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Stephen Wolf
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Contributor @the-downballot.com.
Democracy, voting rights, redistricting, and maps.
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We are so far beyond "show us your papers." They don't want to see the papers. We are now into the "give us the names" stage of the occupation.
O’Keefe was put into another vehicle with three agents. She says they started taunting and mocking her, and called her ugly. “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock that you could say that to one of her neighbors,” she said. They were brought to the Whipple Building and released after eight hours. They weren’t charged for a crime. Sigüenza said he was brought to a room with agents from the Department of Homeland Security and asked to provide the names of people he knows that are undocumented or the names of protest organizers in exchange for money or legal protection.
January 14, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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Any brands that you would recommend?
January 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Trump’s regime is treating the Declaration’s list of grievances like it’s a checklist
stephenwolf.bsky.social Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · Oct 18
The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.
#NoKings
An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below: 1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation … 3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people. 4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners … 5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice … 6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices … 7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. 8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. 9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. 10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: 11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: 12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit … 13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: 14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: 15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury: 16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: 17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: 18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. 19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people. 20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …
January 14, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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fyi
stephenwolf.bsky.social Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 5d
There's little downside for Virginia Dems going for 10-1 over 9-2.

On my 10-1 map below, Kamala Harris & Jay Jones won 9 seats by ≥10 points, & McAullife won all 9 in 2021. The swing seat was Harris+3.

On my 9-2 map, 1 of those blue seats becomes safe red, but the swing seat becomes just Harris+4
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Here’s an example of how Virginia Democrats could draw a 10-1 congressional map for 2026 to respond to Republican mid-decade gerrymandering in other states davesredistricting.org/join/598f596...
Image of a hypothetical Virginia congressional map that is gerrymandered to elect a ten-to-one Democratic majority and flip four Republican seats in 2026. Nine of the districts are securely Democratic and shaded solid blue, one of the districts is overwhelmingly Republican and shaded dark red, and one district is narrowly Democratic-leaning and shaded light blue. An embedded chart shows the results of the 2024 presidential election in each district, with Kamala Harris winning nine districts by double-digit margins and the swing district by 3 percentage points. Republicans votes are wasted by being packed into a single district in western Virginia that Donald Trump won in a 55-point landslide. Black voters would retain their current ability to elect their chosen candidates in the safely Democratic 3rd and 4th districts in the Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Southside regions.
January 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Adding to the irony, Virginia could end up with only one Republican in the southwestern corner of the state …

… just like after the 1902 Jim Crow constitution took effect.

Campbell Slemp and his son Bascom Slemp were VA’s only House Republicans between 1903-1922, also representing the 9th District
stephenwolf.bsky.social Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 6d
Here’s an example of how Virginia Democrats could draw a 10-1 congressional map for 2026 to respond to Republican mid-decade gerrymandering in other states davesredistricting.org/join/598f596...
Image of a hypothetical Virginia congressional map that is gerrymandered to elect a ten-to-one Democratic majority and flip four Republican seats in 2026. Nine of the districts are securely Democratic and shaded solid blue, one of the districts is overwhelmingly Republican and shaded dark red, and one district is narrowly Democratic-leaning and shaded light blue. An embedded chart shows the results of the 2024 presidential election in each district, with Kamala Harris winning nine districts by double-digit margins and the swing district by 3 percentage points. Republicans votes are wasted by being packed into a single district in western Virginia that Donald Trump won in a 55-point landslide. Black voters would retain their current ability to elect their chosen candidates in the safely Democratic 3rd and 4th districts in the Hampton Roads, Richmond, and Southside regions.
January 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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Contrary to Senate President Ferguson’s stated concerns, redrawing Maryland’s congressional map could strengthen Black voters’ influence, not undermine it.

The maps I’ve proposed to the governor’s advisory commission would add a third district that’s majority-Black among adult citizens, up from two
stephenwolf.bsky.social Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 3d
NEW: Maryland's advisory redistricting commission heard public testimony on Friday, and many speakers supported a congressional map I drew. Based on this, I've submitted two revised maps.

Interactive maps with data:
B2 davesredistricting.org/join/70508b0...
C2 davesredistricting.org/join/e1a44e3...
Image of Stephen Wolf's proposed Maryland congressional map "B2" that shows how the district lines relate to the borders of counties, cities, and census-designated places. Each district has a unique color and is labeled with its district number. The graphic also includes two charts showing the racial demographics of each district, denoting that three of the eight districts are majority-Black. It additionally lists how many counties, cities, census-designated places, and precincts the map splits. Image of Stephen Wolf's proposed Maryland congressional map "C2" that shows how the district lines relate to the borders of counties, cities, and census-designated places. Each district has a unique color and is labeled with its district number. The graphic also includes two charts showing the racial demographics of each district, denoting that three of the eight districts are majority-Black. It additionally lists how many counties, cities, census-designated places, and precincts the map splits. Image of the Baltimore region in Stephen Wolf's proposed Maryland congressional map "B2" that shows how the district lines relate to the borders of counties, cities, and census-designated places. Each district has a unique color and is labeled with its district number. In this version, Baltimore is split between Districts 2 and 7. District 7 is majority-Black and includes most of Baltimore along with suburbs to the south and west. District 2 includes part of the city and suburbs to the north and east. Image of the Baltimore region in Stephen Wolf's proposed Maryland congressional map "C2" that shows how the district lines relate to the borders of counties, cities, and census-designated places. Each district has a unique color and is labeled with its district number. In this version, Baltimore is located entirely in District 7, a mostly Black district that also includes suburbs to the south. District 2 includes suburbs to the west, north, and east of Baltimore, while District 3 includes suburbs southwest of the city.
January 13, 2026 at 7:08 PM