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In this week's Capitol Chats episode, Debra Cronmiller, executive director of the League of Women Voters and chair of the Fair Maps Coalition, discusses a case before the Supreme Court challenging the state's legislative maps. The court has ordered new maps ahead of the 2024 elections.
In this week's Capitol Chats episode, Debra Cronmiller, executive director of the League of Women Voters and chair of the Fair Maps Coalition, discusses a case before the Supreme Court challenging the state's legislative maps. The court has ordered new maps ahead of the 2024 elections.
The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Dec. 12, 2023Tennessee Supreme Court Stays Order for New State Senate Maps, Likely Keeping Gerrymandered Maps for 2024 and Protecting GOP SupermajorityJust a week after a lower court upheld state House maps and ordered new state Senate voting district maps, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled – for the second time – that it would temporarily keep both partisan gerrymandered maps in place.Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content. To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Democracy Docket - Tennessee Legislative Redistricting State ChallengeAmerican Redistricting Project - Wygant v. LeeDemocracy Docket - Court Orders New Tennessee State Senate Map, Upholds State House MapTennessee Lookout - Senate and House redistricting rulings challenged at Supreme Court levelABC News - Tennessee Supreme Court blocks decision to redraw state's Senate redistricting mapsThe Tennessean - Tennessee sued over 'racial gerrymandering' in redistricting mapsDemocracy Docket - Tennessee Congressional and State Senate Redistricting ChallengeGroups Taking Action:League of Women Voters TN, Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP, Equity Alliance, African American Clergy Collective of Tennessee, Memphis A. Philip Randolph Institute Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email? Sign up here!#Democracy #DemocracyNews #EndGerrymandering #FairMaps #PartisanGerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering
The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Nov. 23, 2023Oral Arguments Heard by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Constitutionality of the the State's Extreme Gerrymandered MapsAfter months of campaigning, intrigue, impeachment threats, and partisan hard ball, oral arguments were finally heard November 21st on the constitutionality of extreme gerrymanders in Wisconsin's state assembly and senate maps.Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content. To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Wisconsin Examiner - Wisconsin Supreme Court hears oral arguments in case over political mapsThe Guardian - Wisconsin supreme court appears poised to strike down legislative maps and end Republican dominanceDemocracy Docket - What Happened in the Wisconsin Supreme Court Redistricting Oral ArgumentThe Hill - Wisconsin Supreme Court hearing over redistricting case turns testyMarquette Law - The balance of power in Wisconsin's Assembly under alternative mapsProPublica - Wisconsin's Legislative Maps Are Bizarre, but Are They Illegal?Princeton Gerrymandering Project - Wisconsin Assembly, Senate and Congressional Districts Groups Taking Action:Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition, Common Cause Wisconsin, Represent.Us WI, Fair Elections Project Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email? Sign up here!#Democracy #DemocracyNews #FairMaps #WisconsinPolitics #EndGerrymandering
Gerrymandering. It's a topic that's been on a lot of lips in recent weeks as the Republican leadership of the North Carolina legislature, for what seems like the umpteenth time, drew new legislative and congressional maps for our state. Interestingly, while gerrymandering – that is to say, rigging maps to favor certain outcomes – is […] The post NC Newsline investigative reporter Lynn Bonner on the new gerrymandered electoral maps appeared first on NC Newsline.
The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Oct. 31, 2023Federal District Court Orders Georgia's Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Map to Be Redrawn by December 8thA federal district court found that the State of Georgia's Congressional voting district map is in violation of the Voting Rights Act. Similar to Alabama, the judge ordered a new map to include an additional majority-minority district.Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content. To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Princeton Gerrymandering Project/Represent.Us - Georgia 2021 Final Republican Congressional Map - Enacted - "F" GradeAssociated Press - A Georgia trial arguing redistricting harmed Black voters could decide control of a US House seatPolitico - Georgia's congressional map violates Voting Rights Act, court findsNPR - A federal judge says Georgia's political maps must be redrawn for the 2024 electionU.S. District Court, Northern District of GA - ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY v. RAFFENSPERGERPBS - How new congressional maps in Georgia and North Carolina will impact 2024 electionGroups Taking Action:ACLU Georgia, Alpha Phi Alpha, Fair Fight, Fair Districts Georgia Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email? Sign up here!#Democracy #DemocracyNews #StopGerrymandering #GeorgiaPolitics #RacialGerrymandering #VotingRights #FreedomtoVote #FairMaps
The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Oct. 24, 2023The North Carolina Legislature's Congressional Maps Go From Gerrymandered to Fair to Even More Gerrymandered in Two YearsOct.19th, the North Carolina Senate Redistricting Committee presented its latest Congressional redistricting maps. After three years of wrangling, including two state supreme court cases and a U.S. Supreme Court case, it's now MORE gerrymandered than its original 2021 map.Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content. To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:FiveThirtyEight - Analysis of North Carolina's 2021 and 2022 Congressional Redistricting MapsBrennan Center for Justice - Moore v. Harper, ExplainedNorth Carolina Legislature - LEGISLATIVE AND CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING BallotPedia - North Carolina Supreme Court vacates state's congressional, legislative maps NC Newsline - Plans for new NC congressional districts would elect more Republicans to CongressWFAE Public Radio - After aggressive gerrymandering, a look at what's next and who is 'toast' in North CarolinaAssociated Press - North Carolina Republicans pitch Congress maps that could help them pick up 3 or 4 seats next yearGroups Taking Action:Common Cause NC, Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Black Alliance, Action NC, League of Women Voters NC Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email? Sign up here!#Democracy #DemocracyNews #Gerrymandering #RacialGerrymandering #FairMaps #NorthCarolinaPolitics
The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Oct. 23, 2023U.S. Supreme Court Takes No Action in Louisiana Case; Circuit Court Case on Racially Gerrymandered Congressional Districts Moves Forward in 2024A Louisiana racial gerrymandering case we've been following will be allowed to go forward, but just not as quickly, due to a U.S. Supreme Court no-action decision on Oct. 19th. It could still mean fairer maps before the 2024 election.Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content. To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Democracy Docket - Louisiana Congressional Redistricting Challenge (Robinson)Democracy Docket - Louisiana Voters Ask U.S. Supreme Court To Pause 5th Circuit Order Delaying Fair MapsLouisiana Illuminator - Supreme Court ruling in Louisiana redistricting case creates uncertaintySCOTUS Blog - Justices decline to intervene in Louisiana's Republican-drawn voting map disputeU.S. Supreme Court - PRESS ROBINSON, ET AL. v. KYLE ARDOIN, LOUISIANA SECRETARY OF STATE, ET AL.Groups Taking Action:NAACP Legal Defense Fund, ACLU Louisiana, Power Coalition for Equity and JusticePlease follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email? Sign up here!#Democracy #DemocracyNews #RacialGerrymandering #LouisianaPolitics #FairMaps
The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 20, 2023More Impeachment Threats by Wisconsin's Legislature in Effort to Protect Gerrymandered Districts and Seek Retribution for 2020 Presidential LossWe have updates on two Wisconsin stories we've been following, including the refusal of a State Supreme Court Justice to recuse herself from two gerrymandering cases, and attempts to remove the administrator of the state's election board. Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Capital Times - Janet Protasiewicz won't step aside on redistricting casesCBS 58 - Former justice advises Vos against impeachment, Senate lacks votes to removeWisconsin Watch - Evidence lacking in GOP case against top Wisconsin election official Meagan WolfeWISN 12 - Senate president pushing to impeach state's top elections chiefCapital Times - Republican lawmakers float impeaching WEC head Meagan WolfeWisconsin PBS - Assembly Speaker Vos says he won't start impeachment of top elections official amid lawsuitGroups Taking Action:Common Cause Wisconsin, Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition, Wisconsin Democracy Campaign===Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email? Sign up here!#Democracy #DemocracyNews #ElectionDeniers #FairMaps #EndGerrymandering #WisconsinPolitics
Ohio's districts for both the state's House of Representatives and Senate have been set for the next decade.
