Air Date: 9–3-25
Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss:
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Ch. 1 - The surprising origins of Gerrymandering
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Ch. 2 - The options we have to improve congressional representation for everyone in the country
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Ch. 3 - Democratic states response to Republican gerrymandering threats
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Ch. 4 - The argument for DC statehood and the people to blame for why it hasn’t happened yet
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Ch. 5 - How to end homelessness and what you can do to help those being targeted in DC
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SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm: The only correct opinion about the Cracker Barrel rebrand
YouTube (This episode drops on YouTube on Friday - please share!)
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REFERENCES:
Elbridge Gerry and the Original Gerrymander - The Gilder Lehrman Institute
Drawing the Line (“Ratf**cked”: The Innfluence of Redistricting) - The New Yorker (2016)
History of Single Member Districts for Congress: Seeking Fair Representation Before PR - FairVote
Gavin Newsom’s Retaliatory Redistricting Plan Is Good, Actually - The New Republic
How Democrats Should Actually Respond to Republicans’ Attempts to Rig Voting Maps - Slate
How Moderate Senate Democrats Enabled Trump’s D.C. Takeover - The American Prospect
Trump’s Homelessness Crackdown Has Been Tried Before. It Didn’t Work. - Mother Jones
MEMBERS
The New Cracker Barrel Logo Sucks And So Does The Mess Around It - Kotaku
EXTRAS
Congress literally doesn’t care what you think (aka: Corruption is Legal in America) (Represent.US, 2016)
Is illegal immigration really a democratic plot to sway congressional apportionment?
Americans worry democracy in danger amid gerrymandering fights, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
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