3 simple rules to eliminate gerrymandering: 1. Districts shall make absolute minimum aggregate splits of first, counties, and then, municipalities. 2. Except where required by (1), districts shall be maximally compact. 3. No other criteria shall be used.

SCOOP: California is pressuring public utilities to award $633 million in special contracts to "LGBT-owned" firms. To qualify, residents must go through the state's official gay-certification program—and face up to a year in jail if they're not gay enough. city-journal.org/article/cal…

In the alternative we could simply elect people who had the judgment not to tweet insane things less than five years ago.

City police department in Maryland puts out notice on Facebook that "suspected" federal law enforcement officers were spotted at - [checks notes] - the police department...

3 close allies of former Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield, including his wife and former chief of staff, have now reached plea deals with prosecutors: detroitnews.com/story/news/p… via @detroitnews

The Dems midterm warning sign is pretty clear: There are high quality polls (Ipsos, MU Law, & NBC), which show Dems shy of their generic ballot benchmark in past wave years. Their Dems avg. lead is just 3 pts... & Dems need a 3-4 pt win to take the House given redistricting.

14 candidates endorsed by Gov. Joe Lombardo largely won in last week’s primaries, but there were some notable losses. His picks for Congressional District 2, secretary of state and Washoe County district attorney all fell short. Read more: thenevadaindependent.com/pre…

Why did Kemp makes such a moronic choice as Derek Dooley? I still haven't seen a good explanation of that. And sorry, but "he has consultants consistently giving him blowjobs telling him he has a shot at the 2028 GOP presidential nomination" is not a good explanation.

My blood just ran cold. I told NO ONE in the media about Graham’s violence until the New York Times came to my home in April. I was never GOING to tell anyone. But HE knew what he had done. And now we know HE told people 7 months before I ever said a word. Because he knows what he did. Thank you, Nick, for helping me prove that Graham was worried I would tell the world what he’d done to me.

The nomination of Al Qaeda front volunteer Adam Hamawy as the Democratic nominee in New Jersey's 12th Congressional district is less a story about one controversial candidate than a story about a Democratic Party that increasingly lacks a central authority capable of policing its own fringes. Where Republicans have a clear power center in President Trump that can reward, punish, and discipline candidates, Democrats have become a decentralized coalition of activists, interest groups, donors, and elected officials, making it harder to stop awful figures from advancing through primaries and reshaping the party from within. My latest for @CityJournal, with my @ManhattanInst colleague @Danielle_shap. city-journal.org/article/ada…

#MTSEN independent candidate Seth Bodnar goes public with his support from Jon Tester (and others) after Democratic candidate Alani Bankhead makes clear again that she won’t step aside

Truthfully, it's a little weird that it's going to be at least 48 hours and well after the deal is signed before anyone who isn't in the Trump administration sees it, so I can't tell you it's bad, I'm just sort of assuming that they'd be pretty willing to show us a good one.

Daily Mail: A Trump-backed congressional candidate has been caught sending a former Miss Oklahoma USA a series of intimate text messages, prompting his wife to brand her a "home wrecking whore." Jackson Lahmeyer, 34, the Tulsa megachurch pastor whom Donald Trump anointed a 'MAGA Warrior' last month, faces a torrent of his own text messages obtained by the Daily Mail ahead of Oklahoma's 1st District Republican primary on Tuesday. dailymail.com/news/article-1…

Tuesday, there are primaries in Oklahoma and Washington, DC, and primary runoffs in Georgia and Alabama. We preview all the major races here: rrhelections.com/index.php/2…

DDHQ projects Mark Hill has won the Frisco, Texas mayoral runoff. Hill was viewed as the more moderate candidate who was running against Rod Vilhauer Vilhauer was endorsed by Texas GOP Reps. Keith Self and Brandon Gill

High speed rail in a nutshell. An entire movement built on 25 year old nerds playing fantasy geography. Problem is when they suddenly get real money behind it.

Got a great milestone to announce: my first Substack article is releasing tomorrow! Here's a little sneak peek: be sure to subscribe (for free!) to Maryland Musings to get all my articles when they release: the link is in my bio

The LA Recorder quietly released new precinct results as of 6/10, so let's map the results, starting with Skid Row and moving out: The 6/10 results are unofficial, but probably somewhat close to final, so I've compared them to the final Skid Row Mayoral Results in 2022. -Skid Row Votes are up 18% compared to 2022 final official -Overall LA Votes are up 28% compared to 2022 final official -Bass still won most Skid Row Precincts (I haven't computed the total SR numbers yet) -Thus, Skid Row's turnout increase is still less than LA's overall, and the number of votes there is very small.

I don't think Graham Platner actually "is a Nazi" - i.e., someone who supports the goals of the German NSDAP political party. I think he is a former alcoholic mercenary, who got one of the most famous Nazi symbols as a tattoo to show he is a "killer," and is currently struggling with giant infidelity and woman-abuse scandals. Watching lib-fem type friends passionately support him is thus, still, very funny.

The Division of Elections preliminarily determined that Dan J. Sullivan is not eligible to run for U.S. Senate, following a probe into allegations from Republicans that he's attempting to draw votes from the senator of the same name. adn.com/politics/2026/06/11/…

It’s the worst day of the year in the Senate