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Democrats are struggling to respond to a major redistricting setback in Virginia, with some party leaders discussing an audacious and possibly far-fetched idea for trying to restore a congressional map voided by the court but showing little indication they have a clear plan. During a private discussion on Saturday that included Democratic House members from Virginia and Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the minority leader, the lawmakers vented anger at their defeat at the Virginia Supreme Court, spoke about a collective determination to flip two or three Republican-held seats under the existing map and discussed a bank-shot proposal to...

n a wildly inflammatory segment on Saturday's edition of The Weekend: Primetime, MS NOW analyst Basil Smikle declared Republican-led redistricting and other moves tantamount to “an American version of apartheid.”In his view, restricting black civic engagement "rings very true to an American version of apartheid.”Earlier in the segment, law professor James Sample admitted that the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision striking down the Democrat mid-decade power grab was “probably right on the law” — before declaring it a “disaster for our democracy” anyway. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

🚨 LMAO!! Furious Democrats in Tennessee are now moving to SECEDE Memphis from the state because they're so angry Republicans redrew the Congressional map, eliminating the last racial Democrat seat Good luck with that 🤡 "LET MEMPHIS SECEDE! You don't have to redraw maps when you let us out! LET MY PEOPLE GO!" 😂 This is a sign of panic from the Democrat Party! Keep redistricting 🔥

MS NOW should be known as your channel if you're looking for overwrought racism metaphors. In a stunning segment on Saturday's The Weekend, Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY) unleashed an unhinged attack on the Supreme Court and its recent Voting Rights Act decision — comparing it to the Taney Court’s infamous 1857 Dred Scott ruling and declaring the Roberts Court “one of the most racist courts in American history.” Here was Morelle to co-host Eugene Daniels: “Jose [sic!], we’re fighting back . . . Eugene, the Supreme Court, which by the way made the worst decision since the Taney Court came...

🚨 LMAO! Democrats are so panicked they didn't even spell "VIRGINIA" correctly as they move to appeal to the literal US Supreme Court, in a bid to revive their 10D-1R gerrymander "Virgnia" It's also rife with errors, including "Sentator" Whoever drafted this up was clearly frantic, as Democrats were hoping their cheating would be upheld for the midterms 🤣 Dems are now asking the VA Supreme Court to defer their mandate, pending SCOTUS ruling — which is very unlikely

Screencap of YouTube video. People in the left are absolutely frothing at the mouth over the decision by the Virginia Supreme Court that tore down their effort to gerrymander the state. Hasan Piker, an America-hating, self-proclaimed communist and streamer, who Democrats just can’t seem to get enough of, has alsready suggested violent revolution as a fix for the problem. It’s just amazing how political violence has become so normal for people on the left. They just want their way and will do anything to get it. FOX News reports: Leftist streamer calls violent revolution ‘inevitable’ as Democrats explode over Virginia...

singlecatlady23.bsky.social‪@singlecatlady23.bsky.social‬The Sargent at Arms blocks Representative Justin Pearson from Memphis from entering a committee meeting about redrawing the map specifically for the district he represents.ransomnote: related information below Click here to skip Grok's explanation why Pearson was barred from attending, and another image of the same post from Imgur.com.Why Was Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson Barred from the Redistricting Meeting?Date: May 6–7, 2026Answer: Justin Pearson was physically prevented from entering because Republican lawmakers closed the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to the public and restricted access following repeated disruptions by protesters and Democratic lawmakers.Key DetailsThe meeting was part of a special legislative...

The Alabama House recessed Friday morning after an Alabama redistricting protest erupted in the gallery during debate on the Senate companion redistricting bill, forcing security to clear spectators and escort a woman from the chamber. Protesters in the gallery began chanting and singing during House floor debate on SB1, the Senate version of the special session redistricting legislation. House security and state troopers moved to remove a woman from the gallery as the crowd chanted “stand up, fight back.” Two Democratic lawmakers attempted to intervene as the woman was escorted out. State Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham) and State Rep. Mary...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday accused MAGA Republicans of rigging an election after Virginia’s Supreme Court ruled against state Democrats’ new congressional map. Newsom noted on the social platform X that Republicans in Tennessee and Missouri, respectively, could each pick up an additional congressional seat through redistricting, along with two more in North Carolina, four more in Florida and five more in Texas. “Virginia’s voter-approved maps thrown out,” he wrote. “MAGA has rigged the system.” Newsom, a potential Democratic presidential contender in 2028, has pushed back on President Trump’s request to red states last year to redraw their...

