Friends, for decades, one of the primary aims of Congressional redistricting -- whether anyone admitted it or not -- was the maximization of the number of black Democrats in Congress. But how do you achieve this? Not by packing as many blacks as possible into all-black districts. Heck, no! Not by distributing blacks evenly over all districts. Not a chance! You do it by putting a lot of blacks -- a critical mass of, say, 40-60% -- in as many districts as possible. Then, said districts will naturally choose a black man or woman as the Democratic candidate for Congress, and that black man or woman will almost certainly win. Presto: the Congressional Black Caucus (which wouldn't even dream of admitting a Republican) grows and grows and grows. Well, the Supreme Court is thinking about blowing up this unwritten rule in American politics by insisting that race play no role whatsoever in redistricting. Probably, this would mean fewer blacks in Congress, and possibly more Republicans in Congress. Ergo, Democrats will cry "RACISM!!!", when, in reality, this result would actually reflect the removal of racist intent from the process. It's a tangled web, for sure, but I encourage SCOTUS to do the right thing and extirpate "reverse racism" from our elections. The fact that Republicans stand to gain, well...that's icing on the cake.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-appears-ready-limit-key-part-voting/story?id=126556613
In other news, Trump's tariffs sure haven't worked out the way the experts said they would. Not only has the economy not fallen off a cliff, but the markets have soared, while inflation remains well under control. One surprising (to some) benefit of the tariffs has been that the additional cost of importing goods, and the uncertainties regarding those costs going forward, has encouraged manufacturers to "reshore" production, i.e. bring it home to the USA. Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, is doing that in a big way!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/10/15/trump-tariff-triumph-stellantis-to-invest-13-billion-in-rust-belt-bringing-overseas-production-back-to-u-s/
Finally, this article may exaggerate somewhat the significance of the underlying poll, but it remains the case that young leftists are growing increasingly militant. It would not take much in the way of intemperate rhetoric -- and there's plenty of that flying around -- to light the fuse of youth unrest, not to mention baby-faced assassins. If you ask me, social media and media companies have a moral, and possibly a legal, obligation to bring this radicalized, hateful discourse under some kind of control, which means basically deplatforming those who cross "the line", wherever that mythical line may be located. The alternative is steadily increasing political violence.
https://www.breitbart.com/crime/2025/10/15/poll-60-percent-majority-of-young-liberals-endorse-violence-to-stop-deportations/
