Supreme Court rules for 2 black House districts in Louisiana

https://www.democracydocket.com/cases/louisiana-congressional-redistricting-challenge-callais/

This shadow docket ruling does not prevent further jurisprudence in lower courts. But, for now, it appears that Louisiana is required to use the House map that has 2 African-American-majority districts. "Non-African-American voters" are arguing that the ruling is unconstitutionally based on race and that the old map with one African-American district should be restored.

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Georgia Republican legislature doubles down on voter purging

https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-law-could-lead-to-more-voter-suppression

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Is AIPAC against campaign finance reform?

https://prospect.org/politics/2024-05-10-aipac-field-organizing-maryland-house-race/

The author suggests that AIPAC is spending millions to elect Sarah Elfreth because Harry Dunn will carry forward the work that John Sarbanes did on campaign finance reform.

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Trump makes quid pro quo pitch for oil money for his campaign

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/09/trump-oil-industry-campaign-money/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3da92fc%2F663cf92d53df4a059ee2ddf0%2F596bf11fae7e8a44e7e24152%2F5%2F49%2F663cf92d53df4a059ee2ddf0

" You all are wealthy enough, he said, that you should raise $1 billion to return me to the White House. At the dinner, he vowed to immediately reverse dozens of President Biden's environmental rules and policies and stop new ones from being enacted. . . ."

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Rep. Pelosi advocates for weakening filibuster to pass democracy legislation

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/opinion/letters/nancy-pelosi-democracy-reforms.html

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U.S. oil drillers purposely caused inflation by withholding supply

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/an-oil-price-fixing-conspiracy-caused?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=11524&post_id=144247362&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=cw8n&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Evidence emerges from a court proceeding that certain Texas-based fracking companies withheld supply in concert with OPEC officials. This may have caused up to 27% of U.S. inflation in 2021.

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overview of election law changes and interference threats

https://votingrightslab.org/2024/04/29/the-shapeshifting-threat-of-election-interference/

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