Friday, May 01, 2026

The Supreme Court Has Found Its True Enemy: Multiracial Democracy

Dahlia Lithwick: The court ruled 6-3 on ideological lines to all but end the protections of the modern Voting Rights Act.

Posted by retort at 10:27 AM | 36 COMMENTS | permalink

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The Voting Rights Act is all but dead. Prepare for maximum gerrymandering. www.vox.com/politics/487 ...

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-- Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser.bsky.social) Apr 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM

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Segregating people by race is so on point for Democrats.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-01 10:50 AM

"Segregating people by race is so on point for Democrats."

Denying minority representation is so on point for Republicans.
The last four Black Republicans have already announced they are retiring from Congress, and it's only May.

Every Black Republican Is Leaving the House, Erasing Diversity Gains
All four Black House Republicans are retiring after this year, a reflection of the striking and persistent lack of diversity in the G.O.P. ranks of Congress.
www.nytimes.com

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-01 10:56 AM

Segregating people by race is so on point for Democrats.

#1 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Unpossible.

"America is not a racist country"
-Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.)

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-01 11:02 AM

Segregating people by race is so on point for Democrats.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger

Whenever I think I've plumbed the depths of your personal idiocy, you throw something like this out there.

A three-time Trump voter---You have clearly outed yourself as a racist authoritarian so many times.

The SC is helping a dictator to steal the next elections.

What's happening appears to be the big fascist move.

People like you who are in sympathy with it are disgusting.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-01 12:16 PM

The sole remedy to what the fascists are trying to do is a massive turnout of people who still identify as being Americans showing up at the polls next November, enough to over-match the manipulations.

Take the House and impeach Trump. Throw him out of office and then prosecute him for crimes against humanity and the United States.

While the man is awaiting trial, he needs anti-psychotic medications because, no, he really isn't Alexander the Great.

#5 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-01 12:20 PM

The GOP will not be content until only white male property owners can vote and Negroes become 3/5ths of a human, again.

#6 | Posted by morris at 2026-05-01 02:47 PM

The electoral college already has relegated city dwellers to 3/5 of a human

#7 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-05-01 06:20 PM

#7 I wish I had but more than a single Newsworthy flag for this excellent post.

#8 | Posted by A_Friend at 2026-05-01 06:22 PM

Ballwasher the tiny-dicked, fat, bald, trailer-dwelling MAGAT ------ shows us all what a pathetic racist little ------- he is. Again. And again.

#9 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-01 10:07 PM

A sim0le look at Louisiana's district map tells anyone with an ounce of sense that SCOTUS got this right.

#10 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-02 12:02 AM

A sim0le look at Louisiana's district map tells anyone with an ounce of sense that SCOTUS got this right.

#10 | Posted by BellRinger

I guess if you are racist, you must make a lot of sense.

#11 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-05-02 01:17 AM

Segregating people by race is so on point for Democrats.

#1 | Posted by BellRinger

Irony.

It's LITERALLY what the Supreme Court is allowing Republicans to do:

Draw districts to separate black voters into minority positions so they have no power.

#12 | Posted by Sycophant at 2026-05-02 01:19 AM

" Draw districts to separate black voters into minority positions so they have no power.

#12 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT AT 2026-05-02 01:19 AM | REPLY"

They still have the power to vote. No way you can pull up a district map of, say Illinois, and in any way justify it.

#13 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-02 01:25 AM

And it's not about minority votes. It's about drawing districts to benefit the Democrat Party. That's the reason the left is freaking out over this.

#14 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-02 01:26 AM

"They still have the power to vote"

Blacks make up 33% of Louisiana, yet will have a majority in only 1 of 6 districts.

You've purposely diluted the power to vote, then championed their "power to vote".

That's ugly racism, paraded as empowerment.

Here's hoping there's a special place in hell for these folks.

#15 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-02 01:50 AM

"And it's not about minority votes. It's about drawing districts to benefit the Democrat Party."

You misspelled Republican. This benefits the Republican Party. Were you lying, or unaware?

#16 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-02 01:52 AM

And it's not about minority votes. It's about drawing districts to benefit the Democrat Party. That's the reason the left is freaking out over this.

#14 | Posted by BellRinger

LOL you really are stupid, stupid dumb piece of s*&^.

My. F*&^ing. God.

#17 | Posted by jpw at 2026-05-02 01:58 AM

"A sim0le look at Louisiana's district map tells anyone with an ounce of sense that SCOTUS got this right."

It takes a full-fledged racist to look at a 33% black state with a 16% representation rate and claim SCOTUS "got this right".

#18 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-02 01:59 AM

Bellringer doesn't even have the insight to recognize his own racism. He's that partisan.

#19 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2026-05-02 02:43 AM

" Blacks make up 33% of Louisiana, yet will have a majority in only 1 of 6 districts.

You've purposely diluted the power to vote, then championed their "power to vote".

That's ugly racism, paraded as empowerment.

Here's hoping there's a special place in hell for these folks.

#15 | POSTED BY DANFORTH AT 2026-05-02 01:50 AM | FLAG: "

6 New England states are 40% Republican with 0 House reps. Then let's look at what just happened in Virginia. Further, aren't we supposed to be an integrated society? Why do you presume Latinos and blacks share ZERO political interests with whites and Asians?

