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On the national holiday celebrating Martin Luther King Jr., more than 53 years after his assassination in 1968, voting rights remain in the center ring...

We recap the past week’s quick trial over new voter maps for congress and North Carolina’s legislature.

This one over the states republican-drawn voting maps which the justice department contends were drawn expressly to prune minority representation. and guess what, its true. and my next guest is in the cross-hairs, and whats happening in texas is not just an assault on the black and brown residents, but also their representatives. we must now fight for their voters and their borders. joining me me congresswoman sheila jackson lee, democrat of texas. thank you for joining us, congresswoman. the we...

And california now is trying to devise a fund that poor women can come and seek medical help. >> wow. >> women are being stalked because of the bounty law. were going to fight, and, yes, they will be voting for themselves, and they will vote democratic in 2022. >> now, congresswoman, your state is popular with merrick garlands justice department, the second of two doj lawsuits against texas came down this week. this one citing the recent republican-drawn voting maps and contending that they dilu...

Matthews writes that generals charles flynn who happens to be michael flynns brother, and lieutenant general repeatedly misrepresented, under stated or misled the house oversight committee and the defense departments inspector general. the memo also says these two generals misled congress about the guards ability to respond to the insurrection. nbc news has reached out to both generals for comment. they have not responding. notably, however, a u.s. army spokespersons tells nbc news the following...

D.o.d. investigators. it would be interesting to know how an army spokesman knows that to be true. we also learned today that justice department has sued texas over republican drawn voting maps. doj sued alleges that new congressional and state house maps disenfranchise latinos and other minorities in violation of the federal voting rights act. meanwhile, the president hours away from a critical meeting with russian president vladimir putin. they are going to hold a video conference tomorrow. th...

Only has to prove one of those claims. texas-size fight over voting maps. on monday the department of justice filed a lawsuit challenging texas republicans plan for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts. the new maps violate the voting rights act. >> as the supreme court has observed, a core principle of our democracy is that, quote, voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around. >> according to the doj, texas has grown population by 4 million people over...

Legislation could be next. >> jonathan lemire, thank you very much. were following breaking news from the department of justice as well. ag garland announced a new federal court challenge to the way texas has redrawn its voting maps. >> the complaint we filed today alleges that texas has violated section 2 by creating redistricting plans that deny or abridge the rights of latino and black voters to vote on account of their race, color, or membership in a language minority group. >> in plain la...

The supreme court has observed a core principle of our democracy is that, quote, voters should choose the representatives, not the other way around. the complaint we filed today alleges that texas has violated section two by creating redistricting plans that deny or abridge the rights of latino and black voters to vote on account of their race, color, or membership in a language minority group. >> a big deal. that was attorney general merrick garland just a couple hours ago announcing a formal c...

All-white republicans on the galveston county commission unveiled new voting maps, maps that break up the one district where black and hispanic voters compromise a majority of voters. this will almost certainly result in that one black democrat on the county commission losing his seat, meaning that after the next election in galveston county, which is 45% nonwhite, the highest levels of local government will be entirely white and entirely republican for the first time in decades. to vote on thes...