US EditionWhat to Expect Next in Texas’ Redistricting Standoff and Whether Democrats Can Be Expelled
TEXAS, AUG 5 – Texas Democrats left the state to deny quorum and delay a Republican plan that would add five GOP-leaning seats, intensifying partisan conflict over redistricting rules.
- Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state to deny the Republican-led legislature a quorum needed to pass a congressional map favoring Republicans.
- This action responds to a mid-decade redistricting effort initiated by Republicans, including a plan led by President Trump in late July to add five GOP-favored House seats.
- The term 'gerrymander' originated in 1812 when Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry approved legislation that reshaped state Senate boundaries to favor his political party.
- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled federal courts have no authority over partisan gerrymandering claims but noted state courts may decide them under their own laws, with Chief Justice Roberts stating the Constitution offers no objective fairness standard.
- The Texas Democrats' departure highlights ongoing partisan battles over redistricting, illustrating how gerrymandering fuels polarization and challenges democratic representation nationwide.
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'Going cutthroat like Dems': Tomi Lahren takes Jessica Tarlov down a few notches over redistricting · American Wire News
Texas redistricting led to a clash on Fox News as Tomi Lahren and Jessica Tarlov traded barbs over “political stunts” and “hypocrisy.” “We’re gonna be cutthroat …” (Video Credit: Fox News) Having fled their state to delay approval of redrawn congressional district maps, Democrats from the Texas House now face a new deadline to return or be ousted from their seats. After discussing the latest in the fight drawing national attention with Texas Ho…
Trump has asked the governor to redesign the map of colleges to ensure the Republican party wins in five seats. And Gavin Newson, governor dem of California, wants to do the same
Time To Channel FDR & Stop Pussyfooting Around, Dems
From Substack, on how Democrats need to build on the inspiration provided by Texas Democrats, but kick it up five notches--find their inner FDR and channel him, because that is what's needed in this moment. So here’s what I say to those Texas Democrats: stay away as long as you need to—then show up when the time is right—and make Abbott remove you. Arrest you. Put your body in the machine. Force the issue. Non-violently, boldly, defiantly—like c…
Texas Democrats Are Staging Another Doomed Protest
It was with a certain sense of deja vu, combined with not inconsiderable existential boredom, that I read headlines on Sunday declaring that a group of Democratic lawmakers had fled Texas. Naturally, the media framed it as high drama, and certainly the Republicans helped with their threats to arrest their opponents gone AWOL. But I [...]Read More...
Deep in the nefarious heart of Texas
Donate to Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. Donate to Palmer Report. Hi it's Bill Palmer. Support my renewed effort to stop Donald Trump. Donate $5 now.By a vote of 85 to 6, Republicans in the Texas state legislature have voted to track down and arrest dozens of Democratic legislators who have fled the state to block passage of a racist gerrymandering plan. The-redistricting plan is what Trump wants. In the MAGA Republican Party, what Trump wan…
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