Ohio's districts for both the state's House of Representatives and Senate have been set for the next decade.
The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for Sept. 14, 2023With Court Cases and Elections Looming, the Wisconsin Assembly Scrambles to Keep its Gerrymandered Voting DistrictsRepublicans in the Wisconsin Senate have a 66% veto-proof supermajority. Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly are two votes short of a supermajority. Yet the Governor of Wisconsin is a Democrat. How is that possible? Gerrymandering. And the majority of Wisconsin's legislators want to keep it that way.Our podcasting host recently made changes which stops us from including our entire script as part of the podcast content. To view the whole script, please go to our website and find today's report.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:Associated Press - GOP lawmaker wins Wis. Senate seat, creating supermajorityWisconsin Examiner - Special election moves Republicans closer to Assembly supermajorityPBS Wisconsin/Wisconsin Watch - Wisconsin's Assembly maps are more skewed than ever — what happens in 2023?Princeton Gerrymandering Project - Wisconsin PBS Wisconsin/AP - Lawsuit asks new liberal-controlled Wisconsin Supreme Court to toss Republican-drawn legislative district mapsPBS Wisconsin/ AP - Redistricting plaintiffs object to Republican attempt to boot Protasiewicz from casesMilwaukee Journal Sentinel - Vos backs turning turning over drawing of election maps to nonpartisan agency in bid to bypass lawsuitsGroups Taking Action:Wisconsin Fair Maps Coalition, Common Cause WI, Represent.Us WI, Fair Elections Project===Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email? Sign up here!#Democracy #DemocracyNews #FairMaps #StopGerrymandering #WisconsinPolitics
Political parties have long known that controlling WHO can vote in an election carries a strategic advantage. Pick your voters, win your election. Hence, we fight over maps. Data science has made it easier than ever to create maps designed to ensure political outcomes. We now have fewer political districts that look like odd-shaped creatures and more that come from strategic targeting of voters based on data profiles and algorithms. Princeton University's Gerrymandering Project calls Wisconsin's political maps “some of the most extreme partisan gerrymanders in the United States.” The U.S. Supreme Court declined to strike down Wisconsin's political maps in 2018. But there are two new lawsuits asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to do so now. Jordan Ellenberg, UW-Madison math professor, explains how he can prove Wisconsin's maps are gerrymandered. Also on the show:
IN THE NEWS:Charlottesville is taking the lead in early turnout. That's true in both the Senate race with the most early votes and two House races that have the highest turnout so far according to an analysis from the Virginia Public Access Project. The high-stakes Senate primary between Senator Creigh Deeds and Delegate Sally Hudson might be driving the trend.The controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline is moving ahead as part of the deal reached on the federal debt ceiling negotiations. But as the effects of climate change continue to rear their heads, environmentalists say the pipeline continues to lock us into a key greenhouse gas--methane.Before the new set of political maps was created by the state Supreme Court last year, Virginia engaged in a process critics call prison gerrymandering. People who are incarcerated were counted at the prison or jail instead of their home or last known address. Now, that's no longer the case.At the Watercooler:- The Richmond shooting that left two dead--and what Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earl-Sears had to say in the immediate aftermath- Primary day is coming up!TRIVIA: What shade of blue is Virginia's flag supposed to be? Learn more at http://linktr.ee/JacklegMedia
A coalition of Democratic voters is challenging the state's gerrymandered political districts. Their case against the state is before the New Hampshire Supreme Court. And with the New Hampshire House so closely divided this session, attendance has played a major role in key votes on policy. Most representatives are showing up consistently, but not all of them are able to make it to the State House. We talk about these stories and more with NHPR's Todd Bookman and the New Hampshire Bulletin's Beatrice Burack.
Congressional gerrymandering has allowed Republicans to pass extremist laws, including restricting or banning abortion and making it easier to buy and carry a gun.
Apologies for the rerun! We were hit by the nor'easter snowstorm which knocked out our power for a couple days. We successfully got our radio pieces up before the storm, but didn't get the podcasts up in time. Thanks for your patience! New report Sunday 3/19.-------------Cities & Counties Also Get Gerrymandered; California Citizens are Fighting BackToday's LinksArticles & Resources:CalMatters - Who draws the lines? A big push for independent local redistrictingPBS - California attorney general to investigate LA redistricting after councilmembers' racist remarksCalifornia General Assembly - AB 1248 Local redistricting: independent redistricting commissionsReport from Common Cause, et. al. - THE PROMISE OF FAIR MAPS - California's 2020 LocalRedistricting Cycle: Lessons Learned and Future ReformsGroups Taking Action:Common Cause CA, ACLU of Northern & Southern CA, League of Women Voters CA, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law CaucusToday's Script: (Variations occur with audio due to editing for time)You're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.When we think redistricting, we generally think about our state's Congressional, house and senate districts. But city and county districts are also reapportioned through redistricting – and also increasingly gerrymandered. Citizens in California are fighting back.You'll remember that last year Los Angeles City Council members were caught in an audio recording plotting to gerrymander safe districts for themselves, instead of mapping for proper representation to the communities they serve. Independent news service CalMatters reports that some cities and counties have set up their own nonpartisan independent redistricting commissions to create fair maps for city councils, county commissions and school boards. Currently, municipalities must seek the approval of the legislature to set up such a commission. That may change with proposed state legislation that would require municipalities of 300,000 citizens or larger to set up a 14-member independent commission to draw nonpartisan maps.A coalition of Democracy groups recently issued a report showing widespread local gerrymandering, but significantly less of it in counties and cities with independent commissions. The cities of Long Beach, Sacramento, and San Francisco, and the County of Los Angeles have already set up commissions. Three more counties were approved to do so in 2022, and bills allowing the City of Los Angeles and additional counties have been filed for 2023. Once again, when partisan politicians can't behave, it's up to the citizens to fix it.We have links to the article, legislation, and the California gerrymandering report AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.
