The public can help to UNDO gerrymandering in Utah

THERE ARE DEADLINES: PLEASE FINISH BY OCT 5TH

History:

In 2018 voters decided that we wanted fair district maps - no gerrymandering in Utah. Gerrymandering is a process of packing unlike voters together and dispersing like-minded voters so that, in effect, the politicians pick their voters. Our laws and constitution intend for voters to select their lawmakers.

The Utah legislature IGNORED the voter's rights and imposed a gerrymandered map on us in 2020-2021. Their map resulted in 4 GOP house members whereas one democratic House member had been elected prior to the gerrymandered redistricting.

Lawsuits followed. Now, 8 years later, voters finally have a chance at getting what is required by law in proposition 4. See commentary by Brian Schott here:

WE CAN VOTE ON 6 possible MAPS.

PLEASE comment using links provided below.

VOTER-GENERATED MAP

MAPS created by a partisan consultant working for the gerrymander-loving GOP lawmakers in the Utah legislature A-E

PLEASE ALSO call or email your lawmakers and the governor that

1) "Utah Voters are negatively impacted by the current gerrymander (tell your story)

2) please vote NO on Brammer bill

3) please vote yes on your favorite map

4) please especially do not select map C, which is the least fair maps of the unfair bunch"

5) HOW: Be polite and

6) tell a compelling story- See BB video for advice on all these points.

Some events, analysis and articles of note:

Some in the free press are stepping up to defend freedom:

The New York Times has been normalizing this White House and using euphemisms to describe its actions and occupant. Until recently, the writers of this blog preferred the Washington Post for this reason. WaPo is bowing to the dictator, losing subscribers, and firing its best journalists. Google it for more info.

Since Trump's ridiculous lawsuit was filed against the New York Times- and immediately tossed-their coverage has apparently taken on accurate truth-telling mode. FINALLY !

New York Times

Is the New York Times finally getting real about Trump?

Dan Froomkin

September 23, 2025 2:06 pm EDT

Just a few weeks ago, I was complaining bitterly about how the New York Times routinely resorts to weasel words, euphemisms and third-party critiques to avoid speaking the truth about Donald Trump.

Here is a key section. The entire article is terrific.

And consider today’s coverage. The Times was quick out of the gate with a story correctly describing Trump’s unhinged address to the United Nations.

“Trump Uses U.N. Speech to Make False Claims and Lecture Representatives,” the Times declared in its headline, with a subhead noting that the speech was “filled with grievances.”

The Washington Post and the Associated Press, by contrast, ran headlines that were stenographic and namby-pamby.

And earlier in the day, the Times had published a genuinely bold, truth-telling article headlined “’I Hate My Opponent’: Trump’s Remarks at Kirk Memorial Distill His Politics; President Trump has been fueled by grievance and animosity over the course of his political and public life”

White House reporter Tyler Pager wrote about Trump’s “seemingly unscripted remark that summed up the retribution campaign that has come to define his second term.”

And he asserted, with no caveats:

Mr. Trump has used the full might of his political and executive power to express that mind-set in myriad ways, sparing no facet of American life.

Trump Playing Doctor

The Times was also brutally honest about Trump’s insane comments about autism and Tylenol on Monday.

Its liveblog was headlined: “Trump Ignores Science by Linking Autism to Vaccines and a Common Painkiller” and included some blistering posts from its health beat reporters.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, for instance, wrote:

The president is taking the extraordinary step of giving Americans, and in particular expectant mothers, direct medical advice. Trump asserted, incorrectly, that babies get as many as 80 vaccines at once. Trump has long expressed the view, refuted by mountains of scientific evidence, that vaccines are linked to autism. “They pump so much stuff into babies, it’s a disgrace.” He also instructed pregnant women not to take Tylenol. Trump has no medical background, and there is no evidence to support his remarks.

The main news story, by Azeen Ghorayshi, noted:

The briefing at the White House featured often unsubstantiated medical advice from Mr. Trump, reminiscent of his first term, when he encouraged Americans to try unproven treatments for Covid.

The Washington Post, by contrast, reported that Trump “ventured into uncertain scientific territory.” Politico did almost pure stenography.

Seeing Through the Spin

As recently as Sept. 12, the Times was still an easy mark, falling for Republican framing of the campaign against critics of Charlie Kirk.

In an article that day headlined “Right-Wing Activists Urge Followers to Expose Those Celebrating Kirk Killing,” reporters Alan Feuer, Ken Bensinger, and Pooja Salhotra allowed those activists to conflate those “celebrating” Kirk’s killing with those simply criticizing his legacy.

Jimmy Kimmel is back! and you made it happen.

ACTION: Keep up the pressure on the local ABC station by calling their local advertisers that we are boycotting them for keeping Kimmel off our airwaves -or supporting them for broadcasting Kimmel.