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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 4h

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 14h

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 14h

i know you're already overwhelmed with things to worry about right now but

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15h

The Supreme Court will hear a case TOMORROW that could gut a central voting rights protection that safeguards against racial gerrymandering.

We’ll be covering it live at 10 AM ET. Follow us on Bluesky @democracydocket.com for real-time updates.
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GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 16h

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d

NEW: Texas Republicans spent nine days in court proclaiming they didn’t discriminate against minorities when drawing the state’s new congressional map. Yet they also desperately fought tooth and nail to hide the details of their mapmaking process. Here’s everything we learned👇

In a Federal Courtroom in Texas, Republicans Were Desperate to Keep Details of their Gerrymander Under Wraps

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1d

you probably haven't heard much about the major federal hearing that just ended on the TX redistricting map, but it's important. my full recap:

in a federal courtroom in TX, republicans were desperate to keep details of their gerrymander under wraps

www.democracydocket.com/analysis/in-...

In a Federal Courtroom in Texas, Republicans Were Desperate to Keep Details of their Gerrymander Under Wraps

Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.

www.democracydocket.com

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1d

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1d

please join me in blocking CBS news

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 1d

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1d

little guy is on deadline

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1d

it's insane how few people have any idea about the cat 5 hurricane the supreme court is about to cause with louisiana v. callais

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 2d

several days for a small rural county!

this is going to be a total shitshow in dallas lol

jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 2d

how long it will take them to hand-count ballots in dallas 🤣🤣🤣

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 2d

so happy i got to recap the federal hearing on the TX redistricting map with @scottbraddock.bsky.social. you can hear it here monday:

Scott Braddock @scottbraddock.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow: "The biggest asshole in the Texas House" sounds like a competition, @jenrice.bsky.social on the redistricting showdown, the OG immigration hardliner in Texas says Trump is going way too far with troops in cities, and yes a Bluesky shout out. Subscribe:
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 3d

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4d

The Texas redistricting hearing started last Wednesday in El Paso. Democracy Docket has covered it every day like it is the most important case for free and fair elections in the country — because it is.

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 4d

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a 9-day federal hearing on the TX redistricting congressional map finishing just as the supreme court starts the louisiana v callais case

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 4d

my final update from the TX redistricting hearing in el paso 🫡

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 4d

NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

‘We Could Not Have Clearer Facts’: Minority Advocates Say Racial Motive Is Evident As Texas Redistricting Hearing Wraps Up

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 5d

Chad Dunn, an attorney for the plaintiffs, asked King, “Are you familiar with the concept of willful blindness?”

King said, “No.”

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 5d

NEW: In federal court Thursday, some information about Texas’ secretive redistricting process started to come into focus as Republican leadership took the stand.

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New Details Emerge in Federal Court About Texas’ Secretive Redistricting Map

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 6d

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 6d

here's my latest today from the TX redistricting hearing in el paso:

Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6d

NEW: This year, Texas handed the keys to its congressional map over to Washington. The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified Wednesday he received directions only from the White House, as well as requests from the Texas GOP congressional delegation.

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...