Gerrymandering update after the midterms

GOP gerrymandering: Democratic votes not matched by seats gained

#ICYMI Democrats Are Poised to Wipe Out Republicans’ North Carolina Gerrymander In Time for the 2020 Election. #ncpol #ncga https://t.co/iKEgGjBZnJ pic.twitter.com/IrbEnaaUs4

— Kevin Rogers (@kevinjohnrogers) November 21, 2018

U.S. top court to review Virginia voting districts in race case https://t.co/7ebR9yDVMS pic.twitter.com/XcIz7bKsL2

— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 14, 2018

A Gerrymander Primer- Cures for NC & Beyond- Village Resistance 11-28-18 https://t.co/kOzFisXmN4

— Momentary Grace 🌙🌊🎸 (@momentarygrace) November 28, 2018

Efforts to undermine @CleanMissouri are getting national attention! "This [effort to undermine Amendment 1] is about preserving the power to gerrymander legislative districts, and is an absurd insult to Missouri voters." Read more here: https://t.co/bX9kUWvsEH #CleanMissouri pic.twitter.com/wCzq57tiBp

— MO Health Care Action (@MOHealthAction) November 28, 2018

The @MissouriGOP has already started and funded a committee to overturn the @CleanMissouri redistricting reforms approved by voters. This is about preserving the power to gerrymander legislative districts. Absurd insult to Missouri voters. pic.twitter.com/UjY9xmS2rL

— Tony Messenger (@tonymess) November 26, 2018

The Supreme Court is diving back into the abyss of racially drawn election districts. Can partisan gerrymandering be far behind? https://t.co/NNg18306jo

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 13, 2018

Utah voters narrowly approve anti-gerrymandering reform https://t.co/igJJpbbLJN

— Salon (@Salon) November 22, 2018

This is the gerrymander that Republicans on the Supreme Court looked at and said "meh." https://t.co/UKgx8g4Cwv

— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) November 19, 2018

Be aware Wisconsin. Republicans attempting to make permanent their gerrymandered districts by taking power away from the newly elected Governor before he takes office. They fear fair elections. What will you do Scott Walker? Citizens of Wisconsin you must resist! https://t.co/obmbDwfYZv

— Eric Holder (@EricHolder) November 29, 2018

Meet the Gil case #gerrymander from Hell pic.twitter.com/MGnHGIV0Xs

— Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) November 29, 2018

Gerrymandering
North Carolina: Democrats won 48% of votes and 23% of seats
Ohio: Democrats won nearly 50% of votes and 25% of seats

Pennsylvania, new court-ordered nonpartisan map: Dems won 55% of votes and 50% of seats, up from 28% of seats under old maphttps://t.co/kcp7lx4OMh

— Mike Rosenberg (@ByRosenberg) November 29, 2018

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago pals have influence over the VA

The House Oversight, and Veteran’s Affairs Committees concluded today that 3 men with ties to Mar a Lago golf club used connections to advance a plan “hugely profitable” to them to “monetize veteran’s records.” The report also mentions Jared and Ivanka. https://t.co/b75RLRGB3h
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) September 27, 2021

Trump's Mar-a-Lago buddies are making calls at the VA. We got 300 pages of emails proving it: https://t.co/j91vgtiXFb
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) September 6, 2019

update 12/4/18

Help Wanted: Old white men of leisure wanted for shadow ruler positions. No experience? No problem. Buy a Mar-a-Lago membership and you too can dabble in multi-billion dollar efforts to overhaul electronic records for millions of veterans. Contact Judge Elihu Smails to apply. https://t.co/pXe6pmDkFE
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) December 4, 2018

Could it have something to do with the three Mar-a-Lago donors that are now running the VA.https://t.co/bUWRNDJiuP
— Nichola Blair (@ToriRob11) November 12, 2018

Mar-a-Lago acquaintance of Pres. Trump applied pressure on the VA to get iPhone app his family designed to be adopted by Apple for use with veterans.

VA officials killed the plan. https://t.co/44JNp5XmI4 via @WSJ
— Ben Kesling (@bkesling) November 21, 2018

The Trump administration is defending the legality of having three Trump associates help steer the Department of Veterans Affairs from the president’s Mar-a-Lago resort, asserting that a Watergate-era sunshine law on advisory committees shouldn’t apply. https://t.co/9goIAhRpsq
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) November 25, 2018

NEW: The Government Accountability Office will investigate whether individuals connected to President @realDonaldTrump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida have had inappropriate influence over the Department of Veterans Affairshttps://t.co/uv1Zss9sg4
— Josh Campbell (@joshscampbell) November 27, 2018

Dark money group Wellspring Committee

It has no employees or volunteers, and just a single board member.

No public facing operations.

No website.

Just millions of dollars from anonymous donors it dutifully passes on once it receives it. https://t.co/265PbYPMcH

— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) November 27, 2018

NEW: New tax records of "dark money" group Wellspring Committee highlights how unidentified donors can provide large sums to politically influential groups through complex webs of opaque groups and tax laws that allow contributors to remain hidden. https://t.co/KoRiF4whOy

— Michelle Ye Hee Lee (@myhlee) November 27, 2018

Labor Secretary Acosta

update 12/3/18

"A Democratic group of lawmakers is calling for a Justice Department investigation into Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta after a scathing report revealed decade-old allegations that he granted an alleged serial pedophile the “deal of a lifetime’’ …"https://t.co/wn8On317aL

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 4, 2018

“Acosta's starring role in the Epstein mess means that he has no business heading up a Department with forced labor, child exploitation and human trafficking responsibilities," writes @LizMair https://t.co/63TOIH2xOu

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) December 4, 2018

I have been harping about this for days and still don’t know why none of these takes explore the fact that the Senate and the White House knew about this when Acosta was confirmed. It changes the dynamic immensely. https://t.co/bXIpJwwZjR

— Ian Kullgren (@IanKullgren) December 4, 2018

Miami Herald reporter @jkbjournalist says on @ReliableSources that she had to convince victims the Herald would actually publish the Acosta story, because they feared someone higher up at McClatchy would shut the story down.

