surrept33

That is kind of a cynical take. Young people who are attracted towards going to DC from their home places tend to be into those things from my experience. Government jobs don't pay that much (compared to the private sector), so there is a opportunity cost. At one point you could have argued that proximity gave these people good optionality to hop to more cushy private sector jobs, but these days, proximity doesn't matter for making valuable connections due to the internet. Most of the services that government gives you is really about facilitation, coordination, and collaboration, rather than power.

Ouch. Have you ever been there or are you basing this based on what you've heard? In practice, Washington D.C (and the surrounding DMV area) continuously attracts a lot of young people from all over the country who are into civics and history and want to help the country by serving in the civil service, which from a overall perspective is America's "best" institutions (relatively speaking, compared to the rest of the world). Yes, much of this idealism tends to fade over time because of being exposed to politics, but suggesting that they are not "normal people" is not true. People in DC tend to be grounded compared to other places I've seen like NYC. Don't let yourself be deluded by people who make it career to malign DC. That's been the political strategy of a lot of Republicans since Reagan, however if you look at the data, they were saying one thing, and doing another (ballooning the federal budget by aligning with the military-industrial complex for one). In any federal system, you're going to have to devolve some power to the "centre". As with anything to do with power sharing, there will a lot of disagreements. But let's not forget how much mutual benefits this system creates. Most likely states would squabble among themselves if we didn't have a way to share power, and the whole country, if remained a country at all, would be far poorer.

Ratings Soar For Biden’s State Of The Union — More Than 32 Million Watched Address https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2024/03/08/ratings-soar-for-bidens-state-of-the-union-more-than-32-million-watched-address/?sh=16a00c4731c0 Also a nice little gem in there;

Now with Lara Trump, the RNC is gonna be Trump's personal piggy bank... https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4511516-rnc-resolution-to-ban-paying-trumps-legal-bills-is-dead/ RNC resolution to ban paying Trump’s legal bills is ‘dead’

Perhaps it's the Trumpistas that are the real RINOs.

it's the swing states that matter.

How about the Republicans and Democrats? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sCgLqYJlOc ^----- this is Roger Stone's nephew btw.

that is old news. in more recent news: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-hunter-impeachment-probe-jason-galanis-interview-b2502640.html Galanis, who is serving a 14-year prison sentence for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, securities fraud, and investment adviser fraud in addition to other crimes, was described in court documents as a “mastermind” of a fraud scheme in which he and Archer worked to convince a Native American tribe to issue economic development bonds, which allowed Galanis to divert the proceeds for his own personal use. Galanis was also previously convicted of participating in a market manipulation and fraud scheme in which he also evaded a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) order prohibiting him from serving as an officer or executive at publicly traded companies. At the time, then Acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Audrey Strauss said that Galanis had “orchestrated two multimillion-dollar fraud schemes, and hid behind a team of co-conspirators to conceal his involvement and defy an SEC ban”. Despite his history of deception, leaders of the Republican-led committees had hoped Galanis would link Mr Biden to his son’s business ventures even though a string of other witnesses — including Archer — had failed to do so. The failure of Galanis to connect the president with his son’s various business endeavours is just the latest in a succession of embarrassing milestones in the years-long House probe, which has thus far been unsuccessful in finding any justification for impeaching the president.

Anyone can write a book with so-called facts. People in the end have to convince a court of law. Let's see what happened with Rudy Giuliani and election worker Ruby Freeman for example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKqNDDYLm9Q The 9th Commandment, Exodus 20:16. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Meanwhile, Trump media's partners get a washing: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/02/03/trump-social-dwac-investigation/ Summary of the Digital World Insider Trading Case: Before Trump announced his media company merger with SPAC Digital World, investors engaged in insider trading based on private information. CEO Patrick Orlando illegally tipped off investors about the deal, violating securities laws. Anton Postolnikov, a Russian-born investor, made $22 million by selling his shares after the announcement. Michael Shvartsman, a Ukrainian-born investor, profited $18 million and discussed money laundering with an informant. Federal investigators are looking into how Trump became involved in a deal potentially tainted by fraud. Shvartsman allegedly discussed using shell companies and hiding money overseas to avoid authorities. His efforts to create an elaborate laundering scheme raise questions about the legitimacy of the deal. Key Points: Insider trading allegedly occurred before the merger announcement. Investors potentially made millions based on non-public information. The case raises questions about the legality and transparency of the Trump media deal. Federal authorities are investigating potential money laundering and fraud. Note: This summary is based on the provided article by Google Gemini and does not constitute legal or financial advice.

I agree with Paul kRUGman: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/12/opinion/biden-trump-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.U00.jSMn.fFiSyNUeL90P&smid=url-share

Chinese migrants crossing into the US from Mexico in rising numbers Despite the distances involved and the difficulties of the journey, more than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the US from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined, according to government data. In the polarising debate over immigration, it is a little-discussed wrinkle in the US system: American officials cannot force countries to take back their own citizens. For the most part, this is not an issue. But about a dozen countries are not terribly cooperative, and China is the worst offender. Of the 1.3 million people in American soil with final orders to be deported, about 100,000 are Chinese, according to an administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the internal data. The migrants are part of an exodus of citizens who have grown frustrated with harsh restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic and the direction of Xi Jinping’s authoritarian government. “The largest reason for me is the political environment,” Mark Xu, 35, a Chinese elementary and middle school English teacher, said in February as he waited to board a boat in Necoclí, Colombia, a beach town in the north. China was so stifling, he added, it had become “difficult to breathe”. He was among about 100 Chinese people setting off that morning to start the journey through the treacherous Darién Gap, the only land route to the US from South America. Xu said he learnt about the trek from YouTube and through Google searches, including “how to get outside of China” and “how to escape”. https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/chinese-migrants-crossing-into-the-us-from-mexico-in-rising-numbers-20231125-p5emr7.html

Let us recall that most "reigning cults" have very teeny budgets these days, and thus are under pressure to diversify the funding model of the world money river (e.g, the world economy). That means that servicing the local sanitation department requires perv-asive tracking of what pollutes what in a spatio-temporal sense. Otherwise you run into the "smoking doesn't cause cancer" argument that used to be raised by the corporate culture of yesteryore. That type of corporate culture is fading though.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/trump-civil-fraud-trial-ny/ As the proceedings wound down Monday afternoon, Engoron appeared to suggest that he was open to excluding evidence related to older transactions, which Trump’s attorneys had argued should be dismissed from the case based on a recent appellate court ruling dealing with statutes of limitations. Trump took Engoron’s comments as a victory, saying to reporters immediately after that much of the attorney general’s case might be dismissed, which one of his attorneys echoed. James’s office later challenged that interpretation. On Tuesday morning, before testimony resumed, Engoron opened proceedings by saying he wanted to “clear up any misconceptions that might have arisen” over his remarks, and that he would not be dismissing claims in the case, as Trump had suggested could happen. Soon after, Bender resumed his testimony.

wat? Here is the Oak Ridge National Labs/DOE's model, which is about as frontier as one can get: https://github.com/E3SM-Project It sounds like you are misinformed. CTF is all about publishing open data, open source, and public grand challenges, not statistical summaries. It's the norm in Computer Science and any Computational Sciences.