There has been a lot this week or two. I have been baking this one for a few days now, though, so I didn't want to do a NewsThoughts. Gerrymandering has been front and center in the news, with one of the most recent developments being the narrow vote in Virginia to redraw the congressional district lines to more heavily favor Democrats, which was recently approved by the Virginia High Court. This conflict began in earnest in Texas last year when alleged grafter and current United States President Donald Trump asked Governor Greg Abbott to redraw congressional district lines in Texas, despite not being a census year. This was done to rig the House elections to favor Republicans by suppressing the voice of people such as me by loading up my district with so many rural Trump voters that my vote effectively does not matter at the House level. This means fewer Democrats in the House of Representatives. In the many years I’ve been teaching geography, this is the first year I’ve taught…
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