Polls on how Democrats and Republicans see each other

Growing shares in each party now describe those in the other party as more closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent than other Americans. (Pew Research Center) Details: https://t.co/1KGNkJCtbl pic.twitter.com/DDotq8VkMw
— Opinion Today (@OpinionToday) August 9, 2022

Republican, Democratic, & Independent voters largely agree on Republicans’ ideological position. But Republicans view Democrats as much more extreme than Democrats view themselveshttps://t.co/qVRn1WWvDu pic.twitter.com/UwphQZModZ
— Matt Grossmann (@MattGrossmann) June 27, 2022

Amazing study. Chew on this.

Dems believe 44% of Republicans make >$250k (it’s 2%) & >40% are Seniors (<20%).

Republicans believe 38% of Dems are LGB (it’s 6%) & 44% are Black (24%).

The more political media you take in, the more biased your estimates.https://t.co/vYZcHx4bSj
— Samuel Perry (@profsamperry) July 10, 2022

Analysis: About three-quarters of both Republicans and Democrats saw members of the other party as bullies, according to a new poll.https://t.co/SUQVD0rwhC
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 25, 2022

In Feb. 2021, I noted polling showing that most Republicans saw Democrats not as political opponents but as enemies.

Now, most Democrats view Republicans the same way. https://t.co/3FZaBoH5Kr
— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 1, 2022

Last 2022 update on gerrymandering in Louisiana

The Supreme Court (R) gutted the Voting Rights Act and will let racist gerrymanders stand.

The Supreme Court just reinstated the Republican-drawn map of Louisiana's House districts that was blocked by a judge who found it likely discriminates against Black voters. The three liberal justices dissented.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 28, 2022

A year of work proving Louisiana's congressional map discriminates against Black voters. A 152-page district court opinion finding discrimination, upheld in a 33-page opinion by the most conservative federal court in the nation. Taken away by 6 justices in an act of raw power. https://t.co/PhJ9iROha1
— Sam Spital (@SamSpital) June 28, 2022

This afternoon, the Supreme Court reinstated Louisiana's GOP-passed congressional map, halting a lower court's decision that it was a racial gerrymander. https://t.co/yLVYlV4gZd pic.twitter.com/2j2Eqbj7wL
— Nathaniel Rakich (@baseballot) June 28, 2022

the supreme court: “just use the democratic process”

also the supreme court: https://t.co/Lg7YxZkkM3
— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) June 28, 2022

Let's be very clear. The 5 radical justices of the Supreme Court are unhinged right now. In multiple cases, they have ignored not just precedent and personal pledges like in Roe, but basic facts in the school prayer and voting rights case, just to get their partisan way. https://t.co/fo2pGlCnG3
— Peter W. Singer (@peterwsinger) June 29, 2022

Ron Johnson changes his story

Looks like a lie to me

Senator Ron Johnson can’t seem to get his story straight on his efforts to pass false elector slates to Pence. https://t.co/ybpmXuijVX
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 26, 2022

Ron Johnson tweeted?
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 27, 2022

Johnson didn’t just “want” to put fake electors forward, he actually TRIED to do it. That’s a criminal attempt to defraud the U.S., an overt act in furtherance of a seditious conspiracy, and an attempt to prevent the lawful transfer of power. https://t.co/fJ0ws69uMm
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 3, 2022

Racial disparities and Covid

Research published last month found that Whites who learned about racial disparities in covid were more indifferent to precautionary measures. https://t.co/l7dK1OBayF
— Philip Bump (@pbump) June 28, 2022

Hit hard by COVID-19, Black Americans share their grief https://t.co/SxeFjiVOBg
— TIME (@TIME) June 20, 2022

How COVID exposed racial disparities in all aspects of the healthcare system https://t.co/dyXCeuiAPV
— NPR Health News (@NPRHealth) June 20, 2022

Republicans will use the terrible abortion decision to deny other rights

Nebraska’s Secretary of State today cited the Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs to argue that voters do not have a constitutional right to propose statewide ballot initiatives because it is not mentioned in the Constitution pic.twitter.com/b6KdVyqgVN
— G. Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris) June 28, 2022

Gerrymandering – final 2022 results

The Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act and won’t stop racist gerrymandering. Bad news.

