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lostincalifornia

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1. Texas started this, and California answered the call. I really wish other Democratic states would follow California.

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Original post)

Mon Nov 3, 2025, 08:50 PM

Nov 2025

Of course the reality is that Texas should have never been allowed to open this bag of worms, and redistricting should be allowed only after a census every 10 years. but the rules are all changed now because of Texas.

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Texas started this, and California answered the call. I really wish other Democratic states would follow California. lostincalifornia Nov 2025 #1

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I think we are already in a civil war, and this supreme court has only encouraged it by their rulings on the lostincalifornia Nov 2025 #10

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that too Jerry2144 Nov 2025 #9

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