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[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

Pay attention.

Late last night the Trump-packed Supreme Court issued an UNSIGNED order to help Republicans erase Black voters and keep a congressional seat.

The Court's legitimacy is earned and they are burning it to the ground.

MAGA is rigging our democracy in real time!

[Reverend Raphael Warnock @ReverendWarnock]

We must face the reality that the Supreme Court has been captured by partisan hacks and ideological extremists.
https://t.co/GPZ8IJzl4X

[Sam Levine @srl]

In 2023, chief justice John Roberts & SCOTUS majority said Alabama's argument for a "community of interest" along the gulf coast was BS.

Tonight, SCOTUS takes a reversal and says that a court-ordered map was not legal because it failed to keep Gulf coast comunity together

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 The Most Shocking Part Of The Alabama Redistricting Case Isn't The Map.

It's What The Supreme Court Said About It.

According to critics of the ruling, the Court acknowledged that Black voters were being denied equal political representation under Alabama's congressional map.

Yet despite recognizing the problem, the Court ultimately allowed the map to remain in place.

That's why opponents see the decision as so consequential.

The debate is no longer over whether discrimination occurred.

It's over what happens when a court identifies it and the map survives anyway.

It's a fight over whether voting rights protections still have teeth.

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

NAACP: “The Supreme Court continues to unleash chaos in our democratic process, and with this latest action, gives Alabama approval to use a congressional map that had previously been found to be intentionally discriminatory.  This is a Court that is stripping Black voters of power and voice at a speed that would put Jim Crow jurists to shame”

[Kareem Crayton @KareemCrayton]

Now we know: Today is the day the SCOTUS took the remaining life out of the VRA. Despite the clearest evidence of intentional race discrimination by AL — that two conservative justices credited, the Court now rewards a state that openly defied a court order. Cold work.

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

"Yet just as Alabama doubled down on racial discrimination, the Court today doubles down on chaos. Because I choose to defend the rule of law and the right of all Alabamians to participate equally in democracy, I respectfully dissent."

- Justice Sonia Sotomayor (6.2.26)

[Ben Swasey @benswasey]

A three-judge panel that included 2 Trump appointees found that Alabama’s congressional map was intentionally discriminatory.

Now SCOTUS has overturned that, with the conservative majority ruling the lower court judges “did not heed the presumption of legislative good faith.”

[The Election Center @ElectionCenter_]

The logic here is just so laughable. All of this was literally litigated in Allan V Milligan!!!! And the supreme court just said “just kidding we’re overturning ourselves!” They once again prove they have 0 legitimacy.

[Isaiah Martin @isaiahrmartin]

The Supreme Court’s decision to get rid of an Alabama blue seat in Congress tonight makes it more pertinent than ever that blue states must fight fire with fire. Colorado, NY, Oregon, and others must wipe out red seats to ensure constitutional compliance and fair representation.

[WW3finalboss @WW3finalboss]

🇺🇦🇷🇺 UKRAINE KEEPS PRESSING IN ZAPORIZHZHIA

Pressure in the Zaporizhzhia region continues.

Even Rybar confirms Ukrainian forces have increased their presence south of Mala Tokmachka, along the N-08 highway in the western Zaporizhzhia direction.

That road matters.

When Ukraine starts appearing in places Russian sources have to acknowledge, the map gets uncomfortable fast.

Not loud claims.

Not fantasy arrows.

Just slow pressure, better positioning, and another sector where Moscow suddenly has to explain why Ukrainian presence is growing.

[WTFGOP @doggintrump]

So when people vote to change voting districts, the S.C. says its illegal

But when republicans straight up steal seats without even a discussion and stop elections already in process for do overs, that's fine with SCOTUS

People better stand the fuck up this November and fight back at the polls

[Governor Newsom Press Office @GovPressOffice]

WAKE UP, AMERICA.

The Supreme Court majority just admitted it’s a PARTISAN operator willing to TORCH the rule of law to advance its ideological agenda.

In an unprecedented move with a brief UNSIGNED order, it: 1) IGNORED the central basis of the lower court’s decision, 2) DISREGARDED its own precedent (that it had assured just weeks ago remained good law), and 3) REWARDED Alabama's defiance of a federal court order.

All to help Republicans squeeze out one more seat in the midterms. And on Election Day for millions of Americans no less!

This is sick.

“Power, not reason, is the new currency of this Court's decisionmaking.” — Thurgood Marshall

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Okay, i'll stop posting Saint Petersburg. Soon, I promise! But not yet🔥🤩

[(((Tendar))) @Tendar]

More news coming from Saint Petersburg, Russia:

Ukrainian drones also successfully struck the corvette "Boykiy" which was in a dry dock for scheduled repairs. At least two drones struck the Russian war ship in Kronstadt and set at least the superstructure ablaze.

[Britni Danielle @BritniDWrites]

So Virginia can't use their new map, which was approved by voters. But Alabama can?

But sure, SCOTUS isn't "political"

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 REPORT: Investigation reveals Trump officials have likely stolen over $220 million by giving government contracts to fake shell companies.

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Washington Post: Elias Irizarry, a convicted Jan. 6 rioter, has been hired by the Trump administration to work in a Pentagon office that oversees highly classified military operations, according to four people familiar with the matter.

The hire has raised alarm among staff, who question how someone convicted of taking part in the assault on American democracy could be trusted with such a sensitive role in the U.S. government.

[InteractivePolls @IAPolls2022]

The Economy: Better under Trump or Biden?

All Voters:
🟦 Biden: 56% (+4)
🟥 Trump: 44% (-4)

Independents
🟦 Biden: 70% (+5)
🟥 Trump: 30% (-5)

Harvard/Harris (+/- vs Apr) | 5/29-31
https://t.co/lrKj8jPeiZ

[Political Polls @PpollingNumbers]

The economy was better under

🔵 Biden 56%
🔴 Trump 44%

Harris X #B - RV - 5/31