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Virginia Democrats propose redrawing maps to get four new seats

Virginia Democrats are attempting to create a new congressional map in 2026 that could help them win four new seats. Amid efforts in other states to make maps more favorable to Democrats or Republicans, Virginia House of Delegates Speaker Don Scott outlined the state's plans to do the same at a meeting of the Virginia Property Owners Alliance. Scott said President Donald Trump was "bullying" other states to redraw their congressional maps, causing Virginia to do the same. "We didn't want to have to do this," he said. "This was done because Donald Trump told Texas, Indiana, North Carolina—our neighbors—to rig their elections." The speaker said a new map could change the balance of the state legislature from six Democrats and five Republicans to 10 Democrats and one Republican, meaning Democrats would… [more]


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This Administration’s pardons of convicted white-collar criminals exposes the deep-rooted prejudice in America's justice system

Center for Policing Equity: Science doesn’t discriminate — but our systems still do, and nowhere has that been made more clear than watching rich Ponzi schemers and scammers being pardoned left and right. But these injustices go all the way down to the street level, where low-level traffic stops often escalate into dangerous situations for Black and Latinx people. The Center for Policing Equity is spearheading a new approach to police reform and rectifying injustice through the use of data and science to make communities safer — for us all. Will you chip in to help these “Justice Nerds” work for fairer policing?

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