There are points to interject here.

1) Nearly all my life I’d lived in Indiana. I now live in Peoria, & the First Amendment protects speech in all 50 States. 1/10

2) Only once, until now, has Indiana been more than a footnote in history. In the early 1920s, the KKK was as strong in Indiana as in any other state. [FN1] Klan dominance ended after its leader was convicted of homicide. [FN2] 2/10

3) The (estimated) half-million Hoosier kluxers didn’t dissolve, but they…

With a Presidential primary late in the cycle, [FN1] gerrymandering by over two decades of GOP control draining doubt from most races, and politicians on the national stage w/charisma such as that of Mike Pence, political culture of Indiana (“IN”) garners little national notice. 1/9

That should change. On 11/3, IN elects a new Secretary of State (“SofS”). [FN2] Both “major” parties’ chose their nominees at conventions that were as rancorous as the weeks that led up to them. The SofS…

IN’s Lt Gov [FN1] posted cheeky insults that were re-posted on the SnydeReport [FN2] & the topic chosen by Le Merde de Poulet [FN3]: IN’s Democratic Party’s nomination of Beau Bayh for Sec’y of State (“SoS”), [FN4] who would be IN’s chief elections officer. [FN5] 1/15

The election for SoS is higher profile than usual: IN’s Democratic Party can win its 1st Statewide office since 2012, [FN6] after IN’s Gen’l Assembly ignored trump tantrums & refused to re-draw U.S. House lines.…

On 6/6/26, after weeks of acrimony, Indiana’s State Democratic Party, at convention, nominated Beau Bayh [FN1] for Secretary of State (“SoS”). That office is created by Indiana’s Constitution. [FN2] As in many States, the SoS is Indiana’s chief elections officer. [FN3] 1/14

There are several factors that lent to an environment ripe acrimony in the weeks pre-convention. 1) Last December, in special session, the Indiana Senate voted down a mid-decade re-drawing of U.S. House districts…

Time can take a toll on rationality, but it also can transform the political terrain. On occasion I’ve kept track of unfair comparisons of “47" to the former corporal/unsuccessful postcard artist who was der fuehrer of the 12 ½ year reich (“18"). [FN1] New similarities alleged: 1/9

RECLUSE FROM BAD P.R.

1) As military & foreign relations disasters mounted, 18 increasingly withdrew to hide under the rubble of the city his actions destroyed. [FN2] 47 is increasingly absent from…

Heritage Foundation and [FN16] ALEC [FN17] are far right-wing & write proposed statutes and outline plans for what is a divestiture of the rights protected by the Constitution. An Article 5 convention allows them to replace the Constitution w/a “new republic.” 1/12

I. They can advocate for a convention “under the radar.” I.e., because billionaires bought media by which we get info, they can lie. A former public editor of the New York Times [FN18] listed who bought what [FN19]…

On 6/1/26, under the handle “People Over Politics” FB, a question was directed to Rep Andre Carson (D-CD7):

“Andre Carson I’ll host a show where you can discuss Islam with Micah Beckwith. When would you like to do it?” That question is offensive. 1/17

For those unaware of recent events in Indiana politics, Rep Carson has represented INCD7 since 2008 and is the only member of IN’s Congressional delegation who is of the Islamic faith. On the other hand, Micah Beckwith is IN Lt Gov.…

Sunday on Brad Sowinski’s FB podcast “The Rinse,” [FN1] talk turned to IN’s Lt Gov’s comments about hate. [FN2, 2a] Accepted as truth, of late, is the erroneous notion that this was founded as a “Christian” nation. That was implicit in everyone else’s comments. 1/9

One more time: we were founded as “the first wholly secular state.” [FN3] You can’t find “god” or Jesus is in the Constitution. The far right has moved the ball down field, in part, via leaders, even progressives, of other…