Cities & Counties Also Get Gerrymandered; California Citizens are Fighting BackToday's LinksArticles & Resources:CalMatters - Who draws the lines? A big push for independent local redistrictingPBS - California attorney general to investigate LA redistricting after councilmembers' racist remarksCalifornia General Assembly - AB 1248 Local redistricting: independent redistricting commissionsReport from Common Cause, et. al. - THE PROMISE OF FAIR MAPS - California's 2020 LocalRedistricting Cycle: Lessons Learned and Future ReformsGroups Taking Action:Common Cause CA, ACLU of Northern & Southern CA, League of Women Voters CA, Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law CaucusToday's Script: (Variations occur with audio due to editing for time) You're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.When we think redistricting, we generally think about our state's Congressional, house and senate districts. But city and county districts are also reapportioned through redistricting – and also increasingly gerrymandered. Citizens in California are fighting back.You'll remember that last year Los Angeles City Council members were caught in an audio recording plotting to gerrymander safe districts for themselves, instead of mapping for proper representation to the communities they serve. Independent news service CalMatters reports that some cities and counties have set up their own nonpartisan independent redistricting commissions to create fair maps for city councils, county commissions and school boards. Currently, municipalities must seek the approval of the legislature to set up such a commission. That may change with proposed state legislation that would require municipalities of 300,000 citizens or larger to set up a 14-member independent commission to draw nonpartisan maps.A coalition of Democracy groups recently issued a report showing widespread local gerrymandering, but significantly less of it in counties and cities with independent commissions. The cities of Long Beach, Sacramento, and San Francisco, and the County of Los Angeles have already set up commissions. Three more counties were approved to do so in 2022, and bills allowing the City of Los Angeles and additional counties have been filed for 2023. Once again, when partisan politicians can't behave, it's up to the citizens to fix it.We have links to the article, legislation, and the California gerrymandering report AmericanDemocracyMinute.org. For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.
We are joined by State Senator Jeff Smith to discuss the first week of the gerrymandered State Legislature. Seeking to influence the State Supreme Court race, the session opened by Republicans placing on the Spring ballot a cynical political referendum asking voter opinion on a BadgerCare work requirement and a constitutional amendment on cash bail. The top priority of this illegitimate Legislature appears to be more tax giveaways for the ultra rich. Sen. Smith tells us why he is leading the charge to oppose the Republican attack on Wisconsin's progressive income tax. We also talk about state budget strategy,rural broadband, and the deepening bi-partisan public concern over PFAS in our water. Eau Claire City Council member and Citizen Action Organizing Director Kate Felton joins us to discuss her effort to organize local leaders in Western Wisconsin to fight for desperately needed increases in state shared revenue to municipalities during the upcoming state budget fight.
Georgia's U.S. Senate runoff has been called in favor of incumbent Democrat Rep. Raphael Warnock. Warnock defeated Republican Herschel Walker. Rahul Bali of WABE joins us. Then, after gunfire damaged two electrical substations in Moore County last week, some North Carolina residents are still without power. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper joins us to give an update on the power grid and what's to come. And, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case Wednesday that could have major implications in elections. At the center of the case is a gerrymandered map that was drawn in 2020 by the Republican-controlled state legislature. Steve Harrison, politics and government reporter for WFAE, joins us.
We discuss growing tensions within the illegitimate Republican Legislature between the old Scott Walker and Trumpist factions. Speaker Vos finally testifies on Trump's efforts to overturn the Wisconsin 2020 election, becoming the last witness to be interviewed by the historic January 6th Committee. Meanwhile the Wisconsin Election Commission deadlocks and blocks (for now) MAGA Republican Representative Janel Brandtjen's scheme to acquire personal data of every Wisconsin voter. We talk about the entry of conservative celebrity judge Jennifer Dorow into the 2023 WI Supreme Court election – who surprisingly agrees with Mandela Barnes that Wisconsin's cash bail system is broken and not keeping us safe. Senator Baldwin successfully passes historic marriage equality legislation, achieving a huge progressive bipartisan win. We close by discussing the proposed Albertsons-Kroger grocery mega merger and the Biden Administration's intervention into a rail workers strike.
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The newly-rearranged Kansas 3rd congressional district is seeing incumbent Democrat Sharice Davids face off against Republican Amanda Adkins, with abortion and inflation stealing the spotlight. Plus: Missourians will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana this election, but Amendment 3 isn't that straight forward.
Why run for congress in a district where your opponent is heavily favored to win?
North Carolina Supreme Court May Invalidate Constitutional Amendment Proposed by Gerrymandered LegislatureToday's LinksArticles:Charlotte News & Observer - NC's highest court rules on gerrymandered legislature's power, but the case isn't overSouthern Environmental Law Center - North Carolina Supreme Court rules that racially gerrymandered legislature does not have unlimited authority to change NC's Constitution Ballotpedia - Voter ID in North CarolinaGroups Taking Action:North Carolina NAACP, Southern Environmental Law Center, Forward JusticeYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.Here's a fascinating case from North Carolina that you'll hear more about in the mainstream press in the next few days. The North Carolina Supreme Court has conditionally ruled that because the state's legislature was elected with gerrymandered voting maps, state constitutional amendments enacted in 2018 may be invalid.The case is being called “groundbreaking” and could have huge implications, but it's not yet settled. Ballotpedia & the Charlotte News & Observer report that in 2018, voters passed a constitutional amendment to require photo ID to vote. Shortly after, the legislature passed SB 824 to codify it. The governor vetoed it, which the legislature then overrode, precipitating the lawsuits.Voting rights advocates argued that 28 districts were knowingly racially gerrymandered, and that two-thirds of the districts needed to be redrawn to be in compliance with the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Under that argument, the legislature therefore did not have the legal authority to propose the amendment in the first place. The state supreme court agreed. The state high court did not overturn the amendment, however. It returned the case to the lower court with guidance and questions, and asked for a more rigorous opinion that the state's high court could further consider. North Carolina NAACP's Deborah Maxwell, said of the ruling, “Rigging elections by trampling on the rights of Black voters has consequences.”See links to articles and groups taking action at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.
The state Supreme Court halted two voter-backed constitutional amendments from taking effect on Friday, siding with an argument from the NAACP that a racially gerrymandered NC General Assembly lacks some legitimacy. Meanwhile, the Attorney General faces a criminal campaign investigation, and one Congressional hopeful may – or may not – know the difference between a department store and a development democracy. Clark Riemer and Rob Schofield seek to make some sense of this week's state political news.
U.S. Supreme Court Restores Racially Gerrymandered Maps in LouisianaToday's LinksArticles: Washington Post - Supreme Court frees Louisiana to use congressional map drawn by GOPVox - The Supreme Court just handed down very bad news for Black votersNAACP Legal Defense Fund - U.S. Supreme Court Reinstates Louisiana's Discriminatory Congressional MapNPR - Supreme Court blocks creation of 2nd majority-Black congressional district in AlabamaGroups taking Action: NAACP Legal Defense Fund, Power Coalition for Equity & Justice, ACLU of Louisiana, Alabama Voting Rights CoalitionYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.Lost among Tuesday's testimony by Cassidy Hutchinson to the January 6th Committee was a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court restoring racially gerrymandered Congressional districts in Louisiana. A conservative Fifth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals sided with Governor John Bel Edwards, who argued that since Black citizens make up one-third of Louisiana's population, Congressional districts should be drawn to include two majority-minority districts. But the U.S. Supreme Court now says the legislature's maps should be used, pending another case this fall. Now, instead of two districts out of six, Black voters have only one, with the districts manipulated by the legislature to dilute Black, more liberal, voting power. In 2013, the court eroded much of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Then in 2019, the court said that redistricting was inherently political and the states should have the ultimate authority. Enter Alabama. In a case similar to Louisiana's, Black voters were gerrymandered out of their second Congressional district. Lower courts ruled fair maps must be drawn, but the high court issued a stay in February, pending a full hearing of the case in October. But even if the gerrymandered maps were thrown out– not likely with the current rogue court – it would come too late for African-American voters in Alabama and Louisiana to have real say in their government.Links to more information on the decision and groups taking action are at our website, AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgGranny D said, “Democracy is not something we have, it's something we DO.” For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.
