Monday, December 23, 2024
Lex Anteinternet: President Elect Donald Trump on Matt Gaetz, yester...
Lex Anteinternet: President Elect Donald Trump on Matt Gaetz, yester...: "A friend of mine…he’s got a big career set up”
In sum, the Committee found substantial evidence of the following:• From at least 2017 to 2020, Representative Gaetz regularly paid women forengaging in sexual activity with him.• In 2017, Representative Gaetz engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl.• During the period 2017 to 2019, Representative Gaetz used or possessed illegaldrugs, including cocaine and ecstasy, on multiple occasions.• Representative Gaetz accepted gifts, including transportation and lodging inconnection with a 2018 trip to the Bahamas, in excess of permissible amounts.• In 2018, Representative Gaetz arranged for his Chief of Staff to assist a womanwith whom he engaged in sexual activity in obtaining a passport, falsely indicatingto the U.S. Department of State that she was a constituent.• Representative Gaetz knowingly and willfully sought to impede and obstruct theCommittee’s investigation of his conduct.• Representative Gaetz has acted in a manner that reflects discreditably upon theHouse.
And now he's proposing buying Greenland.
Seriously, this absurd proposal that Greenlanders do not desire, coming hard on the heels of a threat against Panama, after serial insults to Canada.
Trump isn't okay.
That's been obvious for quite a while, but there's something wrong with him. He spouts every stupid idea that comes into his head.
Elon Musk, not attempting to be ironic, suggested this week that office holders take a competency test. Trump is publicly failing one right now.
President Elect Donald Trump on Matt Gaetz, yesterday.
"A friend of mine…he’s got a big career set up”
Saturday, December 23, 1944. German command worries.
The US First Army withdrew from St. Vith.
US aircraft are able to hit ground targets over Belgium. C-47s dropped supplies into Bastogne.
By this point, Model, Guderian and Von Rundstedt have all recommended a halt to the offensive.
"Capt. Chaplain Connolly says mass for members of 127th Inf. Regt., 32nd Div., outside of Lonoy, Leyte, P.I. Mass was held two days before Christmas because the regiment was moving across country to push on to the west coast and would be unable to attend on Christmas. 23 December, 1944. 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division. Photographer: Pfc. Jack Traub.
Twenty five German POWs escaped from Papago Park Camp in Arizona with a plan to float a river all the way to Mexico, apparently not appreciating that by this point Mexico was an Allied power. They would be on the run until January 28, which is impressive, but their plan failed.
Today In Wyoming's History: December 23: 1944 All horse racing in the US is banned in an effort to save labor.
Last edition:
Friday, December 22, 1944. "Nuts!".
Thursday, December 23, 1909. USS Utah launched
The USS Utah was launched.
She'd be lost at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Fifty eight of her crew died as a result. She was not recovered and remains in the harbor near Ford Island.
Last edition:
Monday, December 20, 1909. Open orders.
Sunday, December 22, 2024
Francis Anna Camuglia and Cynthia Blanton.
I ran into this item in a really roundabout way, that being a random link to a 1967 newspaper article. That isn't mentioned in either of the two sources noted here, that being Ms. Blanton's blog (which is quite good, I might add) or Reddit. I unfortunately can't find the link to the article.
Anyhow, let's start with an upload of the photograph on Ms. Blanton's blog:
Blanton with the top part of the "Miss March" centerfold. This is directly linked to her blog. I'm using the fair use and commentary exception to copyright, but I don't own the rights to post this and will immediately take it down if asked.
Miss March holding her own centerfold?
No, Miss Blanton, then a high school student, holding the centerfold of "Fran" "Gerard", who was actually one Francis Anna Camuglia, who is apparently a legendary centerfold.
