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A Louisiana resident who identified himself as Marshawn delivered a fiery, emotional speech to lawmakers during a state Senate hearing over redistricting Monday, accusing Republicans of trying to “cheat” Black voters out of political power.

“The MAGA party is the last breath of the Confederacy,” he told lawmakers. “If y’all could give us less than zero seats, you would do it.”

Marshawn’s testimony came as Louisiana Republicans advance a new congressional map after the Supreme Court weakened key protections in the Voting Rights Act.

“There will be no more of your party,” he said. “The midterms gonna come, y’all gonna get wiped out,” he said.

Louisiana Resident Calls MAGA "the Last Breath of the Confederacy"

GOOD NEWS: Alabama’s new congressional map now includes two Black-opportunity districts.

When social media magnates and election skeptics scrutinized New York City's ballots, they mistook voting laws for conspiracy—and exposed a dangerous pattern of disinformation.

On November 4, 2025, as New Yorkers lined up to vote in their mayoral election, billionaire X owner Elon Musk took to his platform with an alarming declaration: "The New York City ballot form is a scam!" He pointed to candidates appearing twice on ballots and former Governor Andrew Cuomo's placement at the bottom as undeniable proof of election rigging.

It sounded convincing to his millions of followers. But it wasn't true—not in any meaningful way.

What Musk called fraud was actually New York's legal "fusion voting" system—where candidates can appear under multiple party lines. Zohran Mamdani (Democrat/Working Families) and Curtis Sliwa (Republican/"Protect Animals") both appeared twice legally.

Cuomo's bottom placement followed standard ballot ordering rules for independent parties. Experts called the claims easily verifiable misinformation.

When routine election procedures are recast as conspiracies, our democratic foundation erodes—not from hypothetical fraud, but from deliberate misinterpretation by powerful voices.

Statement by Lawrence Hamm, Chairman, People’s Organization For Progress on the U.S. Supreme Court decision concerning the Louisiana v. Callais voting rights case.

Read more: AFRICAN AMERICAN REPORTS: POP CHAIRMAN LAWRENCE HAMM CALLS FOR CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING AND CHANGING SUPREME COURT IN RESPONSE TO VOTING RIGHTS CASE