Quickie picks as we survey the probable field for Saturday, June 25th's Mother Goose, a G2 stakes race at Belmont for 3 year-old fillies at 1 & 1/16 miles on the dirt (as God intended). This may be the comfort food and stretchy pants of the racing weekend, but we don't have time for anything else, so here goes! 4:28 Weej is annoyed by Radio Days, who annoys with annoyances. (Echo Zulu casts a looong shadow over this motley field.) 5:41 We both
Today's Links:Articles - InDepthNH, Concord Monitor Fair Maps Advocacy Groups in NH - Open Democracy Action, ACLU NH, League of Women Voters NHYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.We're back in New Hampshire, today, where on May 27, Republican Governor Chris Sununu vetoed two gerrymandered Congressional maps, which a defiant Republican legislature passed despite overwhelming public condemnation.Gov. Sununu had earlier threatened to veto HB 52, having made several public remarks about vetoing a voting district map which, quote, “Doesn't pass the smell test.” The NH Legislature passed the bill anyway along party lines, changing a competitive map which had remained largely the same for 140 years and had flipped three times over the last decade, to an uncompetitive map which packed Democrats into one district and Republicans into the other to guarantee a Republican Congressional seat. It also gerrymandered the NH House, Senate & Executive Council maps which Sununu later signed, including a rigged NH Senate map which creates a veto-proof majority despite an evenly-divided state.Alternative Congressional maps were drawn by the legislature, including SB 200, the last legislative attempt to pass a gerrymandered map. The NH State Supreme Court issued a statement saying that if a map wasn't agreed upon by the end of May, a special master would create a “least changed” map. That map was released Friday, and oral arguments will be heard May 31 over the objections of NH House and Senate leadership.Action by the public changed the debate in NH. What was a secret process 10 years ago faced unprecedented public scrutiny, engagement and pressure.Granny D said, “Democracy is not something we have, it's something we DO.” For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.More information at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org
Kansas Courts Review Legislature's Gerrymandered State & Congressional MapsToday's Links:League of Women Voters KansasKansas Reflector article on the May 16 Kansas Supreme Court caseYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping your government by and for the people.Today we're in Kansas, where redistricting map proposals are being reviewed by the Kansas Supreme Court on May 16. The League of Women Voters Kansas challenged the legislature-approved voting maps, pointing out how the new lines for state House & Senate fractured black and brown communities to intentionally weaken minority voting strength in Wichita, Olathe, Leavenworth and Kansas City, Kansas.The Kansas attorney general – also a candidate for governor – is endorsing the maps, using a familiar defense of the, “Yes, but it's all legal.” The Kansas Reflector reports that Attorney General Derek Schmidt is quoted as saying “Anyone who believes a redistricting map is unfair or dissatisfying in some respect can claim gerrymandering, but there is no legal standard to measure such claims.”This is thanks to the U.S. Supreme Court striking down key portions of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and refusing to hear a gerrymandering case in 2019, kicking redistricting cases back to the states. However, one remaining provision of the Voting Rights Act in place is the intentional gerrymandering of majority minority communities. The state's Congressional map is also under scrutiny by the state supreme court after it was struck down by a lower court as unconstitutional. The proposed map waters down the vote of more liberal areas by shifting half of Wyandotte County out of the urban 3rd District, and moves college town Lawrence out of the 2nd District and into the rural 1st District. We have links to the League of Women Voters Kansas website for more information at our website, AmericanDemocracyMinute.org/ Granny D said, “Democracy is not something we have, it's something we DO.” For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl.
Republicans rule from the minority in some states because they've rigged the system. Dave Daley from FairVote.org joins Thom with the details. Also- why do right-wingers tend to become petty tyrants when they gain power- and then take away women's bodily autonomy?See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Former Rep. Peter King - The courts throw out obvious gerrymandered lines. by John Catsimatidis
QUICKHITTERS· Putin threatens other countries with retaliatory strikes if they pose an unacceptable threat.· A review of a design flaw in Russian tanks. · Disney says the State of the state of Florida cannot end their Special tax district because of a statute that says Florida "will not limit or alter the rights of the District...until all such bonds together with interest thereon...are fully met and discharged." New York's highest court ruled the congressional map was excessively Gerrymandered and needs to be redrawn. I offer an idea on how to limit gerrymandering.I review a study that shows Republican fundraising emails disproportionately end up in Gmail spam folders and note that the Republican party filed a complaint with the FEC.A review of the recently leaked McCarthy/Cheney audio tape leads me to a different conclusion than many.Lastly, I try to understand why one of my early Tweets exploded with over 30,000 impressions. It involves House Minority Leader McCarthy. https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/disney-florida-tax-district-debt https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/ronna-mcdaniel-rnc-gmail-republicans/2022/04/27/id/1067467/
The New York Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that Democrats gerrymandered congressional and state senate maps in their favor, and the new lines will have to be redrawn. Jon Campbell, Albany reporter for WNYC/Gothamist, explains what this means for the upcoming primary elections and eventually the midterms.
You're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.The impact of gerrymandering is poised to have an even larger impact on the purple state of New Hampshire. New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu has pledged to veto a Congressional map passed by the legislature which makes the state's two seats uncompetitive – one manipulated to benefit Republicans, the other packed with Democrats. Currently, the state has an all Democrat federal delegation.But Sununu also needs to take a harder look at the NH Senate and NH Executive Council maps passed last Friday, which guarantee veto-proof majorities in a state which over the last decade has swung both ways.The legislature has ignored the overwhelmingly negative public testimony on the maps, with hundreds of pieces of written and in-person testimony from residents around the state. Sununu has made several statements professing that he will only sign bills which, quote, “Pass the smell test,” but so far he has signed the gerrymandered NH House districts, and has taken no positions on the NH Senate or NH Executive Council maps. The proposed rigged maps would give as much as a 16-8 majority in the NH Senate, and a 4-1 advantage in the Executive Council, a body which advises the NH Governor on state contracts and department heads.Granny D said, “Democracy is not something we HAVE, it's something we DO.” For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl. Visit our website at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org, or for more information on New Hampshire's redistricting, visit OpenDemocracyAction.org.