The story is related on the Blanton blog, and it is really amusing. Her resemblance was immediately noted in March 1967 by the boys in her high school, which I don't doubt. She's almost a dead ringer for Gerard, save that, if anything, she was actually prettier in this photograph. Their nose structure and generally their facial features are amazingly similar. Blanton relates that she used this to play a joke on her mother, holding the centerfold like depicted and briefly fooling her mother into thinking that she'd posed for Playboy. Apparently Ms. Gerard was extremely top heavy, and when folded out it becomes apparent that Gerard and Blanton are not the same person.
So why am I posting this here? Cute story?
I suppose it is a cute story, and Blanton really had a sense of humor and still does. But we're posting this for other reasons.
Gerard is apparently a famous Playboy centerfold, for the very reason noted. The 1960s was before silicone and she was very top heavy, in an era when Playboy centerfolds were all pretty top heavy. That she still has a following is remarkable, particularly since she died in 1985.
And that's the reason we're noting her.
She was born, as noted, Francis Camuglia, and as her find a grave entry shows, she was from a large, almost certainly Italian, and almost certainly Catholic, family. By the time she was photographed in 1966 or 1967, she'd already been married and maybe divorced, and was off to a rocky start in life. If she wasn't yet divorced, she soon would be. She'd marry one more time, and go on to a life in California, working for an astrologer.
In 1985 she killed herself at age 37.
Blanton, in contrast, when on to high education, a successful life, and retired to Mexico. She's travelled all over the world, as her blog demonstrates.
At the time of the photo, Blanton and Gerard really weren't very far apart in age. Camuglia was born in March 1948, in which case she was a mere 19 years old when she appeared in Playboy, and only barely 19 years old at that. Blanton was younger, but not by much, probably only one or two years at the very most.
Blanton went on to success. Gerard was reduced in the public mind to her naked visage, a cute girl with (apparently) large assets.
The 1960s, while there was still open, and sometime legal, opposition to it, was right at the height of public acceptance of Playboy. In the 1970s you'd still go into grocery stores and it was available the way other magazines are now, on your way to the checker. It retained an image of "dirty" and glamourous all at the same time.
What the public didn't know was the long lasting effects pornography would have on the American public and psyche and how damaging it would be. Nor did it know about the horrific abuse so many of these young women went through. Not only did it basically brand them, to a degree, for life, making them something like harem slaves in a way of prior eras, valued for their physical assets and little else, they were often subject to horrific physical abuse.
I don't know about Gerard and I'm not going to look it up either. Entering her name would no doubt provide piles of pornographic links. That she was somebody who killed herself I already knew. There's a really good documentary, Secrets of Playboy, that really dives into what happened to so many of these people. Playboy left a pool of drugs and blood on the floor that we're still trying to mop up.
Her headstone is marked "Our Bubbie - Beloved Daughter and Sister".
Related threads:
Secrets of Playboy
Friday, December 22, 1944. "Nuts!".
Bastogne was surrounded.
General Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz, commander of German forces outside of Bastogne, sent a major, a lieutenant and two enlisted men to deliver an ultimatum to US forces. The ultimatum, delivered to 101st artillery commander, Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, who was in command, read:
To the U.S.A. Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne.
The fortune of war is changing. This time the U.S.A. forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong German armored units. More German armored units have crossed the river Ourthe near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet. Libramont is in German hands.
There is only one possibility to save the encircled U.S.A. troops from total annihilation: that is the honorable surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over a term of two hours will be granted beginning with the presentation of this note.
If this proposal should be rejected one German Artillery Corps and six heavy A. A. Battalions are ready to annihilate the U.S.A. troops in and near Bastogne. The order for firing will be given immediately after this two hours term.
All the serious civilian losses caused by this artillery fire would not correspond with the well-known American humanity.
The German Commander.
McAuliffe read the note, crumpled it up, and muttered, "Aw, nuts" after realizing that the Germans were asking for a U.S. surrender, rather than the other way around. Lieutenant Colonel Harry Kinnard suggested that McAuliffe's response summed up the situation well and reply was typed and delivered by Colonel Joseph Harper, commanding the 327th Glider Infantry, to the German delegation. It stated:
To the German Commander.
