The push for "majority minority" districts in the US has helped the Republican Party, net. (View Post)

8,7! A tsunami watch is in place for the entire U.S. West Coast after an 8.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka region, with warnings also issued in Hawaii and Japan, where waves as h… (View Post)

Good news from the US:Fueled by fentanyl, the annual drug overdose death rate in the United States doubled between 2015 and 2023, going from 16 to 33 deaths per 100,000 people. But in February 2024, … (View Post)

Off topic: A somewhat belated congratulations to the Lionesses. Who I admit I like partly because of the team name. Good team names are much harder to find for women's teams than men's teams. Compare… (View Post)

Hillary Clinton was a National Merit semi-finalist. So, yes, she was -- and is -- smart. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Merit_Scholarship_Program George W. Bush earned an MBA from Harvard. So… (View Post)