Wisconsin Common Cause executive director Jay Heck joined to help explain how the Wisconsin Supreme Court went back on its decision to accept one set of voting maps and then took, what most experts say, is an even worse — more politically skewed — set of maps. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
You're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.With rampant gerrymandering by state legislatures around the US, the courts may be the last hope for fair, competitive districts. Not so in Wisconsin, however. In March, Governor Tony Evers proposed maps which minimized changes to gerrymandered 2011 maps in an effort to get proposals passed that headed off a Republican supermajority in the legislature. The Wisconsin Supreme Court blessed those maps, but the conservative US. Supreme Court threw them out. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that last week, in another 4-3 decision, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has embraced even more gerrymandered maps proposed by the legislature. The new plan likely gives 63 of the 99 Assembly seats and 23 of the 33 Senate seats to Republicans, in a state that has almost equal numbers of Republican and Democrat voters.New Hampshire's House last week adopted heavily gerrymandered NH Senate and Executive Council maps, despite a voter-opinion sign-in that was 281-6 against the Senate maps. SB 240 and 241 await action in the full House before going to the governor. Facing reelection, Governor Chris Sununu asked for changes in the Congressional maps, but has shown no indication of vetoing the Senate & Executive Council plans.Granny D said, “Democracy is not something we HAVE, it's something we DO.” For the American Democracy Minute, I'm Brian Beihl. Visit our website at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org.
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This week's episode covers two brief Supreme Court orders with big political ramifications for the future. Moore v. Harper (N.C.) and Toth v. Chapment (PA) are two State Supreme Court decisions where the Court decided the political maps instead of the legislature. This is discussed through the fact that Brett saw Harry Potter for the first time and now wants to talk about it twenty years after its release. Law starts at (09:45) but your house gets 10 points if you listen all the way through!
On this episode of WTF California Podcast, Brentwood Police k9 back in the new again with what appears to be an ABC7 Witch Hunt. The fuckery afoot in the city of Antioch continues this time with the gerrymandered distinct mapping and a rumored special meeting for Friday. We go over gas prices and why California pays $1.32 higher than the national average and some of the impacts. Bill would tax homeowners 25% if they sell within first 3 years. Plus other items across the state. Articles From the Show Bay Area police dog that ripped off woman's scalp had similar bite in 2019 Video clears up confusion over which redistricting map Antioch council majority adopted on 3-2 vote Q&A: Why are California gas prices $1.32 higher than the national average? Truck drivers hurt by the rising cost of diesel. Sac State professor explains the ripple effects Gas Prices Hurt Volunteer Drivers For Meals On Wheels In Yolo County 'It's ridiculous': DoorDash worker says many deliveries not worth it with high gas prices Assemblymember Ward Introduces the California Housing Speculation Act to Address Skyrocketing Home Prices Santa Rosa Police: Suspect In Stabbing Attempted Carjacking, Attacked Officers & K-9 During Arrest Thieves steal over $6K in building materials from Sacramento Habitat for Humanity site $400K phishing scam kept secret at FBI's request, says Fresno mayor Candidate alleges Sheriff Villanueva's radio show violates election, broadcasting rules
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In episode 1093, Jack and Miles are joined by co-host of Split Ends and on-air talent at the NFL Network, Erica Tamposi to discuss Putin's Motives, CNN Knew Exactly What it Was Doing With That Applebee's Commercial, Speaking of war, Pentagon thinks the NINTENDO GENERATION IS SOFT, A little good news? Gerrymandered maps takin' Ls, More Random Celebrities Are Shilling For Crypto and more! Putin's Motives CNN Knew Exactly What it Was Doing With That Applebee's Commercial America is a living satire': Twitter is left bewildered by viral clip of a CNN reporter discussing Nick Cordero's COVID-19 death - which was followed by an Applebee's ad urging people to 'dine in' TV networks ready their arsenals for next war Speaking of war, Pentagon thinks the NINTENDO GENERATION IS SOFT A little good news? Gerrymandered maps takin' Ls Pennsylvania has a new congressional map that will keep the state intensely competitive More Random Celebrities Are Shilling For Crypto Don't Listen to the Matt Damon Crypto Ad LISTEN: Shotan by Femi Kuti Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
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Arkansas Times editors Max Brantley and Lindsey Millar talk about Governor Hutchinson's push to expand the prison system, the Arkansas gerrymander trial in federal court and the GOP National Committee vote to declare the events of Jan. 6 "legitimate political discourse" and Arkansans reactions.
This week's topics include - Gerrymandered congressional lines were signed by Gov. McMaster, Charleston City Council once again defers the Human Affairs and Racial Conciliation Commission to accept amendments, Republicans on a state Senate panel advanced a pair of anti-abortion bills despite criticism from medical and legal experts, and more. Christian then speaks with Darley Newman, host of the PBS show "Travels with Darley," which is now in its ninth season. The show airs on SCETV on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm and on ETV World on Saturdays at 11 am. One of this season's episodes is “Charleston & The Liberty Trail,” which will feature the South Carolina Lowcountry. The episode broadcasts on Wednesday, February 16th at 7:30 pm on ETV and again on March 12th at 11AM on ETVW. You can learn more at darley-newman.com and darleycnewman.com. The show's artwork was created by Grace Lancaster-Goguen (glancastergoguen@gmail.com). This episode's music is by Tyler Boone (tylerboonemusic.com). The episode was produced by LMC Soundsystem.
In the second hour of the show, Pete talks about the hypocrisy of election lawyer Marc Elias as he's currently defending Congressional maps set up in Maryland by the Left while fighting the same maps in North Carolina. Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
January 23, 2022: The Ohio Supreme Court rules that the legislative maps are illegal nd are Gerrymandered. Also, Former University of Toledo Rocket, and College Football Hall of Fame member, Chuck Ealey
Talked with RepresentUs Connor Glassen about the redistricting process in Wisconsin and the gerrymandered maps. After that, Mark Neumann came on to announce he's running for Congress in the 3rd Congressional District. And, capped things off with La Crosse Democratic Party chair William Garcia on gerrymandering. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
--On the Show: --Scilla Alecci, reporter with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, coordinating the organization's partners in Asian and Western Europe, joins David to discuss the blockbuster Pandora Papers --The Ohio Supreme Court has ordered the heavily gerrymandered congressional district maps be thrown out, and fair districts redrawn --Arizona Republican State Senator Jake Hoffman runs away from reporter questions about why he signed a fraudulent and phone elector document claiming that Donald Trump won the state of Arizona in the 2020 Presidential election --An opinion column in the Los Angeles Times by Michael Hiltzik argues that mocking the deaths from COVID of the unvaccinated is ghoulish, but necessary --Donald Trump is interviewed on radical right wing propaganda channel OAN and crushes the host's anti-vaccine questions with actual facts --Tucker Carlson allows Glenn Beck, currently suffering from COVID, to spread a widely debunked COVID internment camp conspiracy theory --Josh Zepps explains to Joe Rogan that his belief about the COVID vaccine and myocarditis is wrong, and Rogan simply moves the goalposts --Right wing propagandist Candace Owens wildly claims, absent any evidence, that comedian and actor Bob Saget died from the COVID vaccine --Voicemail caller asks about the "reality" of COVID hospitalizations in the past compared to now in the midst of the Omicron variant --On the Bonus Show: Novak Djokovic in trouble for breaking isolation, Bernie wants N95 masks for all, Alex Jones made millions off scam supplements, and much more...
Republican Caucus Santa Jason Gottesman House Appropriations Committee Head Elf Neal Lesher discuss gerrymandered State House district maps, holiday food, and Christmas traditions.
