What on Earth Happened in 2016, Part 4 – Massachusetts Presidential Election...
Massachusetts is well known as one of the most Democratic states in the country. There was no doubt that it would vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election – the only question was by...
View ArticleWhat on Earth Happened in 2016, Part 5 – New Jersey Presidential Election and...
New Jersey has a reputation (Chris Christie aside) for being a solidly Democratic state, and thus it was widely expected to vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Many people even...
View ArticleHR 482 & SB 103 - attack on geospatial info, antiracism work, &...
We are seeing even more evidence of attacks on efforts from the past to improve the use of information as a means of advancing social justice. I had passed on to me some information with an urging to...
View ArticleHilarious. Lilly Singh Gives Racists A Geography Lesson, and a Swift Kick, in...
Lilly Singh, YouTube sensation, rapper, singer, dancer, and comedienne doesn’t suffer racist fools gladly, but she encounters MAGA trolls on her Twitter threads all the time who mistake the Canadian...
View Article>Redefine borders in sea?
We hear a lot about South China Sea and its multitude of tiny islands, possible source of a next large conflict and maybe war. This is only one example among several conflicts of that sort, just the...
View ArticleHow Has New Hampshire’s Political Geography Shifted Since 2000?
New Hampshire used to be a heavily Republican state. For over a century, Republicans were clearly the majority party in New Hampshire, and Democratic wins, though they happened occasionally, were...
View ArticleI want to see the blood map
Many people think “it happened in Vegas”. I am not good with graphics programs, but I would like to see a US map with a red dot to represent the home of each person murdered by the gun man in Las...
View ArticleAnalysis of Roy Moore's 2012 Alabama Supreme Court Election, and Implications...
In Alabama, two statewide elections were held in 2012. The first was the Presidential election, where, predictably, Mitt Romney defeated Barack Obama in a 22-point landslide. The other election was a...
View ArticleThe Definitive Guide to the Results of New Jersey’s 2017 State Elections,...
On November 7, 2017, New Jersey held a general election to elect its Governor and state legislature. The gubernatorial election was an open seat, as Republican incumbent Chris Christie was...
View ArticleThe Warm History of Duluth for Everybody Who's Cold
Yes, Duluth.“Duluth is situated exactly halfway between the latitudes of Paris and Venice, so that gentlemen who have inhaled the exhilarating airs of the one or basked in the golden sunlight of the...
View ArticleTomgram: Engelhardt, Seeing Our Wars for the First Time
This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here.Mapping a World From Hell 76 Countries Are Now Involved in Washington’s War on...
View ArticleAnalysis of the Results of the 2017 U.S. Senate Special Election in Jefferson...
The 2017 U.S. Senate special election in Alabama was a political earthquake in more ways than one. Not only did a Democrat win a statewide election in Alabama for the first time since 2008, and a U.S....
View ArticleAnalysis of PA-18: Does Conor Lamb have a path to victory in the special...
Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District will host a special election on March 13, 2018 after its previous incumbent, Republican Tim Murphy, resigned due to a sex scandal. The candidates in this...
View Article2018 Backyard Bird Race: Tally #2
This is the the second tally of the 2018 Backyard Bird Race. The third tally will go up on Sunday, March 11 (that’s the first day of Daylight Savings Time — “spring forward”, so we’ll understand if you...
View ArticleMy proposal for how Pennsylvania should redraw its Congressional districts
In late January, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that the state’s Republican-drawn congressional district map violated the state constitution’s guarantee of free and equal elections. That map,...
View ArticleHow did Conor Lamb win PA-18?
On March 13, 2018, Democrat Conor Lamb won the special election in Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional district by a slim margin of just over 600 votes. This was a significant upset, considering that the...
View ArticleDawn Chorus: What's in a Name?
The names people attach to things — and critters — tell us a lot about what is important to them, and for names assigned in olden days and particular places, what was significant in those settings....
View ArticleMaine 2018 Primary Analysis and Maps: Are there signs of the “Blue Wave”...
On June 12, 2018, Maine held primary elections to determine the Democratic and Republican nominees for Governor, the Democratic nominee for Maine’s 2nd Congressional District, and nominees for several...
View ArticleWhat the perfect storm of 2016 may have looked like in the swing areas.
2016 was lost on the margins but as Max Boot has suggested the Russian “thumb on the scale” didn’t have to be everywhere, perhaps not even on Brad Parscale.xClint Wattsâ new book makes a...
View ArticleMiscellaneous Maps from Summer and Early Fall 2018
Due to an extremely busy summer, I haven’t been able to write any articles for a while. But I’ve still been making maps, so I wanted to give a rundown of the maps that I’ve made during the summer and...
View ArticleD.C. court clerks demand passport as ID, reject New Mexico driver’s license...
Remembering all fifty states is hard for some folks. New Mexico resident Gavin Clarkson and his now-wife learned that the hard way earlier this month, when the couple was told his state identification...
View ArticleHow “Electable” is Amy Klobuchar, anyway?
Amy Klobuchar, U.S. Senator from Minnesota and Democratic candidate for President of the United States, has made her perceived “electability” as part of her argument for why she should become the...
View ArticleWhat is your favorite place in the United States? Absolutely no political...
This is picture is of my favorite place in the United States. I have been forced into retirement by ill health. So I do what all farmers do, every morning I go to the local restaurant drink coffee and...
View ArticleDawn Chorus: Birding with Dr. Maturin on the High Seas
Let’s take another literary journey in today’s Dawn Chorus. Today’s series of books takes us far afield by sailing ship to visit birds and places that I for one will never see, at any season. I’ll...
View ArticleAnalyzing Louisiana’s 2019 Gubernatorial Election from its State Legislative...
