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2. Scrying out loud ::: Trevor sees SCOTUS voting rights ruling VERY differently (post by liberalla)
Tue May 5, 2026, 02:40 PM
15 hrs ago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1220&pid=25262

video

He says Democrats will control the House for generations to come. He says Republicans are celebrating the decision but they're woefully unaware of what this means. He explains how and why this will benefit the Democrats.


I posted a transcript below it, because it sounded really intriguing.

https://rentry.co/5rpqg6mv

So, they haven't bothered to read the ruling, but if you read the ruling, it says you no longer need majority minority districts and that it's okay to gerrymander based on partisan

So in Illinois, for example, since there doesn't need to to be districts that are majority minority, they can break up Chicago and stretch those districts all the way to southern Illinois and Democrats can make it to where Republicans get zero seats in Illinois

Leader Jeffries has said, IIRC, that the party is going to town after this ruling, which seems to take away redistricting on basis of ethnicity and open it to everything BUT.

Others may want to comment on this.
I am way behind in everything today, as usual.

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