Zone1 Texas House Dems faced potential bomb threat in Illinois, police say (and why it brought to mind the three-fifths compromise)

[Seymour Flops]

When I was a child, I had a child's understanding of racism meaning I thought it meant that there were people in this world who would not like me because I was a "Black person". To each his own, our parents taught us that the problem when it comes to racism lies with them not us.

But I never could understand why someone would want to kill another person because they wanted to vote. And it took me an additional 40 years or so before I gained an understanding into the motivation behind this phenomenon. Yet even today, after reading about the bomb scare at the hotel when the democrats had escaped to in Illinois, a different perspective dawned on me.

I asked my AI assistant to explain why Republicans were attempting to redraw the voting districts. I learned that the redistricting could potentially give them five additional seats in the House of Representatives, which could theoretically allow them to retain power after the midterm elections. The part that I was missing though was that the population increase which would give the State of Texas those 5 additional seats was due to 95% of that increase being of the Black or Latinx demographic.

So I began thinking "95% increase in the population potentially nets the state of Texas 5 additional House of Representatives seats, but the Republicans are attempting to exploit the presence to Black & Brown people to strengthened their stranglehold on the nation without the contributors benefiting from the very things that's giving them this power.

I wondered when in history this also occurred, so I asked my assistant to explain to me about the 3/5th compromise, another situation in which people of African descent who had no rights, who were deemed not to be citizens, the majority of which in fact were held in captivity, were used to garner political power without any of what they gained being used to the benefit of the people who were counted as only having 3/5ths of a person FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.

I will not post the response I received here in the OP because that may violation the clean start requirement. But I wanted to give those thinking men and woman who frequently this board, something to ponder. I know my friends here are already aware of this, maybe someone else will at least understand it even if it matters not in their world.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/texas-house-dems-bomb-threat-illinois-police

The flaw in this and other arguments against the attempt to gerrymander 5 Texas districts is that gerrymandering for political purposes is much older that Trump's recent recommendation. Thats why we have a name for it already. Its been done for more than a century.

Illinois for example, was 40% Trump voters in 2024, yet Republicans only won 3 seats. Massechussets has zero Republican Congresmen.

Its the pot-kettle thing.

 

[Correll]

When I was a child, I had a child's understanding of racism meaning I thought it meant that there were people in this world who would not like me because I was a "Black person". To each his own, our parents taught us that the problem when it comes to racism lies with them not us.

But I never could understand why someone would want to kill another person because they wanted to vote. And it took me an additional 40 years or so before I gained an understanding into the motivation behind this phenomenon. Yet even today, after reading about the bomb scare at the hotel when the democrats had escaped to in Illinois, a different perspective dawned on me.

I asked my AI assistant to explain why Republicans were attempting to redraw the voting districts. I learned that the redistricting could potentially give them five additional seats in the House of Representatives, which could theoretically allow them to retain power after the midterm elections. The part that I was missing though was that the population increase which would give the State of Texas those 5 additional seats was due to 95% of that increase being of the Black or Latinx demographic.

So I began thinking "95% increase in the population potentially nets the state of Texas 5 additional House of Representatives seats, but the Republicans are attempting to exploit the presence to Black & Brown people to strengthened their stranglehold on the nation without the contributors benefiting from the very things that's giving them this power.

I wondered when in history this also occurred, so I asked my assistant to explain to me about the 3/5th compromise, another situation in which people of African descent who had no rights, who were deemed not to be citizens, the majority of which in fact were held in captivity, were used to garner political power without any of what they gained being used to the benefit of the people who were counted as only having 3/5ths of a person FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.

I will not post the response I received here in the OP because that may violation the clean start requirement. But I wanted to give those thinking men and woman who frequently this board, something to ponder. I know my friends here are already aware of this, maybe someone else will at least understand it even if it matters not in their world.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/texas-house-dems-bomb-threat-illinois-police

What is your view on the people that pushed to NOT have the slaves recognized as full citizens for purposes of representation?

 

[Chuz Life]

Question: Is facing a "potential bomb threat" statistically different than me facing a "potential lightning strike" when I step outside to mow or check my mail?

 

[Mashmont]

When I was a child, I had a child's understanding of racism meaning I thought it meant that there were people in this world who would not like me because I was a "Black person". To each his own, our parents taught us that the problem when it comes to racism lies with them not us.

But I never could understand why someone would want to kill another person because they wanted to vote. And it took me an additional 40 years or so before I gained an understanding into the motivation behind this phenomenon. Yet even today, after reading about the bomb scare at the hotel when the democrats had escaped to in Illinois, a different perspective dawned on me.

I asked my AI assistant to explain why Republicans were attempting to redraw the voting districts. I learned that the redistricting could potentially give them five additional seats in the House of Representatives, which could theoretically allow them to retain power after the midterm elections. The part that I was missing though was that the population increase which would give the State of Texas those 5 additional seats was due to 95% of that increase being of the Black or Latinx demographic.

So I began thinking "95% increase in the population potentially nets the state of Texas 5 additional House of Representatives seats, but the Republicans are attempting to exploit the presence to Black & Brown people to strengthened their stranglehold on the nation without the contributors benefiting from the very things that's giving them this power.

I wondered when in history this also occurred, so I asked my assistant to explain to me about the 3/5th compromise, another situation in which people of African descent who had no rights, who were deemed not to be citizens, the majority of which in fact were held in captivity, were used to garner political power without any of what they gained being used to the benefit of the people who were counted as only having 3/5ths of a person FOR THE PURPOSE OF REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.

I will not post the response I received here in the OP because that may violation the clean start requirement. But I wanted to give those thinking men and woman who frequently this board, something to ponder. I know my friends here are already aware of this, maybe someone else will at least understand it even if it matters not in their world.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/06/politics/texas-house-dems-bomb-threat-illinois-police

Except your claim is a damned lie. Texas population increased by 4 million between 2010 and 2020. Nonhispanic whites accounted for 27% of that total, or 1.07 million. In addition, Trump captured 42 of the Hispanic vote in 2024.