Louisiana argues parts of Voting Rights Act are unconstitutional in redistricting case Attorneys representing Louisiana in a lawsuit against the state legislative redistricting plans passed in 2022 are arguing that a key piece of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional and should not ... 01/7/2025 - 10:54 am | View Link
State senators want to dismiss a Tampa Bay-area redistricting case The lawsuit says the Legislature’s plan to connect Black populations in the two counties in District 16 “sacrificed genuine communities of interest” and stripped them from adjacent District 18, ... 01/7/2025 - 2:23 am | View Link
State takes aim at Senate redistricting case The Florida Senate and Secretary of State Cord Byrd last week urged a panel of federal judges to reject a lawsuit alleging that part of a 2022 Senate redistricting plan is ... 01/6/2025 - 7:46 am | View Link
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Donald Trump, spray-tanned lard pile, attacked President Biden & CA Governor Newsom ("Newscum," very creative) as wildfires raged thru Los Angeles. Trump should be in a psych ward, not 1600 PA Ave. Which is probably what Gov Newsom thought as he ripped Trump, yet not w what he admitted he "wanted to say" after Trump politicized a wildfire that's killed at least 5 Californians.
Meanwhile, Elon Musk has used the wildfires to relive his Apartheid glory day & launch racist lies contained in diatribes about how DEI, and not insane wind speeds, arson, lack of precipitation, climate change and/or other forces are the culprits.
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Multiple major wildfires, fanned by unusually strong seasonal winds, have been burning through the Los Angeles area, leaving devastation in their wake.
Thus far, those fires have led to at least 11 fatalities, massive evacuations, and the destruction of at least 10,000 properties, according to official reports.
Though destructive fire seasons have become increasingly common in California, it’s still relatively rare to see a major urban area facing fires in the way Los Angeles now is.
South Africa has announced that their new Ambassador to the U. S. will be Ebrahim Rasool, who supports Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, and has called Trump ”Hitler.”