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James, the big news this week on the political front was gerrymandering,

and Republicans scored some major, I think, shameful victories in battles that Trump ignited.

The Virginia Democratic math, which, by the way, was one of only two approved by the voters,

not some deal cooked up by legislators, was thrown out on a technicality by the state Supreme Court.

Then the Republican U.S. Supreme Court, the Republican U.S. Supreme Court, gutted the real

voting rights act. They misrepresented in that case. Sam Bolito did,

and you could pick up on that of voting in Louisiana, which he said blacks vote as heavily as

whites. And they made sure, by the way, they just absolutely ignored most president and made sure

it took effect right away so Republicans could

take advantage in this year's primaries, which they are in your state of Louisiana and Tennessee,

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