Republican Caucus Santa Jason Gottesman House Appropriations Committee Head Elf Neal Lesher discuss gerrymandered State House district maps, holiday food, and Christmas traditions.
Matt Kittle, executive director for Empower Wisconsin and Wisconsin Spotlight, is standing in for Vicki today. Ever the journalist, he launches the show with Wisconsin's top news stories. He also has stern words for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attorney generals across the country. Then it's state Rep. Dave Murphy (Dist. 56), who serves as chairman of the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities, who stops by to talk about the University of Wisconsin's System to suspend applicant requirements to submit ACT and SAT scores. Preya Samsundar, Midwest Regional Communications director for the Republican National Committee, calls to talk about the Democrats' tanking poll numbers. Rep. Janel Brandtjen talks about how Milwaukee's crime problem has become everybody's crime problem. Rick Esenberg, president and general council for Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, discusses Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul's recent comments on abortion law. Plus, Matt Kittle talks gerrymandering.
Carolyn Harding with Mia Lewis, Associate Director of Common Cause Ohio and a leader of Indivisible Ohio District 12. She comes from an organizing and educational background, and is passionate about protecting and expanding the right to vote. As Activists, we're always looking for the Answer, the Silver bullet, the Fix, and we both know, there's no such thing. When it comes to Voting……Gerrymandering is the Blatant Blockade to Fair Democratic Elections. Mia, you've spent a great deal of time and energy organizing to end Ohio's “In Your Face” Gerrymandering. Is there an Answer, a Silver bullet, the Fix to end this Discrimination? https://www.commoncause.org/ohio/ https://www.fairdistrictsohio.org GrassRoot Ohio - Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio. Every Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org, Sundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM. Contact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station. Check us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/ Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/ If you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753 GrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085 This GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/ Intro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8 There's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine blasted Democrats for creating the American Rescue Plan, so is he a hypocrite when he takes credit for spending the money? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
NC House Speaker Tim Moore joins Pete for his weekly chat and talks about how those criticizing NC Republicans for playing games with the new districts can't talk when Democrats around the country have gone to bigger extremes to leave their constituents in the dark. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Did someone in Lake County try corrupting the election system to prove it was corrupted? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Host Jeff Tiberii discusses the week in North Carolina politics with Becki Gray and Rob Schofield.
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This week, Omar Guerrero covers the reaction to Sarasota County's proposed redistricting maps. Laura Fletcher talks to the Florida Department of Health about their current approach to combatting COVID-19. Last but not least, Yasi Bahman covers the opening of New College of Florida's dock.
Medical Mutual's Rick Chiricosta will step down, the latest Cleveland leader to do so See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
The big Ohio Statehouse bribery investigation gets a new leader See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
A new U.S. Attorney appointed by President Biden will take control of Ohio's huge bribery investigation See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ohio's hospitals warn Ohio Gov. Mike DeWIne that they are in a dire situation because of COVID-19 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Two legislators want to remove FirstEnergy's name from Cleveland Browns Stadium because of its disgrace in the House Bill 6 scandal See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode we take a look at the dumpster fire that is Ohio's redistricting process after the 2020 census then we talk about the lack of research in the use of ivermectin as a treatment for Covid and the lengths one woman went to force a hospital to treat her husband with it. Finally we look at what we can do after the recent non-decision by the US Supreme Court concerning the ridiculous anti-abortion law that took effect recently in Texas.Show NotesSubscribe to our free newsletter01:58 Gerrymandered Parasites14:38 Ivermectin for Love23:50 Abortion Bounty HuntersSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secularleft)
Congressman Seth Moulton has been serving as the U.S Representative for Massachusetts' 6th Congressional District since 2015, which was the first ever Gerrymandered district in the U.S. He is a former Marine Corps Officer and a member of the Democratic Party.
In an audio interview, Alderman Andre Vasquez of Chicago's 40th Ward talked about a City Council resolution he co-sponsored that calls for a hearing on how Chicago will redraw ward boundaries. In the standard version, Vasquez defended his resolution from critiques by the council's Latino Caucus. In the premium version: questions about selecting an independent remap commission; how non-whites can represent whites; and avoiding the "back room." Length 5.1 minutes. (For the full-length version, subscribe at chigov.com.)
We have a special guest Y-letiza Aguirre to talk about the debate of Ortiz-Jones Vs. Gonzalez. El Paso is on fire with Covid!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/alejandro-garcia28/message
Today, the Department of Justice confirms with Politico that Barr is under investigation for interfering with the Roger Stone sentencing recommendations back in February, leaders in the environmental movement and Scientific American endorse Joe Biden, Trump may be setting up a wag the dog situation with Iran, a judge has ruled that Chad Wolf is unlawfully serving as Homeland Security Secretary, the World Trade Organization has ruled that Trump’s tariffs against China are illegal, criminal subpoenas have been issued against Bolton’s publisher, Flip it Blue with Julie Oliver (@JulieOliverTX) of TX-25, plus Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) comes by for some good news. Check out our guest on twitter: Ben Gleib (@bengleib) Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein) Check out our sponsors: SteadyMD is now accepting members of all ages, in all 50 states. Go to SteadyMD.com/DAILYBEANS to take the FREE quiz and see which doctor is a perfect fit for you. Try FightCamp for 30 days with their money-back guarantee, just go to JoinFightCamp.com/BEANS You can try Caliper CBD risk-free for 30 days. If you don’t love it they’ll give you a full refund! https://trycaliper.com/dailybeans/ Don’t forget promo code DAILYBEANS for 20% off your first order! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
North Carolina’s gerrymandered election map is officially thrown out, what’s a PAC versus a Super PAC, the Trump impeachment stuff in three minutes or less, another Republican Congressman announces his retirement, Steve Bullock releases his LGBTQ rights plan, and Jeff Sessions may run again for Senate in Alabama.Links:Chris Higgins on TwitterChris Higgins on InstagramElection Ride Home on TwitterElection Ride Home on FacebookState Court Tosses GOP’s Gerrymandered Congressional Map in North Carolina (NY Mag/Intelligencer)State Court Bars Using North Carolina House Map in 2020 Elections (NYT)PACs and Super PACs (Ballotpedia)Political action committee (Ballotpedia)Super PAC (Ballotpedia)It’s bold, but legal: How campaigns and their super PAC backers work together (WaPo)The Guardian’s coverage of impeachment on Tuesday (The Guardian)The Guardian’s coverage of impeachment on Monday (The Guardian)House to take first vote on impeachment inquiry of Trump, forcing lawmakers on record (The Washington Post)Dear Colleague on Next Steps in House's Ongoing Impeachment Inquiry (Nancy Pelosi Congressional Newsroom)Army Officer Who Heard Trump’s Ukraine Call Reported Concerns (NYT)Greg Walden to retire in latest sign of GOP doubts about retaking House (Politico)Equal Rights and Opportunity for LGBTQ Americans (Bullock 2020)Sessions strongly considering bid for old Senate seat in Alabama (Politico)
Wisconsin Fair Election Project Director Sachin Chheda joins us to discuss new state legislation for fair legislative maps and the possibility GOP leadership could attempt to dodge Gov. Evers to gerrymander Wisconsin again. We also talk about Speaker Vos refusing to make accommodations for Rep. Jimmy Anderson to participate in committee meetings and Gov. Evers looks to protect water from nitrates. We also review the latest Democratic presidential news and Robert takes a first look at Kamala Harris’ new healthcare plan released this week.
