The response from Democrats to the Supreme Court's decision to strike down race-based gerrymandering has been predictable - running high in emotion and devoid of objectivity. The Democrat Party has understood for a long time that much of their power comes from inserting themselves as the spokespeople for the supposed "have-nots". Racial hysteria being a key weapon in their arsenal to push the ongoing socialization of America.
Its the reason why left-wing NGO's have been dumping millions of dollars into the very "hate groups" they claim to be fighting against. Leftists need racism as a bogeyman; they have no power without it.
It makes sense that Democrats are clinging to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA), which prohibits voting practices (including redistricting maps) that result in denial or abridgment of the right to vote on account of race. The assumption being that minorities (specifically black Americans) require rigged districts where they are the majority in order to maintain power in government.
This obviously benefits Democrats, with around 83% of blacks voting blue in recent elections. Predominantly black districts in states across the US have acted as assured seats in the House for Dems since 1965. In 1982, Congress strengthened Section 2 by amending it to clarify that plaintiffs only need to prove that a voting practice has a discriminatory result (effect), not just the intent.
Republicans sided with Democrats in a grand virtue signal, but the results of the strengthened VRA have harmed conservatives ever since. The Supreme Court's recent 6-3 decision in Louisiana v. Callais ends this 45-year-long mistake, at least, for the most part.
This is what it looks like to stand up when democracy is on the line! Florida Rep. Angie Nixon disrupted a special session to protest gerrymandering, declaring, “This is a violation of the Constitution.” We must continue to protect the power of the people’s vote! ✊🏿
🎥:… pic.twitter.com/g0lPRcSmGQ
The decision sets a precedent which largely eliminates the use of frivolous race-based challenges to redistricting maps and will lead to a loss of 12-19 House seats for Democrats over the next two years. States which are planning to adjust their maps in light of the Supreme Court ruling include Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. A few other red states are looking into potential changes before 2028.
The Democrat reaction has been an absolute meltdown. Impending district map changes threaten a loss of around 12 seats in the near term.
This is what the Supreme Court conservative supermajority just enabled. pic.twitter.com/iBS2ArVGBD
— Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryDems) April 30, 2026The underlying narrative promoted by the political left is that the ruling will result in black Americans losing the right to vote. Chuck Schumer insinuates this in his frantic response, calling the decision a "return to Jim Crow".
"A despicable decision that is a return to Jim Crow."
No, what Democrats want is a return to 'Jim Snow.'
They aim to disenfranchise white voters with racially discriminatory gerrymandering.
No racial discrimination means no racial discrimination. Get it? pic.twitter.com/lxcfH3jg0H
This is, of course, a fallacy. No black citizen is losing their right to vote. In fact, the Supreme Court ruling confirms that black voters and white voters are equal and that rigged districts based on race are not necessary. Raging over the proposition of losing political power, Democrats are now calling for "packing the courts" as a means to dilute the Supreme Court and assert total control over districts and elections (a typical appeal to lawfare).
Hakeem Jeffries called the Supreme Court a disgrace and said "everything is on the table" to undermine their decision.
WEAPONIZATION: Democrats, dissatisfied with Supreme Court rulings, have decided they will simply keep adding judges until they find a court that will rule in their favor. Hakeem Jeffries admits that once they’ve packed the court they eliminate filibuster. pic.twitter.com/3xlO8yoiGm
— @amuse (@amuse) April 30, 2026Other Dems echoed this strategy. Their plan? If they can't rig districts, they will rig the courts.
Term limits for the Supreme Court.
Enforce a binding Code of Ethics.
Impeach these corrupt justices.
Expand the Court.
It should be noted that the political left only calls for these kinds of extreme measures when the court rules in favor of conservatives. Objective positions and nuances within court decisions are not tolerated. The threat is clear: "Rule with us, or we will get revenge..."
Other left-wing politicians argue that the Supreme Court "has no authority" to change the VRA because they are not "elected". When Democrats start to sound like activist libertarians, you know they're scared.
