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Easy on the eyes
Tulsi Gabbard might still have a following on the right if she wasn’t so easy on the eyes, but I’m willing to invite charges of sexism by simply asserting that if she wasn’t so pleasing to the male gaze, her following would be … smaller. Similarly, if Kari Lake, Sarah Palin, Tudor Dixon, Kristi Noem—all very attractive women of varying degrees of political and policy competence—looked like members of the 1972 Bulgarian women’s weightlifting team, they’d have a harder time in politics. That may be sexism at work, but the observation is just a statement of the obvious. — Jonah Goldberg
Category Archives: Gerrymandering
Gerry Manders
as The Beaver! Our Democrat(ic) friends and acquaintances are pinning their dreams on April’s Wisconsin Supreme Court race, which they hope will reverse the state legislature’s “solid GOP majority [which] owes its status, in large part, to what some have … Continue reading
Posted in Election 2022, Gerrymandering, Uncategorized
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This time — like last time — fair maps
All politics is loco A progressive putsch? The previous installment of your favorite Blogge reported that Madison is redrawing its aldermanic districts to conform with the 2020 Census. Now the context: The maps throw council moderates Gary Halverson, Sheri Carter, … Continue reading
Madison aldermanic redistricting considered 10-07-21
Could influence your next alder! UPDATE: Ad Hoc Redistricting Committee 10-07-21 unanimously recommends Map #7a. The Policy Werkes took the tarp off Ol’ Sparky, our Eisenhower-era mainframe computer, to consider the aldermanic redistricting maps under consideration. After whirring and chugging for … Continue reading
Draw your own damn legislative districts!
Hey kids! Want to have rainy day fun? All you solid citizens posting yard signs that read “This Time, Fair Maps” — now is your chance! Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is inviting us groundlings to submit our own congressional and … Continue reading
Posted in Gerrymandering, Uncategorized
Tagged 2020 Census, Derrick Van Orden, Redistricting, Ron Kind
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Madison is electing Republicans
The city spooks the rest of the state A homeowner here on the west side of Madison WI is one up on his fellow progressives. Not content with the usual yard sign, a home in the affluent Greentree neighborhood lights up … Continue reading
The NY Times makes me sick
‘Awop, bop, aloobop, alop-bam-boom!’ — Little Richard Wisconsin’s Spring election made the cover story of The New York Times Magazine this Sunday (05-10-2020). Would it surprise you that author Emily Bazelon trashes Republicans for insisting on holding the election as scheduled on … Continue reading
Posted in Coronavirus, Election 2020, Gerrymandering, News media bias, Republicans, Uncategorized
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