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  "path": "/threads/supreme-court-ruling-weakens-a-key-tool-of-the-voting-rights-act.2634522/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29T21:35:53.000Z",
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    "Live updates: Supreme Court ruling weakens a key tool of the Voting Rights Act"
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  "textContent": "Conservatives turning America into a more racist country. \"We don't want those darkies to have any political clout\". Republicans since the Civil Rights era have been gerrymandering minorities out of any political power. In states where black represent 40% of the vote wind up with 10% of representation. The 64 Civil Right allowed a fix by creating majority minority districts to fix the discrimination. SCOTUS has not struck down this fix opening up other Republican states to gerrymander minorities out of any power even more.\n\n\n\n###  \n\t\t\t\t\t\tLive updates: Supreme Court ruling weakens a key tool of the Voting Rights Act\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\nThe Supreme Court has weakened a key tool of the Voting Rights Act that has helped root out racial discrimination in voting since 1965. The case concerns a district in Louisiana.\n\napnews.com",
  "title": "Supreme Court ruling weakens a key tool of the Voting Rights Act"
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