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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 31m
several days for a small rural county!

this is going to be a total shitshow in dallas lol
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1h
how long it will take them to hand-count ballots in dallas 🤣🤣🤣

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 4h
so happy i got to recap the federal hearing on the TX redistricting map with @scottbraddock.bsky.social. you can hear it here monday:
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Scott Braddock @scottbraddock.bsky.social · 4h
Tomorrow: "The biggest asshole in the Texas House" sounds like a competition, @jenrice.bsky.social on the redistricting showdown, the OG immigration hardliner in Texas says Trump is going way too far with troops in cities, and yes a Bluesky shout out. Subscribe:
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1d
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d
The Texas redistricting hearing started last Wednesday in El Paso. Democracy Docket has covered it every day like it is the most important case for free and fair elections in the country — because it is.

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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1d
a 9-day federal hearing on the TX redistricting congressional map finishing just as the supreme court starts the louisiana v callais case
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 1d
my final update from the TX redistricting hearing in el paso 🫡
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 1d
NEW: A panel of three federal judges will soon decide whether to block Texas from using its new congressional map in the 2026 election, after a contentious nine-day hearing concluded Friday.

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‘We Could Not Have Clearer Facts’: Minority Advocates Say Racial Motive Is Evident As Texas Redistricting Hearing Wraps Up
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 2d
Chad Dunn, an attorney for the plaintiffs, asked King, “Are you familiar with the concept of willful blindness?”

King said, “No.”
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 2d
NEW: In federal court Thursday, some information about Texas’ secretive redistricting process started to come into focus as Republican leadership took the stand.

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New Details Emerge in Federal Court About Texas’ Secretive Redistricting Map
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 3d
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 3d
here's my latest today from the TX redistricting hearing in el paso:
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 3d
NEW: This year, Texas handed the keys to its congressional map over to Washington. The Republican Party’s top mapmaker testified Wednesday he received directions only from the White House, as well as requests from the Texas GOP congressional delegation.

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Top GOP Mapmaker Describes a Texas Gerrymander Ordered Up By Washington
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 4d
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 4d
ok fine i'll bite: why the hell is *anyone* following this order?
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 5d
The Texas National Guard has arrived in the Chicago area despite the repeated objections of Illinois officials.
Texas National Guard arrives in the Chicago area
Texas National Guard members have arrived in Illinois. City and state officials say Donald Trump is using them as “political props” in Chicago.
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 4d
omg 🥹🥹🥹
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 4d
NEW: today in court, the TX congressional map-maker said he
-was hired by the RNC, not TX
-reviewed the DOJ letter (urging TX to eliminate some minority districts) before it was sent
-communicated w/the white house using signal messages that autodeleted

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RNC-Hired Mapmaker Denies Using Racial Data in Texas Gerrymander, Sparks Debate
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 5d
The latest on TX redistricting: a top TX Republican revealed in federal court Monday he didn’t tell legislators about a phone call with the national GOP operative who drew the state’s new gerrymandered congressional map

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In Testimony, Top Texas Republican Remembers Another Conversation With GOP Mapmaker
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 8d
Thanks for reading it!
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 8d
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 8d
My latest from El Paso federal court today: Texas Gerrymander ‘Aggressively Seeks to Roll Back Minority Power,’ Expert Testifies

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Texas Gerrymander ‘Aggressively Seeks to Roll Back Minority Power,’ Expert Testifies
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Jacqueline Sweet @jsweetli.bsky.social · 9d
SCOOP: PA prosecutors were alerted to possible voting irregularities by one of MAGA's leading voices. A long paper trail shows Jack Posobiec has been living in Maryland but voting using his parent's address in Pennsylvania for years. Me with @marisakabas.bsky.social

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MAGA’s “Voter Fraud” Watchdog Votes in a Swing State. He Doesn’t Live There.
A long paper trail shows that Jack Posobiec casts a ballot in one state and lives in another.
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 9d
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jen rice @jenrice.bsky.social · 9d
yesss im downtown, will go to the tap!! thanks for the rec!!!
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