Texas GOP’s Redistricting Power Grab Threatens Fair Representation and National Integrity

In an escalating battle over congressional redistricting, the Republican-controlled Texas legislature is poised this week to pass a controversial map designed explicitly to entrench GOP power by adding five new winnable seats. But beneath the surface of these political maneuvers lies a stark threat to American democracy itself. Is This What Democracy Looks Like in America? Democratic lawmakers fleeing the Texas Capitol in protest were met not with dialogue but with round-the-clock police surveillance — officers tracked their every move from their offices to homes, even shadowing grocery trips. Representative Linda Garcia’s chilling recount of law enforcement trailing her through...