503 lines
61 KiB
HTML
503 lines
61 KiB
HTML
|
<!DOCTYPE html>
|
|||
|
|
<html lang="" xml:lang="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head>
|
|||
|
|
<meta charset="utf-8"/>
|
|||
|
|
<meta content="pandoc" name="generator"/>
|
|||
|
|
<meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=yes" name="viewport"/>
|
|||
|
|
<title>16 September, 2022</title>
|
|||
|
|
<style type="text/css">
|
|||
|
|
code{white-space: pre-wrap;}
|
|||
|
|
span.smallcaps{font-variant: small-caps;}
|
|||
|
|
span.underline{text-decoration: underline;}
|
|||
|
|
div.column{display: inline-block; vertical-align: top; width: 50%;}
|
|||
|
|
</style>
|
|||
|
|
<title>Daily-Dose</title><meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" name="viewport"/><link href="styles/simple.css" rel="stylesheet"/><link href="../styles/simple.css" rel="stylesheet"/><style>*{overflow-x:hidden;}</style><link href="https://unpkg.com/aos@2.3.1/dist/aos.css" rel="stylesheet"/><script src="https://unpkg.com/aos@2.3.1/dist/aos.js"></script></head>
|
|||
|
|
<body>
|
|||
|
|
<h1 data-aos="fade-down" id="daily-dose">Daily-Dose</h1>
|
|||
|
|
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" data-aos-anchor-placement="top-bottom" id="contents">Contents</h1>
|
|||
|
|
<ul>
|
|||
|
|
<li><a href="#from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</a></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><a href="#from-vox">From Vox</a></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</a></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><a href="#from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</a></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><a href="#from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</a></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><a href="#from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</a></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><a href="#from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</a></li>
|
|||
|
|
</ul>
|
|||
|
|
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-new-yorker">From New Yorker</h1>
|
|||
|
|
<ul>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>China and the Lore of American Manufacturing</strong> - In Ohio’s Senate race, both candidates are employing anti-Asian rhetoric and neglecting to hold corporations to account. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/china-and-the-lore-of-american-manufacturing">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>How Hopeful Should Democrats Be About the Midterms?</strong> - The fight for abortion rights, recent legislative gains, and “candidate quality” have improved the Party’s chances in many polls, but a renewed sense of optimism might be misplaced. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/how-hopeful-should-democrats-be-about-the-midterms">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>The Inflation Picture Isn’t as Negative as Republicans and the Markets Are Saying</strong> - Prices are gradually declining over all, and the Fed chief, Jerome Powell, should resist calls for more drastic interest-rate increases. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-inflation-picture-isnt-as-negative-as-republicans-and-the-markets-are-saying">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Charles III and Climate Change in the U.K.</strong> - Not only is the new king supposed to stop pushing for green political policies; he faces a new Prime Minister who plans to reverse them. - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/charles-iii-and-climate-change-in-the-uk">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>A Second Trump Term Would Be a Scary Rerun of the First</strong> - Remember those “Jurassic Park” velociraptors learning how to open the door? - <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-bidens-washington/a-second-trump-term-would-be-a-scary-rerun-of-the-first">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
</ul>
|
|||
|
|
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-vox">From Vox</h1>
|
|||
|
|
<ul>
|
|||
|
|
<li><strong>Are weather apps lying? The truth is in the dew point.</strong> -
|
|||
|
|
<figure>
|
|||
|
|
<img alt="A dark-haired man in a light purple shirt and light blue pants walks away from the camera on a city street, in bright sunlight. His shirt has a soaked patch where sweat is spreading across his back." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/HV2UxEzOshW5J3Z7p24A71pxFdo=/0x0:4567x3425/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71375577/1233729033.0.jpg"/>
|
|||
|
|
<figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
This man is sweaty. I empathize with his pain. | Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images
|
|||
|
|
</figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
</figure>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
Not all 75°F days are created equal.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="fKDtEM">
|
|||
|
|
When a 72-degree day feels like a swampy armpit, I start to realize that everything I’ve ever thought I understood about weather, mainly temperature, is a lie. Sweating through my shirt, wiping my brow, and staring in disbelief at my weather app wondering, “How could this be the 72°F I know and love?”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="bshADE">
|
|||
|
|
Thankfully, I’ve found a better number to tell me how it’s going to feel outside — and it’s not the relative humidity, which is also a sham. It’s the dew point.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="PhxJ8Q">
|
|||
|
|
The lower it is — ideally in the 50s to 60s — the less sticky it will feel. The higher it is (70s) the closer it will be to my personal hell. (The relative humidity, a sometimes popular metric, measures the dew point against the temperature, making it particularly unhelpful on very, very hot days, when the temperature may be much higher than a relatively low, but still uncomfortable, dew point.)
