Killer Kennedy’s Kamp Kenya wasn’t on my Bingo card either. Rememer the “Hello, muddah; hello, fadduh; here I am at Camp Ramada” song? Feel free to make a parody along those lines.
State governments don’t know how any specific person voted, either. The only people who should know are the voter and anyone they told. And even then, you can’t be sure they haven’t lied.
Ryan Fournier, the co-founder and chairman of Students for Trump, was arrested early Tuesday in Washington, D.C., on domestic violence charges — the second time in less than two years he has faced accusations of assaulting a woman.
The Metropolitan Police Department charged Fournier with simple assault and attempted threats to do bodily harm after an incident late Monday night at the Apartments at CityCenter.
It was not Fournier’s first arrest. In November 2023, he was arrested in North Carolina and charged with assault on a female and assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly striking his then-girlfriend with a pistol. Those charges were dropped.
Fournier also announced on LinkedIn that he had taken a role as Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice under President Trump. The day after his latest arrest, he was back on X pushing immigration enforcement. “ICE should never pull back,” he posted at 12:59 a.m. “Arrest, and deport.”
That’s an interesting idea; to acknowledge the successfully mundane achievements of American history. There might be a security issue having civilian planes (and especially pilots) flying over D.C. There’s a lot of prohibited airspace.
And are there any airworthy L-1011s left? If you want a Lockheed, I think there’s one Constellation still flying.
There is apparently only one: the Stargazer, originally operated as an Air Canada jetliner, but which was modified in the 1990s to serve as a mothership/launch platform for the Pegasus air-launched orbital rocket. It’s currently owned by Northrop Grumman.
Good. That was my expectation.
But if a state government who currently maintain the electoral rolls doesn’t (correctly) know any individuals voting, when they have an explicit vested interest i.e. in the setting of electoral boundaries, what is the issue the Federal government maintaining a national roll. Wouldn’t that, at minimum make the state’s gerrymandering more difficult or less precise?
Why do you think the Federal government running elections would work better than States running elections? Why do you think that would be less corrupt?
I’m curious how long it will be before you can vote by Internet in the US.
There will be a lot of grumbling from certain folk, but it seems to be just a matter of time. It might be 10 years. It might be 100 years. But sooner or later it will happen.
Just like if there is the one FDA doing certification vs each state doing their own standards. Or the one Census Bureau or Center for Disease Control. Sometimes its one country and sometimes it’s 50 states. Is there a particular way say Alabama prepares for elections that needs to be fundamentally different from the way used in Georgia? Or Vermont?
If the process is contaminated with partisanship then that chicanery will most intractably flourish away from the glare of public scrutiny. Best to get as few bodies and reporting lines involved.
If you want to see that changed then you’ll have to amend the Constitution which gives Alabama, Georgia and Vermont the authority to be, relatively, fundamentally different in how they prepare for elections.
Opponents of internet voting will have to explain why banking online is secure but voting isn’t. Young people won’t buy those arguments and fewer old people will be around to oppose it with each passing election.
Now, as observed this would seem to run contrary to the Constitution.
But if 45/47 proposes doing just that, does the red-state MAGA heartland lawyer up and fight their boy’s proposal all the way to SCOTUS? Or do they think it might be in their own electoral interests and sign-on. Which might create a procedural precedent for future administrations, to maintain a national electoral roll for security, integrity or whatever pretext carries the motion.
I like how he thinks this statement is a threat. [sarcasm]Oh no, Mr President, sir, please don’t take your brilliant leadership from us ..[roll eyes] …[/sarcasm]
Remember, my proposed event was “somewhere in the middle of the country.” I’m thinking Kansas City, St Louis, something more available to everywhere in the country (offer void in Alaska and Hawaii).
YES! Great idea. I love the Connie!
OK, we’re evolving the idea. On day one, the jumbos fly over: 787, 747. 707, DC-8. L1011 ( )
Day 2 is the prop jobbers, Constellation, DC-4, Ford Tri motor, DC-3
Day 3 is the light civilian: Beech, Cessna, Piper, Mooney, maybe helicopters!
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