NUTS!
The American Commander.
The German commander was confused by the reply, understandably, and asked Harper what it meant. Harper replied; "In plain English? Go to hell." McAuliffe himself never used profanity.
Slowed progress caused Guderian to recommend the German offensive in the Ardennes be halted.
Guderian and McAuliffe's assessment was realistic. While from the outside the American situation appeared desperate, in fact it was not. The German advance had been massively slowed by American resistance, including by relatively inexperienced troops. At Bastogne the Germans now faced two airborne divisions which were used to being surrounded.
President Roosevelt signed the Flood Control Act of 1944.
A new provisional government was formed in Hungary.
The People's Army of Vietnam was formed.
Last edition:
Thursday, December 21, 1944. St. Vith taken.
Thursday, December 22, 1724. The Greenwich Tea Party
The last of the "tea parties" occurred on this day in Greenwich, Cumberland County, New Jersey. It involved the usual tea dumping and dressing as Native Americans.
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Tuesday, December 13, 1774. Taking Fort William and Mary.
Saturday, December 21, 2024
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Friday, December 15, 1944. Glenn Miller Lost.
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Thursday, December 21, 1944. St. Vith taken.
The German advance through the Ardennes moved into a narrow corridor northwest to Marche after bypassing Bastogne. The 84th Infantry Division moved to block them.
The Germans took St. Vith.
The US Army retook Stavelot and halted the advance of the German 67th Corps.
The Battle of Ormoc Bay ended in an American victory.
Hap Arnold was promoted to five star rank.
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Thursday, December 21, 1899. Leonard Wood goes back to Cuba.
General and physician Leonard Wood arrived in Cuba to serve as its Governor General.
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Friday, December 15, 1899. British defeat at Colenso.
The 2025 Wyoming Legislative Session, Part 2. Early bills
Pre filed bills so far. Keep in mind that these are the ones that have made it through the last legislature. The new one hasn't been sworn in yet..
| HB0002 | Hunting license application fees increase. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0003 | Animal abuse-predatory animals. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0004 | Snowmobile registration and user fees. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0005 | Fishing outfitters and guides-registration of fishing boats. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0006 | Advance health care directives-dementia. | Larsen, L | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0007 | K-12 post secondary education options. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0008 | School finance-average daily membership. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0009 | Young entrepreneurs-limiting license requirements. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0010 | Limited mining operations-amendments. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0011 | Manufacturing sales and use tax exemption-amendments. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0012 | Industrial production equipment-deferral. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0013 | Integrated test center-governance. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0014 | Solid waste municipal cease and transfer funding. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0015 | Limited mining operations-bonding amendments. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0016 | Used nuclear fuel storage-amendments. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0017 | Career technical education equipment grants amendments. | Education | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0018 | Career technical education funding. | Education | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0019 | Social media-parental consent for minors required. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0020 | K-12 school facility leasing. | Sel Sch Fac | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0021 | School finance-routine maintenance worker calculation. | Sel Sch Fac | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0022 | Water and wastewater operator-emergency response. | Campbell, E | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0023 | Surrender driver's license-repeal. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0024 | Alternative fuel tax-electricity amendments. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0025 | Vehicle accident reporting-amendments. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0026 | Highway safety-child restraints. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0027 | Disabled parking windshield placards-revisions. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0028 | Commercial driver's licenses-revisions. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0029 | Severance tax distribution-highway fund. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0030 | Driver's licenses and IDs-revisions. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0031 | School safety and security. | Pendergraft | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0032 | What is a Woman Act. | Lien | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0033 | Vehicle sales and use tax distribution-highway fund. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0034 | Department of transportation-efficiency study. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0035 | Vacancies in elected office. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0036 | Hathaway scholarship-amendments. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0037 | Expulsion for possession of a deadly weapon. | Harshman | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0038 | Ad valorem taxation-payment and credit of penalties. | Revenue | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0039 | Property tax refund program-revisions. | Revenue | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0040 | Sales and use tax revisions. | Revenue | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0041 | Environmental quality-irrevocable letters of credit. | Lawley | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0042 | Regulation of surgical abortions. | Lawley | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0043 | Age verification for websites with harmful material. | Lawley | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0044 | Loren "Teense" Willford Memorial Highway. | Davis | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0045 | Removing otters as protected animals. | Byron | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0046 | Homeschool freedom act. | Strock | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0047 | Secretary of state-expedited filings. | BlockChain/Technology | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0048 | Department of family services-confidentiality amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0049 | Treatment courts-amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0050 | Disclosure of sensitive information-law enforcement. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0051 | Municipal courts-maximum penalties. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0052 | State's right of appeal in criminal cases. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0053 | Governmental claims-negligent investigations. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0054 | Chancery court judges-district and circuit court assistance. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0055 | Court automation fee-amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HB0056 | Cities and towns notice for zoning changes-amendments. | Filer | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| HJ0001 | Amending Wyoming's act of admission for earnings. | Cap Fin & Inv | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0002 | Hunting licenses-weighted bonus points system. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0003 | Mule and whitetail deer-separate hunting seasons. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0004 | State park peace officers-definition and scope of authority. | Travel | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0005 | School district vehicles-flashing lights authorized. | Cooper | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0006 | Residential property-removal of unlawful occupant. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0007 | Protection order amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0008 | Protection orders-effective during appeal or review. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0009 | Restoration of rights amendments. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0010 | Settlement agreements for minors-parental authorization. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0011 | Use of fraudulent documents to wrongfully possess property. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0012 | Permanent protection orders. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0013 | Reading assessment and intervention amendments. | Education | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0014 | Wyoming imagination library program. | Education | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0015 | Oil and gas conservation commission-regulation of pits. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0016 | Industrial siting-tribal notification. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0017 | Carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery stimulus. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0018 | Enhanced oil recovery-severance tax exemption. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0019 | Impact assistance payments-maximum percentages and review. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0020 | Oil and gas bonding-options and bonding pools. | Minerals | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0021 | Ban on cell phone use in schools. | Schuler | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0022 | Ground for termination of parental rights-guardianship. | Schuler | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0023 | Handicap placards-health care providers' approval. | Labor | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0024 | Special license plates for multipurpose vehicles. | Barlow | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0025 | Electronic lien and title system. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0026 | Protection of military equipment. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0027 | Wyoming national guard member referral-amendments. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0028 | ROTC endowment program. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0029 | Firearm hold agreement-limited liability. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0030 | Wyoming's investment in veteran's mental health. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0031 | Boards and commissions veteran ex officio members. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0032 | Unpaved roads speed limits-amendments. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0033 | Noncitizen driver's license and ID card-revisions. | Transportation | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0034 | School finance-routine and major maintenance calculations. | Sel Sch Fac | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0035 | Governmental claims-maximum liability amounts. | Judiciary | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0036 | Music therapy-use of title. | Labor | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0037 | Enhanced concealed carry in school zones. | Cooper | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0038 | Performance compensation-investment performance amendment. | Appropriations | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0039 | Automatic transfer of automobile title upon death. | Olsen | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0040 | Zoning protest petition-amendments. | Appropriations | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0041 | Federal acts-legal actions authorized. | Agriculture | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0042 | Resort hotel liquor licenses. | Gierau | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0043 | Temporary water use agreements amendments. | Agriculture | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0044 | Fairness in sports-intercollegiate athletics. | Schuler | Bill Number Assigned | ||
| SF0045 | Wyoming state guard-amendments. | Laursen, D | Bill Number Assigned |
Some interesting bills:
HOUSE BILL NO. HB0019
Social media-parental consent for minors required.
