A right-leaning Supreme Court that actually applied its precedent consistently would be one thing. it really is nakedly political

I don't know how anyone can still act like the Supreme Court majority has any credibility now

Supreme Court today: We'll allow Alabama Republicans to change the congressional map in the primary election even though absentee voting has literally already started Supreme Court last December: November's too late to strike down the GOP's map in TX's March primary election!!

Resistance is booming in the South as Republicans rush to rig congressional maps and silence Black communities. Politicians responded fast to the Supreme Court gutting the law that took America out of Jim Crow. But opposition is moving just as fast. Must read from @jenrice.bsky.social ⬇️

SCOTUS: Courts are not allowed to intervene and change a map if it's too close to an election unless it benefits Republicans then it's okay www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Again. But we have to fight every inch of the way before November. Watch the full interview here: youtu.be/SCse1FFEKLM

Austin TX kid taken by ICE weeks before he graduates high school. If you were horrified by Minnesota, give here.

FYI I write a free weekly newsletter (On the Docket) for @democracydocket.com that comes out Friday mornings, it recaps the week's redistricting news. If you're confused about what's happening and want to keep up, sign up & get tomorrow's newsletter. newsletters.democracydocket.com

NEW: Ken Paxton said he needed $20M to take John Cornyn's Senate. But, less than a month to the primary runoff, he's fallen short. I analyzed Paxton's campaign money and found he's lost many of the big donors that backed his last re-election as attorney general. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/u...

I like to think everyone needs to have that one friend who is always texting "things are soo bad right now"

This is *insane.* Even if you are too worn out to follow the news you have to understand this one. The Louisiana governor has now *suspended an active election with 42k votes already cast* just so they can use a different congressional map that rolls back minority representation. This is insane.

I really cannot stress enough how unhinged things are getting right now in terms of elections. Three stories you need to have on your radar today 🧵

New Episode: Tributes to the Camp Mystic kids and Chad Hasty. Plus Harvey has a warning about the Texas budget and @jenrice.bsky.social checks in about what some are calling "redistricting Armageddon" podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/g...

Another person has died in ICE custody. 33-year-old Denny Adán González died on Tuesday in Georgia. Authorities claim he died by suicide. González is the 18th person to die in ICE custody this year—this is also the 18th week of 2026.

greatest democracy in the world

This actually feels like covering a hurricane

This week: Virginia Supreme Court heard a case that could nullify the redistricting election, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act, Florida passed a gerrymander despite its gerrymandering ban, Louisiana & Alabama are now redrawing maps for elections that ALREADY STARTED

How is this being treated as normal? A Republican governor is declaring a state of emergency to cancel n ongoing election for Congress. If you think this is ends with redistricting, you are not paying attention.

🔴PAY ATTENTION: The Governor of Louisiana is declaring an emergency to cancel an ongoing election so that his party can rig the rules moving forward. This is not just about redistricting... www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.

Florida state Sen. LaVon Bracy Davis (D):

In case this isn't clear to you: -Last week, Virginia VOTERS approved a redistricting plan from Democrats -This week, Florida Republicans are passing a redistricting plan that WON'T go to voters for approval and also VIOLATES the partisan gerrymandering ban passed by Florida voters in 2010

WATCH: Florida House Republicans refused a motion to take a two hour break to review the Supreme Court ruling that came out WHILE they were preparing to vote on a gerrymandered congressional map that was drawn based on that ruling

Yes, the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act just came out WHILE the Florida legislature is taking their final votes to pass a new map that they drew based on the ruling that had not come out yet.

“I drew this map as a race-neutral map, without consideration for race,” Jason Poreda, a DeSantis staffer who drew the proposed map, began, before he was interrupted by laughter from attendees. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The FL House is now starting its redistricting committee hearing. Worth watching the livestream below. The Senate committee hearing is later today. Leadership has indicated this plan will get final votes as early as tomorrow. Astoundingly little public input. thefloridachannel.org/watch/

For @democracydocket.com, I'm at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission's annual board of advisors meeting. It should be about voting standards. But we're starting off with an idiosyncratic, ideological debate about the *advisory* board's by-laws, driven by right-winger Hans von Spakovsky...

Happy 3rd birthday to Casper & Sabrina. Three years of being inseparable & unserious 🩶🧡

Just to be clear, today's Supreme Court order is the final word allowing Texas to use its new congressional map for 2026, but it's not the final word on whether the new map can be used in elections after 2026 www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Hello to everyone just now joining the internet today, we've had Virginia Supreme Court oral arguments on redistricting, a SCOTUS TX redistricting order & now Florida has released its new proposed map before starting a redistricting special session tomorrow. It isn't even 11am

Good morning!! We are liveblogging at the link below starting at 9am ET 🫡

A reminder that House Democrats passed a bill that would’ve banned gerrymandering but couldn’t find any Republicans in the Senate to support it. www.congress.gov/bill/117th-c...

Republicans are hoping that no one notices that they stole the midterms in tiny little steps, state by state, very-very slowly, without using a gun.

This story is *so crazy*: GOP blocks plan to prepare North Carolina counties for ballot seizures, ICE at polls www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump: Republicans are "entitled" to 5 more congressional seats in Texas Trump: Democrats' plan to pick up 4 more seats in Virginia is "unjust"

I can't think of a better day than today for journalists to ask Virginia Republican lawmakers if they oppose last year's Texas redistricting

Again: young people might not realize that this kind of repugnant racism was unacceptable to express publicly, *not that long ago*.

Ready for Virginia election day tomorrow 🫡

Ron DeSantis when the ruling wasn't Callais

It's time to ask your state and local election officials if they are prepared for this: www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

I promise it's worth reading this whole story. When a CA sheriff recently seized 650k ballots, it raised an alarming question about what was previously a nightmare scenario: What do election officials do if law enforcement orders them to hand over ballots? www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Pro-democracy group @bbforut.bsky.social is making one thing clear: “Don’t underestimate the power of grassroots work.” @jenrice.bsky.social spoke with them to discuss how they built their grassroots effort to fight a GOP bid to legalize partisan gerrymandering. 📺Watch:

🔍 NEW: Unsealed warrants show a California sheriff seized 650,000 ballots based on unproven fraud claims from right-wing activists — mirroring the playbook used in the FBI's Fulton County election raid.

Protest right now outside the White House

Now: an anti-war protest is gathering outside the White House chanting "Stop the bombs, it's not too late"

It’s crazy that the vice president openly intervening in a foreign election for the candidate backed by Russia ranks a distant second in insane things happening today.

If anyone's looking for a little crumb of hope today: as the Trump administration escalates threats to interfere in this year’s midterms, at least 11 states led by Democrats are working to harden their elections against White House meddling www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Americans: you do have streets, yes? Streets that you could fill in protest today?

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