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(DIR) Post #AxMVzSii8wjnLw6yIa by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-20T13:18:47Z
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First domino in national #redistricting fight likely to fall with #Texas #GOP to vote on #rigged mapsThe #Republican-controlled TX legislature is expected to pass a new congressional map creating 5 new winnable seats for the GOP.The vote follows prodding by #Trump, eager to stave off a #midterm defeat depriving his *party* of control of the #US #House, & weeks of delays after dozens of Texas #Democratic state lawmakers fled the state in #protest.#law #gerrymanderinghttps://apnews.com/article/texas-redistricting-congressional-map-882eae23a280a68dd6e0fc5a3bf11a0d
(DIR) Post #AxMW95kSPHrT0EWIPA by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-20T13:20:30Z
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Some #Democrats returned Monday, only to be assigned round-the-clock #police *escorts* to ensure their attendance at Wednesday’s session. Those who refused to be *monitored* were confined to the #House floor, where they protested on a livestream Tuesday night.Furious national Democrats have vowed payback for the #Texas map, with #California’s legislature poised to approve new maps adding more Democratic-friendly seats later this week.#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #Trump
(DIR) Post #AxMWGFltXUpQ7GbiHw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-20T13:21:50Z
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Normally, #states redraw maps once a decade with new #census figures. But #Trump is lobbying other conservative-controlled states like #Indiana & #Missouri to also try to squeeze new #GOP-friendly seats out of their maps as his party prepares for a difficult #midterm #election next year.#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #autocracy #authoritarianism #HowToStealAnElection #rigged #midterms
(DIR) Post #AxMWRiiGHBNz3tNLpw by BlueWaver22@genomic.social
2025-08-20T13:23:51Z
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@Nonilex he’s also laying the groundwork by saying the old census was bad and he wants a new census for declaring all the votes in the midterm invalid. See Garrett Graff on Rachel last night.🔥
(DIR) Post #AxMWf9cjX8uyHyCCMy by BlueWaver22@genomic.social
2025-08-20T13:26:19Z
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@Nonilex that’s why Trump is laying the groundwork for the bad census because he then has a back up plan if the blue states do the redistricting which we absolutely have to have them do!
(DIR) Post #AxMWpxtDV8Cn573p56 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-20T13:28:17Z
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In #Texas, #Democrats spent the day before the vote continuing to draw attention to the extraordinary lengths the #Republicans who run the #legislature were going to ensure it takes place. Democratic state Rep #NicoleCollier started it when she refused to sign what Democrats called the “permission slip” needed just to leave the #House chamber, a half-page form allowing Dept of *Public Safety* #police troopers to follow them.#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #intimidation #rigged
(DIR) Post #AxMXGdxfhYXx5trjeq by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-20T13:32:46Z
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Collier spent Mon & Tues nights on the House floor, where she set up a livestream while her Dem colleagues outside had plainclothes #police following them.#Dallas-area Rep #LindaGarcia said she drove 3 hrs home from #Austin with an officer following her. When she went grocery shopping, he went down every aisle with her…. As she spoke to The AP by phone, 2 unmarked cars with officers inside were parked outside her home.#law #ElectionLaw #Trump #Texas #gerrymandering #intimidation
(DIR) Post #AxMXVZtn5Xegq1AiAa by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-20T13:35:30Z
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“It’s a weird feeling,”Garcia said. “The only way to explain the entire process is: It’s like I’m in a movie.” [#surveillance #intimidation]The trooper assignments, ordered by #Texas #Republican House Speaker #DustinBurrows, was another escalation of a #redistricting battle that has widened across the country. #Trump is pushing #GOP state ofcls to rig maps for the 2026 #midterms to preserve the GOP’s slim #House majority, & #Democrats nationally have rallied around efforts to retaliate.#law
(DIR) Post #AxMYx1RsrmfW3UljeK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-20T13:51:57Z
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@liquor_american Not to mention the “public safety” officers aren’t exactly protecting & serving the public. Watching an elected legislator shop for groceries?!?!?!
(DIR) Post #AxMbnSIuSqFiJPhWsK by opethminded@mstdn.social
2025-08-20T14:23:47Z
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@Nonilex This is a declaration of war on blue states who will respond with memes, angry commentary in the media and admonitions to vote in the soon to be non-existent midterms.
(DIR) Post #AxMcZPSyJlo1PYH2oa by bebadefabo@mastodon.social
2025-08-20T14:32:27Z
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@Nonilex I would be wild if they create these seats and they don't go red