Monday September 27, 2021; 8:48 AM EDT
- I assume that one of the underreported news stories this month is the rolling out of newly gerrymandered voting districts in states across the nation. I've noticed Indiana, Texas, and Ohio so far.#
- The story is huge because gerrymandered supermajorities in state legislatures lock up those power centers for one party (or sometimes the other) for a decade, and edge Congress close to sand-in-the-gears status as well.#
- Business as usual, in a way, except that we are running low on time to address nation-shattering, planet-busting, economy-trashing crises where a functional set of legislatures, peopled by folks who are not in somebody's pocket, would come in handy.#
- Journalists should see this as front page-worthy every day. Not just which state has handed down its new districts, but connecting the dots, the broad patterns, the finer grain implications, the places where people somehow manage to push back.#
- The price we're likely to pay for this level of corruption.#
- Front page every day. "You have to give the people time..." (parallel case, from TV fiction)#