The Texas legislature rammed through a gerrymandering bill at the request of Trump.
Virginia actually voted in favor of redistricting to counterbalance what Texas and other Republican-controlled states have done.
Yet only one is considered a "power grab."
Oligarch-owned media in a nutshell.
A Nissan Sentra weighs a little more than 3,000 pounds (I picked a small, common car)
An Aventon Level 3 E-bike weighs 67 pounds (plus rider weight)
These things do not pose remotely the same risk when traveling at 28 mph. I am begging people to understand basic physics.
To save you a click - terminal C (the JetBlue one) on the 14th, between about midnight and 2:30 AM.
Reading the FT front page story about a Chinese company introducing a battery with a 1500 km range & six minute recharging time & about how two Chinese companies own more than half of the global EV battery market & I am struck by the different realities the US and China occupy. We’ve lost the plot.
JUST IN: A federal judge has thrown out @LauraLoomer's lawsuit against Bill Maher for comments he made about a potential sexual relationship with Donald Trump.
They were obvious jokes, the judge ruled, not statements of fact. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Congrats to my friend @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social on winning defamation lawsuit brought by Kash Patel. Frank said Patel had “been visible at nightclubs" more than at FBI HQ. Patel sued Frank to intimidate others into not criticizing him. Big win Frank AND for 1st Amend!
www.cnbc.com/2026/04/21/k...
ICYMI: Hampshire College’s demise is yet another blow to creative, outside-the-box options in higher education #OPINION
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The company under Nunes never made a dollar of profit, but siphoned off many millions of investor dollars to put in the pockets of himself, the Trump family, and grifters in their orbit. Typical of most Trump business enterprises.
It will be the law of the jungle.
Market analysts are already predicting that rich countries will outbid poor countries for scarce oil and gas supplies. This means energy famine for the Global South.
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This part
Trump's rantings ask us to suspend any basic understanding of the laws of war, including what it means to have a ceasefire and to operate a blockade.
After Virginia voters weighed in on Tuesday, the redistricting set off by President Trump to help the GOP in the midterms has been countered and possibly surpassed by Democrats. n.pr/48f9GzN
You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂
The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday on federal fraud charges alleging it improperly raised millions of dollars to pay informants to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan and other extremist groups, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said. I have so many questions! apnews.com/article/sout...
Florida Officials Say ChatGPT May Have Advised Gunman in School Shooting www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/u...
WTF is wrong with this guy?!
RFK Jr. just said that immigration is to blame for the outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in the U.S., not him.
He's a liar and a killer. I don't know what else to tell people, he's a rich eugenicist, he wants as many poor people as possible to die in the name of 'health.' He's a genuinely and uniquely malign figure in American life and his appointment was an act of violence
Yep Uvalde!!
This is amazing, and it's a textbook example of what @bethsawin.bsky.social calls multisolving - coming up with solutions that solve multiple problems at the same time.
we did it!!!!! goal met!!!
Virginia voters on Tuesday approved a Democratic redistricting plan that could allow the party to pick up as many as four new seats in the midterm elections, NBC News projects. on.nbcboston.com/qoFqEdq
Trump starting a Gerrymandering war he couldn’t finish feels a whole lot Trump starting trade wars he couldn’t finish and this Iran war he can’t finish.
He’s not playing chess people.
Passing the legislature twice with an election in between and then also passing a referendum is common but on the more difficult end of state constitutional amendment methods.
In deep red Page County Virginia, there was a billboard w/ Trump saying redistricting is GOOD. Of course, he was referring to TX; but if it's good, it's good, right??😉
MAGA lost their minds, said it "mislead" voters.
If MAGA didn't do as he says without thinking for themselves, what's the problem?
"The Republicans entered this fight under the rather childish delusion that they would gerrymander everyone else and nobody would gerrymander them. The have sown the wind and now they will reap the whirlwind."
Remember, Democrats have repeatedly advanced measures to ban partisan gerrymandering and Republicans have voted against them time after time.
This is the game Republicans wanted to play. OK, then.
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