March Madness update: I’m in third place of my 21-entry pool after being 10th when I went to bed last night. The James Madison and Grand Canyon wins got me there. Big day today!

I’ve already lost an Elite Eight (Kentucky!) in my bracket but otherwise hanging in there. Successfully picked the Oregon and N.C. State upset wins but lost the Samford and Duquesne picks.

@danielbsmith No confusion. The state House does the gerrymandering, which leads to a Republican majority in the U.S. House. Democrats have a good shot at taking over the U.S. House in November, but the Senate outlook looks bleak. Without the Senate, no Democrat agendas, including Supreme Court justices, will get passed.

@AskTheDevil Republicans figured that out a long time ago when they thought long term. Get folks running for school boards, city councils, state offices, work their way up. Democrats have not been as good at that.

@AskTheDevil Here’s hoping there’re enough of “us” in the right places to do that.

@AskTheDevil That’s the rub. Who, if anybody, can or will stop them from thumbing their noses at the rest of us?

@thedisasterautist Yup, that would be an option short-term.

@danielbsmith What they tried last time, they could try again - dispute the electoral count. If successful, the House votes for president with one vote per state. More states are controlled by Republicans than Democrats, and N.C. Is one of those.

@danielbsmith “Roughly” balance out means an election is won or lost by a few thousand votes, as happened in Arizona, Georgia, and Wisconsin in 2020.

Okay, looks like Texas will be allowed, thanks to SCOTUS, to arrest suspected illegal immigrants despite immigration law being in the purview of the federal government. But what if the federal government refuses to recognize these arrests? Texas doesn’t have - yet - the authority to deport people. Maybe they’ll just lock them up in prison after a trial? Hmm.

@danielbsmith Republicans control the legislature.

@NorCalCherylLyn Sounds like the prison is enabling them for political reasons.

Can someone explain to me how a bunch of prison inmates can get together as a choir to sing and record songs used in political rallies?

@danielbsmith I’m in N.C. too, but the state is redder than it was last time around, unfortunately. I don’t see it going for Biden.

Big weekend for college basketball! I love it. And during the commercials, I’ll look in on the Players Championship golf tournament. Needless to say, I won’t be getting any chores done!

@danielbsmith GOTV in Arizona, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Georgia!

@AskTheDevil The voters in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Arizona will determine the winner. Alas, that leaves me out.

Why am I not surprised that the onlyTrump trial that looked like it would actually start in time to finish before November has just been delayed? When you’re rich, you can delay accountability forever, it seems. Let’s face it, folks.The only thing standing between us and another Trump administration is Biden winning five crucial states, and some of those he only won by a few thousand votes in 2020. That’s the election, and the numbers don’t look good. The national popular vote is irrelevant.

@walterbays If Trump gets elected president, I’m sure Hur will be back in the Justice Department again.

@walterbays Ah, so he resigned from federal employ. That’s different than having his temporary job being ended with his final report. I got that wrong.