🇺🇸 DEMS CALL GOP MAPS UNFAIR, FORGETTING THEY DID WORSE Democrats are blasting the state’s new GOP-drawn map as “extreme gerrymandering.” The newer Republican map, enacted in 2023, gives the GOP an estimated 10 to 11 of North Carolina’s 14 congressional seats, even though the state’s voters are roughly split 50-50 between parties. Democrats have called it an “attack on democracy” and filed lawsuits claiming racial and partisan bias. But history isn’t on their side. The previous Democrat-drawn map, used in the 2000s, was so wildly contorted that one district literally followed an interstate for miles just to scoop up pockets of Democratic voters. Federal judges at the time mocked it for looking like “a bug splattered on a windshield.” That map consistently gave Democrats more congressional seats than their share of the statewide vote, a tactic identical to what they now accuse Republicans of doing. With no independent redistricting body in North Carolina, the fight is expected to continue in court, and likely all the way through the 2026 midterms. So while Democrats decry “rigged maps,” GOP has a simple reply: “You drew worse ones first.” Source: CNN

🇺🇸 SEN KENNEDY: 立法者在政府關閉期間仍然獲得薪水，而空中交通管制員卻被晾在一旁 約翰·肯尼迪參議員剛剛對最近的政府關閉事件發表了尖銳的評論，指出國會議員們繼續領取薪水，但軍隊和空中交通管制員卻遭到冷落。 肯尼迪參議員： 「我認為國會成員在政府關閉期間仍然獲得薪水是極大的虛偽，但我們的軍隊和空中交通管制員卻被晾在一旁。這不是領導。」 基本英雄們在沒有薪水的情況下辛勤工作，而華盛頓的西裝們卻輕鬆度日？ 完全的領導失敗，大家在回覆中都在點頭。是時候修正這個內部特權派對了。 來源：@SenJohnKennedy, Fox News

🇺🇸 REP SWALWELL 因抵押貸款詐欺被抓 加州民主黨人埃里克·斯瓦爾威爾（Eric Swalwell），以抨擊特朗普而聞名，還曾參與「方方」的鬧劇，因其 120 萬美元的華盛頓特區房貸申請中涉嫌虛假陳述而被 FHFA 主任比爾·普爾特（Bill Pulte）刑事轉介至司法部。 抵押貸款/稅務詐欺調查即將展開，目前尚未提出指控，但文件正在審查中。 這使得四位民主黨對手（如希夫）面臨類似的壓力。 特朗普的團隊正在排乾沼澤，揭露那些在逃避規則的同時宣揚倫理的偽君子。 斯瓦爾威爾的「抵抗」信譽正在崩潰；真正的問責制來了。 來源：福克斯新聞、Newsmax、RawStory