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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:
By all means necessary.

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:
And, speak of the devil....

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/0...s-redistricting.html

Democratic state legislators from Texas who fled their state Sunday to try to block the passage of gerrymandered U.S. House maps stood on Monday with Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York with a message: Any notion of fair political mapmaking has ended.

“If Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us no choice; we must do the same,” Ms. Hochul told reporters in Albany.

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why did they run?

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:
And, speak of the devil....

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/0...s-redistricting.html

Democratic state legislators from Texas who fled their state Sunday to try to block the passage of gerrymandered U.S. House maps stood on Monday with Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York with a message: Any notion of fair political mapmaking has ended.

“If Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us no choice; we must do the same,” Ms. Hochul told reporters in Albany.

Yeah, newsom issued an eo the the same extent

Guess its fair game, why did they run?

LOOK at the congressional map of Houston for gerrymandering

Further, look at the Houston city counsel map.. kingwood and clear lake are only conjoined by a creek, and are like 45 miles apart, both annexed due to high tax rates, 1 counsel member

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Originally posted by LHeym500:
This action by Texas is going to age like milk alright.

1) Dem controlled states like NY, NJ, and California are going to call special sessions to politically gerrymander out Rs.

2) This special session in Texas was suppose to address the flood crisis.

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Originally posted by crbutler:
They have done districting with odd borders for decades here, and it has been the democrats in charge for the most part.

Near as I can tell, as long as it doesn’t go too far, the courts put a blind eye to it.

It has certainly been done to ensure certain demographics get to control a seat here. Apparently that was ok by the judges.

I’d prefer if they used actual legal boundaries (instead of splitting townships) and to heck with all this game playing.

The Dems play the game every bit as much in areas they control.

IMO, we should get rid of the redistricting, but it will never happen.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Ann Richards was our last dem governor... hardly since MOST of us where in school

Frankly, Mike, I respected her like I respect you. Real democrats, not "progressives"

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Speech to text. Anything topical to add?

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Originally posted by ANTELOPEDUNDEE:

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
Speech to text. Anything topical to add?

No, just the pedantry for now.

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

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Originally posted by crbutler:
They have done districting with odd borders for decades here, and it has been the democrats in charge for the most part.

Near as I can tell, as long as it doesn’t go too far, the courts put a blind eye to it.

It has certainly been done to ensure certain demographics get to control a seat here. Apparently that was ok by the judges.

I’d prefer if they used actual legal boundaries (instead of splitting townships) and to heck with all this game playing.

The Dems play the game every bit as much in areas they control.

IMO, we should get rid of the redistricting, but it will never happen.

Please remind me when the fuck it was that democrats were in charge here? Before you started school. You can't redistrict in areas just because you control the district. It requires legislative action. As in Republican legislative action for the last 35 years or so.

The republicans are dying to cut up the few remaining Democrat strongholds so they can control the state forever. Pure naked unfair undemocratic power play.

They control the legislature. They control the governor's office. They control the Texas Supreme Court.

But, it's not enough for them. They don't want to have fair elections, they want to solidify their power and run the state forever by gerrymandering the voting districts to make that possible.

It's bullshit.

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Originally posted by JTEX:

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Originally posted by Mike Mitchell:

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Originally posted by crbutler:
They have done districting with odd borders for decades here, and it has been the democrats in charge for the most part.

Near as I can tell, as long as it doesn’t go too far, the courts put a blind eye to it.

It has certainly been done to ensure certain demographics get to control a seat here. Apparently that was ok by the judges.

I’d prefer if they used actual legal boundaries (instead of splitting townships) and to heck with all this game playing.

The Dems play the game every bit as much in areas they control.

IMO, we should get rid of the redistricting, but it will never happen.

Please remind me when the fuck it was that democrats were in charge here? Before you started school. You can't redistrict in areas just because you control the district. It requires legislative action. As in Republican legislative action for the last 35 years or so.

The republicans are dying to cut up the few remaining Democrat strongholds so they can control the state forever. Pure naked unfair undemocratic power play.

They control the legislature. They control the governor's office. They control the Texas Supreme Court.

But, it's not enough for them. They don't want to have fair elections, they want to solidify their power and run the state forever by gerrymandering the voting districts to make that possible.

It's bullshit.

Democrats where in charge here most of my life, lil,mikey! Real,democrats that loved our country! They just had a different idea how to make America great.....A whole different group than the america,haters of the democrat party today. JFK....you and your ilk would consider him a right wing extremist today......