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BREAKING Nearly 800,000 Louisianians just sent Gov. Jeff Landry a message he can’t spin: they voted, they showed up, and they shot down EVERY one of his constitutional amendments.
On May 16, voters across Louisiana went to the polls for what was supposed to be a quiet, low-turnout spring election. Instead, nearly 800,000 people cast ballots — an unusually strong showing for an off‑cycle contest — and together they delivered a clean sweep that stunned the state’s political establishment. Every single one of the five constitutional amendments on the ballot lost. All five had been pushed hard by Gov. Jeff Landry and the Republican legislature.
The amendments weren’t small tweaks. One would have let lawmakers and the governor carve more positions out of civil service protections, making it easier to turn state jobs into political patronage. Another would have created a new breakaway school district in the Baton Rouge area, widely seen as a move to siphon resources and students out of existing, majority‑Black districts.
A third would have reshuffled education trust funds and retirement obligations, tying permanent teacher pay raises to complex changes in how schools are funded. Yet another aimed to give local governments more room to cut inventory taxes for businesses, and one would have raised the mandatory retirement age for judges.
Voters looked at all of it and said no. The “no” margins weren’t close either: most amendments went down by 15 to 30 points, with some losing nearly two‑to‑one statewide. Even the teacher pay amendment — the one Landry’s allies thought would be their best shot — couldn’t clear 50%. After pouring close to a million dollars into a campaign to pass these measures, Landry and his political machine watched them all go down in one night.
This is also déjà vu. Just last year, Louisiana voters rejected another slate of Landry‑backed constitutional changes dealing with crime, courts, and taxes, also by wide margins. Two years in a row, the same pattern: the governor and his allies try to re‑engineer the state constitution from the top down, and ordinary voters — across parties, parishes, and racial lines — refuse to give them that power.
It’s easy to feel like nothing we do matters, especially in deep‑red states where gerrymandering and voter suppression are baked into the system. But this weekend, Louisiana proved that showing up in “small” elections still counts. People read the fine print, talked to their neighbors, ignored the scare ads, and voted to keep their constitution from becoming a playground for politicians.
On May 16, voters across Louisiana went to the polls for what was supposed to be a quiet, low-turnout spring election. Instead, nearly 800,000 people cast ballots — an unusually strong showing for an off‑cycle contest — and together they delivered a clean sweep that stunned the state’s political establishment. Every single one of the five constitutional amendments on the ballot lost. All five had been pushed hard by Gov. Jeff Landry and the Republican legislature.
The amendments weren’t small tweaks. One would have let lawmakers and the governor carve more positions out of civil service protections, making it easier to turn state jobs into political patronage. Another would have created a new breakaway school district in the Baton Rouge area, widely seen as a move to siphon resources and students out of existing, majority‑Black districts.
A third would have reshuffled education trust funds and retirement obligations, tying permanent teacher pay raises to complex changes in how schools are funded. Yet another aimed to give local governments more room to cut inventory taxes for businesses, and one would have raised the mandatory retirement age for judges.
Voters looked at all of it and said no. The “no” margins weren’t close either: most amendments went down by 15 to 30 points, with some losing nearly two‑to‑one statewide. Even the teacher pay amendment — the one Landry’s allies thought would be their best shot — couldn’t clear 50%. After pouring close to a million dollars into a campaign to pass these measures, Landry and his political machine watched them all go down in one night.
This is also déjà vu. Just last year, Louisiana voters rejected another slate of Landry‑backed constitutional changes dealing with crime, courts, and taxes, also by wide margins. Two years in a row, the same pattern: the governor and his allies try to re‑engineer the state constitution from the top down, and ordinary voters — across parties, parishes, and racial lines — refuse to give them that power.
It’s easy to feel like nothing we do matters, especially in deep‑red states where gerrymandering and voter suppression are baked into the system. But this weekend, Louisiana proved that showing up in “small” elections still counts. People read the fine print, talked to their neighbors, ignored the scare ads, and voted to keep their constitution from becoming a playground for politicians.
