Coming February 6, 2024 . . .
MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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Coming February 6, 2024 . . . MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Pre-order at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
FIRST CUT: NY’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that Democratic leaders had violated the State Constitution when drawing new congressional and State Senate districts, ordering a court-appointed special master to draw replacement lineshttps://t.co/ho1f3ra8LO
— Nicholas Fandos (@npfandos) April 27, 2022
The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent
— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024
Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019
Russia has long lamented the US' "monopolization" of the peace process & tried to carve out a niche for itself: mediating among the disunited Palestinians/2
Here's what I told them: https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force https://t.co/pCoDg05irX
— Gareth Harris (@garethharr) December 28, 2023
Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds
Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.
Actions to take:
- Avoid the area;
- Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;
- Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and
- If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.
By The Editorial Board @ Bloomberg.com, December 8, 2023
A mass expulsion of Afghan migrants could destabilize the region and fuel radicalization. The West should pressure Islamabad to change course.
All eyes on #Chad right now
Chad has two internet trunks coming into the country: One from the Red Sea via Sudan; the other from Cameroon. Not possible for the totality of the country's internet network to be shut unless done centrally. A lot of rumors swirling; few facts. https://t.co/N6bDJZ2ixO
BREAKING: Three loss prevention employees in Macy’s across the street from Philadelphia City Hall stabbed, one of them has died from stab wounds, @PhillyPolice sources tell me. Police converged on the store as the three workers were rushed to Jefferson Hospital. pic.twitter.com/4U1eKycL4W
Former US Ambassador Arrested, Charged With Working As Secret Agent For Cuba https://t.co/LDwo4ZJI1K
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) December 4, 2023
[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]
You don’t get it.
— George Deek (@GeorgeDeek) December 2, 2023
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
My cousins in Arab countries are still not citizens - not even the… https://t.co/nv6anubGhc
Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.
Imperialism for me but not for thee?
It's wild that Venezuela is now holding a vote on whether 2/3 of Guyana actually belongs to them! Analysts suggest that Modoru may want military action to pump up his sinking popularity.
Could we have a war in South America?!?
"The people who live in Essequibo are largely… pic.twitter.com/QvMEjkkgwy
The lack of a cohesive delegation has allowed attention-seeking lawmakers to act on their own.
McCarthy: “You have [Rep. Matt] Gaetz, who belongs in jail…”
Gaetz: “Tough words from a guy who sucker punches people in the back. The only assault I committed was against Kevin’s fragile ego.”https://t.co/LctPuz6Pcf
By Martinn Pengelly in Washington DC for TheGuardian.com, Nov. 30
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells Ryan Grim life in Congress ‘completely transformed’ after Democratic leader stepped down
"Both the AU and the intl community place more weight on whether elections are held than whether they are free and fair. Sanctions/expulsions occur when there is a coup but not necessarily when elections are rigged or if an “institutional coup” occurs." https://t.co/m9dNimJP0D
— Cameron Hudson (@_hudsonc) November 28, 2023
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Comments
.a real money sentence from the article
by artappraiser on Wed, 04/27/2022 - 10:16pm
Money quote, but do we have any estimate how bad it was compared to the usual state gerrymandering?
Part may be the NY courts are a bit more progressive than say Texas, so they'll slap down even a bit of overt
gerrymandering, whereas the cowherders will go all in. (note current trends in Supreme Courty & extrapolate
downwards)
by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 04/28/2022 - 1:05am
by artappraiser on Thu, 05/12/2022 - 12:10am
by artappraiser on Thu, 05/19/2022 - 10:49pm
Do both sides do it equally?
Pretty sure Yang never has to defend his glib statements in detail.
Quick Google notes the Republicans had used gerrymandering quite effectively to their advantage through 2012 (6% advantage?), even 2016, and Dem efforts to "claw" that back since have at some points down to 2% GOP advantage
https://www.vox.com/22961590/redistricting-gerrymandering-house-2022-mid...
(while Biden'a attempt to ban the practice was filibustered by the Senate)
BusInsider explains (2017):
https://www.businessinsider.com/partisan-gerrymandering-has-benefited-re...
Sam Wang analyzes/debunks the "both sides" bit:
https://election.princeton.edu/2012/12/30/gerrymanders-part-1-busting-th...
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 3:26pm
So I've been totally re-districted by the special master. I used this, which only works for NYC:
My two cents after looking at the results: my rejiggered districts for U.S. Congress and for NY State Assembly make infinitely more sense that the gerrymandered messes that they were before! They truly represent actual neighborhoods. My district for NY State Senate, on the other hand, is a worse mess than it was before and I can't begin to understand why that is.
In related news, NY Dem politics has generally been nuked by the redistricting. There's a lot of longtime office holders now set to primary each other. And "NY 10" has especially become a joke line, that everyone and his uncle is running for it.
by artappraiser on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 2:17pm
Culture war redistricting:
Also Forsyth: https://www.npr.org/2017/12/08/569156832/the-racial-cleansing-that-drove-1-100-black-residents-out-of-forsyth-county-ga
by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 3:59pm