Post B61mF5kbppUbj4Vqsq by wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social
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 (DIR) Post #B61fNWr2FU7yQLavFA by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-05-06T16:43:55Z
       
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       #Republicans Unveil Map Carving Up #Tennessee’s Majority #Black #House DistrictThe General Assembly is expected to quickly approve the map, which slices up Memphis, a majority-Black city that makes up most of the state’s lone #Democratic district.#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #TNpol #USpol https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/us/gop-memphis-tennessee-house-map.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
       
 (DIR) Post #B61fbKio9eAOqiKRGK by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-05-06T16:46:28Z
       
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       #Tennessee #Republicans on Wednesday proposed a congressional map aimed at diluting the state’s lone majority #Black district, a swift response to last week’s #SCOTUS ruling that weakened a landmark #VotingRights #law.The new map slices #Memphis, a majority-Black city, & #ShelbyCounty into 3 districts & likely will give Republicans the ability to flip Tennessee’s lone remaining Democratic seat.#ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #USpol
       
 (DIR) Post #B61ftkGbuuATHxv2rQ by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-05-06T16:49:47Z
       
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       #Democratic lawmakers, whose opposition means little under a #Republican supermajority in the state’s General Assembly, & #Black leaders across #Tennessee have compared the effort to carve up the Ninth Congressional District to #JimCrow era voter suppression tactics. They have accused conservatives of a power grab that undermines Black voters in #Memphis, who have long favored #Democrats.#law #ElectionLaw #SCOTUS #VotingRights #redistricting #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters
       
 (DIR) Post #B61gDxq3AS1jAj8XYm by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-05-06T16:53:28Z
       
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       #Republicans, cheered on by #Trump, have rejected those claims. Instead, they have said, they are responding to the #SCOTUS ruling, which raised the bar for what constitutes a #racial #gerrymander under the #VotingRights Act of 1965.#law #ElectionLaw #redistricting #gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #RepresentationMatters #TNpol #USpol
       
 (DIR) Post #B61gYytIRxqMW7g21Q by ELS@sfba.social
       2026-05-06T16:57:14Z
       
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       @Nonilex Doesn’t this action render Shelby County vs. Holder (2013) obsolete? Can we use this argument to retrieve this provision (preclearance) of the VRA?
       
 (DIR) Post #B61mBJMlGtNUnLYVE0 by VedaDalsette@mstdn.social
       2026-05-06T18:00:07Z
       
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       @Nonilex This sucks so much I want to be Hungarian now.
       
 (DIR) Post #B61mF5kbppUbj4Vqsq by wyatt_h_knott@mstdn.social
       2026-05-06T18:00:50Z
       
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       @Nonilex You know your state is racist as fuck when they waste no time after a SC decision rewriting the laws to immediately disenfranchise blacks. In case there was any fucking doubt.