

That’s possible. Not all physical damage on a computer is visible to the naked eye.
If your computer has a selective USB suspend setting, try turning it off.
Alternatively, try pulling the battery out, holding the power button for several seconds to drain all power from the machine, then putting the battery back in and seeing if that does anything.
Same party in an unbroken chain of mentors and mentees going all the way back to the Democratic Republican Party who have been gerrymandering for over a century.
It’s the same party, try to justify supporting them as you please.
It’s the opposite. the Democrats have been doing it for 100 years so it’s fine for Texas to do it.