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Federal Panel Rules Texas Must Redraw Intentionally Discriminatory Congressional Districts

(Illustration: Anneke Paterson/Todd Wiseman/The Texas Tribune)
Some of Texas’ 36 congressional districts violate either the U.S. Constitution or the federal Voting Rights Act, a panel of federal judges ruled Friday.
In a long-delayed ruling, the judges ruled 2-1 that the Texas Legislature must redraw the political maps it most recently used for the 2016 elections.

Banks Spent A Staggering 2 Billion Dollars On Lobbying During 2016 US Election

Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, before the House Financial Services Committee investigating Wells Fargo’s opening of unauthorized customer accounts.
Banks and other financial companies expecting to make more than US$200 billion from anticipated deregulation laws spent record amounts on lobbying in the last election cycle, according to an advocacy group report released Wednesday.

French Presidential Candidate: ‘Fake News’ & ‘Russian Hack’ – The New Political Cry Wolf

21st Century Wire says…
The French candidate, Emmanuel Macron, who is being hyped by the European and French establishment, seems to be borrowing a tactic from the leftist media and Hillary Clinton campaign. Some might say a bold, or perhaps slightly misguided move by the French candidate considering how it failed the Clinton campaign and the mainstream media in the wake of their loss to Donald Trump in the recent US elections.