The White House is eyeing redistricting efforts beyond Texas to help Republicans hold the U.S. House in 2026 — and Democrats are preparing to escalate in response, with one senator vowing to go “nuclear” if needed.
What’s shaping up to be a multistate redistricting battle could mark the opening round for House control ahead of next year’s midterms, when Democrats see retaking the House as the party’s best chance to break Republicans’ hold on Congress and President Donald Trump is determined to keep the GOP’s majority. Democrats, under pressure from their base to match GOP tactics, have grown more forceful in their messaging and are taking concrete steps to push back, even as the party enters at a disadvantage.
“If they’re going to go nuclear, then so am I,” said Sen. Elissa Slotkin. “They’re forcing us into this position because they’re trying to pick their voters.”
it still blows my mind that the majority party being able to redraw district lines to stay in power is somehow legal.
Blame the SCOTUS. At least some states like Pennsylvania had their courts rule gerrymandering as unconstitutional (for their state, not federally). Unfortunately, a lot of other states still gladly allow it.
It still blows my mind that Americans are still pointing at shit saying “that’s illegal” when the law hasn’t mattered for like a decade.
“Legal” is just a label the people in power put on the things they want to do. We don’t have a functioning justice system, and I’m not certain we ever did.
Democrats are where they are because they like following rules. Republicans have an objective and want to see it finished. Following rules and decorum for 60 years has gotten Democrats nowhere. Democrats have to play by Republican standards otherwise the results will keep getting worse.
Democrats are where they are because they like following rules.
Nnnnnoooo, they follow the rules because they’re the rules. If it’s just total anarchy you want, any political party won’t scratch that itch.
Wild how these are the same people who always scream that the election was rigged every time a dem wins.
Well, to be fair, the Dems only say they’re gonna ‘go nuclear’ when they have no hope of winning. They had 4 years to box an orange turd and right the ship. Guess that was too much.
This and many other actions lead me to believe that the US is never getting rid of this administration. They’ve deleted all safety mechanisms and all possible checks and balances, of course in their favor. Even if you get elections, I doubt the results matter.
As Stalin once famously said “I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.”
Take the population, plug it into a video game map generator, tell it to make all population of sections equal, generate 30 variations, and put them to a vote.
Why divide it into districts and not just let every vote count?
The Democrats are sharpening their pencils and are going to write the sternest letter anyone has ever seen
I doubt Dems are doing crap. We’re sleepwalking into fascism.
Lmao democrats ain’t doing shi-
What would the “nuclear” option be for the democrats? (genuine question?
Redraw California, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Washington, and Oregon districts to overwhelm the handful of Republican districts there.
Then
Take full advantage of the fact that the R’s are pushing a very unpopular agenda and will have to weaken their advantages in red districts (making them a bit swingier) in order to get rid of blue districts.
It would be revealing themselves as the new bolshevik party then handing guns ammo and body armor out to registered dems along with a copy of state&revolution…maybe some marching orders even i dunno. You asked for nuclear (;
The short answer is gerrymandering California, but you don’t stop corruption with equal and opposite corruption. I’m afraid we don’t have an opposition party willing to do what is necessary to actually fight corruption.
but you don’t stop corruption with equal and opposite corruption.
This is why we will always be at a disadvantage.
That depends on how you play the game. Stopping corruption begins with calling it out and demanding it end. You can’t cower in the corner because you “lack the votes” or because public opinion isn’t behind you. Doing what is right means you will lose a lot of battles, but you’re always fighting.
It’ll never be a fair fight when only one side is morally and ethically fine with rampant corruption.
