❝ What the Voting Rights Act produced – not just officeholders but the constituency-mapping that allowed Black political coalitions to cohere – is precisely what Republicans are now undoing.

They have a roadmap. In 1913, Woodrow Wilson’s administration resegregated the federal civil service that Reconstruction had pried open. They did it by executive action and administrative memo. ❞

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The Republican project isn’t to win in November. It’s to make November cease to matter

New electoral maps are erasing Black representations. The effort takes its cues from American history

^{Jamil Smith (The Guardian)}

"It was quite an eye-opener peering into the misinformation that surrounds these bubbles, with Reformers fuming over a Sikh kebab owner arrested for refusing to sell Halal meat (he wasn’t), championing the Japanese government for banning Islam (they didn’t), and seething over bizarre AI-generated images of a taxpayer-funded water park in Croydon (there isn’t one)."

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bylinetimes.com/2026/05/01/i-s…

'I Set Up a Fake Far-Right News Channel to Interview Reform UK Candidates and This Is What They Told Me' – Byline Times

The Reform hopefuls were quick to condemn scandals supposedly overseen by Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat councils, without realising they were actually condemning the actions of their own party

^{Chris Atkins (Byline Times)}

In case you missed it, the South African local government elections will be held on 4 November this year (which will most likely be a public holiday): techcentral.co.za/south-africa…

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South Africa headed to the polls in November

South Africa will hold its next municipal elections on 4 November, President Cyril Ramaphosa said in a post on X.

^{Agency Staff (TechCentral)}