The gem cannot be polished without friction
nor man without trials.
Confucius
Posted on 10/27/2024 10:08:39 PM PDT by ransomnote
Can Donald Trump End The IRS Without Passing One Law? Yes. Yes, He Can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14X8dlThDM
Interesting!
The gem cannot be polished without friction
nor man without trials.
Confucius
I really like Matt Whitaker too. I figure he’ll be in there somewhere.
Germany will hold snap federal elections on Feb. 23, 2025, with Chancellor Olaf Scholz set to introduce a confidence vote in his now minority coalition government in the Bundestag on Dec. 16, Reuters reported on Nov. 12....
I was a bit dismayed. Rubio was strongly pro Ukrainian war; I butted heads with him on that a few times but he would not budge. I presume Prez Trump has made an arrangement with Rubio about how such proceedings will be administered.
Here’s a viewpoint on Rubio that makes sense and is one possibility.
President Trump Announces Steven C. Witkoff as Special Envoy to the Middle East
Excerpt:
f you look at the structure of the announcements, there does appear to be a strategy at play; yes, including the likelihood of Marco Rubio as Secretary of State.
.....If President Trump pulls Marco Rubio out of the Senate, he opens up the position of Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI). Rubio would love the opportunity to load his presidential aspiration resume with Secretary of State, for later use. However, this also opens the opportunity for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to appoint an interim senator who would be more MAGA-minded, trustworthy and loyal (dare I say Gaetz).
With Rubio removed from the equation of the IC problem, the issue becomes mitigating (think neutering) the Secretary of State from undermining the Trump Doctrine; which, as you know, is the key Trump foreign policy approach using economic power combined with diplomacy.
.....President Trump constrains Rubio in the mid-east by putting Steven C. Witkoff as Special Envoy to the Middle East. Essentially, neutering any intervention that might be launched by the IC agenda supported by the neocon wing of Rubio. Trump does this directly from the White House.
That puts Rubio’s role as Secretary of State focused on Europe and Asia, both regions where President Trump has already outlined the benefits of the Trump Doctrine in creating a peace deal in Ukraine and economically neutering Chinese aggression (like he did in North Korea).
While many of us do not like the thought of Rubio as Secretary of State, the value in removing Rubio from the SSCI is quite significant.
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They have Ranked Choice Voting.
If anyone gets 50% +1 the counting is over and that person wins.
If no one get’s 50%+1, then the ranked choice rounds begin.
Ranked-choice voting (RCV) allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference rather than selecting just one. If no candidate receives a majority of first-choice votes, the candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated, and votes for that candidate are transferred to the next choice indicated on the ballots, continuing this process until a candidate achieves a majority.
Here’s where Alaska stands.
1st round:
Begich, Nick........REP 125,222 49.45%
Hafner, Eric........DEM 2,492 0.98%
Howe, John Wayne....AIP 9,880 3.90%
Peltola, Mary S.....DEM 115,089 45.45%
Write-in............ 560 0.22%
Total Votes 253,243
(Write-ins don’t count toward ranked choice)
2nd Round, Haffner will be eliminated.
The 2nd choice on the Haffner(DEM) ballot will be allocated to who(whom?)ever.
Probably most will go to Peltola(DEM), and then the Haffner ballot 3rd choice would be allocated, then the 4th choice gets allocated.
no will have hit 50%+1.
3rd round, John Wayne Howe.(AI) Alaska Independence party)He would be eliminated.
His 2nd choice ballots go to whomever), then 3rd choice etc...
This place below, in example #1, gives an great example of rounds.
https://ballotpedia.org/Ranked-choice_voting_(RCV)r
Example #2 shows what happened to Sarah Palin.
Begich(REPUB) had the least votes so i figured Sarah Palin(Repub) would get most of his 53,756 2nd choice votes.
Turns out, that didn’t happen. Palin lost by 5219 votes, so most of Begich’s 2nd Choice was for Peltola .
In example #3...you get to do a rank choice vote. Then it will give you a visual of rounds based on your vote.
This year, the Trump backed candidate(Lt. Gov Dahlstrom - finished 3rd in an open primary)withdrew giving her support to Begich.
I am hopeful that the Peltola\Palin whacked split wont happened again.
thankQs LJ for the links!
Pingout!
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4273931/posts?page=4438#4438
Of note:
https://www.breitbart.com/2nd-amendment/2024/11/11/president-elect-trump-announces-push-for-national-concealed-carry-reciprocity/
President-Elect Trump Announces Push for National Concealed Carry Reciprocity
Oh my goodness. What a nightmare. I’ve seen before where others have been screwed by this process. I also read where some states voted to have this crap canceled going forward. Bottom line is that whatever looks like a lock for Begich, it is sadly not a reality! Who would ever vote to allow this nonsense? Thanks for your detail edexplanation.
Farcesensitive wrote:
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Can Donald Trump End The IRS Without Passing One Law? Yes. Yes, He Can.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m14X8dlThDM
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I certainly hope he can do this.
The IRS is one of the departments that needs dismantling.
This election Alaska Ballot Measure 2 was voted on to eliminate ranked choice voting. As of this morning repeal had 50.8% of vote while keep had 49.8%. They still have ballots to count so too close to call.
s/b 49.2%
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