Best family dinner-table conversation about a US Senate appointment

Rep. Ralph Norman, now running for #SCGov, calls for mid-decade redistricting so Rs can break up the safe Dem seat (Clyburn) and win every district.

Why is this? 'Change sells, while lack of change is a signal to the reader to read no further...there is a constant temptation for partisans and more neutral observers alike to exaggerate small shifts in individual surveys to bolster preferred storylines' politico.com/news/magazine/…

Texas Senate's congressional redistricting committee has convened to hear testimony on the proposed Republican remap: senate.texas.gov/videoplayer.ph… #txlege

MAGA KY, the pro-Trump super-PAC opposing Rep. Thomas Massie, has spent more than $1.5 million, per FEC filing: docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/… It raised $2m through June 30 from 3 donors: Paul Singer ($1m), Trump-aligned Preserve America PAC ($750k), and John Paulson ($250k) #ky04

Texas Republican congressional remap proposal advanced to the state Senate on a 6-1 vote by the state Senate Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting. (The Senate bill is identical to the House bill, Plan C2308, that quorum-breaking Democrats blocked this week.)

Lt. Gov. of Indiana gets out *ahead* of Braun and legislative leaders on redistricting.

NEW: Dan Patrick says the full Texas Senate will vote next week on the new Congressional map that gives Republicans five more seats after it was approved earlier today by the Special Committee on Congressional Redistricting in a 6-1 vote. CBS News Texas

US Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) released text of his bill to ban mid-decade redistricting kiley.house.gov/posts/rep-kile…

We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran. Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. go.nasa.gov/41tbrpq

This was a 7R-1D map the Missouri House voted down in January 2022.

Grieving the loss of one of my best friends, Jim Lovell. His extraordinary legacy is cemented by many space missions: Gemini VII, Gemini XII, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. Our mutual respect had no limits. The Gemini XII mission we flew together paved the way for the Apollo

In all of history, only three humans have made the 240,000-mile journey to the moon twice and Lovell was the last one alive. We have lost one of the great explorers of humankind.