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TheFarseer

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Reply to BWdem4life (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 11:33 AM

Aug 2025

Missouri, Ohio, NY, Illinois, Indiana, Florida. Probably no advantage will be gained and all it will do is make it so congress people are less accountable to voters. One wonders if that was not half the point.

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Does anybody know... Can other states follow TX and CA, and gerrymander in time for 2026? [View all] BWdem4life Aug 2025 OP

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