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Yesterday, Virginia voted yes. The resistance answered—again.
Ten years ago, I started this fight alone. Now millions of people are with us—driving billions of impressions on social media, and millions of contacts to Congress, as we continue winning elections they told us were impossible. We were proud to lead the largest online campaign in support of Virginia’s referendum.
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Trump In Freefall: His Redistricting Scheme Hits A Brick Wall In Virginia, Protesters Keep Beating Him In Court, and His Approval Ratings Collapse
Plus, Tim Walz and Chris Murphy unite with world leaders in Barcelona to resist Trump’s fascism
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Last night changed everything. The resistance won a major battle in Trump’s redistricting war—and the regime knows it.
Virginia didn’t just vote to redraw the congressional map—it proved the regime can be beaten. Hit the ❤️ like button and re-stack this edition right now to help us tell the world.
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VIRGINIA WINS THIS BATTLE
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The people voted in Virginia, and caused an earthquake the regime never saw coming. The redistricting referendum passed—with more than 51% voting in favor. It could flip four Republican House seats in November.
Governor Abigail Spanberger said: “Virginia voters have spoken, and tonight they approved a temporary measure to push back against a President who claims he is ‘entitled’ to more Republican seats in Congress. I understand the urgency of winning congressional seats as a check on this President.”
Republicans filed lawsuit after lawsuit to kill this before a single vote was cast. They challenged the ballot language, the timeline, and the election process. Courts threw out the lawsuits every time.
The night before the vote, the RNC filed an emergency lawsuit targeting Fairfax County—claiming noncitizens were voting with a form of state ID that had been used without incident for five years. That failed too.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, who has spent years fighting Republican gerrymandering, put it plainly: “When the president told Gov. Abbott in Texas, ‘I need five additional seats,’ there had to be a response.”
The regime thought it could steal its way to permanent power. It was wrong.
THE REGIME’S WAR ON PROTESTERS CRUMBLES
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The Trump regime has arrested hundreds of US citizens at anti-ICE protests, and called them domestic terrorists. A ProPublica and FRONTLINE investigation published last week reveals how those cases keep falling apart in court.
Across the country, more than a third of cases were dismissed, never filed, or lost at trial. In Chicago alone, at least 75 out of the 109 people who were arrested saw their charges dropped.
One regime target was Alejandro Orellana—a Marine Corps Veteran and UPS employee—who was arrested for handing out water to protesters. Seriously. Charges were dropped within weeks.
You can’t arrest a movement. The regime just proved it.
THE WORLD UNITES AGAINST TRUMP
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While Trump isolates America, the world is coming together to fight back against his brand of fascism.
Senator Chris Murphy and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz were in Barcelona, Spain, this weekend for the Global Progressive Mobilization summit—which featured six thousand elected officials and activists from more than 100 countries.
Murphy, the only sitting US federal official in the room, said: “We are not on the verge of a totalitarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.”
Walz went straight at JD Vance: “Unlike our current vice president, I’m not here to arrogantly lecture or scold you. I am not here to pick a fight with the Pope or host a rally for any local wannabe authoritarians.” German Vice Chancellor Lars Klingbeil added: “The far right is international, so we must be too.”
Orbán lost Hungary last week. Now the world is organizing to finish the job.
TRUMP SINKS
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Trump’s approval ratings are in the dumpster and sinking lower by the day. Today’s AP-NORC poll has Trump at 33%, and NBC News has him at 37%—both second term lows. Across most major polls, Trump is in the 30s.
Two-thirds of Americans disapprove of how he’s run his war in Iran—including 26% of his own Republicans. His Energy Secretary admitted Sunday that gas won’t fall below $3 until next year, so it’s likely Trump’s numbers will only get worse from here.
Let me be clear—we will flip Congress in November and turn Trump into a lame duck. We will make sure every one of Trump’s accomplices is held accountable. But the work must happen now. Full speed ahead.
The best years for our country are still ahead of us. Help us get there by becoming a paid subscriber today:
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Onward!
Scott
I have two questions for you today I’d love to get your take on.
