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[PHOTO CAPTION: Sophomore political science major Kyla Guion stands in the middle of Laurel Street in Greensboro, NC on Tuesday, March 19, 2019. ...this street is the dividing line between the 6th Congressional District on her left, and the 13th Congressional District on her right, both represented by Republicans.]

AP: GOP redistricting edge moderated Democrats' 2018 gains

The AP examined all U.S. House races and about 4,900 state House and Assembly seats up for election last year using a statistical method of calculating partisan advantage that is designed to flag cases of potential [?] political [!] gerrymandering. A similar analysis also showed a GOP advantage in the 2016 elections.
When is gerrymandered district assignment NOT a political instrument? Never.
The AP used the so-called "efficiency gap" test in part because it was one of the analytical tools cited in a Wisconsin gerrymandering case that went before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017 and is part of a North Carolina case ... whether Democrats in Maryland ... Massachusetts ...Pennsylvania ... South Dakota ...Nevada ...Iowa ... Michigan
"Elite" math: Draw me an EU28 district controversy between TWO POLITICAL GROUPS dividing the electorate into a fixed number of legislative seats, and I'll give you that possible Polish "gerrymandering".

archived political education
I think I've never heard gerrymander used in the strictly legal sense ...
VA compliance with the Voting Rights Act is a pretext., sources
"one of the lines dividing two districts was drawn "in the middle of the street with black houses on one side and white houses on another side."
CENSUS
"The term "racial gerrymandering" is a euphemism for bi-partisan electoral control of voter segregation (district "packing") by race."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Mar 21st, 2019 at 05:02:58 PM EST
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Ima predict something about these assholes, some people call their leaders.

One day you may read about "income gerrymandering" litigation, such that results of an "efficiency gap test" are inconclusive. That is, whether or not district assignments containing 75% bottom three quartiles and 25% top quartile of voters cannot predict election outcome fr either of the TWO PARTIES. E'rybuddy can donate up to $1,200 (inc. public matched finance) to the candidate of their choice.

And then some stooge will roll up to add two cents: See! This time is different. Did you see the Hamilton! show last week at the YMCA?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Thu Mar 21st, 2019 at 10:04:50 PM EST
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That didn't take long.

House Democratic Leadership Warns It Will Cut Off Any Firms That Challenge Incumbents
They've got a form, Loyalty Oath ++, to submit. "This is the first time that they are ever making [antitrust violations] open policy."
Democrats push "financial inclusion" as 2020 election race heats up
same number of syllables as income equality

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Fri Mar 22nd, 2019 at 07:13:33 PM EST
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"income gerrymandering" anyone --with a Loyalty Oath++?

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Mar 22nd, 2019 at 07:36:11 PM EST
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Very good news. These consultants seem really bad at their jobs.
by generic on Fri Mar 22nd, 2019 at 08:15:40 PM EST
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House Democrats Move to Hobble Primary Challengers
"The core mission of the DCCC is electing House Democrats, which includes supporting and protecting incumbents," the committee wrote in a memo.

archived
Welding et al. v. DNC Services Corp., d/b/a  Democratic National Committee complaint May 2017

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Mar 23rd, 2019 at 08:41:58 PM EST
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Grand dénouement

Mueller Submits Long-Awaited Report on Russian Election Meddling

  • Mueller has begun drafting final Russia investigation report (8 Nov 2018)
  • You may be disappointed by the Mueller report (29 Jan 2019)
  • Trump says timing of release of Mueller report "totally up to" attorney general (20 Feb 2019)
In a letter to the chairs and raking members of the House and Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday, Barr said he would be prepared to brief them on the report's "principal conclusions as soon as this weekend."
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To date, Mueller has indicted or gotten guilty pleas from three Russian companies and 34 individuals. That includes six former Trump advisers and 26 Russian nationals, 12 of whom are intelligence officers Mueller charged with conspiring to hack Democratic Party emails that damaged Hillary Clinton.
Mueller Not Recommending Any Further Indictments, Reports Say

archived $686M hostile foreign actor cash cow
18 USC 2,371,2349,2028A
I'm nearly certain in a year I will revisit these notes.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sat Mar 23rd, 2019 at 02:45:27 AM EST
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Strongly Worded Letter, Schumer, Pelosi
Attorney General Barr must not give President Trump, his lawyers or his staff any 'sneak preview' of Special Counsel Mueller's findings or evidence, and the White House must not be allowed to interfere in decisions about what parts of those findings or evidence are made public.
wut


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sat Mar 23rd, 2019 at 04:38:02 AM EST
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DOJ | Attorney General Establishes New State Secrets Policies and Procedures, 2009

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sat Mar 23rd, 2019 at 04:40:04 AM EST
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Stormy Daniels taking new standup comedy act to Houston
"The show will be a two-show event on March 20."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sat Mar 23rd, 2019 at 04:50:13 AM EST
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Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sat Mar 23rd, 2019 at 08:54:13 PM EST
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Wm. "Drug Czar" Barr's letter to the US Congress
transmitting "the status of [his] initial review of the report" prepared by Special Counsel Rbt. S. Mueller III.

