Barack Obama praises Texas Democrats as state legislature moves to end special session without passing new electoral maps

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Lemmy

Blue states should go ahead with plans to redistrict regardless of what happens. Play for the political landscape you have, not the political landscape you want. The way maps are already gerrymandered nets Republicans 16 seats in the House.
How Gerrymandering Tilts the 2024 Race for the House

Skewed maps give Republicans big advantages in 11 states, mostly in the South and Midwest.

Brennan Center for Justice

Blue States simply won’t do this, because they are not part of a coherent national political project.

They’ll bluff and then hope Republicans fold.

I’m hoping that, with the dismal polling for democrats, the ones who want a future in politics, like Newsom, are recognizing they need to be tougher.

Maybe I’ll kick the Hopium habit if/when we’re no longer conspicuously moving toward a dictatorship.

Don’t know how to tell you this, but the guy making the rounds on conservative podcasts probably isn’t who you want leading the Democrats
I didn’t say I want him to lead the democrats, I said I want him to gerrymander California.