FCUK THEM KIDS!!!! I have a hard time saying statistics, where unless I am thinking I will say sastsix.
So now do they take this to court and get the vote reversed and just implement the amendments anyway?
...but he didn't SAY that! How do you quote the reporter and then rewrite what he said?
I am sure he THINKS that, but he didn't say that.
Also more white men getting reparations before Black people! Kamala wasn't Black though.
MAAAGGGAAAA!!!!!!
BGOL MAGA RESPONSE: FUCK THEM KIDS!
Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” cuts Medicaid by $1 trillion. Here is what that means in plain English.
It means a Maryland mom caring full-time for her disabled 28-year-old son loses $18,000 a year.
It means a single dad in Colorado caring for his daughter could see his income cut by more than $90,000 and lose his home.
It means a Nebraska mother told reporters she was preparing to sell her house so her son could keep living.
These parents left careers. They bathe, feed, medicate, and monitor their loved ones around the clock. They save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars each year by keeping them out of institutions.
And the Trump administration’s response? RFK Jr. smears them as fraudsters.
House Republicans accuse them of getting paid to “hang out with their own families.”
Republicans handed the wealthiest Americans another tax cut and mailed the invoice to families holding the most vulnerable people in this country together with their bare hands.
This is incredibly cruel. And every Republican who supported it owes these families an answer.
BGOL MAGA RESPONSE: FUCK THEM KIDS!
Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” cuts Medicaid by $1 trillion. Here is what that means in plain English.
It means a Maryland mom caring full-time for her disabled 28-year-old son loses $18,000 a year.
It means a single dad in Colorado caring for his daughter could see his income cut by more than $90,000 and lose his home.
It means a Nebraska mother told reporters she was preparing to sell her house so her son could keep living.
These parents left careers. They bathe, feed, medicate, and monitor their loved ones around the clock. They save taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars each year by keeping them out of institutions.
And the Trump administration’s response? RFK Jr. smears them as fraudsters.
House Republicans accuse them of getting paid to “hang out with their own families.”
Republicans handed the wealthiest Americans another tax cut and mailed the invoice to families holding the most vulnerable people in this country together with their bare hands.
This is incredibly cruel. And every Republican who supported it owes these families an answer.
Old white men is doing this because they know the population is changing around the world really fast
Roland Martin has been saying this and he is the complete opposite of Retarded Mike
OH, NOW HE CARES?!?!?!? 2024 his ass was running around pulling votes from Kamala and folks was telling him this was a HORRIBLE idea and he didn't care.
I don't think this is old WHITE MEN. I think this is old people in general! Personally I WISH I could retire! More than likely I will have to work later into life as I had kids later. This is not the case with politicians, we saw Ruth Bader Ginsburg, James Clyburn and Dianne Feinstein. This is all ego and greed.
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most Americans see retirement as a luxury
Yup. They are addicted to POWER.
Clyburn should have been retired and got a chill out BS job working on someone board or whatever making stupid money, but nope he loves having that power.
That just tells you how cushy political jobs are! "Work" well into your 90's getting kickbacks and insider trading just seems better from retirement!!!
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Old white man I’m sticking to that. Yeah, a lot old white man similar to Trump that do not want to lose power because they see the world is darken up very fast.
I think this is going to be implemented worldwide. Whether we like it or not.
Trump ain’t going to do shit right now because if he was to go into stage two of this conflict, it will not end well for nobody and gas prices will be $10 a gallon
pretty much became a thing in the US when the Patriot Act was passed.
TBH, it goes further back when they decided that you needed your SS number to do anything.
Not sure how old you are, but I remember there was a time you couldn't sign up for anything without giving out your SS number.
ETA: Now it's our phones telling everyone how we are spending our money.
We don't pass the torch to the next generation. We light the next generations torch with ours. My son is going through puberty. Chest and shoulders filling out. There was an episode of American Dad where Steve looks Stan in the eyes and says: "Everyday you get a little weaker, I get a little stronger!" I WANT to Thanos snap/whither away where my children go further, are stronger and smarter than me. Power corrupts and I don't want to be corrupted.
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