The US Supreme Court says that it can't weigh in on Gerrymandered districts. We look at the idea of Gerrymandering in the United States, armed with the new social choice tools that we picked up in previous episodes. A Cloudflare outage temporarily takes down a portion of the internet. This may be evidence of a central point of failure, but could that central point be shrinking? Finally we talk about a Bayesian argument in the Wall Street Journal and recently released book that claims to predict the end of the world. We break down what it's claiming, how the tools of Bayes and Lindy fit in, and how much weight to put on the prognosis. How can we avoid our Turkey Consumption Holiday of Choice? Then - we go completely off script, covering the possibility of continuing civilization on Mars and on pockets in Earth after a Nuclear disaster, the asteroid made of gold, and some monkeys finally reaching the stone age. You have reached another Local Maximum indeed!
CONNECT WITH US! LOTS OF WAYS: http://bit.ly/EOAConnect Give us about ten minutes a day and we will give you all the local news, local sports, local weather, and local events you can handle. Today...Today is a day to remember those lost in the Capital-Gazette shooting one year ago today. We remember Wendi, Rebecca, Rob, John, and Gerald. AAMC settles a $3.1 million fraud suit brought on by a whistleblower. The Supreme Court has said it is OK with Gerrymandered districts. Congressman Anthony Brown says he may run for Governor again when Hogan terms out. It is Friday so we have our weekend picks...which include a Bayhawks game, a Pride Parade and Festival, some Capital remembrances, a World Premiere of Queen of the Capital and a lot more! And of course...George from DMV Weather will be here with your local weather forecast! Flash Briefing for Alexa. Yep, I finally brought the Daily News Brief to Alexa. Search for "Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief" in your Alexa app and enable it--and be sure to drop us a rating! More info here. The Eye On Annapolis Daily News Brief is produced every Monday through Friday and available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Music, Stitcher Radio, tunein, IHeartRADIO, Amazon Echo, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and of course at Eye On Annapolis. Our weather partner is DMV Weather based in Annapolis. Please download their APP so you can keep on top of the local weather scene! Please be sure to check out our weekly sister podcast, The Maryland Crabs!
In this special Feds Now episode, The Feds break down the myths of the Mueller Report, as first elucidated in a recent Time Magazine article. Host Harry Litman is joined by the co-authors of the article, former US Attorneys and Talking Feds charter members Barbara McQuade and Joyce White Vance. The Feds then turn to the ramifications of the 5-4 Supreme Court on political gerrymandering with Richard Cordray, who clerked for two Supreme Court justices and was the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
We discuss the new Supreme Court decision to rubber stamp partisan gerrymandering and its link to the bad budget that just cleared the State Legislature. We game out the potential next steps for Governor Evers in the budget drama. Next, we talk about Trump’s effort to redefine poverty in a way that will remove a million people from important social services. Finally, we analyze the first Democratic presidential debate and take a closer look at Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign.
Jeremy Dumetz, Attorney for Erickson Immigration joins. We discuss the 2020 Census and the potential of adding a citizenship question to the form.
It's yet another busy day in America as Donald Trump seems to be inside a slow moving train wreck. Either that, or he's the wrecking ball that'll destroy this nation. We begin today's show with the latest news, including Don McGahn's no show at today's scheduled congressional hearing, and Trump being ordered to comply with a subpoena for his financial records. As the nation watches in horror as state after state passes draconian new abortion laws, author David Daley explains the role that partisan gerrymandering is playing in our nation's giant leap backwards.
The Princeton Gerrymandering Project bridges the gap between mathematics and the law to achieve fair representation through redistricting reform. Sam Wang has been a member of the Princeton faculty since 2000. He holds a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (1986) and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the Stanford University School of Medicine (1993). A central feature of his laboratory research is the use and development of statistical tools for dealing with large, complex data sets, especially in regard to individual variation. In 2015, he was appointed by Governor Chris Christie to the New Jersey Governor's Council on Medical Research and Treatment of Autism. Sam has a long-standing interest in elections. He pioneered statistical methods for analyzing U.S. presidential elections in 2004, when he developed tools for the aggregation of state polls. These tools led to the establishment of the Princeton Election Consortium. In 2012 he recognized new, systematic distortions in representation in the U.S. House. Understanding the causes of these distortions launched his interest in voting rights and led to the creation of the Princeton Gerrymandering Project. Sam Wang's laboratory research focuses on learning from birth to adulthood, at levels ranging from single synapses to the whole brain. He is particularly curious about novel roles for the cerebellum in cognition, social thought processes, and autism. He studies these brain functions using optical neural imaging and big-data approaches to analyzing behavior. Sam is also the author of two popular books about the brain: Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys But Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life (2008) and Welcome to Your Child’s Brain: How the Mind Grows from Conception to College (2011). Both books are available in over 20 languages.
Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News Supreme Court reporter, discusses today’s Supreme Court arguments over partisan gerrymandering and conservative justices questioning whether judges should be able to toss out politically gerrymandered voting districts. He speaks to Bloomberg’s June Grasso.
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Guilford County Legislature Town Hall #VoterID is needed in #NorthCarolina .@NCGOP .@GuilfordGOP .@greensboro On Nov 6th, 2018 there were many constitutional amendments that WE THE PEOPLE voted on including the Amendment to Require Voters to Provide Photo Identification Before Voting in Person. In my opinion, this was the SINGLE most important amendment that North Carolina citizens voted on. The election results showed that a majority of North Carolina Citizens voted FOR Voter ID In my opinion, requiring voters to prove their identity by showing a photo ID when voting is simply a measure to ensure that people aren’t misrepresenting themselves when voting. Sadly there is the continuing argument over if Voter ID is needed for security vs the opponents who claim voter suppression, and the myth of racism as related to voting. There are over 30 states that have photo ID laws. Please help me understand how a photo ID is racist? Do opponents of this law want me to think that people of color aren’t smart enough to get a photo ID? Everyone of any color has a photo ID for MANY purposes. So, let me ask you. You need an ID to go to the hospital, to cash a check, or sometimes use a credit card, to get food stamps and other welfare, to buy a Lottery Ticket, to pick up drugs at a drug store, to get in a Nightclub, to purchase alcohol and cigarettes, and to get a JOB, is that racist? I myself, I HATE racism, but to water down the term racism and attach it to Voter ID laws is an injustice and serves the movement to END racism NO justice. So Honestly, in this age of NC legislature and government, stressing over “Gerrymandering” and so-called VOTER fraud in elections. Would it NOT make sense to at least secure our votes with a Valid Voter ID identification system? WE THE PEOPLE deserve a FAIR, HONEST, and SECURE election system, Voter ID is Key to this. Everyone needs an ID, and everyone has a way and time to get one. If you can do all the other things I mentioned with an ID, then you seriously should have one to vote. I refuse as a citizen of the great state of North Carolina to let one single judge think his personal partisan opinion and decision is going to negate the Will of WE THE PEOPLE who have SPOKEN and want this Amendment. Furthermore, one judge cannot justify calling this vote VOID due to the so-called “Gerrymandered” voting districts, because the catch is if that held true the great work of both sides of the political fence in the last few years would all be found null and void. This would do more harm than good to this state. So, I urge as a representative of the citizens of North Carolina who voted YES on voter ID that we LISTEN to the will of the people and put VOTER ID in our Constitution with great haste.
