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SCOTUS Rules Racial Gerrymandering Legal in Hopes of Permanently Ending Democracy and Related 4/30/26

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The Supreme Court, in Louisiana v. Callais, struck down Louisiana's second majority-Black congressional district.

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Justice Elena Kagan warned that the decision could render Section 2 “all but a dead letter.”

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Hayes rips Supreme Court ruling: Back towards ‘policies of Jim Crow’

“The Supreme Court has done it again. They’ve once again intervened to pull us back towards the policies of Jim Crow,” Chris Hayes says of t

Hayes rips Supreme Court ruling: Back towards ‘policies of Jim Crow’

“The Supreme Court has done it again. They’ve once again intervened to pull us back towards the policies of Jim Crow,” Chris Hayes says of t

Republicans push to redraw maps after Supreme Court deals blow to VRA

GOP candidates and elected officials in southern states are calling for special sessions to dismantle majority-minority districts ahead of t

Florida Republicans pass DeSantis-backed gerrymandered congressional maps

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DeSantis pitches a 'very illegal map' in desperate bid for Trump's favor

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis reportedly wants a job in the Trump administration when his term as governor ends. Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Fros

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The Voting Rights Act is now a ‘dead letter’ after latest Supreme Court decision - POLITICO

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The Voting Rights Act is now a ‘dead letter’ after latest Supreme Court decision

Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision leaves the landmark civil rights law on the books — but in name only, prominent legal scholars and the li

𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐄𝐄𝐌 𝐉𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓 “𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐄” 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝟔-𝟑 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐒 𝐑𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆. “𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒𝐍’𝐓 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐒 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓. 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓.” 𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐂𝐎𝐓𝐔𝐒 𝐎𝐅 “𝐀𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆” 𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌 𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 “𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆.”

Setup: SCOTUS ruled 6-3 yesterday in Louisiana v. Callais that drawing congressional districts based on race under the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. Today, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — the highest-ranking elected Democrat in the House — on camera at a public event:

𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺’𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘙𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭-𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬:

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝:

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝: the highest-ranking House Democrat just publicly accused six Justices of the United States Supreme Court — a co-equal branch of government — of 𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 in U.S. elections. This is not 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨. This is 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. The line he just crossed is the line that produced January 6 rhetoric on the right — applied to a Supreme Court majority.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐓𝐲𝐫𝐮𝐬’𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬: yesterday Tyrus said on Fox’s The Five that the new Democratic posture is 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 — the era of the half-apology is over. Hakeem Jeffries just confirmed it on camera. He’s not walking back. He’s not softening. He’s declaring the Supreme Court of the United States 𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 in advance of every adverse ruling for the next decade.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐬: every adverse Court ruling that lands before November 2026 will be reframed by Jeffries and the House Democratic caucus as 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. The Democratic Party’s posture going into the 2026 midterms is now: we don’t accept the Court’s authority. The legal infrastructure of the United States — independent judiciary, separation of powers, court rulings binding on the political branches — is being publicly delegitimized by the Democratic House leader.

𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐉𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝘳𝘪𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟.

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On this day in 1965, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed into law — made possible by activists like John Lewis and those who marched on Edmund Pettus Bridge. 59 years later, the fight for our voting rights continues. ✊🏾 

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I bet you don’t think Democrats are doing anything, right?

I mean that that’s what social media would convince you of .

But I’m here to say that they are and a lot of it is really impressive, and you’re not hearing about it.

I posted four of those stories this week!

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The Voting Rights Act was never just about “politics.” It was about stopping Black Americans from being systematically locked out of democracy. Literacy tests. Poll taxes. Racial gerrymandering. Intimidation. Violence. The VRA existed because this country has a documented history of changing the rules whenever Black communities gained political power. So when protections are weakened and district maps are redrawn, people have every right to ask: Who benefits? And who loses representation? This conversation is bigger than Democrats vs Republicans. It’s about power. Access. Representation. And whether communities can meaningfully influence the systems governing their lives. History matters. Context matters. And understanding how voting rights evolved in this country matters too. Stay informed. Stay engaged. And pay attention to what’s happening at the state level — because that’s often where the biggest shifts begin.

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It's not fun to watch your country endless shoot itself while it's people cheer it on. But it is motivation to not stop fighting