Chinese election meddling articles
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Could illegal migrants hand Biden a win by voting in the 2024 election? Mike Johnson and Trump immigration hawk Stephen Miller pitch bill to stop Democrats from engineering the 'greatest election interference' in history
'If a nefarious actor wants to intervene in our elections, all they have to do is check a box on a form and sign their name,' Johnson insisted. Non-citizens who vote in federal and state elections are already breaking the law and putting themselves at risk of jail or deportation
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Why are we electing superintendents?
With no offense to any of the local candidates in this election, I’ve always thought school superintendents should be appointed by an elected school board instead of being elected by the public. Some counties in Alabama and Florida (not all) elect a superintendent of schools, but the rest of the country allows the school board to make the hire. Santa Rosa County is one of 41 counties in Florida where the superintendent of schools is elected.
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Elections And Devaluations
Elections And Devaluations Authored by Yves Smith via NakedCapitalism.com, Yves here. It’s revealing that Serious Economist Jeffrey Frankel limits himself to third-world examples in his case studies below on post-election devaluations. Perhaps it would be unseemly to look at, say, the US, UK, Japan, South Korea, or even Australia (admittedly the latter and Canada have their currency values substantially affected by commodity prices). Of course, Frankel might contend that any...