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<div class="c-float-right">
|
|||
|
|
<div id="zVX8No">
|
|||
|
|
<div>
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="skrWmr">
|
|||
|
|
In an effort to better explain why the dew point is the superior way to tell the weather and what it exactly means, I spoke with John Homenuk on a recent rainy, uncomfortably sweaty afternoon. Homenuk, who studied meteorology at Kean University, is a dew point enthusiast and the reason I found out about dew point forecasts in the first place. He’s the force behind the <a href="https://twitter.com/nymetrowx">New York Metro Weather</a><strong> </strong>Twitter account.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="WQbS0y">
|
|||
|
|
New York Metro Weather has a 58,000-plus following that looks to it to answer a really simple question: Is the weather in New York City today going to be good or bad? Homenuk gives his followers a vibe rating out of 10 (sunny, humidity-free days score the highest) and sprinkles in a brief explanation of why it will or won’t be a pleasant day in New York.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="D7lgGP">
|
|||
|
|
As Homenuk confirmed to me, not all 72°F days are created equal — and the dew point might be the best explanation why.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="IiI0ZP">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>It’s a pleasure to speak with you. In your words, the vibes in New York are awful today.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="TxOx5j">
|
|||
|
|
Yeah. We kind of need it though. We’ve been in such a bad drought. Sometimes I have to try really hard to keep what we need in terms of weather away from what the actual vibe is — today is definitely two out of five.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="fx6Q5T">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>I think what makes it stink is that it’s very sticky outside. It feels like I’m in a low-temperature sauna.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="SYwwNI">
|
|||
|
|
Right! Like a cooler rainy day is pretty nice.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="Ek5fre">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>Yeah, and I wanted to ask you about what makes it </strong><em><strong>feel</strong></em><strong> cooler.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="2UDc9l">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>I’m recently — in large part because of your Twitter feed — a dew point convert. The dew point is high today and it feels disgusting. And I know that the weather feels better when the dew point is lower.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="XX9B1i">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>But I don’t get why, or what it is. What is the dew point, and why does it feel so good when it’s low?</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="YGoVPb">
|
|||
|
|
Well, first of all, dew point is just a great measure of how it’s going to feel outside. I think temperature is just as important with humidity, but relative humidity, like the relative humidity that’s on our weather apps, is just a total crock. Because it’s not — it’s literally relative to the temperature, so it’s not helpful.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="1L7pLc">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>Okay, say more.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="9q9D4C">
|
|||
|
|
Relative humidity doesn’t help me fully understand what it’s going to feel like outside. Whereas the dew point, in a very basic sense: It’s the amount of moisture in the atmosphere.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<figure class="e-image">
|
|||
|
|
<img alt="A close-up photo of Rafael Nadal shows the tennis player’s face in profile, looking down at the court. He wears a purple T-shirt and a bright pink headband, and his dark hair is soaked with sweat that drips down from all over his face, a large droplet falling from his chin." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/jxm69xHfd-_hmlficbr9oWs1Zqs=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24021841/1419502192.jpg"/> <cite>Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/VIEWpress</cite>
|
|||
|
|
<figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
This is a picture of Rafael Nadal from the US Open a couple of weeks ago. Look how much he is sweating! I have no idea why the US Open is played during the hottest and steamiest part of August.
|
|||
|
|
</figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
</figure>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="I4DUDd">
|
|||
|
|
The higher the dew point is, the greater the amount of moisture in the air. And so when the dew point is higher, the air is holding more moisture content and it feels more uncomfortable. When the dew point is lower, obviously, there’s less moisture in the air, and it feels more comfortable to be outside in general. The other threshold is when the dew point gets too low, when it’s too dry, and that’s when you have chapped lips instantly, and it’s winter time.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="Px7TsY">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>That’s when you have to turn on the humidifier.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="KBziVI">
|
|||
|
|
Exactly. But there’s definitely a “Goldilocks zone” where the dew point is, like, 55°. 50° to 60° is generally pretty, pretty perfect. It just feels pretty great out there.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="l5437h">
|
|||
|
|
I always like to think about this: If the dew point is 75° but your temperature is 100°, your relative humidity is going to be low, because relative humidity is calculating the relationship between the temperature and the dew point. But you and I both know, because we know dew point, it’s going to be hot as heck out there.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="tAQzU0">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>Based on what you’re saying to me, and based on my very elementary knowledge of the dew point, my calculation is that that sounds extremely disgusting.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="l4rrsT">
|
|||
|
|
Okay, so I did the calculation. If you have a temperature of 100° and a dew point of 75°, that would give you a relative humidity of around 45 percent. So if I checked nothing but the relative humidity, I’d be like, “Oh, it’s 45 percent.” If I go outside, I will just be hit by this wall of death and sweat.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="1RQr1R">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>“45 percent relative humidity” in my chicken weather brain would sound like a dry heat. I don’t mind a dry heat — Arizona is fine! </strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="ODfCKj">
