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The GOP House Gerrymander, and What Can Be Done About It

Michael Waldman Brennan Center for Justice
Rampant rigging has blocked fair representation, especially in the South. Nearly all population growth over the past decade took place in the South and Southwest, and most of that came from communities of color, who are being shut out of power.

Holy Grift! The OK Trump Bible Miracle

Jessica Corbett Common Dreams
"Ryan Walters' multimillion-dollar school Bible scheme appears to be a grift to funnel taxpayer dollars to Donald Trump and his allies."

The Polling Imperilment

Rick Perlstein The American Prospect
Presidential polls are no more reliable than they were a century ago. So why do they consume our political lives? "When we refer to “political junkies,” polls are pretty much the junk."

Tidbits – Oct. 3 – Reader Comments: Israel Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza; GOP Anti-Worker Policies; Remembering Peter N. Carroll; Alva L’nez Jones Buxenbaum, Educator and Activist; Books About Palestine; Campus Free Speech Crises, 1964/2024; More

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Reader Comments: Israel Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza; GOP Has Anti-Worker Policies; Remembering Peter N. Carroll; Alva L'nez Jones Buxenbaum, Educator and Activist; Books About Palestine; The Campus Free Speech Crises, 1964/2024; Cartoons; more..
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