#American #Democracy Minute Radio
We’re still #litigating racially #gerrymandered #voting maps. Today, we’re looking at a principle called the “Gingles Test” that #US #federal #courts use when determining whether a gerrymandered redistricting map is a violation of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. How that test is interpreted can determine if #minority #voters can elect the candidate of their choice, or their vote is diluted by an anti-voter #state #legislature
https://www.americandemocracyminute.org/wethepeople/2025/05/25/courts-use-the-gingles-test-to-determine-whether-redistricting-violates-the-voting-rights-act/
#Gerrymandered
#Hateful #Kansas #Republicans will try again to #ban #genderaffirmingcare for #Trans #minors.
The #GOP previously failed to #ban #PubertyBlockers, #HRT, and #surgery for #children with #genderdysphoria. This year, #Republicans hold a stronger #Gerrymandered #majority in the #Kansas #Statehouse.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Kansas #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
#DemocraticParty #Lawmaker #ChrisCampbell proposes repealing provision banning providers from “#aidingandabetting” #families seeking #GenderAffirmingCare out of state.
The heavily #gerrymandered #Republican #supermajority is unlikely to #support the bill.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Indiana #DemocraticParty #Allies #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
"FairVote estimates that 85% of House seats are now safe for one party — the highest percentage it has tracked in two decades."
This is how democratic society dies. Regardless of the political party, the consequences of #gerrymandered districts and states is clear: it removes political expression from the people and keeps the current party in office forever.
https://apnews.com/article/house-election-results-mike-johnson-5103c8b5c0ef03a1e61a1c0f9ca3dd4f
I hope that in two years, the people who voted for #DearLeader and all the politicians that followed his lead, realize how fucked they are. Most likely not. Because the 2026 elections, will be #gerrymandered to hell.
Fuck me, what a bleak fucking outlook.
#Corrupt, #Partisan #SupremeCourt to rule on #Louisiana's new Black district.
The #issue is whether the #state relied too heavily on #race in drawing a second #majority #Black #district when correcting heavily #gerrymandered #districts #Republicans designed to #dilute the #AfricanAmerican #Vote.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Louisiana #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #VoterSupression #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Racism #ThePartyOfHate
Two men recognized and exploited the anti-democratic loopholes within America’s rickety democracy
-- in order to deliver Republicans victories that they could never win at the ballot box.
Now their willfully minoritarian creations threaten the very essence of a representative democracy:
if Donald #Trump, rightwing courts, #gerrymandered state legislatures and an extreme Republican #caucus in the US House of Representatives create constitutional #chaos over the certification of this presidential election, 👉two men cleared the path.
The single-minded determination of #Leonard #Leo built a conservative supermajority on the US #supreme #court and ♦️stacked lower and state courts with Republican #ideologues that have pushed the nation to the right via the least accountable branch of government.
#Chris #Jankowski masterminded the partisan #gerrymanders that ♦️tilted state legislatures and congressional delegations across the south and the purple midwest toward extreme Republicans,
♦️ended Barack Obama’s second term before it started, and ♦️rendered elections in Wisconsinand North Carolina all but meaningless over the last decade and a half.
Leo and Jankowski understood, separately, that the courts and state legislatures were undervalued and often undefended targets for a deliberate strategy aimed at capturing important levers of power that sometimes float under the radar.
They could be Moneyball-ed, to borrow the term Michael Lewis used in his book about how the Oakland A’s made an end-run around large-market teams by understanding value that their opponents overlooked.
What Leo and Jankowski built separately would soon reinforce the other’s creation (with, of course, crucial assists from chief justice #John #Roberts), tightening the knots around meaningful elections, pushing policy to the extreme right and 💥making it nearly impossible for voters to do anything about it
totally forgot to vote today
and i cant take a shower and drive over to the polling place in 45 mins
virginia districts are all gerrymandered to fuck anyway and all the political ads are solely GOP propaganda and muckraking
“The #ACLU is currently tracking 40 #bills they say could #harm the #LGBTQ #community in heavily #gerrymandered #Republican #superrmajority #Tennessee.”
#Fascist #Mississippi #Lawemakers move heaven and earth to #revive #hateful #bill to #regulate #transgender #bathroom use in #schools.
#Republicans pushed the proposal through the #Gerrymandered #StateLegislature in the final days of #session
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Mississippi #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-bathrooms-mississippi-8717146beb0b64ea97e1106f110c41c8
#SouthCarolina #Senate takes up #ban on #genderaffirmingcare for #transgender #minors.
