Patch from the Chat
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Patch from the Chat
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🚨 What if both parties went all-in on gerrymandering every single state, maxed out for whichever party controls it? The House would end up with 262 Republican seats to 173 Democratic seats. That’s not spin. It’s the outcome from FiveThirtyEight’s most aggressive redistricting simulation. Republicans control more state governments with multiple districts, and Democratic voters cluster in dense cities — making it easier to “pack” blue votes into fewer districts when the map-drawers want to. Even in a full-throttle, both-sides-do-it scenario, the math delivers a clear national edge. Fair maps matter. Independent redistricting commissions anyone? What do you think fixes this? 🇺🇸






NEW: Following in Louisiana’s footsteps, Alabama tries to suspend its May congressional primaries to pass a new gerrymander before the midterms. Both states’ response come after SCOTUS ruled to make it far more difficult for minority voters to prove in court that a map is racially discriminatory. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/al…





@blkprofcct So one third of these states gets to tell the other 2/3s what to do?








ICE agent who shot Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is ‘committed’ Christian, ‘tremendous’ father and husband, family says trib.al/51RG7fe


Maine, let’s send an oyster farmer to the U.S. Senate—and kick out Susan Collins.




What is the #1 thing Obama will be remembered for?















