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Things we will know from today’s apportionment numbers:* The population of each state. * How many congressional seats each state will have for this decade. Things we will *not* know:*Where

One thing to remember is that coup attempts often are doomed to fail and even comedic the first time around (think: the Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Hugo Chavez’s 1992 attempted

According to the Texas Secretary of State, 5,875,684 Texans had voted through Wednesday, a turnout of 34.7% of registered voters. Texas turnout this year is already 65.5% of the state’s

Today is the 100th anniversary of the detonation of a bomb on Wall Street that killed 38 people & injured hundreds others. The perpetrators were never found, but the bombing

It’s looking like an upset brewing in the D primary runoff for TX-24 with Candace Valenzuela leading Kim Olson 55.9% to 44.1%. #txlege TX-24 is the competitive Texas congressional district

First, on the claim that people could just “print thousands of forgeries,” you have to return mail ballots in an official envelope that is bar coded. This both provides a

Bless Bill Barr’s heart - this just couldn’t happen. For starters, the return envelopes have unique bar codes that are scanned when the ballots are received. 1/https://twitter.com/chrismegerian/status/1267434893883179009 An example of

Here's the Texas Supreme Court's opinion in the COVID vote-by-mail case. #txlege https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1446711/200394.pdf A win for the state in that the court holds lack of COVID immunity is not a

The Musée Guimet in Paris is home to a remarkable sculpture from the Tang dynasty of a Chinese woman playing polo. Remarkable not only because of its artistic qualities, but

This is right. It’s easy to be upset at people for what they are doing (and, yes, they should know better). But some amount of people left to their own

Bless his heart. He has no idea how mail ballots work (though he should since he votes by mail). There are a couple of key layers of security. 1/ First,

This is a stunning stat. In Taiwan and South Korea, where the COVID crisis was many times better managed, the unemployment rate is 3.7% and 4.0% respectively.https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1260562891817746434 Worth adding this: