in a tangible way? Does anyone have any info about how we individually can do so? These folks are doing this not just for themselves and their state, but for all of us. I am in awe of their courage. They are doing this knowing full well that they could be severely hurt financially if not physically for doing so. True heroes.

Unfortunately, he will – ultimately.

As we saw with Republicans in Oregon, such efforts in time fail, the opposition returns to the statehouse, business as usual continues – in the case of Texas and other Republican-controlled states, reprehensible, wrongheaded business hostile to democracy.

They all have to report. *That* can have consequences.

They break quorum. The special session runs out.

Another's called. Rinse. Repeat.

Then the question has to become: Abbot/(R) places redistricting first, as (D) clamor for some of the other reasons for the special session to be fulfilled and then shut down business so that nothing happens.

At what point is the concession of taking care of the (R)s' first order of business worth accomplishing the other things that we find desirable?

Which boils down to, "Can we win the PR battle that says we'd have done good, but had to shut everything down to prevent an even greater evil"?

Not only are they being fined $500 a day during their absence, thirteen of them are being threatened with expulsion from their seats. I assume the rest are not because the House would lose its quorum. They need 100 of the 150 members to pass anything. Rs hold 88 seats in the House.

They are being threatened by the FBI and Trump. Then there's the aftermath. Their offices are likely to lose budget money and staff too.

But with their courageous stand, even if they cannot sustain it, they are helping build support for the redistricting efforts being taken by the Democratic governors. Absolutely worth the stand now.

It's hard (and costly) to be away from homes and families for an extended period of time. The financial costs are bound to be mounting up for them. Plus they are being subjected to unrelenting lies from the right, smearing their names, their motives. All of them have been threatened with legal and electoral consequences. And now the ones in Illinois have been subjected to at least two bomb threats.

other Dem states need to go ahead and redistrict/gerrymander!

We pussyfooted around, when we had a majority in both houses, and allowed two Democratic senators to pooh-pooh breaking the filibuster in order to pack that damn Supreme Court. That would have solved most of the problems we are having now, but we let two guys who wanted to play the old protocol and politics games, long tossed aside by the GOP, hold us hostage. We could have eliminated Citizens united, saved Roe and expitided Trump into trial instead of letting corrupt judges like Aileen Cannon hold things up. One ruling supported by the court and his trial would be on. Even Milquetoast Merrick couldn't have stopped that.

Now,, every state where there is a Democratic majority in the legislature needs to move forward with redistricting. It is possible,, here in my state, to draw the lines and shut Republicans down completely, and I have written to the governor indicating I am favorable to any plan that keeps them from having a majority in any district. Do the math.

This needs to be more than talk. These states need to start doing it.