But now like 3 days before Louisiana’s elections suddenly they gotta shut it all down

The GOP is staring down the pipe of a landslide election in 2026, so they gotta sandbag every seat they can.

Liberals would logically respond by gerrymandering in-kind, as they've done in Virginia and started doing in California. But the innate "bring a sternly worded letter to a gun fight" reflexes of the American democrat continues to drag out any response until well past the point at which they've conceded the next election.

This is going to be 2018 all over again. A bunch of excitement about a landslide that ends with a slew of concessions to Moderate Republicans. Democrats screaming "Vote Blue No Matter Who" at anyone who balks at the Henry Cuellar Re-election Campaign, then politely lining up behind John Fetterman for Senate Majority Leader once the polls close.

It is a bit crazy. Does an election with illegal maps count? Can it be challenged in court?
It sounds like (and I could be wrong) that the map they have been using for at least one cycle has been found illegal. So what happens to the people elected by that map? Can the loser from before sue now? Feels like the court should have given some direction on what to do here.

I keep saying this because it keeps being relevant. Republicans have moved so far beyond simple hypocrisy - they are overtly, shamelessly duplicitous and disingenuous. Textbook bad faith actors. At virtually every opportunity they will take any advantage they can to get what they want regardless of the consequences to others. They are more than willing to risk countless lives and the very fabric of society if they think they can maneuver themselves to be in charge when it gets rebuilt.

It's frankly damning and pathetic that most Democrats (politicians) are unwilling to point this out and, as policy, assume Republicans are lying.

What’s amazing to me is how fast they blocked the elections because the maps were found “illegal”.

Almost like it was timed pretty perfectly.

Landry has strategically set himself up to have way too much power, and basically destroyed any checks and balances within the state of Louisiana.

On the one hand, it is a blatantly antidemocratic move to do something like this so close to the election, especially with early voting starting . On the other, nobody (with the exception of the federal government, and let's face it, we know what side they're on with Trump in the White House) can stop the kingfish from doing what he wants to do in his own pond.

Doing this so close to the election means that the burden of the ticking clock is actually placed on anybody figuring out how to challenge him. And even if they somehow do successfully figure out how to stop him from cancelling the elections the day of (May 16th), undoubtedly he will have already done some significant damage either by interfering with early voting or just spreading misinformation.

This is just the most egregious thing he's done so far to blatantly interfere with elections and democracy. Louisiana just removed an existing elected position within New Orleans at Landry's behest, after the candidate was sworn in to office. Before doing that it was a statewide voter purge from the ballots, and willingly agreeing to hand over voter registration data to the DOJ.

“What a Racket” is an awfully cutesy way to short-sell the fury in our hearts and the damage being done to our country.

Akin to “Oh no I’m currently being stabbed to death! Dang it!”

They're not sure if freeing the slaves was a good idea. They'll re-visit that ruling.

THAT should distract from the Epstein files.

Republicans and pedophilia?