Weekend Report: Democrats plan for big blue state redistricting ahead of 2028

Also: DOJ report claims pro-LGBTQ laws, policies are “anti-Christian.” Three Dem senators vote for election-denying Trump judicial nominees.

The fallout from the Supreme Court’s abominable ruling eviscerating the Voting Rights Act has been enormous. Red states are rushing to do what they can this year, while planning for 2028, to disenfranchise millions of voters. But Democrats can beat Republicans at their grotesque game. One analysis states that if New York and California alone just got rid of all Republican districts, Democrats would come out ahead. Blue states are gearing up for sweeping changes, as Democrats who were previously tepid on redistricting are now moving fast.

A report by the Trump Justice Department’s “Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias” charges that protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination, policies promoted by President Biden, are an attack on the rights of Christians. The report lays the groundwork to strip all policies defending queer people and install a Christian nationalist government.

Donald Trump’s judicial nominees have consistently refused to state that Biden won the 2020 election when questioned by senators. Some have even refused to say that Trump cannot run for a third term in 2028. These are constitutional matters that should disqualify any nominee from being seated on a federal bench. But three Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee just voted to give a nominee who refused even to condemn the January 6th insurrection a lifetime appointment.

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