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Trump’s DOJ Goes to War Against Race-Based Voting: Assistant AG Harmeet Dhillon and Solicitor General John Sauer Argue Before Supreme Court to ABOLISH Rigged Voting Rights Act Districts

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In a landmark case that could reshape American elections for decades, President Trump’s Department of Justice, through Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon and Solicitor General John Sauer, told the U.S. Supreme Court that race-based congressional districts must end once and for all.

The case, State of Louisiana v. Phillip Callais (and the related Press Robinson v. Phillip Callais), stems from Louisiana’s woke lawmakers caving to left-wing judges and creating a second “majority-minority” congressional district.

The brief was unambiguous: the Voting Rights Act (VRA) cannot be twisted into a tool for perpetual racial gerrymandering.

“Today at SCOTUS, the [DOJ Civil Rights Division] told the Justices that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act cannot constitutionally require race-predominant districting!” Dhillon wrote on X.

Straight from the pages of the DOJ’s filing: “Section 2 does not provide a compelling interest to draw districts where race predominates.”

The brief rips apart the outdated “Gingles framework” from the 1986 Thornburg v. Gingles case, which radical courts have twisted to force states into drawing these race-obsessed districts.

Sauer and company point out that lower courts have been “repeatedly” misinterpreting this to mandate racial gerrymanders, even when there’s ZERO evidence of actual discrimination.

“Lower courts have repeatedly interpreted this Court’s framework… to require States to draw district lines where race predominates over neutral districting principles as a remedy for perceived violations of Section 2’s “results” test,” the brief states.

And get this, they argue this turns the VRA into a tool that “decouple the statute from its function of smoking out voting practices and procedures that are likely intentionally discriminatory and would instead effectively compel racial gerrymanders.  While that likely would have been unconstitutional even when the “results” test was enacted in 1982, its unconstitutionality is even clearer today. Current voting conditions cannot justify such excessive consideration of race.”

Democrats and activist judges have been using Section 2 of the VRA as a weapon to create “phantom statutory violations,” forcing states like Louisiana to violate the Constitution just to appease the race hustlers.

The DOJ calls for a major overhaul: Modify Gingles to align with the actual text of the law and avoid these “fatal constitutional problems.”

Here are the key takedowns:

  1. No More Race-First Districts Without Proof: Plaintiffs must prove their proposed majority-minority district is “superior” to the state’s map under race-neutral rules, including political goals. Otherwise, it’s just assuming racism where none exists.
  2. Decouple Race from Party: The brief slams how courts let Democrats hide behind “polarized voting” that’s really just partisan divides. “Plaintiffs must decouple party from race when determining whether majority and minority voters vote differently,” it states. No more using black voters’ loyalty to Democrats as an excuse for gerrymandering.
  3. Real Evidence of Discrimination Required: Echoing Shelby County v. Holder (which gutted outdated VRA provisions in 2013), the DOJ says current conditions don’t justify this nonsense. Voter turnout is sky-high, minorities are winning elections everywhere – including in Congress, where black representation is at record levels.

You can read the brief below:

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Not What He Expected: Van Jones Asks Black Trump Voters If They Would Vote for Him Again-“1,000% Absolutely Yes!”

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During a segment on CNN, leftist Van Jones asked three Black voters who have supported President Trump in the past if they could do it over, would they vote for him again.

The responses were yeses across the board, with one noting emphatically, “1,000% absolutely yes!”

Jones: If you had to do it all over again, would you vote for Donald Trump again, yes or no?

Voter one: Yes, I would. Now, in the future, I am not a diehard Democrat or diehard Republican. If there were a Democratic candidate who was more aligned for me, then I would vote Democrat.

Jones: If you go back in time, would you vote for Donald Trump, yes or no?

Voter two: Yes.

Jones: I think I might know the answer on this.

Voter two: She said yes. It’s immediately yes.

Jones: If you had to draw over again, would you vote for Donald Trump, yes or no?

Voter three: 1,000% absolutely yes!

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President Trump Absolutely TORCHES Spoiled U.S. Olympic Athlete Who Whined That It was “Hard” to Represent America Due to ICE Crackdowns

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President Trump is livid over a handful of ungrateful U.S. Olympic athletes trashing the greatest nation in the world in front of a global audience and has responded accordingly.

As The Gateway Pundit’s Cassandra MacDonald reported, 27-year-old Hunter Hess, who is competing in freestyle halfpipe, whined to reporters that wearing the American flag “brings up mixed emotions” and is “a little hard” right now because of ICE going after illegals.

Hess added that he’s not the “biggest fan” of much that’s happening in the U.S.

“Just because I’m wearing the flag doesn’t mean I represent everything that’s going on in the U.S. I just kind of want to do it for my friends and family, the people who supported me getting here,” Hess said.

His teammate Chris Lillis, a 27-year-old aerials specialist and gold medalist from the 2022 Beijing Olympics, told reporters he also feels “heartbroken” about ICE raids and protests.

He went on to add that he feels the country needs to “focus on respecting everybody’s rights and making sure that we’re treating our citizens as well as anybody with love and respect.”

The two’s comments were made during a press conference on Friday, just after the Games’ opening ceremony.

When Trump got wind of these remarks, he absolutely went off on Truth Social.

The president decided to focus his ire on Hess, whose comments were the most anti-American. He called Hess a “real loser” who “should have never tried out for the team.”

Trump added that it was “very hard to root for someone like this.”

“U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics,” Trump wrote.

“If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it. Very hard to root for someone like this,” he added.

MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

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MN Dem Candidate Shares’ ICE Fear’ Food Deliveries — Mom of Daughter Left Disabled by Illegal Hits Back

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Carissa Aspnes was permanently disabled by an illegal./Image: GoFundMe

Minnesota Congressional candidate, Democrat Kaela Berg, perhaps inspired by Olympic fever, is certainly competing for woke-gold, and the mother of a young woman permanently disabled by an illegal was not impressed with Berg’s virtue signalling.

On Saturday, Berg shared a self-congratulatory video delivering food to people “scared to leave their homes because of ICE.”

“We just finished delivering groceries to folks too afraid to leave their homes because of this ICE occupation in our community,” she preened on camera.

“An amazing amount of people have put together their boxes of produce and meat as well as toilet paper and diapers for those that need it….to dry goods…even some treats to help our neighbors. And we will continued to do this as long as we need to.”

Berg’s self-aggrandizement fell flat for the mother of 22-year-old Colorado woman Carissa Aspnes. On March 28, 2025, Carissa was catastrophically injured in a hit-and-run crash on March 28, 2025. The suspect, an illegal who entered the U.S. during the Biden administration, allegedly crashed into her vehicle and fled the scene.

Carissa survived but suffered permanent, severe disabilities: she is wheelchair-bound, nonverbal, minimally conscious, unable to smile or laugh, and requires full-time care.

Carissa’s mother responded to Berg’s post, noting, “My daughter could use a meal since she can no longer go to the grocery store for herself after she got hit by an illegal alien that fled and left her for dead.”

“While you’re at it, you can stay and feed her a meal through her g-tube since she can no longer eat by mouth.”

Carissa’s mother shared the devastating details of the incident.

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Republican Colorado State Rep. Brandi Bradley introduced the “Carissa Amendment,” which would crack down on crimes committed against US citizens by illegal aliens, yet not a single Democrat voted for it.

Carissa’s family has a GoFundMe to help cover her extensive medical bills.

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