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All understand redistricting in the context of this fight to protect our democracy. just as you were discussing, the same forces that are pushing these voter suppression laws in the states are the same forces that are going to manipulate our democracy through gerrymandering so that the outcome of our elections are predetermined before the voters even get a chance to have a say at the ballot box. and we have done a very good job over the course of the last decade moving the power for redistrictin...

Hone in on the four big states that are still controlled by the republicans and watch for them to gerrymander. those four states are florida, texas, north carolina, and georgia, which following the census numbers this week, have 94 congressional seats just in those four states. and so we have to watch diligently, and we really need to think about redistricting in the context of the voter suppression that were seeing in these states right now. >> lets talk about one of those states. lets talk abo...

Handful of seats. and in north carolina, for the vast majority of the decade, you have had ten republican seats and three democratic seats, because of that packing of voters, particularly voters of color, into as few seats as possible. so that they essentially give, you know, they make those seats very safe and take the rest of the state to be safe republican seats for themselves. in a state like north carolina, which as we all know, is a 50/50 state by all standards, you have a congressional de...

For those wondering, a touron is a tourist who is also a moron. This story is a bout a touron who got handsy with a wild bison in Yellowstone National Park and, through some sort of magical grace of God, she didnt die. Some people just dont care about rules. Some people take more than ten items through the express checkout lanes. You know you shouldnt be using your phone in your hand while driving around Idaho. You definitely shouldnt get that close to a wild animal. Yet we still do these thing...

Properly is a fool. and an anti—social fool. the national sheep association say two thirds of farmers they surveyed have seen an increase in dog attacks since lockdown. i would like to see the law and the guidance around the need for dogs to be on a lead changed. i think it should become an absolute requirement for dogs to be on a lead in the vicinity of livestock, full stop. that would stop them attacking sheep. sheep worrying is not only costing farmers thousands of pounds, but more than hal...

Chasing livestock. my advice is not to let your dogs out to chase anything, whether thats squirrels, you know, rabbits, pheasants, because ultimately if your dog is going to start to chase a squirrel, you know, then theyre going to chase deer, livestock, and anything, really. sit, sit. leave it. we used to call her betsy bonkers, ok, so this is why we had to do - a couple of courses. shes a cockapoo, theyre very bright, they need stimulation, and its an ongoing feast with this one. _ if im not c...

On the big sky, with a home buying frenzy. >> the rental income potential but the year-round activities make it so attractive. and with 700,$000, $2 million, and not this year. >> that is ringing true. we see multiple situations on the market. it is a feeding frenzy. >> reporter: we met a bond trader from new york who bought his home a few years ago and planning to use it as a second home but the pandemic hit and found himself without a job. he moved his family out west and

A teenager accidentally moved to a retirement community. she said it all began when her mom told her about a cheaper apartment in arkansas. madison moved into the $350 a month two bedroom apartment sight unseen. she enjoys hanging out with her new neighbors. never had so many home cooked meals. her story has gotten more than 600,000 likes. >> bill: how does that happen? >> dana: how did she get approved? >> bill: attention to our seniors as we know. >> dana: the other thing you can go to madison...

Amazing. grady tremble fox business is in a hot spot. big sky, montana. whats happening there? >> some people are drawn to the rental income potential here but everyone is drawn to the year round activities. some of the best skiing on the planet just 10 minutes up the road. an hours drive away from americas oldest national park in yellow stone. it is an outdoor lovers paradise and word is spreading. if big skys beauty was only known to skiers the secret is out. montanas population, is growing, m...

Counterintuitively the knee- and waste-high flames crept through matted and cured grasses straight into the wind coming out of the southwest. This is what firefighters refer to as “backing.” On Thursday, in a grassy flat just outside the cottonwoods south of the Gros Ventre River floodplain, “backing” was just what Teton Interagency Fire assistant fire management officer Bill Mayer wanted to see. “If you’ve got a good, continuous fuel bed, it’ll do that,”...