The case of Texas legislators leaving the state in order to delay rigged Republican congressional maps evokes memories of what happened before Act 10 in Wisconsin in 2011. But the similarity goes deeper than that. States are in these positions of corrupt cartography because right wing justices on the US Supreme Court wouldn’t step in when Wisconsin Republicans rigged our own maps during former Gov. Scott Walker’s administration. Is there a path forward that doesn’t involve a race to the bottom when it comes to politicians trampling on voters who just want fair elections? Also: Shawn Phetteplace talks about how Main Street Alliance is giving voice to small business owners getting hit hard by Trumponomics.

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