The Pretzel Logic of SCOTUS on Districting

Plus, I question the timing.

Dispatches from the Dumbest Timeline

Not just dumb, but dangerous too.

2028 Primary Stupidity

A dumb way to choose candidates? Or the dumbest way?

Voting Without Democracy

Only 32 of 435 House seats are competitive.

Gerrymandering and Disenfranchisement

Race and partisanship collide once again.

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Is Partisanship Merely a Proxy for Race?

Disentangling the two is challenging, if not impossible.

The Toothless War Powers Resolution

What happens at the 60 day mark of the Iran War? Nothing.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Majority Minority Districts

Partisan gerrymandering just got a bit easier.

Calling Trump a Tyrant is Not a Call for—But May Lead—to Violence

Free speech is not always met with more speech.

Virginia Passes Radical Gerrymander

Fighting autocracy with autocracy.

Yet More On Christian Politics (Or Christians in Politics)

Returning to a debate from the comment section.

Trump Meets His Meme Match

We can forgive the raping, graft, election stealing, and warmongering. But this goes too far!

On the “Moderates” in the “Middle”

Some empirical insights into American partisan politics.

Moral Degeneracy

With pundits like this, no wonder we have the problems we have.

Election Interference

Trump issues an EO; now we wait on the legal challenges.

TSA Workers Paid, But DHS Funding Lapse Goes On

The longest government “shutdown” in history has no end in sight.

Race for 2028 Nomination Already Underway

Ready or not, the campaign has begun.

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In Front of Our Noses: Abuse of Power for Partisan Aims

Trump has been basing disaster funding to states based on local partisan control.

Politics Makes Very Strange Bedfellows

The Nick Fuentes phenomenon.

No Kings Rallies March On

Sounding a barbaric yawp over the streets of the world.

Speaker Johnson’s Lack of Institutional Ambition

Johnson is acting more as an agent of the president than of the Congress.

Trump to Pay TSA Despite Congress

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