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2025-11-15 News & Politics
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Missouri Fights Back Against Illegal Mid-Decade Partisan Gerrymandering

Discover the grassroots effort combating partisan gerrymandering in Missouri, even when state leadership attempts to circumvent constitutional rights. Readers gain insight into the specific citizen and legal tactics necessary to challenge politically motivated, illegal redistricting that threatens fair representation nationwide.

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  • Missouri Republicans called a special session to enact partisan redistricting mid-decade, allegedly targeting Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.
  • People Not Politicians launched a constitutional referendum effort, gathering over 220,000 signatures against the unfair map.
  • State officials are using dubious legal theories, like Independent State Legislative Theory (ISLT), to suppress the public’s right to veto the new lines.
  • The newly drawn map intentionally segments Kansas City using a historic racial dividing line, diluting minority political power.

This discussion details how Missouri's legislature enacted an illegal mid-decade partisan redistricting map, specifically targeting Kansas City representation to aid Donald Trump’s political goals. Guest Richard von Glahn outlines the strategy People Not Politicians is using—a constitutional referendum—to allow voters to veto this move. Understand the specific legal defense tactics and citizen mobilization required to fight politically motivated overreach in deeply entrenched political environments.

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Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans are continuing their desperate attempt to save their power from the impending blue tidal wave coming their way. Their favorite tactic recently was pressuring red states to illegally redistrict before the midterms. Texas quickly leaped and so did Missouri’s Republicans. But Missouri isn’t Texas and the state has a robust petition initiative process that allows voters to veto laws they don’t agree with. In the states history they have done it 27 times and repealed the laws 25 of them. Now they are fighting it again. Fred Wellman sits down Richard von Glahn the Executive Director of People NOT Politicians to discuss his organizations efforts to repeal this illegal redistricting and offer perspective on how we are fighting back in a deeply red state. Richard started his career as a labor organizer in 2004 with SEIU since 2012 he has worked at MO Jobs With Justice as an organizing director and political director. He has worked on 10 ballot initiatives in Missouri including playing leading roles in the right to work initiative, three increases in minimum wage, expansion of Medicaid and an anti-gerrymandering initiative. In his time as an organizer in Missouri, he's knocked on tens of thousands of doors, gathering signatures to ensure Missourians voices are heard. Thanks to our sponsors: Dupe: For a limited time, the first 10,000 people who go to https://Dupe.com/fred will instantly get 500 Dupe Points Shopify: Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at: https://shopify.com/fred

Top Comments (10)

@rdw551 2025-11-15

If it's illegal then Texas has to reverse what they did.

264 5 replies
@arduousapollo 2025-11-15

Texas did it without an election!

306 4 replies
@las9358 2025-11-15

WTF does she think is happening in Texas.

169 3 replies
@markshaw1540 2025-11-15

Where was her lawsuit against Texas?

201 3 replies
@niclewis9610 2025-11-15

If Texas wasn't a RIGGED state it wouldn't be a Red state.

113 1 replies
@CharlieM-t7y 2025-11-15

Bondi is a total joke. She is so in over her head. Times up Bondi!

231 12 replies
@teresathayn5170 2025-11-15

"Laws for thee but not for me.". Eff this entire corrupt administration!! There'd better be mass prosecutions at the end of Dumps term!!!!

82 2 replies
@suzanne9150 2025-11-15

Oh for fucks sake.......California only did it because Trump told Texas to do it. So Bondi thinks it's OK for Texas but not California?. So full of shit.

82 1 replies
@williamhuang2976 2025-11-15

Yeah, Newsom never hides what & why he pushed for Prop 50, BECAUSE ABBOTT DID FIRST.

123 6 replies
@cindyprasad6293 2025-11-15

At least “the people “ got to vote on it! Didn’t they already try to sue California like 5 times on this already?

88 5 replies

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