2. From this distance, it looks like a chunk of Houston. A little oddly shaped, but there are lots of weirder ones, like the 4th district of Illinois:pic.twitter.com/T7GvUxJImO
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1. Anyone got a minute to talk about gerrymandering? It may not sound exciting, but it's a big reason why Texas is a "red" state. This, for example, is the 7th Congressional District, where I'm running.pic.twitter.com/6PO6HtFXxs
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4. Some of the jagged lines in the Texas 7th are easy to explain. That's Buffalo Bayou up on top.pic.twitter.com/dzteYorxTH
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5. But let's zoom in a little more, where things start to get really bizarre. Why, for example, is one block of Linkwood Drive excluded from the district?pic.twitter.com/FWsxadNhcq
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6. Or here, in my neighborhood of West University: why are half of Pemberton and Fenwood in a different district?pic.twitter.com/s0WGaqcnOY
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7. And things start getting pretty baroque up in Jersey Village.pic.twitter.com/o66iI2FZoC
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8. If it seems like whoever drew these lines must have been drunk, think again: this is part of a very calculated campaign.https://www.vice.com/en_nz/article/kzanm3/the-texas-gerrymandering-trial-could-change-all-of-america …
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9. The reason? Basically, racism: putting "minority" voters in as few districts as possible.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/09/how-a-widespread-practice-to-politically-empower-african-americans-might-actually-harm-them/?utm_term=.3a8748f02a26 …
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10. Why do I put "minority" in quotes? Because ethnic minorities are actually the majority in our city, which is the most diverse city in America.http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-houston-diversity-2017-htmlstory.html …
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11. Yet strangely enough: old white guys like
@CongCulberson, who think that Chinese students come to Texas in order to learn how to target missiles at America, keep getting elected.pic.twitter.com/bQzwKU8Qw8
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12. They make sure to draw the lines so that the majority -- like the majority in TX-07 who voted for Hillary Clinton -- is systematically excluded.https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/1/6/1617541/-Morning-Digest-Hillary-Clinton-unexpectedly-won-three-Texas-House-seats-held-by-Republicans …
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13. He and his buddies know they're just one black apartment complex or Mexican grocery store or gay bar away from losing power--so they draw the lines house by house, all over the country.https://www.texastribune.org/2017/08/15/federal-court-invalidates-part-texas-congressional-map/ …
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14. But WE ARE THE MAJORITY. In Texas and in the nation. The majority of decent Americans who believes in fairness, in treating people with respect. Please join us in taking back our country, one jagged line at a time.https://secure.actblue.com/donate/moser-for-congress-1 …
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