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As Texas Republicans prepare for mid-decade redistricting, cautionary tales loom from the past

Spurred by President Donald Trump’s political team, Texas lawmakers will try to redraw the state’s congressional map to boost Republicans — but some GOP incumbents are uneasy.

The Texas Tribune

US supreme court sharply divided on Louisiana race-based redistricting case

Legal saga over state’s majority-Black districts could be vehicle for justices to further weaken the Voting Rights Act

The Guardian - US

"Deeply steered" new districts boost GOP

Independent redistricting processes in New York and California have given Republicans an advantage in the House

Salon

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Here's how a martial artist created the motions for Baldur's Gate 3 monks

The practicioner took inspiration from Shaolin and Wu Dang Kug-Fu styles.

PC Gamer

Trump-appointed judges dealt a ‘body blow’ to the Voting Rights Act

The latest test to landmark civil rights law is a ‘travesty for democracy’ that could head to the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Trump-appointed judges dealt a ‘body blow’ to the Voting Rights Act

The latest test to landmark civil rights law is a ‘travesty for democracy’ that could head to the Supreme Court

The Independent UK

Latinos are the biggest ethnic group in Texas, but their political power lags behind

Latinos in Texas have eclipsed non-Hispanic whites as the dominant ethnic group in the state, but the group's political power has yet to catch up.

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Group recommends reforms for scandal-plagued Los Angeles city council

Los Angeles should add more city council members, create two new independent redistricting commissions and better enforce ethics rules, a panel of academics tasked with proposing reforms for the scandal-plagued city government said Thursday

The Independent UK

‘It’s a travesty they’ve disappeared’: what ever happened to jaffle irons?

The modern-day jaffle machine is square and electrified, but James Shackell creates sandwich magic with a 1950s-era contraption

The Guardian - AU

Is drawing a voting map that helps a political party illegal? Only in some states

A North Carolina court's unusual ruling has highlighted the fact that some states allow voting districts to be drawn in ways that make elections less competitive and help one political party win.

WEKU

How Ron DeSantis waged a targeted assault on Black voters: ‘I fear for what’s to come’

In gerrymandering voting maps and gutting one of the biggest expansions of voting rights, the Florida governor seeks to dilute Black political power

The Guardian - US

Razor-thin GOP majority in Congress rests on 4 ‘extra’ seats from Texas gerrymander

WASHINGTON — When the new Congress opens for business Tuesday, two-thirds of the Texans taking the oath of office will be Republicans.

Tribune News Service

Republicans win control of the House in an unexpectedly close midterm

Republicans secured the majority in the U.S. House on Wednesday, boosting the party’s ability to stymy President Joe Biden’s agenda even though the midterm results stop well short of a mandate from the electorate.

Los Angeles Times

Redistricting helps Republicans in close fight for House control

WASHINGTON — Republicans got a boost in the race to gain control of the House in this year’s elections because they held on to their advantage in redrawing congressional maps and got some key rulings from courts, experts said.

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Redistricting helps Republicans in close fight for House control - Roll Call

Republicans got help in the race to gain control of the House because they held an advantage in drawing congressional maps, experts said.

The Guardian - US

Republicans keep gerrymandered maps – after they were struck down by court

Ohio Republicans have maneuvered to keep districts in place for this fall’s election despite the state supreme court striking them down seven times this year

The Guardian - UK

‘Oh no!’: opinions aplenty but little consensus in Boris Johnson’s Uxbridge constituency

While some voters think the PM’s resignation is ‘about time’, others complain he is being picked on

Tribune News Service

Texas Democrats hope abortion ruling backlash will help in November elections

DALLAS — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade has sounded the bell for a new round in the fight over abortion rights that will be staged in ballot boxes instead of courtrooms.

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The Independent UK

Clashes among New York Democrats after redistricting redo

Two of New York’s longest-serving members of Congress have turned from allies to rivals after a court redrew the state’s congressional maps

The Independent UK

Democrats face worsening legal environment on redistricting

The ruling by New York's top court striking down Democratic-drawn congressional maps is the start of what could be a rough road for the party in redistricting

The Guardian - US

‘A racist move’: Florida’s DeSantis threatens Black voter power with electoral maps

Proposed map would chop up the fifth district into four new ones where Black voters would comprise a much smaller share of the vote – a visual guide

The Guardian - US

Florida Governor DeSantis given power to gerrymander state’s electoral maps

The governor seems eager to eliminate two congressional districts with large Black populations and to give Republicans a 20-8 advantage

The Guardian - US

The US supreme court’s assault on voting rights hits a new low

Ruling throws out Wisconsin’s redrawn electoral map, which included a new district to account for Black population growth

Salon

Gerrymander "karma" hits N.Y. GOP

Aggressive gerrymander could send several GOP House members packing as “inevitable result" of Republican cheating

The Guardian - US

After decrying Republican election rigging, Democrats embrace it in New York

Democrats propose new redistricting maps that would give the party three additional seats in Congress

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