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20 Jul, 15 tweets, 5 min read
Screening Slay the Dragon, a film about gerrymandering.

#DocDay

rogerebert.com/reviews/slay-t…
Thomas Hofeller, the wizard of gerrymandering, died in 2018.
His daughter released his data last year.

npr.org/2020/01/05/785…
After lopsided outcomes, where states with more Democratic voter saw GOP win more seats in 2012, a “legislative blitzkreig” began. Concealed carry, defunding public schools were some of the targets.

Cookie-cutter laws found their way into states’ chambers.
“ALEC stands for the American Legislative Exchange Council. The goal of ALEC is to push out policies to maximize corporate profits at the state level. This has been a goal of the right for decades.”
ALEC began in 1973 as Conservative Caucus of State Legislators.

Paul Weyrich was also involved in the early leadership of the #CouncilForNationalPolicy, established in 1981.
Ari Berman has the floor.
Voter suppression laws are part of a concerted, nationwide effort, focusing on swing states.

There is a line from gerrymandering and voter suppression that shows up in election results like Trump winning Wisconsin by 22,000 votes in 2016.
Much needed dose of cuteness before we proceed.
Super crazy story of how the court ordered hard drives were wiped by GOP strategists (altering evidence, isn’t that illegal?) but digital sleuths found one million spreadsheets, iterating districts to guarantee 59 seats to GOP in Wisconsin.
2014 bio on Robert LaBrant, the unsung genius of gerrymandering.

Uh, OK. 😬

billmoyers.com/story/ohios-un…
This next section of the film on SCOTUS case is very nicely done.

The pre-argument news:

wpr.org/all-eyes-kenne…
🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Spoiler: case is sent back to lower court, as plaintiffs do not have standing. You have to ID specific voters in crack & pack districts.

Good explainer: scotusblog.com/2019/02/justic…

Then Kennedy announces he’s retiring and the case is screwed.
💙💙💙💙💙

Amazing grass roots activism in Michigan by @NotPoliticians

Reminds me of the old Margaret Mead quote, “Never doubt that a small group of committed people can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that has.”

votersnotpoliticians.com
Watch this movie @slaythedragon, if you haven’t already, and then go out and find yourself some good trouble.
If this sort of stuff is your cup of tea, my list Campaign Finance & Voting is free to subscribers, today and daily. 😉

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Now that Tom Barrack has been arrested and charged with being an unregistered agent for the Emiratis, I feel like we need to revisit the role of Andy Khawaja played in funneling millions into the 2016 election, with help from George Nader.
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16 Jul
Hey Tweeps, Noel got me thinking about exactly how Texas congressional districts are currently drawn. Let’s take a look!
Courtesy of @govtrack, this is the current map of Texas congressional districts.

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I’m scratching around the #CouncilForNationalPolicy roster and was looking for an entity that’s got low web presence when I found this month-old letter to Texas governor Abbot on voting suppression.
Its signatories are a veritable CNP who’s who.

iwf.org/2021/04/16/coa…
Let’s take a closer look starting at the top:

Edwin Meese III is listed on the letter as Attorney General to Ronald Reagan from 1985-88. At the #CNP, of which he has a been a member he serves on the CNP Senior Executive Committee and is currently an honorary member (one of 6). Image
The Heritage Foundation, where he is the Ronald Reagan Chair in Public Policy, is the sister entity to Heritage Action, which has been introducing hundreds of voter suppression bills to state legislatures.

motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
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