Sponsored by: Representative(s) Harshman, Lawley, Washut and Wharff and Senator(s) Barlow and Olsen
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to trade and commerce; requiring parental consent for minors under age eighteen (18) to use a social media platform; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 40‑32‑101 and 40‑32‑102 are created to read:
CHAPTER 32
SOCIAL MEDIA REGULATION
40‑32‑101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Account holder" means a person who has or who creates or opens an account or profile to use a social media platform;
(ii) "Minor" means a person who is a resident of Wyoming, who is under the age of eighteen (18) and who is not married or has not become emancipated as provided in W.S. 14‑1‑201 through 14‑1‑206;
(iii) "Social media company" means a person that is an interactive computer service that provides a social media platform for use;
(iv) "Social media platform" means an online forum that a social media company makes available for an account holder to create a profile, upload posts, view the posts of other account holders or interact with other account holders or users.
40‑32‑102. Social media platforms; parental consent required; remedies.
(a) No social media company shall allow a minor to be an account holder on the social media company's social media platform unless the social media company obtains the express consent of the minor's parent or guardian.
(b) Each social media company shall deny access to its social media platform for each account holder who fails to meet the verification requirements specified in subsection (a) of this section until the social media company receives the express parental or guardian consent required under subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The attorney general shall promulgate all rules for:
(i) The process by which a social media company can obtain parental consent for a minor seeking to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform;
(ii) The method by which a parent or guardian of a minor can provide consent for a minor to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform;
(iii) The methods by which social media companies shall verify the authenticity of the parental or guardian consent provided for a minor to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform;
(iv) The methods by which a social media company shall allow parents or guardians to revoke or withdraw consent previously given for a minor to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform and for parents or guardians to revoke or withdraw nonconsent previously expressed and thereafter consent for a minor to open or create an account and be an account holder on a social media platform.
(d) The attorney general may pursue any remedy authorized under the Wyoming Consumer Protection Act against a social media company that fails to comply with this article.
Section 2. The attorney general shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement this act.
Section 3.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
(b) Section 1 of this act is effective July 1, 2025.
SENATE FILE NO. SF0021
Ban on cell phone use in schools.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Schuler and Representative(s) Brown, L, Clouston and Larson, JT
A BILL
for
AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to adopt policies prohibiting students from using cell phones and smart watches in schools as specified; providing exceptions; providing a definition; specifying applicability; and providing for effective dates.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. W.S. 21‑3‑110(a) by creating a new paragraph (xliv) is amended to read:
21‑3‑110. Duties of boards of trustees.
(a) The board of trustees in each school district shall:
(xliv) Adopt policies to prohibit students from using cellular telephones and smart watches during instructional time. For purposes of this paragraph, "smart watch" means a wearable computing device that closely resembles a wristwatch or other time keeping device with the capacity to act in place of or as an extension of a person's cellular telephone. "Smart watch" does not include a wearable device that can only tell time, monitor a person's health information or track a person's location. Policies adopted under this paragraph shall not prohibit students from using cellular telephones and smart watches under any of the following circumstances:
(A) In the case of an emergency or in response to a perceived threat of danger;
(B) When an employee of the school district authorizes a student to use a cellular telephone or a smart watch;
(C) When using a cellular telephone or a smart watch is included in a student's individualized education plan or plan developed under section 504 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended;
(D) When a health care provider determines that the use of a cellular telephone or a smart watch is necessary to manage a student's health care.
Section 2. Not later than July 1, 2025, each school district board of trustees shall establish policies in accordance with this act.
Section 3.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.
(b) Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
(END)
December 21, 2024
Chuck Gray is backing proof residency and ballot box banning efforts again this session.
It's ironic in the Trumpiest state in the union the paranoia about people illegally casting votes remains. If they are doing that, they'd be ironically illegally voting, for the most part, for Trump.
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