Do you think the win last night in Virginia will help flip the House for Democrats?
What keeps you going in this fight against Trump and the regime?
🚨 SIX URGENT ACTIONS TODAY
NEW: Pass Bill to Create 25th Amendment Commission https://tinyurl.com/44afaxvd
NEW: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service: https://tinyurl.com/mrx8cvv7
NEW: Demand Acting AG Blanche release ALL of the Epstein files: https://tinyurl.com/2uc9vca9
Defend voting rights! https://tinyurl.com/3f3m728j
Stop Trump from deporting people with Temporary Protected Status https://tinyurl.com/yc8rfa7j
Vote NO on SAVE Act: https://tinyurl.com/ms977ec6
JUST A FEW OF MANY INFORMED COMMENTS:
Heck yes, brother! This is what real resistance looks like on every front. The map is moving, the regime is cracking, and momentum is building fast. November is going to be historic.
Keep bringing the fire, everyone!
I waited to check the news until I got your post.
And it was WORTH IT! 🔥 🔥 💪
I wish I could do that 😂
If MSM is poison, then The Dworkin Report is the antidote!
Really grateful Tim Walz is not going away. He has set up the Small Town PAC as an outreach tool to attract rural Americans to be aware of the issues and VOTE.
Tim Walz for POTUS!! I hope no one has forgotten how passionately and effectively Tim Walz speaks from his heart and what a wonderful president he would make. He represents middle America where most of us register, and is able to look people in the eye and exude, warmth, comfort, and reliability– everything we don't have now. He and Murphy would make a wonderful team leading the country. I would not hesitate to support him, would you?
NOT SO EARLY!
When the MAGA FASCISTS are defeated, there are MANY POSTS that need to be filled with QUALIFIED PEOPLE to restore the credibility of the US and to REPAIR THE DAMAGE CAUSED by the ORANGE TURD & his SWAMP DWELLERS!
We need to RESTORE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, RESTORE PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICANS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL POISONS, WE NEED TO RESTORE HEALTH & VACCINATIONS, FIRE RFK JR & undo his HEALTH DAMAGE, Fire the SNAKE OIL SALESMAN DR. OZ and undo his damage, RESTORE EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL to make GOVERNMENT WORK AGAIN! (They proudly brag about firing 300,000 people).
We need to RESTORE SCIENCE! We need to RESTORE RESEARCH!
That's before INVESTIGATIONS & PROSECUTIONS begin!
700,000 PEOPLE - FAMILIES and CHILDREN are in ICE GESTAPO CUSTODY - they are not CRIMINALS, need to be released and WE - all of us - need to work for a PATH TO CITIZENSHIP!
And there's the STAGGERING DEBT & DEFICIT caused by the BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER!
WE NEED LOTS OF LEADERS and LOTS OF SUPPORT!
Could this be more clear? Arresting PEACEFUL PROTESTERS?
The most recent MAGA DIMWIT attacking MUSLIMS? MAGA MAGGOTS have a READING COMPREHENSION PROBLEM!
This is NOT COMPLEX LAW!
THE FIRST AMENDMENT:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
VIRGINIA: THE DOWN BALLOT offered this commentary - check the site for an illustration of the MAP:
Leading Off
VA Redistricting
Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment by a 51.4 to 48.6 margin to allow the state to adopt a new congressional map designed to give Democrats control of 10 of the 11 congressional districts.
Republicans are still waging a legal battle to stop the new map, and the state Supreme Court is set to hear arguments next week. But if Republicans lose in court after losing at the ballot box, conservative candidates—including members of the Old Dominion’s five-member GOP delegation—will need to decide where, or if, they’ll run this fall.
But while Republicans hoped to make this problem moot by defeating the referendum, Democrats began launching campaigns for the redrawn districts soon after lawmakers unveiled the new boundaries in February. The victory for the “yes” side on Tuesday is also sure to spur a new wave of campaign kickoffs from Democrats ahead of the May 26 candidate filing deadline.
