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How do we fight back against partisan gerrymandering and pass meaningful reform in the United States? Voting blue, @marcelias.bsky.social says. “We need to gain power to use that power to restore democracy.”
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1. 🧵"If you are taking seats from Black people...then you are a thief." Baton Rouge civil rights activist Gary Chambers said the quiet part out loud Friday as GOP lawmakers push to wipe out Louisiana’s majority-Black districts. See the heated exchange👇
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