Deadline Poet / December 16, 2025

A Happy Decision for Trump

Calvin Trillin
Gerrymandering
A demonstrator holds a sign during a Fair Maps rally outside the US Supreme Court Building, in Washington, DC, on March 26, 2019.(Brendan McDermid / Reuters)

Republicans in Texas look to gain
Five House seats by some drastic gerrymandering.
This latest nod from SCOTUS means that they
Can run five pols well-qualified in pandering.

Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

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