Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively guts a key pillar of the Voting Rights Act, freeing state legislatures to gerrymander legislative districts to systematically dilute and weaken the voting power of racial minorities - so long as they do it under the guise of “partisanship” rather than explicit “racial bias.” And it serves as just one more example of how a majority of the current Court seems intent on abandoning its vital role in ensuring equal participation in our democracy and protecting the rights of minority groups against majority overreach.
The good news is that such setbacks can be overcome. But that will only happen if citizens across the country who cherish our democratic ideals continue to mobilize and vote in record numbers - not just in the upcoming midterms or in high profile races, but in every election and every level.
@MaryMargOlohan And second Trump has turned the DOJ into his personal revenge machine trying to prosecute the people who tried to prosecute him. What he does not understand is that was not political it was proper because he's a criminal.
@paulandclara@MaryMargOlohan Incorrect. First off all neither one of you caught Todd's grammatical error wherin he made it sound as if this DOJ ( present tense ) indicted Trump which would mean HE indicted Trump because HE now leads it.
.@JamesTalarico: The kind of religion that says you can treat people however you want as long as you have a personal relationship with Jesus is an abomination.
Scripture says you can't love God and hate other people.
You can't love God and abuse the immigrant.
You can't love God and bully the outcast.
You can't love God and oppress the poor.
We spend so much time looking for God out there, that we miss God in the person sitting right next to us.
CNN's Christiane Amanpour exposes Trump's massive lie. She confirms the White House admits off the record that "peace talks" with Iran are completely fake. Iran is calling it fake news and accusing Trump of just trying to manipulate the stock market.
🚨BREAKING: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is publicly offering to abandon his U.S. Senate campaign if Senate Republicans agree to change the filibuster rules and pass the SAVE America Act, a sweeping anti-voting bill. https://t.co/amXHTA1lzr