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Related: About this forum🚨 Supreme Court Prepares MOST DANGEROUS DECISION Yet - Meidas Touch
Will the MAGA 6 on the Supreme Court be ok with a Southern MAGA State that has redrawn its congressional map to eliminate ALL black and brown seats leaving the state all white? This week's oral argument about a Louisiana map will tell us all we need to know and the Legal AF podcast covers it. - 10/22/2025.
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🚨 Supreme Court Prepares MOST DANGEROUS DECISION Yet - Meidas Touch (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Wednesday
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Good Grief! When I think of my grandmother and her friends in our peace group, I find that hard to believe
Rhiannon12866
Wednesday
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It was a day at the NCGA yesterday. They cleared out the public comment section.
littlemissmartypants
Wednesday
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littlemissmartypants
(30,427 posts)1. The NC gerrymandering vote passed. The lawsuit's been filed. ...
But this could dash all hope. Thanks for sharing this, Rhi. ❤️
Rhiannon12866
(245,497 posts)2. Good Grief! When I think of my grandmother and her friends in our peace group, I find that hard to believe
littlemissmartypants
(30,427 posts)3. It was a day at the NCGA yesterday. They cleared out the public comment section.
Because they started chanting...
âRacist maps make racist reps! Racist maps make racist reps!â
— Democracy North Carolina (@democracync.bsky.social) 2025-10-20T16:26:39.821Z
After dozens of North Carolina voters gave public comment on proposed maps aimed at erasing Black voting power in CD1, lawmakers proceeded to kick those folks out #ncpol
Rhiannon12866
(245,497 posts)4. I sure can imagine our peace group getting involved
Of course many came to the retirement community from other places, but others lived in Black Mountain or Asheville.
littlemissmartypants
(30,427 posts)5. I can imagine it too, Rhi. I've been in the gallery at the NCGA.
It's not fun. They are really mean about dissent. But it's necessary, good trouble.