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Memphis loses its guaranteed congressional carve-out as fair lines replace the skin-game. Democrats just watched their racial cheat code get deleted in real time and the meltdown is nuclear. Man the same crowd that cheered race-based maps for years is now burning down the statehouse over color-blind lines. 🚨#BREAKING: Watch as Tennessee House Republicans Pass …
Proposition 50, which temporarily replaces California’s existing congressional districts with an alternative map designed to elect more Democrats, passed easily last week; it currently has 64.6% of the vote. This outcome was part of a generally good election night for Democrats across the nation, as voters expressed their unhappiness with the direction of the country. …
Governor Maura Healey says Trump and Abbott “left her no choice.” But Massachusetts hasn’t elected a Republican to Congress in 30 years. No GOP seats to defend. No red districts to flip. So what exactly is she gerrymandering? “This is an attempt to grab power, to change the rules, to determine a certain outcome,” Healey …