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Jon Allsop

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Contributing writer @NewYorker. Formerly @CJR newsletter guy. Author: What is Journalism For? @ArgyleLife1886 for fun.
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Who Won the Redistricting War?

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By Jon Allsop
| The New Yorker Verified
In the midterm elections of 1922, voters in Missouri were invited to weigh in directly on a wide range of issues. Mostly, they were in a rejectionist frame of mind. An amendment to hike politicians’ pay was defeated. (Plus ça change.) So, too, was a law that redrew the state’s congressional districts. Two years earlier, Republicans had swept the state, then passed a blatantly gerrymandered map.
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Who Won the Redistricting War?

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By Jon Allsop
| Flipboard
1 hour ago For 150 years, Virginia had been violating a federal law barring broad disenfranchisement of people with felony convictions, a federal judge ruled. Before the conviction, Son Huynh said he was never one to miss an election. Like most American children, Huynh, a California native, was taught about the …
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Is Trump’s Latest Press Attack Just Another Distraction?

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By Jon Allsop
| The New Yorker Verified
In November, 2018, the day after midterm elections that went badly for the Republican Party, Jim Acosta, then a White House correspondent at CNN, questioned President Donald Trump about his messaging on immigration. Things quickly got heated. “I think you should let me run the country—you run CNN,” Trump interjected. “If you did it well, your ratings would be much better.” Trump tried to move on, but Acosta wouldn’t yield, even as an aide walked over to take away the microphone.
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