Raphael Warnock is giving AOC a run for her money on saying stupid shit!!
“No one elected this court”
“It’s really NOT up to the Supreme Court”
It’s like these morons have no clue how the three branches of government work. pic.twitter.com/hRlckmGYdf
In the sprint to the Midterms the district changes will likely be minimal, but enough to potentially thwart a Democrat majority. In 2028, the game could change dramatically. Former President Barack Obama was lambasted for attacking the Supreme Court ruling, just days after cutting ads for a Virginia effort to transform that state's map into a 10-1 Democratic advantage.
Top Illinois Democrats called the precedent a ‘crushing blow to our democracy', despite the fact that Illinois is widely considered gerrymandered to benefit Democrats. It's only okay when they do it, not when conservatives do it.
The Democrat response is a reminder that, if the political left ever returns to substantial government power as they had under the Biden Administration, they will break every rule and violate every principle in order to keep control.
Tyler Durden Sun, 05/03/2026 - 17:30Americans have been subject to a variety of creative wartime propaganda claims by their government stretching back many decades. From the 'incubator babies' hoax of the first Iraq war, to hyping 'mushroom clouds' over US cities during the 2nd Iraq War, to Gaddafi 'mass rape' allegations through distributing Viagra pills to Libyan troops - there seems to be no end to such bizarre claims out of the D.C. beltway, and the mainstream media is consistently a willing participant in spreading these proven lies.
Already we've seen some whoppers coming from the same sources on Iran. Even Vice President J.D. Vance, reported to harbor quiet skepticism and doubts about Trump's Operation Epic Fury, has floated the idea that Tehran could send out terrorists with 'nuclear suicide vests'. But leave it to the Iranian 'expert' pundit class to come up with something even more absurd: suicide bomber dolphins. The below clip was recently aired on CNN, and the MSM channel gave the wild claim an air of credibility, because of course it did...
"To give you a sign of the desperate measures [Iran is] contemplating, the Wall Street Journal reported today that they're contemplating suicide dolphins, you know, dolphins equipped with mines to try to go after U.S. ships," @ksadjadpour says.
"That's not a that's not a measure… pic.twitter.com/wOJoIVLVMy
CNN show host Kaitlan Collins did nothing to challenge the assertion, which Iranian leaders were supposedly "contemplating". For example, the supposed 'expert' pundit didn't even bother to establish whether Iran has ever so much as had such a program.
However, there has long been a United States dolphin mine locating program and research. But in this instance - during the Iraq war of 2003 for example - they simply assisted in locating mines threatening the Persian Gulf waterway, according to archived news articles.
The Iranians may have, going years back, experimented with deploying dolphins to assist in surveillance operations - akin to some cutting edge programs in other countries like Russia, but nothing is known of what became of this, and it would without doubt be a very expensive research program which would require a heavy, long-term time investment as well.
And to be expected, the 'suicide dolphins' narrative gets re-laundered by Fox News:
Fox News is telling Americans that Iran is strapping suicide bombs to dolphins.
Who believes this propaganda anymore?pic.twitter.com/JPSwtcTpnj
But it remains that there has never been evidence of any country deploying 'suicide dolphins' to take out enemy ships. When it comes to 'official enemies' of Washington, the pundit class can basically make up any nefarious and twisted allegation or plot and it won't be met with much scrutiny or pushback from the mainstream, if any at all.
When the MSM wants to float at outlandish claim and frame it as credible, another technique is to simply add "reports say" such and such a regime is "mulling" this or that.
Flipper Akbar!...
The propaganda claim then becomes impossible to confirm, but still gets widely circulated, and the 'method' keeps getting repeated, with only the most gullible buying into the claims (though sadly, this is way too many Americans).
The EyE-raNIAN SUICIDE aTTaCK DoLpHInS are COmINg!!!
Tyler Durden Sun, 05/03/2026 - 16:55