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Why California is supposedly “slow” to count ballots — the bottleneck is at voter verification. In-person voters are verified BEFORE they vote, but mail-in voters must be verified AFTER they vote, AFTER polls close, and AFTER other ballots are counted.

When districts align with communities of similar voters, they tend to be safe. But when maps are redrawn, voters dispersed into opposition districts create a ripple effect — reassigning an equal number of opposing voters elsewhere. This redistributes margins, making safe districts more competitive.

Gerrymandering is a zero-sum game. Redistributing voters dissipates the margins.

We usually see congressional district maps as geography. This looks at what happens to the populations inside them—how the same people are grouped or distributed across districts, which can affect how their votes are counted together (or not).

I have a prediction…

The supposed “inundation” of immigrants during the Biden administration was simply the continuation of normal migration that had been suppressed by the pandemic. Immigration has always existed, is economically beneficial to society, and is the reason the United States exists today. #immigration

The 2020 U.S. presidential election fits within normal historical swing patterns. While often described as unusually large, the 2020 shift is modest compared to past elections—especially 1964—and similar to more recent movements like 2008. #elections

Equal voter loss doesn’t mean equal impact. Large margins absorb it; close races can flip. Because documentation barriers are uneven, they tend to affect some groups more than others—making the overall effect disproportionate. #saveact

Recent elections are often described as statistically implausible or fraudulent, but historically, they look typical. Turnout has modestly increased, and margins tightened, yet nothing suggests ballot stuffing. Overall, U.S. voting patterns have remained remarkably consistent over the past century.

www.americanprogress.org/article/by-t...

Where voting is harder, fewer people vote. The pattern isn’t perfect—but it’s consistent. Competitive races help, but don’t fully offset the effect. Now note: The SAVE Act intends to make voting more difficult.

“Coverage rates in the 19- to 35-month-old survey indicate that 88.9% of these aged children in South Carolina have had at least one dose of MMR vaccine.” Source: South Carolina Department of Public Health (DPH) dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...

Actually, AI should stand for Artificial Intuition.

Their SAVE Act proves their Big Lie

Claims that it’s easy to abide by the SAVE Act miss the point. The issue isn’t whether extra bureaucracy is doable—it’s whether it’s warranted. If the problem is unproven or tiny, but the risk of excluding eligible voters is real and huge, the law’s costs to our Voting Rights outweigh any benefits.

Data from ICE shows that the majority of its immigrant detainees have no convictions, and a third have pending charges. ft.trib.al/7YGx64k

US to World: “Hey! Get Off My Lawn!”

For violation of US Community Standards.

#venezuela

BREAKING: New CBS logo.

The Cover Up

Trump Math. It doesn't make perfect sense!

That Truth Social post is everywhere, and it seems almost fitting, as if Reiner would want it that way—pointing the camera at what we should see.

With apologies to Norman Rockwell.

The Art of the Sell. July 1, 2009. You can still watch Obama's hour-long townhall here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHCQ...

#groceries

He's a terrorist. #tariffs