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MAGA’s State-by-State Plot to Butcher Democracy Political insiders, GOP legislators and governors, the president, even the Supreme Court—they’re all in on the flagrantly unconstitutional conspiracy to destroy democracy by the way they draw lines on...

"The best way to end gerrymandering—and the extremism and polarization that runs hand in hand—would be for the nation to adopt a more proportional House of Representatives." - @davedaley.bsky.social
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The Supreme Court Wants Republicans to Keep the House In 2026 A federal district court found that Texas Republicans’ redistricting proposal is an illegal racial gerrymander. The conservative justices couldn't care less.

my measured conclusion upon review of the Supreme Court's order reimposing Texas's racially gerrymander is that the only thing the Republican justices hate more than district court judges is people of color voting

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NYT Upshot: Why SCOTUS decision approving Texas maps means Democrats are winning redistricting wars

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On today's show the great @davedaley.bsky.social delivers this EPIC destruction of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts

A scene from American Canto. Olivia Nuzzi tries to visit the WWE Hall of Fame, only to discover that it is not a physical building.

Please join us in 40 minutes — talking redistricting and my new New Republic cover with brilliant panel @leedrutman.bsky.social Katie Fahey and @cliffalbright.bsky.social

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ICYMI: A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice used a fake quote and citation in a high-profile dissent. She completely turned SCOTUS' 2023 gerrymandering ruling (out of North Carolina) on its head. #AI

@sjdemas.bsky.social sat down with David Daley to discuss how redistricting battles are accelerating into a full-blown structural crisis for American democracy.

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So.....today Indiana Republicans proposed a 9-0 redistricting map to eliminate both of the state's Democratic districts, gave the public less than 24 hrs notice of the hearing at 9am tomorrow AND included a deeply bizarre provision trying to restrict legal challenges to the map

Upshot still gonna find a way to say Dems are winning redistricting wars

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Doubly bad, right, in that they cowardly appoint the judges to do it for them -- and confirm Roberts at the same time that they are working on the reauthorization. Shameful stuff

SIGH

I personally date the fall of the post-Civil Rights constitutional order 2013 & Shelby County v Holder. When a reactionary SCOTUS could knock out the keystone of equal voting rights, & everyone agreed that was valid, it was an epochal change. It meant democracy was itself now a partisan issue.

I talked with @pascalsabino.bsky.social at @boltsmag.org about the ways that the current VRA case could have outsized implications for local representation --- something I've been yelling about on here a lot. This whole piece is worth a read on your Saturday morning
boltsmag.org/voting-right...

Four Republican legislators in Indiana have been targeted in "swatting" attempts just days after Trump called for primaries against those who opposed re-gerrymandering the congressional map.

Trump's supporters take him literally and seriously when he advocates political violence

Wrote this more than 25 years ago and still might be my favorite story ever....

This might be my favorite story ever, so much fun to write

I did not need to see that picture first thing in the morning. But always read @davedaley.bsky.social

MAGA’s State-by-State Plot to Butcher Democracy Political insiders, GOP legislators and governors, the president, even the Supreme Court—they’re all in on the flagrantly unconstitutional conspiracy to destroy democracy by the way they draw lines on...

Every word of this @davedaley.bsky.social piece. Read it. Now.

NEW this AM: A new Marist poll has Democrats up 14 points on the generic congressional ballot ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Also the butterfly wing flap that brought us to this moment

Gonna play yours right now. been too long

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Study finds N.C. gerrymandering results in less health care access A new study released Thursday finds gerrymandering in North Carolina resulted in reduced access to health care services.

A two-year study released today finds gerrymandering in NC resulted in reduced access to healthcare services.

The authors say the findings could offer a new strategy to fight gerrymandering in court.

More: spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/triangle-... #ncpol

The right has worked five decades to undermine the credibility of the media. The NYT isn't perfect. It's still insane that prominent voices on the left think it's a good idea to go after it, too -- for partisan and business reasons of their own.

The half-million for senators who had their phone logs pulled after J6 is the Senate version of the buyout Tommy Tuberville got from Auburn