All posts by nedhamson

Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Indigenous nations sue North Dakota over ‘sickening’ gerrymandering | US voting rights | The Guardian

“Our voice is going to be muffled once again,” the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa chairman, Jamie Azure, told the Guardian. “It’s getting a little sickening, tell you the truth.”

The nations have sued the state, alleging that the map, which was meant to account for population changes identified in the 2020 census, doesn’t comply with section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

Source: Indigenous nations sue North Dakota over ‘sickening’ gerrymandering | US voting rights | The Guardian

We’re back arguing about fur and foie gras – I feel like I’m 14 again | Zoe Williams | The Guardian

The government are considering a U-turn on their pledge to ban the import of fur and foie gras, thanks to opposition from their own MPs. Is there nothing that can’t be turned into a culture war? Source: We’re back arguing about fur and foie gras – I feel like I’m 14 again | Zoe Williams | The Guardian

Putin’s Putsch List?

Parts of China, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Alaska, Japan, New York City based on numbers of “ethnic” Russians living there? What parts of Estonia and Latvia are on his list? He seems to be using Hitler’s ethnic population tactics all over again for intervention, occupation and adding territory to boost/retain his power based on nationalistic romanticism…