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Democracy Docket
@democracydocket.com

🚨NEW: In a 26-18 vote, South Carolina senators adjourned their special session — effectively killing a Trump-backed GOP gerrymander ahead of the midterms. The state is now the first to fail in the rush to redistrict post-Callais.

democracydocket.comIn blow to Trump, South Carolina lawmakers drop bid to pass gerrymander for midtermsSouth Carolina is the first state to fail in passing a new map in Trump’s gerrymander war since the Supreme Court’s Callais decision came down in late April.

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Milly Dogood
@millydogood.bsky.social

The hopeful part is not that politicians suddenly discovered virtue. It is that public pressure made anti-democratic behavior politically expensive. Every failed power grab matters because authoritarians depend on inevitability. The moment people see resistance work, inevitability cracks.

Andy Dimock
@adimock.bsky.social

What’s their angle here? Are they afraid that if they dilute the safe districts to wring more seats out of the existing gerrymander, they might lose office in a wave election?