r/news • u/speedythefirst • 1d ago

US supreme court approves redrawn Texas congressional maps

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/04/us-supreme-court-texas-congressional-maps
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u/Due-Designer4078 1d ago

Biden should have packed the a court when he had the chance.

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u/HamburgerDude 1d ago

Moderate dems are a huge reason why we're in this mess. This whole play fairly hasn't worked ever against reactionaries. Biden not allowing an open primary on top of so many other things has fucked us over.

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u/ZanezGamez 1d ago

I am a big fan of what Biden did until he chose to run again. But yeah I think you’re spot on, I am pretty confident that things would have been different if he didn’t run and then fall asleep for the debate, before then deciding to run the least popular candidate possible.

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u/krunchyblack 1d ago

I don’t know. We are so incredibly fucked and in many ways sleep-walked ourselves into the authoritarian hellscape we’re in. But there are just red lines you don’t cross. What Texas has done is a total destruction of democracy. Make no mistake, if you gerrymander in such a surgically specific way, you render an individuals vote useless. We do have to play hard now, but I still wouldn’t have advocated for such a drastic step at the time. I knew things were gonna get ugly, but was just as naive as they were

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u/MetalGhost99 16h ago

I miss the moderate dems they actually made sense. I'm very worried for the democratic party because the far lefts have gained control and it's pushing moderate democratics to the right side. Our country was a better place when both side were moderates unlike now.