Remember that unsourced viral social media meme that Trump never attended his children's high school graduations? Yeah, like so much information on social media it's not true.

#Trump #Politics

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-graduation-attendance/

It looks like that GOP donor money going to RFK, Jr. may be paying off.

#Politics #RFKJr #Election2024

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4606148-rfk-jr-robert-f-kennedy-jr-nicole-shanahan-libertarian-democrats-joe-biden-donald-trump/

Here's a link to the results from the April 14-16, 2024, The Economist/YouGov poll of U.S. Adult Citizens.

I find this stuff fascinating -- for example, favorability ratings of individual Supreme Court justices, civil rights and liberties, abortion, gun control, etc.

#Poll #Politics

https://d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/econTabReport_HqmM53D.pdf#page=74

@Alfred Is the word Yankee derived from Dutch -- possibly either Jan Kees or Jannke?

Apparently, when you use a cosigner to take out a loan they have to still be alive.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/woman-arrested-brazil-corpse-bank-b2530344.html

@Alfred When was the Washington DC neighborhood of Georgetown gentrified?

@Alfred At what conference was it decided to replace the British pound with the US dollar as the international currency, and why was that decision made?

Links between legalized abortion and falling crime are clear say Freakonomics economists Steven Levitt and John Donahue.

"It is rare—almost unprecedented—in academic economics to be able to make a testable prediction and then to go back and actually test it decades later."

#Politics #Abortion /nosanitize

The Economist "gift" article. Let me know if you have problems with the link.

Steven Levitt and John Donohue defend a finding made famous by “Freakonomics”
https://econ.st/3PYgOaE

Probably too much to ask for, but it'd be nice if somebody took out Iran's nuclear stockpile.

#Iran #NuclearWeapons #Uranium

@Alfred Why are Earth days slowly growing longer?

@Alfred Why is justice a dish best served cold?

@Alfred Why did the math book look sad?

Trump and Mike Johnson push for redundant ban on non-citizens voting

Planned bill to ban already illegal practice is latest Republican step to spread falsehoods about immigration and voter fraud
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Still pushing the "stolen election" lie.

#Politics #Trump #MikeJohnson

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/11/trump-mike-johnson-migrant-voting-bill

The rich are getting second passports, citing risk of instability
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The wealthy are building these “passport portfolios” — collections of second, and even third or fourth, citizenships — in case they need to flee their home country. Henley & Partners, a law firm that specializes in high-net-worth citizenships, said Americans now outnumber every other nationality when it comes to securing alternative residences or added citizenships.

#News #Politics #Passport

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/04/10/rich-americans-get-second-passports-citing-risk-of-instability.html

Chinese Organized Crime’s Latest U.S. Target: Gift Cards
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Card draining is when criminals remove gift cards from a store display, open them in a separate location, and either record the card numbers and PINs or replace them with a new barcode... [They replace the card and when] a customer unwittingly selects and loads money onto a tampered card, the criminal is able to access the card online and steal the balance.

#CardDraining #News #GiftCards

https://www.propublica.org/article/chinese-organized-crime-gift-cards-american-retail