With this final blow to minority voting rights advocates & Democrats, all 50 states now have an operative congressional map in place for 2022. https://t.co/4LdOZxBNpO
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 28, 2022

Final 2022 redistricting scorecard: @CookPolitical estimates a GOP gain of three seats from new maps *alone.* That was almost exactly our pre-redistricting forecast. But it's a seven (!) seat swing against Dems vs. our early March forecast. https://t.co/kk9BwpwARX pic.twitter.com/ptgearORo2
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 28, 2022

The once-a-decade process of redrawing the country's congressional districts has given Republicans a major edge — but that's not the only consequence. https://t.co/ekkF1SHIMm
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) June 29, 2022

Hard to overstate what a radical step this would be, given that many swing-state legislatures are gerrymandered in ways that self-perpetuate GOP control. Would decimate checks and balances. https://t.co/ozO9KoGlmN
— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) June 30, 2022

Three films by Alex de la Iglesia

I recently watched Marauders from the Mediterranean: The Macabre Magic of the Spanish Zombie Film, a documentary that is an extra on the Blu-ray of Tombs of the Blind Dead. One of the films mentioned in it was The Last Circus (2010).

I never heard of it but got the Blu-ray and it is excellent. It’s a horror film but also gruesomely funny. I have been tracking down other films by Alex de la Iglesia.

The next film I watched was My Big Night (2015) about the filming of a New Year’s Eve TV show. It’s extremely funny in a dark way. I loved it.

The third film I watched is Witching & Bitching (2013). It’s good but the weakest of the three. It’s a comedy that turns into a CGI-based horror film. I am getting more films by de la Iglesia.

Beach Animals

I learned about these works by Theo Jansen from this tweet.

These 'Beach Animals' were created by Theo Jansen as a fusion of art and engineering. The kinetic structures walk on their own and get all their energy from the wind.pic.twitter.com/1m2JvPXUSB
— Wonder of Science (@wonderofscience) June 26, 2022

Theo Jansen has been constructing large-scale, kinetic beings powered entirely by wind since 1990. Based on a planar leg mechanism known as Jansen's linkage, you can often see them waddle, wriggle, or slither across a Dutch beaches https://t.co/ysJ5lpkDHJ pic.twitter.com/E5FFsK8wP1
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) March 18, 2023

Baltimore Sun article didn’t mention terrible Hogan decision

The article says (with my bolding):

Long-term goals include reforming the structure of the Maryland Transit Administration to include more local oversight, implementing an east-to-west rapid transit plan for Baltimore, adding more railroad stations in the metropolitan region and providing faster and more frequent commuter MARC trains between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.

There was a plan called the Red Line – Governor Hogan killed it.

Your article should have included the fact that Governor Hogan killed the Red https://t.co/TYob0GwmVG
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 28, 2022

Hogan’s decision was terrible. https://t.co/Vy6bQ3w401
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 28, 2022

Amusing tweets mocking Republican claims that babies will be adopted if not aborted

It will be fine pic.twitter.com/FTePuOc7kP
— Jorts (and Jean) (@JortsTheCat) June 28, 2022

Great reference to Raising Arizona https://t.co/BxpIZJDHwf
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) June 27, 2022

We will adopt your baby pic.twitter.com/mCI0JuTUoU
— Cristiane Young (@Crisopera1) June 28, 2022

They are mocking this picture:

statistically speaking they will not, for all the talk of adoption among pro-life groups the rates are not high. https://t.co/ybdvEeVkpn https://t.co/iAdJQdcUDT
— James Palmer (@BeijingPalmer) June 26, 2022