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SOLVED! #21 - GerryF**ked: How to Fix Congressional Representation and End Homelessness
Air Date: 9–3-25 Today, Jay!, Amanda, Deon, and Erin discuss: Ch. 1 - The surprising origins of Gerrymandering Ch. 2 - The options we have to improve congressional representation for everyone in the country Ch. 3 - Democratic states response to Republican gerrymandering threats Ch. 4 - The argument for DC statehood and the people to blame for why it hasn't happened yet Ch. 5 - How to end homelessness and what you can do to help those being targeted in DC SOLVED! BACKSTAGE: Beyond the Algorithm: The only correct opinion about the Cracker Barrel rebrand YouTube (This episode drops on YouTube on Friday - please share!) Nostr public key: npub1tjxxp0x5mcgl2svwhm39qf002st2zdrkz6yxmaxr6r2fh0pv49qq2pem0e 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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