, never endorsing candidates or parties, while also advocating for pro-democracy and pro-equality measures in courts, legislatures, and administrative offices at the national, state, and local level.

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Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

When I got home, they were still there.

I won't be doing that today!

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Edit: Past post on how redistricting works state by state.

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#Texas’ map

Texas Republicans, who control the redistricting process, released a draft proposal for a new congressional map (pdf) that would add two new congressional seats to the state’s delegation. The suggested boundaries eliminate the most competitive districts and protect incumbents. The effect would be keeping the status quo in which Republicans hold a 10-seat advantage over Democrats, with approximately 24 districts likely to be won by a Republican and 14 seats by a Democrat.

Takeaways:

• Safe Republican seats would double from 11 to 22. Districts that Trump won in 2020 would increase from 22 to 25.

• Safe Democratic seats would increase from eight to 12. Districts that voted for Biden would shrink from 14 to 13.

• Toss-up seats would be reduced from 12 to one. This single competitive seat (with a margin between Biden and Trump voters of less than five points), Congressional District 15 held by Rep. Vicente Gonzalez Jr. (D), would go from being narrowly Democratic to narrowly Republican.

• Black and Hispanic populations were divided across the board, diluting their vote in safely Republican districts. This is particularly significant because people of color accounted for 95% of the state's growth over the last decade. In the proposed map, there's one less Hispanic majority district and zero districts with a Black majority.

  • "This map is clearly gerrymandered by politicians to protect incumbents and totally discriminate against Hispanic voters," Domingo Garcia,