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@samwang.bsky.socialReposted by @ence.bsky.social

So, ways the gerrymanders could backfire: OH: Now 10 R, 5 D. Tried for 12 seats; could end up with 7, a 3-seat loss. NC: Now 10 R, 4 D. Tried for 11; 6 would be a 4-seat loss. FL: Now 20 R, 8 D. Tried for 24; 16 would be a 4-seat loss. TX: Now 25 R, 13 D. Tried for 30; 24 would be a 1-seat loss.

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Two mass shootings occurred in the U.S. Friday, including the shooting deaths of 8 people - two of them children - in Erie, Pa. There have now been 20 mass killings with a gun in 2026: www.washingtonpost.com/nation/inter...

washingtonpost.comMass Shootings: Tracking gun violence in the U.S.The Washington Post’s mass shooting database tracks gun violence events that left four or more people dead. See how many mass shootings occur each year.
@wpdatateam.bsky.socialReposted by @ence.bsky.social

This year's battleground districts are also *not* more suburban than the country as a whole. Or more rural.

Instead, battleground districts are full of small cities -- like Greeley, CO, where Jen lives -- with high homeownership rates.

wapo.st/4idKlLQ

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New: Trump is sending emails to millions of Medicare enrollees today to tout $90 payments and his broader health policies. Democrats and advocates have said the move is an inappropriate stunt. with @iarnsdorf.bsky.social

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But why now? One Republican pollster, Whit Ayres, called it a "distraction" from other issues: "Focusing on Muslims and sharia is easier than focusing on gas prices and war in Iran. It’s not complicated."

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