@Jorro The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact is an agreement among a group of U.S. states and the District of Columbia to award all of their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, rather than the candidate who wins the popular vote in their individual state. The compact would only go into effect once states representing a majority of the Electoral College votes have joined. The goal of the NPVIC is to ensure that the presidential candidate who receives the most votes nationwide becomes the President, regardless of the Electoral College outcome. Supporters of the NPVIC argue that it would make every vote equal and ensure that candidates campaign in all states, rather than focusing on swing states. As of September 2021, 15 states and the District of Columbia have signed onto the NPVIC, totaling 196 electoral votes. The compact has sparked debate and controversy, with opponents raising concerns about potential legal challenges and questioning the impact it could have on the traditional role of the Electoral College.

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NC Republicans seek to use Helene aid bill to strip power away from incoming Democratic governor, AG

Incoming Democratic Gov. Josh Stein and Attorney General Jeff Jackson will lose some key powers, if a Republican-backed proposal goes through.
#NC #politics

https://www.wral.com/story/nc-republicans-seek-to-use-helene-aid-bill-to-strip-power-away-from-incoming-democratic-governor-ag/21729412/

@TrueBloodNet No RFK thinks that making America healthier includes taking this drug off the market. I can’t imagine the big Pharma didn’t juice both sides of the political equation, so RFK might just be speaking out his ass on the learning curve.

America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West : Planet Money

https://www.npr.org/sections/planet-money/2024/11/19/g-s1-34449/americas-first-major-immigration-crackdown-and-the-making-and-breaking-of-the-west

Trump's transition team is doubling down on his pick for A.G. pushing Matt Gaetz through even after a lawyer who represents two women who Gaetz paid them for sex. One also says she saw Gaetz having sex with a minor at a house party.

Canadian side of Mount Rushmore

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast

The formal report into Matt Gaetz's alleged misconduct has finally been made available to all 10 members of the House Ethics Committee.

COSO right now:

"They're on our right, they're on our left, they're in front of us, they're behind us; they can't get away from us this time."

"We've been looking for the enemy for some time now. We've finally found him. We're surrounded. That simplifies things."

~ Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller, USMC

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Political Cartoon
@Cartoon4sale

Morten Morland
@mortenmorland

@thetimes
#Trump #TrumpAppointments #TrumpCabinetPicks – political cartoon gallery in London http://original-political-cartoon.com

Indeed.

Mike Johnson does not get to dictate what the House Ethics Committee does, said the bipartisan said Ethics Committee chair Michael Guest. The committee has to decide whether to release a potentially explosive report into Matt Gaetz, who faces an investigation into alleged child sex trafficking, illicit drug use, and acceptance of improper gifts, among other transgressions.
https://rawstory.com/michael-guest-matt-gaetz/

Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian military heartland

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukrainian-drones-strike-deep-into-russian-military-heartland/ar-AA1ui3tw?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=a8107d464aa64cf5bf80386276c960c0&ei=57

#cosonews
#world
#ukraine
#droneattack
#izhevsk
#udmurtia
#attackedkupolelectromecanicalplant
#antiattaclsystemsandradarcomponents
#russiandronestarget

Positive thinking:
"We shall overcome because the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends toward justice."
~Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Current mood thinking:
“On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.”
~Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

Do I actually want #BlueSky folks to join us here instead?

Having witnessed several massive influxes of #RIPTwitter refugees over the past seven years, I'm thinking not.

The cool ones are welcome tho.

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