Today is an homage to the late, great George Carlin.

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References: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/opinion/trump-constitution-unitary-executive.html

https://medium.com/the-polis/how-maga-happened-the-long-road-to-trumps-cult-of-power-7b5148c38b75

https://www.avpress.com/opinion/editorial/who-really-suffers-from-trump-derangement-syndrome/article_e495bb0a-1da4-489b-9923-eccf64ce5d0b.html

Republicans have been using this sneaky, racist tactic to pad their numbers in rural districts during the census for decades. It needs to end.

References:

https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/prison-gerrymandering-explained/

https://www.prisonersofthecensus.org/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/19/politics/nicole-collier-confined-texas-state-capitol-house-redistricting

Daniel Rothman provides some excellent meat for us to chew on today regarding the history and intention on the framers of the Constitution where the Electoral College is concerned.

References:

https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/content/news/Have-you-ever-wondered-Why-was-Dakota-Territory-split-into-two-states-437917693.html

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/dakota-split-states-senators/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College#Evolution_from_unpledged_to_pledged_electors

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Electoral_College#Evolution_to_the_general_ticket

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-jan-6-investigation-fake-electors-608932d4771f6e2e3c5efb3fdcd8fcce

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Trump loves his Daddy Vladdy Poots!!!

References:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-putin-agrees-with-him-us-should-not-have-mail-in-voting-2025-08-16/

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5504196/trump-putin-summit-documents-left-behind

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/16/nx-s1-5501528/federal-police-takeover-washington-dc-teenagers

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/16/national-guard-dc-trump-00512677

https://www.morningbrew.com/stories/users-dating-their-ai

https://gizmodo.com/toothpaste-made-from-hair-works-better-than-fluoride-scientists-say-2000643763

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Why do we have this antioquated system of indirectly electing our President?

References:

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/why-do-we-have-electoral-college

https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/allocation

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-unauthorized-immigrants-by-state/

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/pete-hegseth-video-pastors-women-voting

https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/sitroom/date/2025-08-08/segment/02

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Mike is in the house again for a discussion of the outrageous outrages of the moment.

Reference:

"On Tyranny" by Timothy Snyder

https://theconversation.com/so-you-want-to-be-an-autocrat-heres-the-10-point-checklist-125908

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I compare the depredations of both awful periods in Supreme Court history.

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