Kevin Morris

Gotta keep that baseweight down baybee

May I please go back into the woods

(but let me tell you, the food was spot on)

Congress passed a bill enshrining the right of minorities to congressional representation (the VRA). What is the bill Congress passed that gave equal status to partisan gerrymandering as a right? Or did the court just invent the “principal” out of thin air?

(I told you this was going to be my soapbox!!!)

Will the Voting Rights Act Survive SCOTUS?

More on this from the great @strictscrutiny.bsky.social folks:
open.spotify.com/episode/1qX0...

Also — I hit my 500th Appalachian Trail mile at some point this week. Many miles to go, but a nice round milestone to hit

Pouring rain and 45 degrees going up Siler Bald

Who knows. Trees and leaves and sun

Sunrise at Cold Spring Gap

Rufus Morgan shelter

Another excellent hike in NC. Quickly becoming my favorite non-home region to visit

Thanks, Chris! It was a blast!

NOTICE: DUE TO THE EXCEEDINGLY HIGH AND UNFORSEEN COST OF EGGS _IN THE PAST_ THERE _HAD BEEN_ A SURCHARGE OF (these are all struck out) 35¢ 48¢ 32¢ 28¢ 22¢ 16¢ 10¢ FOR EACH EGG IN YOUR ORDER. HOWEVER — THE SURCHARGE IS NOW _ZERO_

Spotted in a Western NC diner

Okay, WCU, strong entry in the beautiful campus category 👀

For the People Act Article Talk The Freedom to Vote Act, originally called the For the People Act, '" introduced as H.R. 1,2) is a bill in the United States Congress 31 intended to expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, ban partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal officeholders. (4|51|61|71

jd Vance and Elon musk and co are tweeting that new Republican gerrymanders are necessary to combat Democratic gerrymanders. Not only is this false (they point to blue states with balanced maps), it’s bizarro world because HR1 had a gerrymandering ban but they don’t want it!

Meanwhile during Callais everyone acted surprised AL hadn't claimed this was their goal during Milligan. But that was before Alexander had been handed down and Alito told everyone to go to town with their partisan gmanders! These "traditional" rules hadn't yet been written in *checks notes* 2023

We're seeing a direct continuation of this logic in NC this morning:

We're seeing a direct continuation of this logic in NC this morning:

Tonight! This will be a lot of fun, come through if you're in the area!

((I'll admit "fun" might be stretching it))

(also, dope courthouse)

Fun fact: of the 40 counties in North Carolina covered by Section 5 of the VRA, Jackson County was the only one covered under the 1975 amendments to protect linguistic minorities, due to the large Cherokee population here

Ha! Love this. Wish I could stay longer, I'm headed down to Sylva / Cullowhee — and then the AT!

I just landed in North Carolina on my fourth trip to the South this year. As Brennan continues to get better about thinking beyond NYC, I'll be holding this book close

I'm late to this book, but @imaniperry.bsky.social's South to America is among the best books I've read this year. A challenge to read it as slowly as it deserves to be read. Critical for those of us thinking about American democracy

I guess it *is* Asheville in October

I would have bet good money I'd be the only person on my flight with both a suit and backpacking gear. I'd have lost

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

What a great show from Watchhouse (nee Mandolin Orange)

Every clause in this post is nuttier than the one before it

I am dying at the characterization of Ansolabehere's paper from *2003* as "having a very decent overview of campaign finance rules"