— Rebecca Rainey (@RebeccaARainey) December 2, 2018

update 11/29/18

Trump labor secretary out of running for attorney general after report https://t.co/6N7S5zUakT

— Wendy Benjaminson (@wbenjaminson) November 29, 2018

Superb story about how Labor Secretary Alex Acosta let predator Jeffrey Epstein cut an unusual deal that even granted immunity to "any potential co-conspirators." The deal "essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe into whether there were more victims." https://t.co/FD3jr8tAP2

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 28, 2018

Homeland Security again vastly overstates the frequency of fake families at the border

The small number of people detained at the border with kids who weren't their own dropped over the summer, so DHS had to get creative with the numbers. https://t.co/igRRTedkSP

— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 28, 2018

Trump’s Twitter rant 11/28/18

All kinds of lies and other garbage today:

It's sort of remarkable that we treat as normal the president's sharing false memes on Twitter, but, in this case, that it's false information about *government programs* kicks it up a notch. https://t.co/H0afwDoIpg

— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 28, 2018

The president just retweeted a vice presidential parody account. https://t.co/HDNMo2y46m

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 28, 2018

This insane thing was retweeted by the president. Presidential panic isn’t pretty. https://t.co/QRonI3jg9z

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 28, 2018

Trump retweeted a claim this morning that "Illegals can get up to $3,874 a month under Federal Assistance program[s]." Not only is this based on a document about a refugee family (not illegal immigrants), but the case was in Canada, not in the U.S. pic.twitter.com/LZ6E6k3qDb

— David Martosko (@dmartosko) November 28, 2018

The president's morning on Twitter:
– Retweeted call to imprison his deputy attorney general and various former officials for treason
– Retweeted a fake Mike Pence
– Retweeted a lie about assistance for illegal immigrants
– Retweeted dishonest criticism of a Hillary Clinton joke

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 28, 2018

"Donald Trump is a president who acts like an Internet troll. He finds nuggets, shapes them to his liking and then shares them. Facts, context and fairness are secondary concerns — if they are concerns at all."https://t.co/k4vbEAIgpU

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) November 28, 2018

Last 24 hours, Trump has:

-Suggested Clinton campaign emails may not have actually been stolen (a nod to Seth Rich conspiracy)
-Cited Jerome Corsi as a “major player” whose word can be trusted over Mueler
-Accused his own deputy AG of treason

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 28, 2018

Number of undocumented immigrants in US hits 12-year low

This is based on numbers before Trump took over.

About that undocumented immigrant crisis: @pewresearch estimates the number of undocumented immigrants living in the US has dipped to lowest level in 10 years https://t.co/3hqgUtDuwt

— Salvador Hernandez (@SalHernandez) November 27, 2018

Number of undocumented immigrants in US hits 12-year low, report says https://t.co/l1fTyM257x pic.twitter.com/U3iO8w7bTS

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 27, 2018

The number of Mexican unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. has declined https://t.co/PaVZF75V10 pic.twitter.com/af5WoRjfZV

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) November 28, 2018

The typical unauthorized immigrant has lived in the U.S. for nearly 15 years https://t.co/wlSpxXkRap pic.twitter.com/zNd6TdqOXW

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) November 28, 2018

The unauthorized immigrant population has declined in 12 states and grown in 3 states since 2007 https://t.co/O0jeAQxV1j pic.twitter.com/k1wI4wiEzw

— Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) November 27, 2018

Just this week, Trump warned Mississippians about undocumented immigrants taking their jobs.

New data show that the density of such immigrants in the workforce is lower than any point in a decade — and Mississippi is lower still. https://t.co/IzdjSCKywM

— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 28, 2018

Trump on undocumented immigrants: "We don't want those people in Mississippi."

Mississippi does, in fact want those people. The state's ag industry is fueled by migrant, often undocumented, farm workers. pic.twitter.com/48f0PB5jXp

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 26, 2018

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K)

Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) was 30 years old on November 24 , 2018. Season 12 (six episodes) is on Netflix now.

I attended the live show with the new cast on August 9, 2017. They did a great job on the terrible film Eegah.

The photo above is me (second from left) with the cast at the show.

#MST3K turns 30 today. Here's how the cult TV show changed pop culture https://t.co/QcJQOVoMu3 pic.twitter.com/WKZf6cqUv0

— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) November 24, 2018

15 Fun Facts About 'Mystery Science Theater 3000' — https://t.co/6rjsBhjlpg pic.twitter.com/s8uIQDSJ9s

— Mental Floss (@mental_floss) November 26, 2018

A schlub and some robots riffing on bad movies didn't necessarily sound like a recipe for longevity. But 30 years later, "Mystery Science Theater 3000" is still going strong. https://t.co/lbQk0DV6MJ

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 25, 2018

Republicans are trying to limit power of Democrats who won

They can’t accept they lost. They try to undermine the winner.

GOP governors and legislators on their way out the door are trying to poison the water for incoming Democrats https://t.co/tMuEimFgKO

— Salon (@Salon) November 20, 2018

Missouri Republicans try to undermine a state constitutional amendment passed by voters

Missouri GOP: thugs https://t.co/VK4v6d5oW2

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) November 27, 2018