The Heavily #Gerrymandered #StateSenate has 30 #Republicans, 15 #Democrats and one #independent, so the #Hateful #bill is likely to #pass.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #SouthCarolina #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #Hategroups #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-health-care-south-carolina-4c2f2f1e156d9955e22a396d903614d0
#CreepoftheWeek: #Idaho #Legislators.
It is absolutely #appalling that #elected #leaders in #Idaho (where they have a #Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority) are focused on #hurting a very small and very #vulnerable #population of #kids, and not enough people care enough to stop it
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #TransKids #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://epgn.com/2024/04/29/creep-of-the-week-idaho-legislators/
#Families of #Trans #Youth in #Tennessee Can Still Seek #OutofState #Healthcare, Despite Passage of New #Amendment
Heavily #Gerrymandered #Republican #Supermajority #StateLegislature passes #HB2310, designed to create #fear and #chaos for #families – but #parents should know that they retain every #right to #travel for their #child’s #genderaffirmingcare.
#Expanded so-called '#DontSayGay' #education #censorship #advances in #gerrymandered #Alabama
The #bill aims to #restrict #discussions of #genderidentity or #Sexualorientation.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Alabama #Education #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
@HistoPol dude or dudette, we already been trying to vote them out. For decades. I've been here for 50 years and I'm ready to leave #Texas #gerrymandered
#Gerrymandered #Republican #majority in #Louisiana tells #schools to just #ignore #President #JoeBiden’s new #trans-#inclusive #TitleIX #rules.
The #state could work with a #hategroup to #sue the #BidenAdministration.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Louisiana #Education #TransKids #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Religion #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #EmptyThePews
#Gerrymandered #Tennessee #StateSenate #Passes #Hateful #Bill Making "#Recruiting" For #Trans #Youth #Care A #Felony.
The bill could have far ranging impacts in #Tennessee and outside of the #state, and could be broadly used to #target #healthcareprofessionals across #state #lines.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/tennessee-senate-passes-bill-making
#Mississippi #bill would #limit where #transgender #people can use #bathrooms in #public #buildings.
#Gerrymandered #Republican-#controlled #House voted Wednesday for a #measure restricting #transgender access to bathrooms and #lockerrooms in #publicbuildings, including #university #dorms.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate
https://apnews.com/article/transgender-restrooms-mississippi-aad5b1c1a4a735e9f11ebaa9e416dc4a
Attacks on fair representation in GOP-majority state legislatures like in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana may be facing a reckoning for their #gerrymandered #maps that violate the Voting Rights Act.
Newly implemented maps in these southern states could result in more equal opportunities for fair representation in their state houses and in Congress going forward.
By encouraging and supporting young and diverse individuals to run for office, which is what we do every day at 👍Run for Something,👍 we can reshape the narrative of our political landscape.
In the face of significant challenges and too many lackluster federal candidates, our nation stands at a crossroads, and the solution lies in the hands of #new #leaders.
👉To truly transform our government, we must continue to elect young and diverse individuals to state and local offices in every state across the country. Together, we can build a government that works for everyone, where the collective power of our differences becomes our greatest strength.
With 💥nearly 70% of races during the November 2022 midterm elections going uncontested, 💥the time is ripe for the emergence of a new wave of motivated, passionate and young leaders.
In 2024, 41 million Gen Z members will be eligible to vote; their participation could catalyze a much-needed revolution in our political landscape.
It is abundantly clear that the composition of the U.S. government does not mirror the diversity of the American people. Disparities persist in terms of age, race and LGBTQIA+ representation:
• The median age among Americans is 38 years old, yet the average age in the U.S. Senate is 63.
• Only 20% of people serving in state legislatures are under 45 years old.
• The median age of school board members is 59 years old.
• Thirty of the 50 U.S. governors are 60 years old or older, and the average U.S. mayor of a major city is 58 years old.
• Among state legislators, only 33% are women, 10.5% are Black, 6% are Latino and 4% are Asian/Pacific Islander.
• Nationwide, only 0.2% of elected officials publicly identify as LGBTQIA+.
The absence of diverse representation has allowed predominantly white, male Baby Boomers to perpetuate a system that caters to their interests — from the highest echelons of government to municipal office.
This lack of younger and more diverse representation has failed to address pressing issues, such as #gun violence, #housing costs and #climate change.
Young and diverse leaders, being closer to these problems, are also closer to the innovative and effective solutions needed for progress.
Recent findings from the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) show that 👉at least 20% of young people would consider running for office.
These emerging leaders are tired of empty promises and mere lip service on vital issues from those in power. They are ready to step into positions of influence and take on the responsibility of bringing about tangible change.
By electing individuals who understand the issues at a personal and community level, we can bridge the gap between the governed and the governing, fostering a more responsive and inclusive government.
https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/redefining-politicians-in-2024/
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