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Contrarian News published "15 Ways to Fight Callais," a 15-tactic action guide urging passage of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and the Freedom to Vote Act. The roundup features contributions from Bryan Fair, voter-protection leader Lauren Groh Wargo of Fair Fight Action, and Juan Proano of LULAC. It lays out legislative, executive, and judicial steps, including targeted litigation, federal legislative pressure, and coordinated voter-mobilization campaigns. The guide frames the 2026 election as a decisive moment and gives activists concrete tactics to pressure lawmakers and courts to restore voting protections.

Norm Eisen
@normeisen.bsky.social

Selma, Birmingham, Minneapolis Every time they overreach, voters push back harder 2026 is the moment — & the civil rights movement gave us the playbook How we use it — this week's publisher's note 👇 -TN

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Democracy Docket
@democracydocket.com

🧵(1/5) 🗺️REDISTRICTING UPDATE This is where the redistricting battle stands after SCOTUS ruled this week in Callais v. Louisiana to gut the Voting Rights Act, and effectively invalidate a key tool used to fight racially discriminatory maps. Here's where state efforts currently stand👇

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Democracy Docket53

(2/5) 🔴WHERE CAN THE GOP GERRYMANDER? LA and AL have already spurred into action. Other GOP-led states like TN and GA are considering following suit. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Jamie Gerhardt 🏳️‍⚧️🌈13

This is assuming that the people actually vote for the GOP in those districts! Which, based on recent elections, it's possible that the expected seats may be lost.

Not Olivia Wilde's Eyes PhD9

Fair elections that represent the will of the majority is very nearly dead. Democracy itself will die as a result. We're headed toward bad times. If you think I'm over-reacting, read a history book.

TerriP7

Ohio has moved my street address district THREE times & it is ridiculous. Moving me from 1st district to 8th district next year. Prior to 1st, it wasn't that long ago that I was in 2nd district. Moving me from a Dem. rep. to a GOP rep. in more conservative counties than my home county. Sad in Ohio.

talentedripley.bsky.social6

We are screwed because SCOTUS is filled with klansmen.

alteredplumber0.bsky.social5

it’s 1857 dredd scott all over again

BobbiesViews4

CA, NY, CT, MA and MD have a chance to do the funniest thing here. Blue could pick up 100's seats if the districts are drawn by blocks instead of miles😂

Skin Head Wig4

Texas was already so gerrymandered the new map almost certainly ensures more democratic seats, particularly with the turnout we’ve been seeing this year

Lavender Blossom 🌸3

Why aren’t more blue states joining in?

ashleyparish.bsky.social2

I'd like to see some numbers on the map and a running total. Also, where do we stand on the Senate?

Bea2

serious question here. when they redistrict in louisiana, if it isn't proportionally even racially, could one argue intentional discrimination? i mean, non-black ppl said the 6th discriminated against them. but if they redraw so THEY get a big advantage... could we tie it up in court?

death-b4-dishonor.bsky.social2

The fact that this is even a subject, shows how broken this country is.

Campaign Legal Center
@campaignlegal.org

The Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais contradicts the text of the Voting Rights Act, the will of Congress and the Constitution. It's one of the most consequential setbacks for our multiracial democracy in a generation. But it is not the end of this fight.

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Murshed Zaheed
@murshedz.bsky.social

“Republicans have concluded that they need to cheat to win, and the Supreme Court conservatives have decided to aid and abet their scheme. Democrats are going to fight back with every tool available" Now that's good messaging @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social. More plz www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

"“Republicans have concluded that they need to cheat to win, and the Supreme Court conservatives have decided to aid and abet their scheme. Democrats are going to fight back with every tool available,” Jeffries said. Some Democrats in the immediate aftermath of the Callais ruling raised the possibility of diluting majority-minority districts to help draw more seats favoring Democrats — even in states like California, where the party already stands to gain up to five seats after voters approved a new congressional map last fall. Jeffries didn’t give a direct answer when asked whether blue states should look to split up those seats to draw more Democratic-leaning seats overall. “We’re looking at every opportunity to ensure that communities of color will continue to have the chance to elect the candidate of their choice in districts that have traditionally been covered by the Voting Rights Act,” he said, “while at the same time doing what is necessary, as occurred in California, to decisively respond to efforts by Republicans to gerrymander congressional maps.”"
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Murshed Zaheed47

We need to keep the pressure on relentlessly and not let up. It's pretty unprecedented that a Democratic House Leader is talking openly about right wing justices on Roberts Court helping the Republicans to cheat. That's progress. We need to keep pressuring to following through.

Zach D Roberts7

10 years too late and Jeffries isn't going to follow through on anything other than maybe a strongly worded letter.

Brennan Center
@brennancenter.org

The decision in Louisiana v. Callais is a devastating setback in the long fight for equality in political representation for all Americans. The Roberts Court has dismantled the ability of voters of color to have a fair chance for representation in government. It demands an immediate response.

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Jess Craven ❌👑
@jesscraven101.bsky.social

This is an important read. The TLDR: post-Callais Dems can fight fire with fire and redraw maps aggressively to more or less match Republican gains. It simply requires determination and a plan…and winning as many state legislative seats as possible in 2026. newrepublic.com/article/2098...