Del. Elizabeth Guzman, for instance, announced Wednesday morning that she would seek the Democratic nomination in the new 7th District, which already features a large roster of candidates. Whoever wins the Aug. 4 Democratic primary for the 7th, as well as in several other revamped seats, will be in a strong position to prevail in the general election.
Below, we go seat-by-seat to assess where candidates are already running. We also include how each district would have voted in the 2024 presidential election, based on data from the Redistricting Data Hub uploaded to Dave’s Redistricting App. You can also find a summary in this chart.
Credit: Stephen Wolf/The Downballot
VA-01 (52-45 Harris)
Democratic Rep. Eugene Vindman announced in February that he would seek reelection in the new 1st District, which would be the natural successor to his current 7th District. Vindman will be favored against any Republican opponents in this new constituency, which extends from Northern Virginia south to Richmond’s suburbs.
VA-02 (52-47 Harris)
While Republican Rep. Jen Kiggans’ 2nd District is still based in the Virginia Beach area, mapmakers transformed it from a seat Donald Trump narrowly carried into one Kamala Harris would have taken by 5 percentage points.
Former Rep. Elaine Luria, who Kiggans unseated in a close 2022 general election, launched her rematch campaign last year just as Democrats were planning the remap. A few other Democrats are also running, but they’ve all struggled to raise the kind of money necessary to wage a strong campaign against the well-known and well-funded Luria.
VA-05 (53-45 Harris)
Democrat Shannon Taylor, the commonwealth’s attorney for Henrico County, had been waging a challenge against Republican Rep. Rob Wittman in the 1st District, but she said in February she’d instead run in the 5th.
Taylor currently faces no serious intraparty opposition in the 5th, which now includes part of the Richmond suburbs, as she waits to learn if Republicans will field a strong candidate against her. GOP Rep. John McGuire could run here, though his home was drawn into the 7th.
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VA-06 (51-48 Harris)
Two prominent Democrats have already converged on the new 6th, which now includes Staunton, Charlottesville, and Lynchburg.
Former Rep. Tom Perriello, who scored a major upset victory in 2008 before losing a close reelection contest two years later, says he’ll wage a comeback campaign here. Journalist Beth Macy, who wrote the 2018 nonfiction bestseller “Dopesick” about the opioid crisis, also will seek the Democratic nod.
Republican Rep. Ben Cline, a four-term incumbent who has represented safely red versions of the 6th during his entire tenure, will need to decide if he’ll try to defend what’s now a light blue seat. Cline could instead switch over to the heavily Republican 9th, though he’d be in for a tough primary battle against Rep. Morgan Griffith.
VA-07 (53-45 Harris)
Del. Elizabeth Guzman, who would be the first Hispanic person to represent Virginia in Congress, announced Wednesday that she was entering an already packed Democratic primary for the 7th, which includes part of Northern Virginia and communities to the south like Culpeper.
Guzman, who lost to Eugene Vindman in the 2024 primary for the old 7th, joins fellow Dels. Dan Helmer and Adele McClure. The field also includes former federal prosecutor J.P. Cooney; attorney Dorothy McAuliffe, the wife of former Gov. Terry McAuliffe; state Sen. Saddam Salim; and Olivia Troye, a former national security adviser to Mike Pence who left the White House in 2020 to advocate against Trump’s reelection.
McGuire, as noted above, could potentially run here, though this district is considerably different from the conservative constituency he won in 2024.
VA-08 (58-40 Harris)
Democratic Rep. Don Beyer remains well-positioned to win reelection in the revamped 8th, which now sprawls from Arlington and Alexandria to just south of Yorktown. His most serious intraparty opponent appears to be Navy veteran Jason Knapp, who initially planned to oppose Wittman but reiterated Tuesday evening that he’d take on Beyer.
Beyer finished March with a $755,000 to $265,000 cash-on-hand lead against Knapp, who has self-funded a large portion of his campaign. A few other Democrats are also opposing Beyer, but none have brought in much money.
