Head shot of an American Crow in my back yard.

“'If you’re not confident enough in your policies that you think that it’s going to have a negative impact on your politics, then maybe you need to be doing something different.'”

"The lawmaker said Republicans should be trying to win elections on the merits, not through gerrymandering:

“'Other states need to do what they want to do, but I don’t think it makes sense for them to do it either.'

"The president’s purely political argument—'they could be depriving Republicans of a majority in the House,' he wrote of the idea’s GOP critics in Indiana—isn’t persuasive to this legislator.

"'What has changed from the Census five years ago that would lead us to redistrict today?' the legislator asked. 'Nothing has changed.'

"'I’m not inclined to ever redistrict mid-decade,' the lawmaker told me. He said he voted with other Republicans to enact the state’s current congressional map after the 2020 Census.

"Several opponents have criticized the plan on the grounds that Indiana should not redraw its maps in the middle of the decade; the Constitution calls for reapportionment of representatives among the states to be done after the decennial Census.

Black - crowned Night Heron

Sad news.

“ and the potential expiration of Obamacare subsidies at year’s end. The charities are warning of exploding medical debt and lower survival rates for diseases like cancer if Congress doesn’t act.” politicalwire.com/2025/11/27/a...

Agreed. I’m involved with scouts because I think we need a new generation to change our political structure.

“Scouting America will prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law.”

"But I can’t see beyond that event horizon. Maybe you can. If so, I’d like your thoughts in the comments."

Or here.