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C Murphy's avatar

Thank you for taking me inside the analysis of Nueces County, Michelle. It was revelatory! I won't look at those red counties through the same lens again! While it's insulting that SCOTUS gave the GOP the new map, I think it should goose Democratic turn-out, which, as you illustrated, is what's vitally important. We need clever weaponization of it for the primaries making it crystal clear that Trump, Abbott, & the Texas GOP acted unethically to ram this mid-decade redistricting down our throats for pure partisan advantage. It should start NOW!!! Can't wait for the filing period to be over so we know where we stand & you can spill more inside gossip! (Already shared on Bsky.)

Eva Camacho Guzman's avatar

πŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌπŸ™πŸΌ that I don’t have to deal with a run off on my ballot. ☺️

Liza Hameline's avatar

I always told you to assume to new maps would stay in place. Yup, SCOTUS just blessed them for the stupidest fucking reason ever that makes zero logical sense

Cynthia Phillips's avatar

The conservatives are hell-bent on political power. I don't know if the district court went through a fact analysis of how the legislature was not acting in good faith, but they said the district court didn't give deference to the presumption of legislative good faith. HA! The Republican legislature and good faith. No such thing.

Liza Hameline's avatar

Oh they went through a very heavy analysis. It was 160 pages of factual gold. Although Republican prevented me from testifying in Arlington. I put in on the record today at Dallas Commissioners Court.

Mubashir Saleem's avatar

Oh who could have thought that federalist society hacks in the supreme court would do their republican masters bidding and rig everything in place for republicans. If the democratic party doesnt think its appropriate to fucking expand the supreme court. Mark my words, i will make it my life mission to pressure them so much they wont even have decisions to make in regards to their votes.

Liza Hameline's avatar

I will definitely help you! We have got to stop saving this terrible awful party.

Mubashir Saleem's avatar

would appreciate it. I am a democratic socialist of America member so i am probably more to the left of the entire democratic party, even your progressive caucus but that doesnt mean we cant work together. I will work with anyone as long i can teach these corporate shills in the democratic party a lesson for selling out to fascists.

Liza Hameline's avatar

Yeah I am somewhere between progressive and pragmatic. My slogan is progress that feels like home.