Open Mic TUESDAY 4th AUGUST + Political Caption Competition

POLITICAL FACT OF THE DAY: The term “gerrymander” comes from Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry, whose district looked like a salamander in 1812.

POLITICAL QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I knew that a historian (or a journalist, or anyone telling a story) was forced to choose, out of an infinite number of facts, what to present, what to omit. And that decision inevitably would reflect, whether consciously or not, the interests of the historian.”
― Howard Zinn,

POLITICAL HAIKU OF THE DAY:
One narrow water.
One careless promise of war.
The world holds its breath.

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