Category Archives: Gerrymandering

Open Thread | Worst Court Since Taney!

Posted on December 10, 2025 by rikyrah

Talking Points Memo (@TPM) posted at 5:59 PM on Thu, Dec 04, 2025: The Supreme Court, in a Thursday evening order, put on hold a lower court ruling that blocked Texas’ aggressive gerrymander, a maneuver the state legislature carried out … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Texas GOP Holding Black Legislator Hostage

Posted on August 21, 2025 by rikyrah

Nicole Collier, Texas lawmaker who slept at statehouse, files lawsuit challenging police escorts The Fort Worth Democrat was confined in the Capitol overnight after refusing to be shadowed by state police, a requirement for lawmakers who had left the state … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Just Breaking Norms All Over the Place – The Texas Democrats Who Left to Stop Illegal Gerrymandering

Posted on August 11, 2025 by rikyrah

Make no mistake. This is about rigging the 2026 Elections. Republicans doing what they always do when they can’t win fair and square: CHEAT AND RIG THE SYSTEM The Editorial Board (@johnastoehr) posted at 8:47 AM on Fri, Aug 08, … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | THIS, Once Again, Proves WHY The Court Will ALWAYS Be Important…Decisions Like This

Posted on May 24, 2024 by rikyrah

When I say that I will ALWAYS have smoke for those who told us in 2016 that they couldn’t be scared into voting for Hillary ‘ by using the Court’… I mean it. They will never ever ever be able … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | IF You Need to Understand Black Disdain for the Republican Party….

Posted on March 14, 2024 by rikyrah

Look no further. chris evans (@notcapnamerica) posted at 8:56 AM on Fri, Mar 08, 2024: And as an addendum, here are a list of policies or initiatives Republicans are pushing around the country that disproportionately hurt Black people that Democrats … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Good News From Wisconsin!

Posted on February 21, 2024 by rikyrah

For anyone who doesn’t know..Wisconsin was the poster child for whacked out gerrmanderying. And, once again…ELECTIONS MATTER!!! Ben Wikler (@benwikler) posted at 9:44 AM on Mon, Feb 19, 2024: The long, dark night of ultra-partisan gerrymandering is over, and a … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | To All Those Who Talk About ‘Not Voting in 2024’

Posted on November 13, 2023 by rikyrah

For those of you who are Black and are threatening not to vote in 2024. Oh well. Nobody is going to beg you. I don’t have the time. Anyone serious about 2024 doesn’t have the time. I have never been … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | More From Tennessee

Posted on April 10, 2023 by rikyrah

More about those two expelled lawmakers. NASHVILLE, Monday… pic.twitter.com/5goUWKJQX4 — The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) April 9, 2023 Proof @VP Kamala Harris made the decision herself to go to Nashville the day after Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were expelled. The … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | Exciting Electoral News!

Posted on April 5, 2023 by rikyrah

From Chicago and Wisconsin. Chicago- we have a new Mayor- Brandon Johnson. CHICAGO (AP) — Brandon Johnson, a progressive organizer backed by teachers union, wins Chicago mayor’s race over moderate Paul Vallas. pic.twitter.com/0jag6mecUK — philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) April 5, 2023 … Continue reading →

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Open Thread | This Is Political Disenfranchisement😠😠

Posted on November 29, 2022 by rikyrah

This is deliberate. From the sabotaging of the 2020 Census, to racist gerrymandering done by the GOP all across the country, this is nothing but political disenfranchisement.😠😠😠 NEW from me: America's population growth in the last decade came entirely in … Continue reading →

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