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Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal Americas Democracy
Ratfked The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal Americas Democracy Author:David Daley David Daley?s ?extraordinarily timely? (New York Times Book Review) account uncovers the fundamental rigging of our House of Representatives and state legislatures nationwide. Lauded as a ?compelling? (The New Yorker) and ?eye-opening tour of a process that many Americans never see? (Washington Post), David Daley?s Ratf**ked documents the effort... more » of Republican legislators and political operatives to hack American democracy through an audacious redistricting plan called REDMAP. Since the revolutionary election of Barack Obama, a group of GOP strategists has devised a way to flood state races with a gold rush of dark money, made possible by Citizens United, in order to completely reshape Congress?and our democracy itself. ?Sobering and convincing? (New York Review of Books), Ratf**ked shows how this program has radically altered America?s electoral map and created a firewall in the House, insulating the Republican party and its wealthy donors from popular democracy. While exhausted voters recover from a grueling presidential election, a new Afterword from the author explores the latest intense efforts by both parties, who are already preparing for the next redistricting cycle in 2020. 5 maps« less