On November 16, 2019, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) was re-elected by a roughly 3-point margin, defeating businessman Eddie Rispone (R). Edwards had won his first term in 2015 by defeating...
View ArticleA Hot Dose of Reality
During the Iowa Democratic Presidential Debate, candidates were asked if they would “allow” Iran to have the bomb. This line of questioning resulted in the expected answers of “No” across the board....
View ArticleHamilton County, Indiana Political Geography and Trends
Hamilton County, Indiana, located just north of Indianapolis, is the fourth-most populous county in Indiana. It is a fast-growing suburban county that, for most of its history, has been staunchly...
View ArticleTrump Don't Know Much About Geography
On the eve of Trump’s State of the Union paean to himself, it may help to be reminded of all the ways in which the Guy Who Knows Everything doesn’t know much, and doesn’t care. Jennifer Rubin, in her...
View ArticleAre You The State You Live In?
Are you synonymous with the state you live in? Does it define you? Is it representative of who you are? My answer to that: Aspects may represent and reflect you, but there are undoubtedly features...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel brutally exposes Republican voters' deep ignorance and Ted...
You’ll enjoy this.Ted Cruz likes to pretend he’s plugged into pop culture, but his efforts in that regard are, to put it mildly, clumsy.His latest Daffy Duck-worthy backfire came two days ago after he...
View ArticleQuick Overview of Maine's 2020 State Senate Races
Democrats currently control the Maine State Senate by a 21-14 margin. As is the case in all of New England, all seats are up for re-election every two years. Here’s how I’d rate them.District 1...
View ArticleSorry, Dear Leader... Yesterday's negative test is meaningless
OK, hang on to your hats… or whatever you think you need to hold onto for this… I’m going to start with a statement that our Dear Leader makes often that is actually TRUE:The USA has tested more people...
View ArticleNew Jersey Redistricting: A Fine Balance
New Jersey goes into 2021 with 12 Congressional districts and is certain to stay there, growing by 5.7% per the 2020 Census results. South Jersey’s growth is stagnant or worse, save for the 6-7%...
View ArticleRe-imagining Internal Migrations in the United States with PRISM.
One of the things the Right has managed to politicize into hysterics has been the phenomenon of internal geographic mobility in the United States. While the truth is that Americans do move around in...
View ArticleGeography, Industry, and Politics & Policy
I have become a YouTube addict since the pandemic.This was a youTube video that I came across and found interesting from a political sense. xxYouTube VideoThe High Tech State that he list...
View ArticleDo You Know Your Geography?
I suppose I might be referring to Political Geography; the names and locations of places on earth as represented by maps.I unwisely had a cup of coffee after dinner last night. I drink a couple cups of...
View ArticleMorning Digest: Top Colorado Democrat announces retirement from the House—for...
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Daniel Donner, and Carolyn Fiddler, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, James...
View ArticleCartography and Geography Humanized: Every map is wrong, and why it matters
In its most basic definition, geography is the study of the physical features of the earth and of human activity as it affects and is affected by the earth, including the distribution of populations...
View ArticleIAN: Tuesday, November 15, 2022: The Amazing Oldest Trees on Earth. And a...
Tuesday: A day to: celebrate perseverance!As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing...
View ArticleCould the way to a progressive era be... geography, of all ways? Or Hillary...
A disclaimer is in order. I’m not afraid to make controversial claims, and probably the most arguments I’ve started in comment sections here at Daily Kos have been over the fact that half of House...
View ArticleCHEMICAL & CAVIAR
What’s happening in the PUGET Sound of Seattle Washington? Chemical blizzard entering Puget Sound from wastewater plants by John Ryan from NPR. Seattle . This chemical PFAS ( polyfluoroalkyl...
View ArticleLauren Boebert tries to own the libs and ends up embarrassing herself
Rep. Lauren Boebert, probably smarting from not getting the “troll the libs” headlines that fellow Freedom Caucus members like Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene have gotten in recent days, decided...
View ArticleThe US leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why
The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.Campaign ActionBlame geography for the U.S. getting hit by stronger, costlier, more varied and frequent extreme weather than anywhere on the...
View Article21ST CENTURY FARMERS MARKET ON THE KITCHEN TABLE
Farmers Market plays a critical role in our kitchen for fresh vegetables and fruits. Spring and Summer season bring shine to colorful tasty fruits and vegetables. Tropical and temperate regions have...
View ArticlePhoto Diary: Great Salt Lake
About 30,000 years ago, as the Rocky Mountains were being pushed up by geological forces, a large basin was formed in what is now Utah which filled in with water. Since this basin had no outlet, this...
View ArticleChildhood In A Skinner Box (+77 Signs)
“The difference between Democrats and Republicans is they feel patriotic by waving the flag and telling the world we’re #1 and we feel patriotic when the world is waving our flag and telling us we’re...
View ArticleRising Temperature
El Niño traversing from East to West has already reached the tipping point. Europe temperature has reach 40 degrees Fahrenheit xxYouTube VideoAtlantic is warming faster than any other places.Spring...
View ArticleCLIMATE JOBS 2024 AND ECONOMY
Climate change is getting more pronounced every year, and every season may differ dramatically. The sun controls the global climate system. Sun and Earth revolutionMajor factors that influence climate...
View ArticleMETEOROLOGY & FARMERS IN KEY STATES AND SWING STATES 2024
Legislative priorities Job and Economy HealthcareClimate ChangeFor the past 3 years, there has been many changes, in particular weather nationwide and worldwide. Every state triages different...
View ArticleAttn history lovers, readers & audiobook listeners
Historical Geographer Gray Brechin’s 1999 urban studies classic, IMPERIAL SAN FRANCISCO: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin, is now an audiobook. Tons o’ info, free sample of audiobook intro, historical...
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