{"id":16788,"date":"2026-05-14T19:28:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=16788"},"modified":"2026-05-14T19:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:28:21","slug":"more-gop-vote-rigging-underway-hey-maryland-dems-time-to-get-crackin-bradcast-5-14-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=16788","title":{"rendered":"More GOP Vote Rigging Underway. Hey, Maryland Dems! Time to Get Crackin’!: ‘BradCast’ 5\/14\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Today on The BradCast<\/i><\/a>: The horrible, racist, un-Constitutional SCOTUS-aided GOP Gerrymandering Wars are not over yet. And while the jury is still out for the moment, a few key Democrats, in one state at least, are already proving they may not have what it takes to answer the call of Jim Crow history today. [Audio to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]\n

On yesterday’s program<\/a>, we spoke in detail with TPM’s Kate Riga<\/b> about the need for Democrats and other democracy fans to realize they are going to have to make some tough choices if American democracy is going to survive moving forward<\/p>\n

Maryland<\/b>‘s Democratic Governor Wes Moore<\/b> has, for months now, been pushing his state’s Democratic dominated state Legislature to meet the historic moment of the unprecedented mid-decade Republican U.S. House gerrymandering campaign touched off by Trump and Texas<\/b> last year. The facts on the ground have only gotten worse over the past several weeks following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 6 to 3 ruling by its majority racists in robes, striking down<\/a> what they hadn’t already gutted of the Voting Rights Act in Louisiana v. Callais<\/i>. The move by Virginia<\/b>‘s Supreme Court last week to overturn last month’s vote by the people<\/a> to draw a new map to give Democrats four more U.S. House seats has made things worse still, even as Southern Confederate states rush to redraw majority-minority districts<\/a> out of existence even while primary voting is under way<\/i> in several of those states.<\/p>\n

But in Maryland, where Dems in the state Legislature could vote tonight<\/i>, if they wanted to, to remove the last remaining Republican district in the state, Democratic state Senate President Bill Ferguson<\/b>, who blocked<\/a> an early effort last October, is still just not certain yet if it’s the right thing to do or not. For the record, Ferguson is up for reelection this year and facing a “tougher-than-expected” primary campaign from veteran Bobby LaPin<\/b>. Gov. Moore, who was previously expected to endorse Ferguson, is holding out for now.<\/p>\n

MD’s primaries are on June 23. That gives state lawmakers plenty of time<\/i> — by Southern state standards, in any event — to create an 8 to 0 map and even suspend and reschedule their primaries if they have to. Just like the Southern states are now doing to steal the right of Black voters to elect a representative of their choosing.<\/p>\n

Anyway…I’ve got quite a bit to say about all of this on today’s show. Tune in for it, please. <\/p>\n

In the meantime, here are some of the stories and links referenced along the way, in advance of upcoming elections in Louisiana<\/b> on Saturday and in Alabama<\/b>, Georgia<\/b>, Idaho<\/b>, Kentucky<\/b>, Oregon<\/b> and Pennsylvania<\/b> next Tuesday…<\/p>\n