I get how things used to be, but for the life of me I can't understand why Democrats are hell bent on digging out of fascism adhering to the legal system that's been compromised by fascists. REDRAW THE DAMN MAP ANYWAY! JFC.

Why did they let the vote proceed if it was unconstitutional for technical reasons???

So states like TX & LA can redistrict without allowing voters to vote to approve this & the SCOTUS says this is legal. But Virginia asks the voters per their state's Constitution to approve or disapprove a redraw of their maps & the state's top court says this is illegal. What am I missing here?

Sounds like it is time to expand the Virginia Supreme Court.

Spanberger has the votes in the legislature. Convene TODAY to pack Virginia's Supreme Court with like 20 new judges who will support the new maps. The 'Fuck You' we give to the Jim Crow fascists can't be soon enough, loud enough, or big enough.

Fuck it. Redistrict it anyway. If the Trump administration can ignore repeatedly ignore the courts without consequences, Democrats should start doing the same. Our system of government is already a broken dumpster fire anyway.

Wow, even with voters all calling for this, the courts have decided to be political

And they noted by "party line vote." Yes, so Dems can't do that, but Reps can. Good grief how obvious.

It's what Trump's been doing for years and seems to be working for him.

JFC, just to get this straight… Dems. can’t pass new maps through the Democratic process, yet Republicans can use an Authoritarian approach to rig elections? As if any more evidence was necessary, Democracy is dead in America!

A democratically elected remap can't happen, but TN Rs can ram through a remap that's being protested against by the populace. America under Republican rule.

Sorry. Put it in effect anyway and let the Virginia Supreme Court enforce their ruling, if they can. The People voted.

Go back to the drawing board and take the last GOP seat out. Then force it through and impeach four judges on that court.

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The decision marks a significant and terrifying moment in our democracy as the court allowed an election to be cancelled after its completion.

BREAKING: In a loss for Democrats, the Virginia Supreme Court ruled the congressional map voters approved last month to counter GOP gerrymanders cannot go into effect. The decision overturns the will of voters for technical reasons and gives Republicans a leg up for the 2026 midterms.

Absolutely outrageous Virginia Supreme Court invalidated redistricting referendum approved by the voters when voters haven’t been able to weigh in on a single gerrymander passed in red states

How the Confederacy lost the war, but won the Union.

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Quick practice point for lawyers, when a judge gently informs you that you're "swimming upstream" after less than five minutes of oral argument, you are probably cooked. www.fastcompany.com/91538789/kal...

Pretty ironic, in that the boosters of the redistricting support their stance with "Racism is over!"

The look on the white guys face just oozes racism. I’m so fucking disappointed in this country right now.

They love nothing more than dragging us backwards.

Boycott the heck out of rural (and corporate and white for that matter) TN, but remember Nashville and Memphis are the victims of TN GOP racist gerrymandering and the cities we’re supposed to be doing this on behalf of, so let’s be selective about who exactly we’re boycotting.

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Reminder that Elon Musk is running Grok AI by choking people in Memphis with untreated generator exhaust blown straight into the neighborhoods. www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

That is the point, they don't care about doing the illegal things in the open because they know the system works the way they want it to work When all peaceful avenues for meaningful change are exhausted, there's only one path left, and it isn't voting

And the Supreme Court’s.

My goodness 60 years of progress destroyed in under a week Appreciate the courage of Rep. Pearson

Same friend. Same. But what I do now is look them directly in the eye. I take up space. I will literally stand there and force them to walk around me. I'm 5'3 and 105lbs. But it works. Fuck em all.

Netanyahu flattered and fawned Trump who was easily seduced to do what previous presidents, both republican and democrat, had refused to countenance namely attacking the one state that had the ability to cause global economic mayhem. Just shows how stupid Trump is.

He didn’t push, he lead that orange bag of barely sentient slop by the nose.

The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.

You wouldn’t marry someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t be friends with someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t do business with someone who lied to you like this. You wouldn’t work for someone who lied to u like this. You’d want nothing to do with someone who lied to u like this.

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You can find the new Tennessee gerrymander here. Trump won every seat by at least 20 points after Republicans cracked Memphis almost evenly into thirds and spread the heavily Black city’s voters into three districts that are majority-white and Republican

Republicans have now targeted 14 House Democrats with new gerrymanders. 9 of those seats were VRA-protected, have a Dem who is Black or Latino, or both. They’re poised to target at least 2 more Black Dems in AL and LA. MS and SC could target 1 more each. Dems responded by targeting 9 Republicans

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OH AND THE FRENCH WOULD STILL LIKE A WORD

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From @schwartzesque.bsky.social : U.S. District of Rhode Island judges have appointed special counsel to investigate possible misconduct by AUSA Kevin Bolan. He allegedly failed to tell Judge DuBose that a noncitizen had a murder warrant; DHS then trashed her as "activist Biden judge." 1/2

It is the behavior of every innocent, above board department head to polygraph his former and current staff to be sure they didn't leak embarrassing and disqualifying acts that never happened.

Beyond the Trump era? Hopefully, she and her immoral, corrupt MAGA 6 colleagues will have their gaslighting asses impeached and their careers ended in disgrace. .

SCOTUS Majority is on a full-blown, no holds barred press tour, obviously encouraged by Roberts. It’s demeaning and embarassing to the institution, not to mention transparently obsequious and full of lies. They are becoming a sideshow that will go down in history as an epic failure of morality.

The disgust with the Robert's court also has to do with HOW they make their decisions. The heavy use of the shadow docket and contotions to disregard precedent, does not lead to trust.

Barrett, screaming at a woman bleeding out after a miscarriage in a hospital parking lot: “DOBBS WASN’T A BIG DECISION”

Supreme Court nominees go to great lengths to avoid any ideological questions during their confirmation hearings. But yet, every important Supreme Court decision is split along ideological lines.

Man, it would be really bad for her argument if the court had made up some kind of "major questions doctrine" to single out big cases and decide them on ideological grounds... oh wait.