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6 Dec, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Breaking: The U.S. Department of Justice is throwing its weight behind legal challenges to Texas' new political maps. bit.ly/3IsVUuA
2/ Texas’ new political maps have come under fire for diluting the political power of voters of color despite people of color accounting for 95% of Texas’ population growth in the last decade. bit.ly/3lEdp1k
3/ Republicans have argued that Texas’ political maps are “race blind." But the maps for Congress and the Texas House will shrink the number of districts in which eligible Hispanic and Black voters can realistically sway election outcomes. bit.ly/3jmpKWW Grouping of bar charts showing how Texas' new districts don'
4/4 Texas’ new congressional maps also split up Asian communities around Houston and Dallas, weakening their political power. bit.ly/3DulNXr

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