So a “racist gerrymander” designed to “silence Black voters” is, in practice, on the verge of replacing an aging white Democrat with a Black female conservative who grew up in Memphis, pulled herself out of homelessness, and openly credits her Christian faith as the foundation of her politics. If that is what white supremacy looks like in 2026, the white supremacists need a new playbook. The “Black-Majority” District That Keeps Electing a White Democrat Tennessee’s 9th Congressional District has been drawn as a Black-majority district since the early 1980s. It is the only majority-minority district in the state. And since...

As one might imagine, the reactions to Friday's Virginia Supreme Court ruling are fast and flowing, with the state's Republicans doing a victory dance while the state's Democrats - and high-ranking Dems in Congress - cope and seethe. Not surprisingly, Democrat House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08) isn't talking much about "maximum warfare" at the moment, but he does seem to think Democrats may have another option or two on the table.

While I was combing over the news of the day, trying to decide what to write about, I kept running into two recurring themes: redistricting drama and Democrats doing and saying ridiculously dumb stuff. That's when a thought occurred to me... instead of redistricting each individual state, let's just come together as a nation and redistrict all Democrat politicians right on out into the Pacific. Or up to Canada, since I guess leaving them in the ocean would be cruel. Then again, so is sending someone to Canada. Of course, that's not going to happen, but I do want to...

The video celebrates Tennessee Republicans passing a new congressional redistricting map that eliminates the state's only Democrat-held district (in Memphis), turning all congressional seats into safe Republican ones. Key Points: Redistricting action: The Tennessee House passed the map (64-24 vote), splitting the Democrat-controlled Memphis district into two others. The Senate also approved it, and it heads to Governor Bill Lee (expected to sign). This follows similar moves in states like Florida. Context: Benny Johnson argues Tennessee (won overwhelmingly by Trump) had an unconstitutional/"racist" carve-out DEI-style district with no justification. The new map better reflects the state's strong Republican lean (Trump...

Tucker Carlson, the American antisemitic influencer, says U.S. President Donald Trump and senior U.S. officials should be prosecuted over the decision to strike Iran. In last night's interview Carlson said, "There are other players here. I didn't realize it would be a joint operation with a country that believes in Amalek. Whoever made that decision should be in jail." .....

On Tuesday's "The Record with Greta Van Susteren," U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff detailed Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's lack of willingness to negotiate over the country's nuclear program. Watch NEWSMAX, an independent news network with a conservative perspective, available in 100M+ U.S. homes. Transcript linked below video.

A crazed, shadow-boxing United Airlines passenger wildly claimed he was in a “simulation” as he allegedly assaulted the crew, punched a flight attendant in the face and forced the plane to divert mid-flight. Jordan Langston, 25, wreaked havoc on the Salt Lake City-bound flight Sunday when he got up from his seat shortly after departing Dulles International Airport in Washington, DC, and stormed the front of the plane, waving his arms and screaming, “This is a simulation,” the Lincoln Journal Star reported. When pressed by a flight attendant what he meant when he said simulation, the unruly traveler repeatedly yelled,...

FL State Senator Carlos Smith (D) has a meltdown over the FL Dept of Transportation painting over a rainbow crosswalk. He claims they “illegally vandalized city property” and the rainbow crosswalk is needed to make people feel safe

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia advocated for the abolition of property taxes and described health insurance as a big "scam." "We need to completely abolish property taxes. It forces us to pay ‘rent’ to the government on property that we own, but if we don’t pay property taxes, the property that we own gets taken away from us. That should never happen in a free country," Greene declared in a post on X. "Secondly, health insurance is a giant scam that has become completely unaffordable. And it doesn’t make any sense and I don’t know anyone, and I...

Another day, another Democrat “public servant” caught behaving like she’s above the law. On Thursday night, Special Assistant Attorney General Devon Hogan Flanagan, a Democrat-appointed prosecutor with the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office, was arrested in Newport after refusing to leave a restaurant and berating responding officers with her supposed “status.” According to a press release from the Newport Police Department, officers were dispatched at 9:51 p.m. on August 14 to the Clarke Cooke House after an entitled Hogan and her friend, Veronica Hannan, reportedly refused repeated requests to leave. According to the bodycam footage obtained by Nicole Solas, Hogan...

Democrat Texas Judge Lina Hidalgo derailed a meeting Thursday at the Harris County Commissioners Court over a failed tax hike, encouraging children to descend on the courtroom to ask commissioners how they planned to vote. A tax increase proposal, supported by Hidalgo, was brought forward Thursday to fund certain child care and education training programs previously covered by COVID-era funding, according to Houston Public Media. During the meeting, Commissioner Tom Ramsey was seen in footage from KHOU11’s YouTube page saying he would vote no to put forward the proposal on the next ballot, casting doubt on the county’s budget being...