Once again I spoke about Voter ID On Nov 6th, 2018 there were many constitutional amendments that WE THE PEOPLE voted on. One such was the Constitutional Amendment to Require Voters to Provide Photo Identification Before Voting in Person. In my opinion, this was the SINGLE most important amendment that North Carolina citizens voted on. The election results showed that a majority of North Carolina Citizens at over 2 Million voted FOR Voter ID Put to its simplest terms it’s an argument over if Voter ID is needed for security or as opponents say it will keep people from voting. In my opinion, requiring voters to prove their identity by showing a photo ID when voting is simply a measure to ensure that people aren’t misrepresenting themselves when voting. The main argument against voter ID law, the call of Racism! There are over 30 states that have photo ID laws. Please help me understand how a photo ID is racist? Do opponents of this law want me to think that people of color aren’t smart enough to get a photo ID? Everyone of any color has a photo ID for MANY purposes. So, let me ask you. You need an ID to go to the hospital, is that racist? You need an ID to cash a check, or sometimes use a credit card, is that racist? You need an ID to get food stamps and other welfare, is that racist? You need an ID to buy a Lottery Ticket, is that racist? You need an ID to pick up drugs at a drug store, is that racist? You need an ID to get in a Nightclub, is that racist? You need an ID to purchase alcohol and cigarettes, is that racist? You need an ID to get a JOB, is that racist? I myself, I HATE racism, but to water down the term racism and attach it to Voter ID laws is an injustice and serves the movement to END racism NO justice. So Honestly, in this age of NC legislature and government, stressing over “Gerrymandering” and so-called VOTER fraud in elections. Would it NOT make sense to at least secure our votes with a Valid Voter ID identification system? WE THE PEOPLE deserve a FAIR, HONEST, and SECURE election system, Voter ID is Key to this. Everyone needs an ID, and everyone has a way and time to get one. If you can do all the other things I mentioned with an ID, then you seriously should have one to vote. I refuse as a citizen of the great state of North Carolina to let one single judge think his personal partisan opinion and decision is going to negate the Will of WE THE PEOPLE who have SPOKEN and want this Amendment. Furthermore, one judge cannot justify calling this vote VOID due to the so-called “Gerrymandered” voting districts, because the catch is if that held true the great work of both sides of the political fence in the last few years would all be found null and void. This would do more harm than good to this state. So, I urge as a representative of the citizens of North Carolina who voted YES on voter ID that we LISTEN to the will of the people and put VOTER ID in our Constitution with great haste.
Also discussing Joe Crowley, Gerrymandered map in North Carolina could of affected the outcome of the elctions in NC, and the new NAFTA deal
Today we're bringing you interviews from Fight Back Bay Ridge's "Art of the Gerrymander" auction and art show. The show was a one-night fundraiser for the grassroots activist group. Rachel spoke throughout the night with local activists, artists, and neighbors about how arts and politics intersect, and to hear more about the issue of the day: our Gerrymandered district and how it affects our democracy. We'll learn more about what it's like to organize these events, how activism provides new senses of belonging and friendship, and how art can empower people to change their neighborhood. Show notes are available at www.radiofreebayridge.org/art-of-the-gerrymander Subscribe on iTunes at itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radio-free-bay-ridge/ or wherever bespoke podcasts are artfully designed and distributed to the masses.
This November, Democrats are going to have to overcome an inherent disadvantage in many states due to gerrymandering.
Testimony about sexual harassment on Capitol Hill, new campaign ads in competitive Congressional races, and the most Gerrymandered maps in the country.
Salt Lake County is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by three different congresspersons, none of whom live in Salt Lake County. Utah’s voting maps, which divide the state’s most populous county — and home to its capital city — into three congressional districts, boosting the voice of rural and suburban conservatives over that of the urban, and predominately liberal voters in Salt Lake City and the east bench. To critics, Utah’s maps are a clear-cut example of gerrymandering, making a red state redder by drawing voters who favor Democrats into inescapable corners. But to others, the maps are a fair distribution of the state’s growing population, and allegations of gerrymandering are actually a veiled reaction to the failure of Democrats to win at the polls. On this week’s episode of “Trib Talk,” Tribune reporter Benjamin Wood discusses gerrymandering and a Utah ballot initiative to create an independent redistricting commission with Jeff Wright, co-chairman of Better Boundaries, and Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross. “Trib Talk” is produced by Sara Weber with additional editing by Dan Harrie. Comments and feedback can be sent to tribtalk@sltrib.com, or to @bjaminwood or @tribtalk on Twitter.
Congressman and Democratic presidential candidate John Delaney reflects on the deleterious effects of partisanship and on his ambitions to place country above party. Spherical Image - RICOH THETA... Good hearts make the world a better place
The Supreme Court faces two cases of partisan gerrymandering this term. Why hasn't Congress dealt with this issue? Walter Olson comments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week we're joined by special guest EJ. We talk about USF football, break down the pros and cons of the group of five holding their own championship game, nonsense NCAA recruiting stats, the first female football scholarship recipient, Chandler Basha's Becca Longo, and talk about how Georgia Tech fans might be sick of Russell Athletic. We smoothly pivot to the weirdness that is Michael Jackson's Moonwalker Movie, Alex Jones and his claim that he is a performance artists, George W Bush visiting Vero Beach and how he doesn't seem so bad in retrospect. We do nothing to solve the complex and very serious problem of Gerrymandered congressional districts, Jason talks about waking up to a possible Red Dawn scenario and how excited he is about Everclear playing in Fort Pierce, we then talk about the Trump kids (we only forgot about 2 of them!), we continue to be obsessed with Chuck Tingle, we talk about how the Brave Wall Street Girl staring down the Wall Street Bull is a little more complicated than it seems, we briefly talk about money in politics, the Florida's 2018 gubernatorial candidates, and finish the episode talking about watching the Florida Fire Frogs lose to the St Lucie Mets at Historic (and in need of a renovation) Dodgertown. www.rushingattack.com Facebook: @RushingAttack Twitter: @Rushing_Attack Instagram: rushingattack
A great episode this week! Senator Peter Bear and Eric Brant are joined by Wisconsin State Rep. Dianne Hesselbein who has proposed new rafting regulations in Wisconsin after the death of a young woman on the rapids. Hear our discussion on the push for redistricting reform. How does gerrymandering undercut democracy? How does it effect the way your legislators vote on laws that effect you? Scott Walker says that a raise in the minimum wage is "political grandstanding" as he promotes a tax cut on the wealthy. Mary Burke supports giving the working poor a wage increase of over $5,000.00 per year, but Scott Walker believes that a $150.00 tax cut for "the average homeowner" will be better for the economy. Learn about all of this and much more on this episode of Civil Discourse.
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