The White House’s push to more aggressively gerrymander the Lone Star state to protect Trump’s slim House majority from crumbling in the 2026 midterm election has put Republicans locally in an awkward position. The map that the GOP-dominated legislature approved back in 2021 already strongly favors Republicans, who hold two-thirds of congressional seats despite winning only 55% of the vote. Tweaking it in an attempt to create new GOP-friendly districts could easily put seats the GOP currently holds at risk.

At Thursday’s hearing, Republican members of the House committee on redistricting remained largely silent as a parade of Democratic elected officials, voting rights activists and frustrated voters overwhelmed public testimony.

“I think it’s telling that there’s not a single Republican member of Congress to say, ‘I think this is a good thing,’” said Joaquin Castro, a Democratic representative of San Antonio, at the hearing. “I think that’s very strange.”

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[–] 13 points 1 year ago

It's not cheating when it's allowed by the fucking rules of the system. Just like how lobbying isn't technically bribery, but it works effectively the same.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    They’re not “cheating” — this is white minority rule. Why else import afrikaners.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    (Not up to date though)

    What does the current 18th district remind you of?

    I'd say its a helmet.

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    [–] 18 points 1 year ago

    The only way they got power was by lying and cheating

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    I've been saying that exact thing for years.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    Here are all of the Epstein Files that have either been leaked or released.

    https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/gov.uscourts.nysd.447706.1320.0-combined.pdf (verified court documents)

    https://joshwho.net/EpsteinList/black-book-unredacted.pdf (verified pre-Bondi) Trump is on page 85, or pdf pg. 80

    Trump’s name is circled. The circled individuals are the ones involved in the trafficking ring according to the person who originally released the book. These people would be “The List “ Here is the story.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsiKUXrlcac

    Here's the flight logs https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21165424-epstein-flight-logs-released-in-usa-vs-maxwell/

    —————————other Epstein Information

    https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf here’s a court doc of Epstein and Trump raping a 13 yr old together.

    Some people think this claim is a hoax. Here is Katies testimony on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnib-OORRRo

    Epstein’s Ex Says He Boasted About Being a Mossad Agent https://share.google/jLMGahKlCzfV1RHZq Epstein and Israel both hired lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who says he's building 'legal dream team' to defend Israel in court and on internationally | The Times of Israel https://share.google/Lb9hDOduBWG4Elpid

    Epstein Docs: https://ia600705.us.archive.org/21/items/epsteindocs/

    Epstein Bribes/Payments: 1 BILLION+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7IrEi-ybzs

    —————————other Trump information:

    Here's trump admitting to peeping on 14-15 year old girls at around 1:40 on the Howard Stern Radio Show: https://youtu.be/iFaQL_kv_QY

    Trump's promise to his daughter: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-dating-promise_n_57ee98cbe4b024a52d2ead02 “I have a deal with her. She’s 17 and doing great ― Ivanka. She made me promise, swear to her that I would never date a girl younger than her,” Trump said. “So as she grows older, the field is getting very limited.”

    Trump's modeling agency was probably part of Jeffreys pipeline: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/08/donald-trump-model-management-illegal-immigration/

    A good summary of Trump-Epstein timeline: https://thepresidential.medium.com/we-have-been-gaslit-about-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epstein-for-four-years-fbda67c20f75

    • ⁠Much of this info can also be found on: https://theepsteindocs.com/

    Feel free to do your part and spread this info around so it is never “lost”.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Alternative headline: "Democrats discover that Trump is not the beacon of honesty they believed in".

    Well...

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