I understood the feeling OP mentioned and my tonsils were removed decades ago

Because we all know how upset Antifa was at the idea of Donald Trump leaving office and wanted to do everything they could to stop it

Yes, DOGE officer? This one right here. DOGE officer? Where’d you go?

Everyone who was against Trump has committed mortgage fraud and is getting busted for it at the same time?

Literally unbelievable.

I think this bit of nuance is important and easy to overlook: these numbers are about profit margins, which doesn’t necessarily translate to market size. Individual grocery stores generally run on thin margins, but Kroger is huge because their stores are EVERYWHERE. Everyone needs to eat. Our world needs energy, and we largely use oil to supply it. Drugs help us live longer. Etc etc etc.

Scientific articles are not nearly as ubiquitous in day to day life. They have have a huge profit margin and still be relatively small because their sales volume is low.

I know they can be scummy, but this is so not an apples to apples comparison.

So you’re talking about other maps, probably for state-level races? I guess, but for those who live in the 49 states other than Utah this is literally the only map that can affect things outside of Utah by flipping a seat in the US house. Everything else is either a statewide election, or only affects Utah politics.

Uh, yeah, and the judge agreed and changed that?

Literally the first two paragraphs (hell, the first two sentences) of the article

Almost every month, Mr Cihan Citak gets into his car, passport in hand, and sets off from Istanbul to Alexandroupolis, a Greek seaside city 40km from the Turkish border.

After a roughly four-hour drive, he walks the crowded aisles of the local supermarket, filling his cart with wine, cheese and other groceries that cost a fraction of what they do back home.

He’s not starting from the border, he’s starting from Istanbul, which is not anywhere near the border.

40km from the border. 4 hours total each way

I’m glad the “bombshell” is actually given, rather than some lame “I’ve got a secret” thing, but…

According to a report Friday from Drop Site News, Epstein had helped broker a defense agreement between the West African nation Côte d’Ivoire and Israel, a revelation uncovered from recently leaked emails of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

… That’s it? Am I missing something, or is MTG blowing things out of proportion? Or is that not the bombshell?

Hmmm, wonder who killed it

What’s your endgame here? That 1) some guy will be able to get a sizeable crowd of strangers to show up on their behalf AND 2) it will be enough that ICE will release that one person?

There have been individuals drawing protestors already. Hasn’t done shit.

Pretty sure he said that in season 1 too. I would say these writers need some original content but so far what they’ve done for season 2 has been even worse

All I’m seeing there (feel free to tell me what I missed) is either court-ordered, or part of the typical redistricting cycle.

The US census happens every 10 years on the 0’s, and remapping happens soon after especially as states lose and gain districts (some may have a shift in where their populations are and with that the boundaries chance as well). I’m not talking about any gerrymandering there, because that’s (unfortunately) part of the “normal” process.

Sometimes those maps get challenged in court, and the court agrees with those challenges, forcing a new map outside of that usual cycle. I’m not talking about that either, because that’s done involuntarily after a court makes them do it.

Texas started it all by changing their maps about halfway through the typical census cycle, without any court requiring it. THAT is what I’m trying to say is so abnormal and where I want to be proven wrong. It sounds picky, but any other redistricting I’m aware of is common enough and can have good reason to do so, but not this.

Superintendent Chalmers references aside, feel free to prove me wrong. I’m going to have a hard time proving the negative.

In the middle of the decade, and not from a court forcing them to?

Yeah… That’s not what I’m talking about at all

Uh, and the comment you replied to? And the topic of the post was a whole?

Drink your morning coffee, friend.

I didn’t downvote you, but I’m going to guess it’s because many people try to “both sides” something that’s very clearly happening on one side. Maybe there’s more finger pointing for the domino effects, but it very clearly started with Texas

Hope is what inspires resistance. Without it, why bother trying?