Ian McCullough

More information on shortest splitline:
- rangevoting.org/GerryExec.html
- rangevoting.org/GerryExample...
- rangevoting.org/SplitLR.html

If Governor Newsom sees through his announced plan to put such a gerrymandering measure on the ballot for the consideration of California voters, I will vote against it.

What he should *not* do is pull California further along the path that Texas is pursuing and exacerbate a political cancer which already erodes public confidence in institutions in many other states (Republican-run and Democrat-run alike).

A map of proposed California electoral districts using the shortest splitline method. Map is based on data from the 2000 U.S. Census.

I have written the governor -- along with my state assemblymember and state senator -- to advocate this. If he pursues this course, he will demonstrate the sort of bold leadership he is seeking to project.

Absent that, he should leave our non-partisan redistricting commission as is.

YouTube video by CGP Grey The Shortest-Splitline Algorithm: a Gerrymandering Solution [Bonus Video]

If Governor Newsom wishes to make a *real* challenge to Texas' gerrymandering, he should make the ballot proposition he'll put before voters an opportunity for California to adopt the shortest splitline method of electoral district drawing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUS9...

For those aghast at CBS’ choice to cancel @colbertlateshow.bsky.social, know that CBS has history with #censorship. During the Vietnam War, Tommy & Dickie Smothers routinely battled with the network over The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

@stephencolbert.bsky.social stands in legendary company.

San Antonio Express-News ® @ExpressNews Sen. Rafael Edward Cruz, who uses the preferred name Ted, has introduced a bill to limit the use of preferred names and pronouns.

headline construction masterclass

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Right now, NBA executives are sobbing at the lower forecast for Finals ad revenue.

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It’s The Running Man. youtu.be/g_QHzV3NVPk?...

It would look like libraries. 📚

Alcatraz isn’t going to reopen and there isn’t going to be a 100% tariff on “foreign made movies.” Notice, though, how by saying some new batshit crazy things that President Trump has shifted media headlines away from whether or not he believes in Constitutionally-guaranteed rights to due process.

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Coverage of the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia has gravitated towards his biography and what he’s done and alleged to have done during his life. All of that is irrelevant to the current situation.

The only seven words that matter right now are:
• “Checks and balances”
• “Court orders”
• “Due process”

You know the *only* reason he got out so fast was a reporter live posted about this for hours. And, a large amount of public pressure.

Every time someone gets grabbed, there has to be a robust public response immediately.

Reporting a disappearance to the Working Group

If your client or loved one has been disappeared by the US gov, whether to Guantánamo, a Salvadoran gulag, or some other incomunicado/unregistered ICE or CBP facility, I urge you to report it to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (thread): www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...

Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.

His unshakable fixation on tariffs as a federal government revenue stream are nothing more complicated than the fact that he will do anything and everything he can to not pay income tax. He simply can’t see beyond that. Don’t look for anything deeper.

Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

We're just disappearing people into a black site slave labor camp because they look a certain way and speak Spanish.

That's what people around the world will think of when they think about America and Americans.

*…again…*

Don’t forget the first term.

Have I mentioned the cover-up is worse than the crime?

Because the cover-up is worse than the crime.

these folks are unreconstructed segregationists and it isn’t even speculative or a difficult argument at this point

Jackie’s name was big enough to be restored. The many others who were removed, with the same justification, will not get the same attention.

And that’s the problem.

The fact that competitive sports — a decidedly extracurricular activity — has become weaponized against academic institutions that acknowledge and affirm that trans people exist seems to suggest that the problem isn’t trans people. The problem is competitive sports tied to academic institutions.

This is really cool. It helps you find games based on your accessibility needs or preferences. For instance, I prefer single-player games that allow me to resize subtitles. I tested it to see if it would find games I already play and love, and it's done a fairly decent job. #VideoGamesAccessibility

In a shocking turn of events, many of the people who said they wanted "free speech" actually just wanted to be the ones in charge of which speech is free.

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The way to build hope is by creating norms for empathy, belonging and safety. Sometimes that means speaking up bc you don’t get to say that you are empathetic by tolerating toxicity.