The Supremes punted on redistricting again this morning.

The one bright light: Strong words from the start from Sotomayor:

“The Court today goes out of its way to permit the State of Texas to use maps that the three-judge District Court unanimously found were adopted for the purpose of preserving the racial discrimination that tainted its previous maps.”

No kidding.  The Supreme Court just codified racial discrimination.

The justices ruled 5-4 Monday in an unusual case involving congressional and state legislative districts that had first been adopted by the lower court on an interim basis, then approved by the Texas Legislature.

In 2017, the same judges who approved the interim maps in 2012 agreed with the challengers that the maps were the product of intentional discrimination.

But Justice Samuel Alito said for the court’s conservative majority that the lower court made a mistake by striking down all but one of the districts.

 

Here ya go —

Me?  Well, I have a rule, too: if a person is phony on the outside, they are phony on the inside.

Apparently, the “very stable genius” who runs the Trump Organization forgot to buy the domain trumphotels.org.  So, a very creative genius did.  You can have a look here and marvel at the irony.  #TrumpHotels

Thanks to a reader for this.

UPDATE:

Apparently, Trumpworld got the site taken down, but one of our readers grabbed an archive of some screen shots. Also, you can go to Instagram and get some of the other pics.

Texas Democratic State convention.  Shaking the rafters.

Yes, I Care.  I Am A Democrat.

Please meet Texan MJ Hegar.

And yes, John Carter is a total jerk.

Thanks to everybody for the heads up.