HPSCI Majority View and hearing of sundry alternative hypotheses developing ...

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

by Cat on Sun Mar 24th, 2019 at 09:44:18 PM EST
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Michael Avenatti arrested for alleged $20 million extortion attempt against Nike
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mail and wire fraud

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Mon Mar 25th, 2019 at 05:33:55 PM EST
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Nike fined €12.5 million for antitrust, football merchandise restrictions, IPR
Clauses included in contracts between Nike and licensees explicitly prohibited out-of-territory sales to Nike and imposed double royalties for out-of-territory sales. Nike had also threatened to end contracts, imposed direct and indirect measures on master licensees, obliging licensees to pass on these prohibitions, and ran audits on licensees.


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Tue Mar 26th, 2019 at 02:42:24 PM EST
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re: mendacity heaped on calumny

Since world history began in 1992, one might be tempted  only to consider foregoing statements by the controlling member of the controlling party of the current session of the US Congress in relation to rules of rankd and order concerning members' constitutional authorities and privileges literally regarding classification of STATE SECRETS and NATIONAL SECURITY, provided by agents of the executive branch, and adopted by them (the "Gangs" of 4 and 8). Purportedly to effect prudential government management.

On occasions of enacting the AUMF and reauthorizing the Patriot Act, for example, as well as reviews of FBI evidence said to accompany warrant applications to FISA courts for surveillance of US citizens.

Democratic Memo Defends FBI Surveillance of Ex-Trump Adviser (Feb 2018)
Justice Department briefs lawmakers on Russia probe sources (May 2018, cached 404)

"Nothing we heard today has changed our view that there is no evidence to support any allegation that the FBI or any intel agency placed a spy in the Trump campaign," said a statement Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., read to reporters on behalf of himself, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va. ...Pelosi had received the invitation to attend, but sent Schiff instead, she told reporters at the Capitol on Thursday.
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Warner spoke briefly to reporters after the meeting..."There's never been a Gang of Eight meeting with that kind of White House presence," he said.
FBI hands House GOP thousands of documents on Russia probe (June 2018)
Democrats have raised increasingly pitched concerns about the intrusiveness of GOP requests. Republicans have argued that their demands for information are part of a constitutional responsibility to oversee the FBI and Justice Department, but Democrats and some FBI defenders say their efforts appear aimed at providing fodder for Trump to defend against the ongoing investigation of his campaign's contacts with Kremlin-linked individuals.
Trump may have to wait to see public release of FBI documents  (Sep 2018)
Meanwhile, Democrats who sit on congressional intelligence committees said Trump is trying to undermine special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation. They want a briefing from the intelligence community before any documents are released.

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The Latest: Barr decision on report to cause fireworks (23 Mar 2019)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told House Democrats she would reject any classified briefing on special counsel Robert Mueller's report, saying the information must be provided to Congress in a way that allows lawmakers to discuss it publicly.
Where the &@!$% is Christopher Steele? oh, him? He's guarding the impeachment bill in an undisclosed location.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Sun Mar 24th, 2019 at 06:18:09 PM EST
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[Congressional Representatives] urge Supreme Court to leave redistricting to Congress
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in two partisan gerrymandering cases that could scramble congressional districts and change the way states redraw maps after the 2020 Census, marking the second consecutive year the justices will consider the issue.

the North Carolina and Maryland [congressional representatives] who benefited from that process urged the Supreme Court to stay out of it and leave any overhaul of the redistricting process to Congress[?!].

Are they mental?
To back up their point, they highlight scores of recent bills on partisan gerrymandering, including House Democrats' signature HR 1 legislation that would require states to create independent redistricting commissions, among other overhauls. That's not to say they support it; all of them voted against that bill in a House vote earlier this month.
Crackers have totally lost the plot.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Mon Mar 25th, 2019 at 09:28:40 PM EST
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