After electing the man who will be the oldest man to take office as President, it's only reasonable to be concerned about his health. Altho we are very fortunate that Kamala Harris is very well-qualified to step in https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/kamala-harris-woman-vp/2020/10/29/2764734c-188c-11eb-82db-60b15c874105_story.html the procedure by which that replacement would be picked differs depending on when that death occured. … Continue reading What happens if a President-Elect dies before taking office?
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A list of changes we can expect immediately after President Biden inaugurated
Trump made many of his changes by executive order rather than using legislation. It made fact action possible, but the same rapidity will be used to reverse many of those actions according to the extension discussion below. https://apple.news/ASVbg_DtFTt-b2a3yUbEcyg Biden plans immediate flurry of executive orders to reverse Trump policies President-elect Joe Biden is planning to … Continue reading A list of changes we can expect immediately after President Biden inaugurated
When will we know whether it’s Biden or Trump? Watch these states
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-11-01/vote-counting-absentee-ballot-rules-battleground-states? When will you know if Biden or Trump wins? Look to these battleground states By Arit JohnStaff Writer Nov. 1, 202010:49 AM A record number of Americans — more than 59 million — have returned absentee ballots for the general election, after states expanded mail voting in an attempt to reduce the spread of the … Continue reading When will we know whether it’s Biden or Trump? Watch these states
NPR: how mailed in ballots will be handled in six key states
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/31/929628299/with-deluge-of-mail-ballots-heres-when-to-expect-election-results-in-6-key-state?ft=nprml&f=1001 With Deluge Of Mail Ballots, Here's When To Expect Election Results In 6 Key States October 31, 20207:00 AM ET Sam Gringlas Election workers sort ballots at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office in Phoenix. Mail-in ballots in Arizona are already being counted. Matt York/AP For months now, election officials have cautioned that the winner … Continue reading NPR: how mailed in ballots will be handled in six key states
Op-ed by Thomas Friedman about how Trump has changed the United States and the world
I'll be posting three articles tomorrow that contain facts to help you follow the election results. This post presents an opinion piece — something I generally avoid. But I agree with so much of what Friedman has to say about my country and its future, that I had to spread his viewpoint. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/opinion/trump-america-world.html?
Remember why you’re voting — President Obama’s in the New Yorker about enactment of Obamacare
A good read about a compelling topic -- an excerpt from President Obama's upcoming memoir, describing his fight for Obamacare. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/02/barack-obama-new-book-excerpt-promised-land-obamacare
Even successful women paying huge price during this pandemic
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/20/924566058/even-the-most-successful-women-are-sidelining-careers-for-family-in-pandemic?ft=nprml&f=1001 Even The Most Successful Women Pay A Big Price In Pandemic October 20, 20205:07 PM ET Heard on All Things Considered Andrea Hsu Twitter Joyce Chen, an associate professor of development economics at Ohio State University, has had to put her research on hold this year to oversee her children's virtual schooling. Chen is … Continue reading Even successful women paying huge price during this pandemic
Penney’s Spice takes political positions — and they pay off in customers and sales
Key point hidden in Cuomo’s daily update — Board of Elections will have drop-off boxes
https://smartnews.link/w/ZQFh Extract from article: Meanwhile, the governor also announced COVID-19 safety plans for voting, saying absentee ballots can be returned to drop boxes at 300+ Board of Election sites statewide. Many New Yorkers are on board. “You need to be able to allow absentee voting,” one person said. “Older people or people with conditions, why would they … Continue reading Key point hidden in Cuomo’s daily update — Board of Elections will have drop-off boxes
Let’s be clear — asking others to vote twice is illegal but that’s not all
Trump's exhortations to his crowds to test the voting system by illegal voting twice is just the tip of the iceberg on the ways he's trying to subvert a voting system that works pretty darn well. Click thru to read the full story from CNN: https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/03/politics/election-threat-trump-mail-in-voting-claims-invs/index.html
United States has a federal system, not a free-for-all, but Trump has provided NO guidance
Trump has no interest in performing the job of being President. This was a classic case that needed federal guidance and intervention. Telling the states to compete against each other for supplies was expensive and resulted in imbalances across the country. The Trump administration didn't care then and still doesn't care. If not for a … Continue reading United States has a federal system, not a free-for-all, but Trump has provided NO guidance
Even the United States Marines are racist
I'm not going to characterize the facts presented here. It's worth noting, however, that the Army has been thoroughly integrated for decades. The results described here are are intentional and wrong. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/31/us/politics/marines-race-general.html
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