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I have my change order in the secure folder on my phone.
“We have no record of a phone in your possession when you were detained.”
Yup. That’s why you call 911 while you argue with whoever’s at your door without a warrant and claiming they have legal authority.
ETA: also in a file cabinet, also in my email, also at a family member’s house. My practice is to back up my documents in multiple ways.
Are these two different guys?
“Stand still while I scan your microchip”
I have my Covid shot record on my phone. I never thought of having copies of any other documents on it.
Of course, ICE or whoever could easily claim that the phone copies are not valid because they’re not certified by the issuing authority.
Or they could “accidentally” erase essential information.
Or they could kick down the door, but that doesn’t mean one shouldn’t try to hold them to having a warrant.
Sorry, but we need to see your original birth certificate and your original marriage certificate to confirm your legal name change. And also your unexpired drivers license to prove you are the person on those documents.
Don’t have each of those documents? Sounds like you haven’t proven to our satisfaction you’re a US citizen. Don’t worry, you should be able to take care of getting the appropriate documents from our detention center. In discrete 10-minute phone calls at a rate of five dollars for the first minute, 2 dollars per each additional minute (but, again, not to exceed 10 minutes at a shot).
Hope you like orange scrubs and flip flops (or red if we think you’re dangerous)!
Anyway, I live along the border and have taken to keeping my passport in my backpack.
My point is that multiple backups increase one’s safety, not that thugs don’t do what they want.
I might as easily say that that’s a nice backpack there, shame if someone took it from you when you tried to cross the border.
My apologies if it seemed like I was giving you a hard time. To be clear, yours is the best practice: multiple backups, both hard copy and electronic. I’m just overly cynical because in addition to living along the border, I am an immigration attorney for a non-profit legal aid. But I absolutely do wish more of our client population had the ability to keep lots of backups for ID. We have an entire team of attorneys and paralegals whose primary practice is in ID recovery, which people with unstable housing unfortunately need quite a lot of help with before they can even begin ti access services.
Thanks. I don’t disagree with your scenario, and do share your cynicism. Since most of the younger people I know have “I’d lie down and wait to die” as their default response to any difficulty (anecdata: University work, children of my peers), I do think it’s important that we older folks all keep naming ways to intervene on one’s own behalf.
You forgot to mention that, despite the 10-minute limit on calls, the lines automatically disconnect after 7 minutes, and you have to call back, getting charged that initial fee once again.
No he didn’t.
Trump got 49% and change of the popular vote, Harris about one percent less. The remainder went to write-ins and third party candidates.
Much as I hate to repeat myself, this obviously still needs to be said, and I’ll continue to do so as long as necessary.
And, FWIW, Trump has run for president three times, and despite winning election twice (through the Electoral College), he has never received a majority (greater than 50%) of the popular vote, and 2024 was the only time of the three that he won the popular vote (though with a plurality, not a majority).
How many Presidents ever won more than 50% of the popular vote?
39 elections, 27 different presidents, the most recent being Biden.
Presidents of the U.S. listed in a timeline graph of elections with results of the popular vote color coded for political parties from 1788 to 2024.
A gray arrow points to the name of a person who became president without having been elected as president (9 total). The double arrow indicates becoming president without having been elected as vice president (e.g. Ford). 5 other former vice presidents are underlined (14 total). The top line indicates the presidency number (e.g. 40th for Reagan) with Roman numerals indicating election and term number.
Washington (unopposed both elections), Adams, Jefferson (twice), Madison (twice, second time barely), Monroe (twice, was unopposed for second term), Jackson (twice), van Buren, WH Harrison, Pierce, Lincoln (second term), Grant (twice), McKinley (twice), TRoosevelt, Taft, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, FRoosevelt (four times), Eisenhower (twice), LBJohnson, Nixon (second term), Carter, Reagan (twice), GHWBush, GWBush (second term), Obama (twice), Biden.
40 elections out of 60, counting those unopposed.
Not sure how I got a different number than @Just_Asking_Questions ?