Dr. Flowers @AlliFlowers@talkedabout.social

And this via Steve Vladeck:

If you assume that additional majority-minority districts in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, & 1–2 other states would’ve been safe Democratic seats, then today’s #SCOTUS ruling strongly suggests that the Court’s 2022 shadow docket stays wrongly gave Republicans control of the House.

7/ You will recall that in the 2022 midterms, the Democrats lost control of the House. This was due to a lot of different factors, but many have noted the impact of gerrymandering and other democratic distortions in the outcome of the election.

SCOTUS in 2019's Rucho v. Common Cause said fed courts could not review (and adjudicate) claims of partisan gerrymandering.

And in February 2022, it allowed AL's map--the map it now agrees was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander--to go into effect.

5/ Murray cont'd:

And that's not all!

After the 2020 census Alabama drew its new Congressional map... and it seemed to many that the map was drawn for the purpose of diluting the electoral power of Black people, who comprise 27% of the state's population

Black voters, represented by the @NAACP_LDF and other groups, sued the state under Section 2, arguing that the map, as drawn, was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

OOF. #pga #hypocrisy #bloodmoney (via @murphycartoons )

More from Elie Mystal re: #SCOTUS decision:

People are going a little hard on the "Roberts felt the pressure & is trying to throw people off the scent" narrative.

Roberts flipped here bc Alabama went too far. That Roberts has a "too far" line on this issue IS surprising. But he's not coming to Jesus or anything.

Maybe Oprah can send Thomas as $1200 bouquet of flowers w a card "Condolences for your failure to kill the 15th Amendment Hope Ginni isn't too mad and lets you off of the couch soon."

The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice 7.5.4 Community
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217981085 Breaking: Biden sending fire fighting assets to help extinguish Quebec wildfires.

Switzerland continues to take the side of the Russian fascist invaders by blocking other countries transferring weapons to Ukraine.

Abandoning the principle of neutrality, the Swiss government does great evil and empowers war and genocide by aggressor Russia.

James Brown’s Historic Concert, Staged 24 Hours After Martin Luther King’s Assassination, Is Now Restored and Free to Watch Online

https://www.openculture.com/2023/05/james-browns-historic-concert-is-now-restored-and-free-to-watch-online.html

Legal Expert: SCOTUS’ Stay Might Have ‘Wrongly’ Given Republicans the House https://www.politicususa.com/2023/06/08/legal-expert-scotus-stay-might-have-wrongly-given-republicans-the-house.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Study (preprint) indicates shingles vaccine may cut dementia risk. If this proves true, it could indicate one more link between certain viral diseases and certain neurodegenerative diseases.

Does shingles vaccination cut dementia risk? Large study hints at a link. Analysis of nearly 300,000 people finds an association between the shingles jab and a lower rate of dementia — but questions linger.
#vaccines #shingles #dementia
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01824-1

@PaulDitz I’m liberal, not a Democrat, having a hard time remembering when Dems had huge majorities. That was before LGB was normalized and now T is causing some portion of Americans to lose their minds. Normalization will continue, the moral straight jackets will be removed, acceptance gained, and if we are pragmatic, we need a party that can win, and insure that modern Conservatism is minimized. At TPIT Dems appear to have the best chance achieving it, but I’m open to workable alternatives.

This is big. This ruling will cause all gerrymandering to stop.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/voting-rights-supreme-court_n_6481e491e4b0756ff85c0c7f

Biden launches major initiative to protect LGBTQ community ahead of massive White House Pride celebration https://www.rawstory.com/biden-launches-major-initiative-to-protect-lgbtq-community-ahead-of-massive-white-house-pride-celebration/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

So it seems that Pat Robertson's body finally noticed its soul was already dead and decided to catch up.

Comment just now from an East Cost friend who has respiratory issues regarding the smoke in the air: “Gives a new meaning to the phrase ‘under the weather.'