Republicans in Texas are poised to become the first in the nation to redraw their maps at the president’s behest.
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The gerrymander would benefit the GOP and dilute Black and Brown voters’ power. The House may now decide its fate.
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Texas Senate Passes Map After 2 Democrats Fail to Join House Member Walkout Read Post »
We’re well into the second week of the Texas redistricting showdown. Far from home, these Texas Democrats are resolute. In an undisclosed location, I sat down with them to talk about their decision to leave their home state to stand up for democracy. WATCH: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mother Jones […]
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EXCLUSIVE: These Three Texas Democrats Are “Standing Strong” Amid GOP Redistricting Push Read Post »
Ken Paxton’s path to becoming one of the conservative movement’s most powerful lawyers is littered with the sort of obstacles that might have brought a more reputable politician down. The third-term Texas attorney general is a law enforcement official whose own staff reported him to law enforcement; a former state representative who was later impeached […]
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Ken Paxton Is Beating John Cornyn…In a Race to the Bottom Read Post »
Donald Trump is not particularly popular. The only recent president with lower approval ratings six months into his term was Trump, in his first term. This summer, he asked Republicans in Congress to put their political lives on the line to pass a bill that would hand tax cuts to the wealthy at the expense […]
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Republican Gerrymandering Schemes Target Minority Voters and Their Representatives Read Post »
A lot of people want to get a hold of James Talarico these days. The 36-year-old Texas state representative and seminary student is a rising Democratic star. You—like 5.6 million others—may have seen him in your social-media feed, calling a proposal to place the Ten Commandments in every public-school classroom “un-Christian” and the mark of […]
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“It’s Not Just a Texas Problem. It’s an American Problem.” Read Post »
Abbott is pushing to vacate seats of legislators who fled Texas to halt passage of a GOP-engineered congressional map.
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Texas Governor Sends Bid to Expel Dem Leader to Court Filled with His Appointees Read Post »
For years, Republicans have sought to consolidate power at the state and federal level by controlling the redistricting process through which congressional boundaries are drawn. In places such as Wisconsin and Ohio, they have crafted cartoonishly distorted districts that have literally drawn Democrats out of power. But the longstanding battle between Republicans and Democrats over […]
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How Democrats Plan to Battle the GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab Read Post »
An old-fashioned Western showdown is happening in Texas right now. On one side you have Texas House Democrats who fled the state over the weekend to stop Texas Republicans from carrying out Trump’s orders to redraw the state’s maps. And Texas governor Greg Abbott who is very, very upset about it all. As of this writing, […]
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The Knock-Down, Drag-‘Em-Out Texas Redistricting Showdown Heats Up Read Post »
On Sunday evening, Texas House Democrats made the fateful decision to flee the state to block Republicans from quickly passing a new Trump-ordered redistricting plan that could give Republicans up to five new seats in the US House, rigging the midterms before a single vote has been cast. It’s a risky and expensive strategy for […]
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Fleeing Texas Was the Only Way Democrats Could Block Trump’s Plan to Rig the Midterms Read Post »
Texas is on its way to gerrymandering its own gerrymander. On Saturday, Republicans on the state house of representatives’ redistricting committee approved a new plan to add five Republican seats—part of a radical mid-decade scheme to help Republicans keep control of the US House of Representatives after the 2026 midterm elections. The plan could go […]
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Texas Is Moving Forward With Its Radical Redistricting Plan Read Post »
“When you can’t win fairly, you cheat, and that is exactly what this is,” a civil rights advocate said of Trump’s ploy.
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Democrats Are Struggling to Block Trump’s Texas Power Grab Read Post »
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