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Republican Gerrymandering Schemes Target Minority Voters and Their Representatives

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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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“It’s Not Just a Texas Problem. It’s an American Problem.”

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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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How Democrats Plan to Battle the GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab

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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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The Knock-Down, Drag-‘Em-Out Texas Redistricting Showdown Heats Up

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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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Fleeing Texas Was the Only Way Democrats Could Block Trump’s Plan to Rig the Midterms

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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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Texas Is Moving Forward With Its Radical Redistricting Plan

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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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Democrats Are Struggling to Block Trump’s Texas Power Grab 

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“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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Texas Plays Cynical Racial Gerrymandering Game to Save House Majority for Trump

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Trump’s Justice Department gave political cover for Gov. Greg Abbott to mingle gerrymandering with disaster relief.

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Blame John Roberts for Enabling Trump’s Massive Power Grab in Texas

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To justify their brazen effort to redraw US House districts in Texas ahead of the 2026 midterms, state Republicans cited a Department of Justice letter alleging that four districts—all represented by Black or Latino Democrats—were “unconstitutional racial gerrymanders.” But on Tuesday, President Trump said the quiet part out loud, admitting that a “very simple redrawing” […]

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Texas Republicans Have a Brazen New Plan to Block Democrats from Retaking the House in 2026

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The state of Texas is currently mourning at least 120 lives lost due to horrific flooding in the Hill Country. But Texas Republicans appear focused on a different priority: re-gerrymandering their state to reduce Democrats’ chances of retaking the US House in 2026. After intense lobbying by the White House, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced […]

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The Supreme Court Delayed a Ruling That Could Shape Voting Rights Across the US

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The court’s choice to punt a key redistricting case signals trouble for the future of the Voting Rights Act.

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