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Publisher/Managing Editor - Utah Political Watch 📝 I write about politics. Sometimes it goes well. | 🧠 Unsupervised adult with ADHD. | 🏈 In a toxic relationship with the Oklahoma Sooners. DM for Signal. https://linktr.ee/SchottHappens

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 26d

Thanks to @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social for having me on.

11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social @11thhourmsnbc.bsky.social · 27d

"A gut punch."

Utah is still reeling after the murder of conservative firebrand Charlie Kirk. @schotthappens joins the #11thHour to discuss the reaction from communities on the ground.

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 39m

WHOA!

The head of the Nobel Committee was asked about the pressure campaign put on by Trump.

"This committee sits in a room filled with the portraits of all laureates. That room is filled with both courage and integrity."

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 1h

No Nobel for Donald Trump.

Sad.

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 1d

He didn’t live there when he first ran, but his home was moved into the 1st District following the 2021 redistricting.

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 1d

This is a hell of a Freudian slip from the Republican majority in the Utah House of Representatives.

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 1d

The congressional map approved by Utah lawmakers on Monday jams three GOP incumbents, Reps. Blake Moore, Burgess Owens and Mike Kennedy into the same district.

If the judge chooses that map, two of them won't be able to vote for themselves.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/option-c-opt...

Utah redistricting: Legislature's map jams GOP trio into one district

Utah legislature's congressional map packs three GOP incumbents into the same district, forcing them to campaign outside home districts.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 1d

Please join me for my upcoming one-man show, "Bryan Schott Performs Selected Scenes from 'Tron: Legacy'."

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 2d

With the government shut down, I'm going to declare my own sovereign nation that includes one of the local taco carts.

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 2d

There are now three proposed congressional maps on the table.

How splitting Salt Lake City could decide a Democratic seat or keep the GOP's 4-0 hold in place.

Read my breakdown at the link:

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/how-splittin...

Utah redistricting: Salt Lake City split shapes congressional map

Get up to speed before you head out the door.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

The judge in Utah's gerrymandering case will choose from three proposed congressional maps - one from Utah lawmakers and two from the plaintiffs.

Check out the proposed maps at the link.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-judge-w...

Utah redistricting: Judge to choose among three maps

Utah judge to choose among three congressional maps after special session; GOP’s Option C vs. plaintiffs’ plans could shape 2026 House seats.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

Listening to Utah GOP lawmakers scold us while claiming they avoided partisan data to draw new congressional maps is rich.

Somehow, we are to believe they were unaware of an effort FROM THEIR OWN PARTY to support the map that gave them the biggest electoral edge.

Guess which map they passed. 🤔

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

Just noticed the Utah Senate locked down comments on their Facebook post about today's special session.

I wonder why they don't want feedback from their constituents. 🤔

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

He added two tests to the version introduced on Friday, but made it much more complicated with the substitute that was adopted this morning

Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

The bill was made public Friday evening, but Brammer substituted it on the floor this morning.

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

I wrote about what Brammer's bill (now law) does earlier today. Here's the link.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/brammers-gra...

Utah proposes changes to redistricting rules hours before vote

Get up to speed before you head out the door.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

🚨 Gov. Spencer Cox has signed SB1011, Sen. Brammer's bill creating tests to measure the "fairness" of Utah's congressional maps, but it really locks in a GOP advantage.

The bill became law when Cox signed it.

That's why lawmakers waited to pass the new congressional map until after he signed it.

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

Oh, hey!

I just hit 10K followers on this app. Neat!

A big thank you to everyone who thinks that I have something interesting to say.

So glad y’all are here!

Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

Utah lawmakers are poised to vote to submit "Option C" to the court as the state's new congressional map.

I uploaded the map into Dave's Redistricting. Here's the link for you to take a look if you're curious.

davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...

DRA 2020

A free app to create, analyze and share redistricting maps for any state.

davesredistricting.org

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The Downballot @the-downballot.com · 3d

As @schotthappens.com previously detailed, "Map C" would create two districts in the Salt Lake County area that Trump won narrowly. It may not pass muster with the courts, but if it does, Dems could conceivably flip both. www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/two-competit...

Ben Winslow @benwinslow.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING NEWS: The committee chooses MAP C to advace to the special session: www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpoL #Utah

Utah State Legislature meets in special session to pick a redistricting map

The Utah State Legislature is meeting in special session to choose a congressional map in the court-ordered redistricting process.

www.fox13now.com

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

For reference, Sen. Mike Lee's healthcare comes from the government and is paid for by taxpayers.

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Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

She won't be able to ignore them.

They'll be law when she considers the map proposal from the legislature.

It's written in such a way so that her hands will be tied.

Bryan Schott @schotthappens.com · 3d

Sen. Brady Brammer's grammar of gerrymandering in Utah:

Step 1: Add complex math through last-minute changes.

Step 2: Rush the vote in Monday's special session.

Step 3: Call it "fair."

Full story: champ.ly/CItbrJQ_

Utah proposes changes to redistricting rules hours before vote

Get up to speed before you head out the door.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

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