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The Governor submits his proposal for congressional redistricting.

The Governor submits his proposal for congressional redistricting.

The Governor submits his proposal for congressional redistricting.

Judge is saying that it disenfranchises black floridians. so looking forward, though, this is -- ron desantis had a very aggressive map. as many as 20 of the 28 congressional districts in florida could be republican seats. right now the split is 16 to 11. its much closer. and this was a big blow to democrats. democrats actually had been very previous this judge decision, democrats had been very happy with now the redistricting process had gone around the country. they were surprised at how well ...

States primary elections for the house of representatives. the voting is being moved from june to august 23rd because of problems with the redistricting process. primaries for governor and the state assembly next month. new york republican congressman tom reed is leaving odd immediately. he said next year he wont seek re-election after being accused of sexual misconduct. he was accused of inappropriately touching a female lobbyist back in 2017. the congressman apologized and said he was getting ...

Rhetoric. the fight is continuing over the say level moss. this was the scene at the ohio house after the industry commission wrapped up their meeting yesterday. you can hear the group of angry upon us chanting for now. but basically, what is happened as republicans on the commission have essentially just run roughshod over state law. and the state of constitution and the tenants side, screw you, were doing anyway. so thats ohio, meanwhile, new york, weve seen a similar situation, right? the sta...

Then approve it? >> it doesnt. this is unprecedented. we have never had a governor in the history of our state submit his own map in the redistricting process. he is literally taking us back to a time where rigging maps were permitted in our state. in 2010, florida voters saw that this was an attack on them. they saw that our state was becoming blacker and browner, and they passed the districts five and six that prohibits the creation of districts that would favor political party and it prohibit...

Different in different states. it is important to acknowledge whatever party controls the legislatures try to add in its built-in lean district, this is not just a problem that republicans have. it is also important to note that it is republicans who are using redistricting process aggressively to try to take control of the maps and doing things like taking apart district 5 in florida which for a long time guaranteed black voters the right to participation. so, i think it is important to look fo...

Them. the states department of education announced this week that over 40% of submitted math textbooks were rejected for prohibited subjects including "references to critical race theory, inclusions of common core, and the unsolicited addition of social emotional learning in mathematics." we should note there was no mention of which books were actually rejected or specific examples cited for offending passages. so this is happening as florida governor desantis proposed any new congressional map ...

Thoughts about the moves made this week by two high-profile republican governors. on friday, texas governor greg abbott had to give up on a policy of inspecting commercial trucks near the u.s./mexico border after a week of backlash over backed up traffic and fears about the economic impact. and in florida, governor ron desantis has been pushing to take over the redistricting process and draw maps that critics say are overtly racist. in both of these cases, these governors seem to be trying to pl...