Exactly, I think the real intent here is to cause delays and spread confusion.

The US Constitution already resolves this issue with federal preemption under the Supremacy Clause. Basically, Pennsylvania’s residency requirements apply to all elections within the state: local, state, and federal. However, in federal elections, federal law preempts and overrides any conflicting state laws. These challenges have been filed in bad faith.

At least not everyone:

Israeli media and other observers expressed skepticism about the articles, which appeared to support Netanyahu’s demands in the talks and absolve him of blame for their failure.

From reading the article, it’s possible nuclear arms race, military tech transfer, and refugee crisis to name a few:

But Kim’s increasingly aggressive rhetoric against Seoul has the South once again debating whether it should have its own nuclear arsenal. North Korean troops on a Ukrainian battlefield would only further unravel Beijing’s plans.

…

Experts say Beijing is just as worried as the West about what military technology Putin might sell to Kim in exchange for troops.

“Satellites, for sure,” Mr Foster-Carter says. “But Putin is bad – not mad. Russia knows just as China knows that North Korea is a loose cannon. Giving [Kim] more technology for nukes is not a good thing for anybody.”

Experts believe Xi is unlikely to do anything drastic because China needs a stable North Korea – if he cuts off aid, he would likely have a refugee crisis at the border.

Below are all the GOP lawmakers that voted against that bill:

House:

• Representative James Baird of Indiana

• Representative Troy Balderson of Ohio

• Representative Jim Banks of Indiana

• Representative Aaron Bean of Florida

• Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona

• Representative Gus Bilirakis of Florida

• Representative Dan Bishop of North Carolina

• Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado

• Representative Mike Bost of Illinois

• Representative Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma

• Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee

• Representative Eric Burlison of Missouri

• Representative Kat Cammack of Florida

• Representative Michael Cloud of Texas

• Representative Andrew Clyde of Georgia

• Representative Mike Collins of Georgia

• Representative Eli Crane of Arizona

• Representative John Curtis of Utah

• Representative Warren Davidson of Ohio

• Representative Byron Donalds of Florida

• Representative Jeff Duncan of South Carolina

• Representative Ron Estes of Kansas

• Representative Mike Ezell of Mississippi

• Representative Randy Feenstra of Iowa

• Representative Brad Finstad of Minnesota

• Representative Michelle Fischbach of Minnesota

• Representative Russell Fry of South Carolina

• Representative Russ Fulcher of Idaho

• Representative Matt Gaetz of Florida

• Representative Tony Gonzales of Texas

• Representative Bob Good of Virginia

• Representative Lance Gooden of Texas

• Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona

• Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia

• Representative Morgan Griffith of Virginia

• Representative Michael Guest of Mississippi

• Representative Harriet Hageman of Wyoming

• Representative Andy Harris of Maryland

• Representative Clay Higgins of Louisiana

• Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio

• Representative John Joyce of Pennsylvania

• Representative Trent Kelly of Mississippi

• Representative Darin LaHood of Illinois

• Representative Laurel Lee of Florida

• Representative Debbie Lesko of Arizona

• Representative Greg Lopez of Colorado

• Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida

• Representative Morgan Lutrell of Texas

• Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina

• Representative Tracey Mann of Kansas

• Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky

• Representative Tom McClintock of California

• Representative Rich McCormick of Georgia

• Representative Mary Miller of Illinois

• Representative Max Miller of Ohio

• Representative Cory Mills of Florida

• Representative Alex Mooney of West Virginia

• Representative Barry Moore of Alabama

• Representative Nathaniel Moran of Texas

• Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina

• Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee

• Representative Gary Palmer of Alabama

• Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania

• Representative Bill Posey of Florida

• Representative John Rose of Tennessee

• Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana

• Representative Chip Roy of Texas

• Representative David Schweikert of Arizona

• Representative Keith Self of Texas

• Representative Victoria Spartz of Indiana

• Representative Claudia Tenney of New York

• Representative William Timmons of South Carolina

• Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey

• Representative Beth Van Duyne of Texas

• Representative Derrick Van Orden of Wisconsin

• Representative Mike Waltz of Florida

• Representative Randy Weber of Texas

• Representative Daniel Webster of Florida

• Representative Bruce Westerman of Arkansas

• Representative Roger Williams of Texas

• Representative Rudy Yakym of Indiana

Senate:

• Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee
• Senator Mike Braun of Indiana
• Senator Katie Britt of Alabama
• Senator Ted Budd of North Carolina
• Senator Mike Crapo of Idaho
• Senator Deb Fischer of Nebraska
• Senator Bill Hagerty of Tennessee
• Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri
• Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin
• Senator Mike Lee of Utah
• Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas
• Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
• Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky
• Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska
• Senator James Risch of Idaho
• Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri
• Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina
• Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama

Not entirely sure what you’re getting at. Are you suggesting that Taiwanese Indigenous people might have a problem that the Republic of China (Taiwan) is older than the PRC?

Looks like AP dropped the ball on this one because that’s not what the prosecutors said. They said:

…With his co-conspirators, LOPEZ REYES set up dozens of online pharmacy websites, designed to appear legitimate in order to lure customers into buying, at reduced prices, tablets of fentanyl, para-fluorofentanyl, and methamphetamine disguised as real prescription medications, including oxycodone, hydrocodone, Adderall, and Xanax, among others…

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/us-attorney-announces-charges-against-18-defendants-scheme-manufacture-and-distribute

OP’s own “article” is copying exact sections from this Ars Technica article without giving proper credit: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/dell-says-sales-team-must-work-on-site-5-days-a-week-to-drive-productivity/

Yep and as recent as 2014:

The national campaign to ban geoengineering can be traced back to Rhode Island in 2014, when a lawmaker looked to the sky and saw a conspiracy.

…

Ms. MacBeth’s beliefs are better known as the “chemtrails” conspiracy theory, which posits that airplanes are secretly emitting dangerous chemical trails, as opposed to water vapor naturally released as condensation from planes’ engines, which turns to visible trails of ice crystals in the cold air. There is no evidence supporting the chemtrails theory, which has attracted many followers through social media.

TikTok is fighting a possible US ban in January 2025 and was in court last week to argue the questions that you’re raising: https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/g-s1-23194/tiktok-us-ban-appeals-court

Efficiency baby

Exercise your rights and register to vote if you haven’t done so already!

https://vote.gov/

Welcome!

This CNN article links to the clips: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/17/politics/jd-vance-kamala-harris-fascist/index.html

It’s a bit more nuanced than that. The article doesn’t talk about it, but this NYT article touches on how these Chinese sites are exploiting the de minimis exemption loophole to circumvent US anti-forced labor law, which companies have to comply with to keep their supply chain free of slave labor (Uyghurs in Xinjiang for example):

Lawmakers are flagging what they say are likely significant violations of U.S. law by Temu, a popular Chinese shopping platform, accusing it of providing an unchecked channel that allows goods made with forced labor to flow into the United States.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/business/economy/shein-temu-forced-labor-china.html

Hah nice catch. Fixed.

Huh? All federal judges in the US (Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges, and district court judges) are nominated.

Even at the state level, it’s a mix of election and nomination based on the vacancy.

Agreed. ChatGPT doesn’t like to cite sources. Microsoft CoPilot and Google Gemini do link to some sources, though not as accurate or thorough like Wikipedia.

From the article, attempts to improve things are blocked:

When President Joe Biden and Harris first took office, Biden rescinded the Trump-era zero-tolerance policy and established a family reunification task force that found that more than 5,000 families were separated under the policy.

More recently, the Biden administration worked with a bipartisan group of senators to craft a comprehensive immigration and border security plan that seemed to have buy-in from both parties on Capitol Hill.

But GOP support for the bill tanked after Trump indicated his disapproval of the plan.

Good catch. I’ve added it to the summary. Thanks.