It’s possible that Beyer, who has represented a safely blue seat since he was first elected in 2014, will face opposition from one of his colleagues from the other side of the aisle. If Wittman, who was left with no good places to run, decides not to retire and instead wages a long-shot bid to remain in Congress, he’d likely do so in the 8th, which includes his residence.
VA-09 (74-25 Trump)
The 9th, in the southwestern corner of the state, would become Virginia’s only GOP safe haven, and longtime Republican Rep. Morgan Griffith would be sure to run here. It remains to be seen if Cline will try to remain in Congress by taking on his colleague in the primary, or if Griffith will be the only Republican in the state’s delegation to have an easy reelection campaign.
VA-11 (55-42 Harris)
Democratic Rep. James Walkinshaw, who was elected last year in a special election, faces a notable primary opponent, but he remains the favorite.
Retired Space Force Col. Bree Fram, who was ousted from the military last year because of Donald Trump’s ban on trans service members, said in January she’d “run in the district where my house is.” Fram, who has since confirmed she’d take on Walkinshaw, was the subject of a recent profile in Politico detailing what she acknowledged would be a difficult campaign.
Walkinshaw ended March with close to $800,000 banked to defend himself in the new 11th, which is situated in Northern Virginia. Fram, for her part, had a little less than $140,000 available.
The 3rd, 4th, and 10th districts would all remain solidly Democratic, and their current incumbents are all likely to seek reelection, without much in the way of GOP opposition.
Democrat governments ask the voters for permission to allow redistricting, Republican governments don’t. No need to wonder why.
I recall the days when politics in DC was boring. I miss those days.
What keeps me going? Honestly, it’s the fear that Trump will completely destroy our nation.
What keeps me going in this fight against The Evil One is a love for my country, the necessity of keeping our democracy and freedom, the battle for respect and equality for women, and the hope I get from reading Scott Dworkin’s report every morning.
Thanks to those who are fighting Trump and working to persuade others. I cannot afford to give any more financial support at this time. I am working on changing perspectives of numerous Trump supporters.
I don’t think that the redistricting is really the key..the policies of this “administration “ and its toadies are so unpopular and growing more so every day….I think that many comfortable Republicans, untouched by redistricting, are in danger of losing their jobs simply because the American voting public is sick to death of authoritarianism , anti-Americanism,sycophancy, and corruption. But the redistricting will not hurt!
1) Yes, it will - and it does. Brings us closer to a majority in the House. In the larger sense, though, it demonstrates to Republicans that we can employ and play by their tactics - and to us, that if we do, we can win.
2) That with every passing day we are one day closer to the end of this administration - and by the recurring reminder that we are not alone.
Good morning, Scott. This edition oozes defiant energy and I am here for it. Onward!
Thank you Scott.
As always -grateful for your continuing efforts to inform and drive citizen engagement. Much of my writing (and core non-profit project work at https://civ.works) stems from two fundamental concepts:
That any attempt at a meaningful democracy requires an educated, informed, and engaged society. And that the extreme concentration of wealth (and GOP policies that have led to wealth inequality) are antithetical to democracy.
It would be great to schedule a brief time to talk about adaptive and effective civic action and long-term progressive civic infrastructure.
MASSACHUSETTS is a BLUE STATE filled with a few MASS GOP LIARS who grumble and whine due to their OUT OF TOUCH OBSTRUCTION.
If REPUBLICANS didn't LIE, no one would vote for them!
They support LAW ENFORCEMENT and ignore ICE ABUSE, INJURIES, KILLINGS and LIES, DEATHS in ICE CUSTODY, KIDNAPPING....if you're on here, you know the lengthy list...
WAREHOUSING 700,000 PEOPLE? SLASHING HEALTHCARE to do it?
NO REASONABLE INFORMED PERSON CAN IGNORE THAT ABUSE!
ICE GESTAPO assaulted and kidnapped people in MASSACHUSETTS before MINNESOTA erupted.
America is COMMUNITY! Let's work together to REBUILD COMMUNITIES and destroy the HATE, ANGER and BIGOTRY that TRUMP, MAGA et al have promoted.
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