1/ From Heather Cox Richardson's newsletter today: "The Department of Justice today sued the state of Texas for violating the Voting Rights Act, saying its aggressively gerrymandered new districts discriminate against minority voters.

Dec 7, 2021 · 8:11 AM UTC

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2/ Ninety-five percent of Texas’s population growth in the past decade has come from Black, Latino, and Asian people, but the new maps dilute their voting power and strengthen that of white voters.
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3/ Voting rights expert Ari Berman explains that the new maps mean that whites make up 40% of the population but control 60% of the districts, Latinos make up 39% of the population but control 20% of the districts...
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4/ ...Blacks make up 12% of the population but control 2% of the districts, and Asians make up 5% of the population but control 0% of the districts.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Need to sue every southern state, not just Texas. The Biden DOJ is incredibly timid and weak. Everyone knows what is going on. Much too reluctant to do a damn thing about it. Democrats are ignoring their constituents, especially their base, in favor of DONORS.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Nothing will come of it
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Well, at least someone is doing something...
Replying to @marwilliamson
This whole country has been gerrymandered. Deport every illegal alien per standing federal law. That will send about 23-24 million illegals out of the country, most of them are from Mexico.
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