We aren't supposed to discriminate based on race, yet that's exactly what has been happening. Democrats have segregated minorities into single communities based upon absurd geographical district maps.

You race baiters are gross.

#20 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-02 03:04 AM

But when the left views EVERYTHING through the lens of race ...

#21 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-02 03:05 AM

Your doc just messaged: Those reality blockers you're gulping? No muy bueno.

#22 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-02 05:07 AM

" We aren't supposed to discriminate based on race, yet that's exactly what has been happening."

As you pointed out, any time the representation doesn't match the populace, it's on purpose.

But instead of condemning the action, you proclaimed SCOTUS "got it right".

#23 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-02 09:10 AM

But when the left views EVERYTHING through the lens of race ...

#21 | Posted by BellRinger

America views everything through the lens of race. Since about 1619. Wake up.

#24 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-05-02 10:07 AM

" the left views EVERYTHING through the lens of race ..."

The guy posts this on the day white Republicans weakened voting power for minorities.

Every post a confession or projection.

#25 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-02 10:13 AM

Were you lying, or unaware?

#16 | POSTED BY DANFORTH

It's usually a combo of both from what I can determine.

#26 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-05-02 10:52 AM

Meanwhile, back at the ranch:

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Each of these states average about 40% Republican, yet not even one seat in the House -- and you want to bitch about red states???

#27 | Posted by MSgt at 2026-05-02 04:30 PM


" Draw districts to separate black voters into minority positions so they have no power.
#12 | POSTED BY SYCOPHANT AT 2026-05-02 01:19 AM | REPLY"

Why do "blacks" need power? What about Asians? Germans? Danish? Do you imagine races only vote for themselves? If you do, why do you think that is a good thing for a country?

Why aren't ideas more important than race?


America views everything through the lens of race. Since about 1619. Wake up.
#24 | Posted by Dbt2

This is crap. The US is the most diverse and equal country on the planet.

#28 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-05-02 04:53 PM

"Why do "blacks" need power?"

You have to ask?!?

Try picking up an American history book, ffs.

#29 | Posted by Danforth at 2026-05-02 05:35 PM

Re #28 ...

"I love the poorly educated."
Donald J. Trump AKA MAGAJesus

Boy, howdy.

#30 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-02 05:45 PM

There seems to be a substantial number of the commenters here that believe the wrong sides won the US Civil War and WW2.

#31 | Posted by morris at 2026-05-02 06:11 PM

Each of these states average about 40% Republican, yet not even one seat in the House -- and you want to bitch about red states???

#27 | Posted by MSgt

And yet, every attempt to remove "politics" from the process to redraw boundaries, it's invariably the GOP that blocks.

#32 | Posted by morris at 2026-05-02 06:14 PM

#28

- Ah, Chinese trolls who pretend that racism no longer exits in the US.

What will they think of next, Chinese trolls who pretend to be liberals while kissing the Rwing's ass at every opportunity?

It's already been done.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2026-04-29 01:07 PM | Reply | Flag:
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drudge.com

Some trolls never learn!

#33 | Posted by Corky at 2026-05-02 06:18 PM

" Domestic Extremist
@RussianMeddler
1. Can a white person be effectively represented by a black congressman?

2. Can a black person be effectively represented by a white congressman?

If your answer to either of these questions is "no" then you are the racist"

#34 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-05-03 01:08 AM

@#34 ... If your answer to either of these questions is "no" then you are the racist" ...

Really?

Do you actually think that a Southern White Nationalist will properly represent non-white Constituents?

If so, why do Republicans seem to be going through great lengths to suppress the voting power of Black voters?

U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down North Carolina's Voter ID Law (2016)
www.npr.org

...The appeals court noted that the North Carolina Legislature "requested data on the use, by race, of a number of voting practices" -- then, data in hand, "enacted legislation that restricted voting and registration in five different ways, all of which disproportionately affected African Americans."

The changes to the voting process "target African Americans with almost surgical precision," the circuit court wrote, and "impose cures for problems that did not exist."

The appeals court suggested that the motivation was fundamentally political -- a Republican legislature attempting to secure its power by blocking votes from a population likely to vote for Democrats....

[emphasis mine]

Georgia's GOP House Speaker says vote-by-mail system would be 'devastating to Republicans' (April 2020)
thehill.com

..."... a multitude of reasons why vote by mail in my view is not acceptable," [Georgia state House Speaker David] Ralston went on, before adding "the president said it best, this will be extremely devastating to Republicans and conservatives in Georgia." ...

"The things they had in there were crazy. They had things, levels of voting that if you ever agreed to, you would never have a Republican elected in this country again," Pres Trump said...




#35 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-03 01:21 AM

"The GOP will not be content until only white male property owners can vote and Negroes become 3/5ths of a human, again.
Well you have now lost any chance of becoming a teacher in Florida's public schools. Our Governor banned the teaching of black history in our schools. Oh he's got his heart set on becoming Trump's successor so right now he's busy trying to fix the midterm election in Florida.

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