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Andi2

Because he's an.... choose one of many options

Simon Rosenberg
@simonwdc.bsky.social

2026 Senate, Callais, 2032 reapportionment - Democrats must fight and win in a very new national "battleground" map. New video and written analysis 👇 www.hopiumchronicles.com/p/callais-20...

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❌👑 Field Team 6 ❌👑
@fieldteam6.org

BEAT 2018 The SCOTUS decision makes our work more important than ever. We need to win the House this November decisively and create a buffer of Democratic seats that can withstand the Republican gerrymander in 2028. Help @fieldteam6.org #RegisterDemocrats so we can do it. #Voterizer

BEAT 2018 Yesterday’s decision by our MAGA Supreme Court in Louisiana v. Callais makes our work registering Democrats more important than ever. This decision gives the go-ahead to any state who wants to conduct a racist gerrymander. All they have to do is call it a partisan gerrymander, which the same Supreme Court has ruled is completely legal. What that means for the November elections is that Florida will now redraw its maps in an attempt to seize four more House seats. On the national level, that will put Republicans ahead in this gerrymandering arms race by roughly two to four seats. We can absolutely still win the House this November, but how much we win it by just became existentially important. Because what this ruling means for 2028 is that states throughout the South will likely draw blatantly racist district maps to hand Republicans 10-20 more House districts. Democratic states will have to fight back as hard as possible with their own maps. And that is why we need to win this November decisively. We need to not only flip the House, we need to create a buffer of Democratic seats that can withstand the Republican gerrymander in 2028. In 2018, we needed 24 seats to flip the House. We won 41. It was the largest Democratic House gain since just after Watergate. This November, LET’S BEAT THAT. Volunteer – donate – win! - Jason Berlin, Founder, Field Team 6
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The Calitaliano Kid 😎🇺🇦🗽
@moved2italy.bsky.social

With the latest #SCOTUS ruling in Louisiana v. Callais, the Republican power grab that has been in the works for the past 46 years is now complete. The best way you can fight this now is at the local level but it’s gonna be a long, hard, yep, maybe even 40 yr. climb www.instagram.com/reel/DXxZ-gJ...

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📚 John McAndrew 🌏🇺🇦
@phidipdbq.bsky.social

Dear Dems, Fight, or be shoved aside. Next Saturday is John Brown's birthday. Each blue state should announce its response to Louisiana v Callais next week. The implication will be clear: we are NOT going back to 1860.

520h ago
conifergirl.bsky.social
@conifergirl.bsky.social

legislative, executive, or judicial. Resistance is our superpower! We are on the right side of history and the right side of justice. With that here are five specific guidelines for action: www.contrariannews.org/p/15-ways-to...

43h ago
Sarah Walsh
@bigdamnherossir.bsky.social

ANYWAYS the real reason I opened Bluesky is [that I'm Online but also] to remind everyone to look for local political groups. They are a HUGE antidote to the despair of looking at National news. A lot of the things we say "they should be saying/doing [X]!" about, local Dems are doing

Email from the Montgomery County Democratic Commission "The 6-3 ruling in Louisiana v. Callais makes it more difficult to challenge voting maps that dilute minority voting power. Equally important, these judges have succeeded in overturning decades of precedent in addition to disregarding the will of Congress. A setback for civil rights, this decision has the potential to make it easier for states to execute voting laws that disenfranchise African Americans and all voters of color. Simply stated, this ruling means: 1. Majority Black districts can be eliminated. States can now redraw congressional maps to break up Black and minority voting communities. 2. Discriminatory maps cannot be challenged in the same way. The ruling strips the legal tools communities relied on to fight racist redistricting in court, leaving Black voters with fewer protections than at any time since Jim Crow. 3. Congress, not the voters, will now choose your representatives. This defies the fundamental rule of democracy, that says the voters, not the government, choose their representatives."
65h ago
El of LA
@elofla.bsky.social

Graphic from the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) and ACLU. Please share and repost. This is a response to the Callais decision by SCOTUS yesterday.

Graphic says: "How you can fight for fair maps. Engage with your community! Continue to mobilize and organize with allies on the ground. Be prepared to vote in every stage of midterm elections. Ensure you are registered, check that you have the required materials to vote by mail or in person, and create a voting plan. Speak out for fair maps and state voting protections. Show up and get involved with the legislative process." - Legal Defense Fund (LDF), ACLU
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mre3s.bsky.social
@mre3s.bsky.social

@briantylercohen.bsky.social reports on @aoc.bsky.social saying Dems must fight 👊🏻 back against SCOTUS Callais v. Landry decision, gutting the Voting Rights Act, @podsaveamerica.crooked.com & @robertgarcia.house.gov join Brian to discuss this, former #AGPamBlondie 🖕🏻, & more. youtu.be/BL_dkJvAHNU?...

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Activate America
@activateamerica.bsky.social

Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana v. Callais was a travesty, gutting the Voting Rights Act. But when the system seems to be working against us at every turn, we fight even harder. Read our reaction here: open.substack.com/pub/activate...

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