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The gerrymandering apocalypse is upon us. President Donald Trump, determined to hold on to Republicans’ thin House majority, kicked it off in June, when he demanded that Texas Republicans redraw the state’s congressional maps. Texas boasts 38 U.S. House seats—second only to California’s 52. Now state Republicans have redrawn its district lines in hopes of squeezing an additional five-seat margin from its current 25–12 GOP majority. (Texas has one House vacancy.) Texas Republicans took the offer, approving the new maps last week over Democrats’ vehement objections . In direct response, California’s Democratic-controlled Legislature has begun the process of red

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