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BumRushDaShow

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11. That figure was over a single year. It was 250,000+ total over a couple years (including revisions).

Reply to FBaggins (Reply #10)

Tue Jul 15, 2025, 07:29 PM

Jul 2025

Plus there are a couple Districts that were originally close (R) ones (I know the 45th & 47th, the latter including red areas like Huntington Beach), where (D)s flipped the seat.

And since CA is a trifecta with a super-majority, they can change the law if they want. Just have to see what Newsom has in mind.

And what you describe (in your edit) is exactly what TX is doing now - calling a special session to dick around with their lines.

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They do have this BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #8

Population growth of 108k in a state of almost 40 million is actually shrinking relative to the rest of the country FBaggins Jul 2025 #10

That figure was over a single year. It was 250,000+ total over a couple years (including revisions). BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #11

The 3.3 million nationally was also for a single year FBaggins Jul 2025 #12

An example of redrawing and backlash/back-firing BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #16

AND.... I just spotted this article today (with CA's options) - BumRushDaShow Jul 2025 #20

It's a regular pattern: Illegal, Immoral and Unconstitutional. rickyhall Jul 2025 #13