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Daily Bread for 8.26.25: For Wisconsin, Redistricting (If At All) Will Be a Judicial Decision

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Good morning.

Tuesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 70. Sunrise is 6:13 and sunset is 7:38, for 13 hours, 25 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 10.8 percent of its visible disk illuminated.

Whitewater’s Finance Committee meets at 5 PM.

On this day in 1791, John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.

Across the nation, Congressional redistricting initiatives have spread from state to state. These are state legislative efforts to redefine federal district boundaries within those states.

Redistricting that way is not possible in Wisconsin, as the WISGOP legislature and the Democratic governor would not agree on any congressional redistricting that reduces existing gerrymandering in the state. (It’s notable that the WISGOP argues fallaciously that any attempt to reduce the gerrymandering of the maps from the last decennial census is, itself, a form of gerrymandering.)

For Wisconsin, any adjustments to the state’s Congressional districts will come from judicial action. Two cases are now pending in Dane County Circuit Court: Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, No. 2025CV002252 (Wis. Cir. Ct. Dane Cnty. July 8, 2025) and Elizabeth Bothfeld, et al. v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, No. 2025CV002432 (Wis. Cir. Ct. Dane Cnty. July 21, 2025).

Bald Blue Jay Joins Feathered Friends:

A couple of very normal-looking Blue Jays are joined for a moment by an individual whose head is practically featherless! Despite the strange appearance, this is actually quite common at this time of year, especially for Blue Jays. In late summer and fall, when a bird molts, it usually grows and replaces its feathers gradually, but occasionally a bird loses all the feathers on its head at once. This is particularly true of Blue Jays, many of which molt the feathers of the head, or “capital tract,” in synchrony. The result is a very strange looking bald bird! This bald appearance lasts for about a week before new feathers replace the molted ones.

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