|
|||
|
|
And we’d be so wrong. I use the dew point alone, because it’s a standalone measure of how much moisture is in the atmosphere. When the dew point is at 75°, everyone knows that it’s going to feel terrible. And so that’s the real value of the dew point.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="IoWb9k">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>It’s like a language to alert everyone that it’s going to be horrific outside.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="fnY585">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>I’m of a firm belief that not all 72° temperatures are created equal. The 72° in fall feels a lot different than the 72° in spring and the 72° in summer. My hunch is that this has to do with the dew point. </strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="8TM6Aq">
|
|||
|
|
Well, I think it’s also a lot of perception. We perceive things differently. When you come out of winter, into spring, and you get the first kind of hot day, I really feel that 70° is gonna feel a lot different than the 70° will in August. That’s a whole other discussion.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="sGNKSs">
|
|||
|
|
But forget the month. If you have a temperature of 75° and your dew point is 40°, it’s going to feel nice outside. The dew point is low, the temperature is 75°. And it’s a beautiful day. If it’s 75° outside with the dew point at 72°, you’re going to feel like you’re in a sauna because the dew point is so high.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="uLHs0p">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>Let’s say we only look at the dew point to plan our day: What information might we be missing, and are we cool with missing that?</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="T94iSj">
|
|||
|
|
I like to say that the dew point is only one piece of the puzzle. For one thing, the dew point can change dramatically throughout the day. It can be a miserable 75°F in the morning, only to drop into the comfortable 50s thanks to an afternoon cold front. But more importantly, the dew point is just one piece of information in a larger picture. There are so many different intricacies to the weather that decide how it feels outside: Temperature, dew point, wind, clouds, precipitation. While dew point is important, it’s also important to look at it in the proper context.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="f5IeDB">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>I want to zoom out a little bit and ask you about your vibe calculation. What factors into a good weather vibe and what factors into a bad weather vibe? It’s subjective, but is it relative?</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="poQACt">
|
|||
|
|
To me, what I try to hold strong to is the idea of what a perfect weather day is, and to me those days are, you know, upper 60s to the 70s temperatures, low dew points, a nice wind and lots of sun, and we don’t want clouds or rain — those bring the numbers down.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="hxVo4r">
|
|||
|
|
You don’t want too much wind, where it’s uncomfortable and annoying to be outside. And obviously you don’t want it to be too hot, too cold, or too humid.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="Nz3qgi">
|
|||
|
|
I feel like there’s this Goldilocks zone of 70s temperatures and 50s dew points, which is kind of like the perfect day. But you’re right. There’s definitely some days in winter and summer that kind of become a judgment call.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<figure class="e-image">
|
|||
|
|
<img alt="A long view shows a wide stretch of light sand California beach on a sunny day with small, faraway beachgoers along the edge, curving around a calm blue Pacific Ocean bay filled with small boats just offshore. In the background, mountains rise into an intensely blue sky." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/AGij6hmPI2dJLnru8Fxb7gNbS-E=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24021850/1242973906.jpg"/> <cite>Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images</cite>
|
|||
|
|
<figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
This is Santa Barbara, California. This is where some of the most perfect weather exists. Nancy Meyers wouldn’t set a movie (<em>It’s Complicated</em>) here if it wasn’t perfect.
|
|||
|
|
</figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
</figure>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="2yBYtY">
|
|||
|
|
But I try my very best to remain as unbiased as possible and stick to the original idea, which is that there is a perfect weather day in New York. Those are the only ones that I can give a perfect rating. And then there’s a worst-case weather day in New York, which is our only ever 0 out of 10, which was last year during the floods in September — the <a href="https://www.vox.com/2021/9/2/22652426/hurricane-ida-disaster-recovery-climate-change-policy">remnants of Hurricane Ida</a>.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="Ha9Zj9">
|
|||
|
|
There’s definitely a formula for what the perfect day is. There’s some differences individually too. And it changes by the season a little bit.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="LsypGR">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>You mentioned that you try to be balanced and unbiased. And I think we got that earlier when you said, “Oh, yeah, we need the rain.” Rain obviously has bad vibes and lower numbers, but if we need it, do you make a note of it?</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="4sBn2Q">
|
|||
|
|
The weather vibe is separate from the need, you know? Because if we start rating weather based on all these outside influences, then the rating is not the true rating anymore.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="irUvyn">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>Yeah, I get it. If we got that weird 80° day in the middle of winter, I’m sure that will score good vibes — but you’re probably thinking of climate change and how this is actually kind of concerning.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="85cybg">
|
|||
|
|
I mean, I’ve gotten that from people. There were a couple of days last year where it was warm out during the winter. It was in February, and someone replied, “You know, just me enjoying the end of the world in my sunglasses.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="pdnyXp">
|
|||
|
|
But if you’re rating the weather and you start adjusting the rating based on outside influences like that, you’re getting into a really complicated zone where you have to think about climate change or drought.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="iFvs9n">
|
|||
|
|
<strong>Basically your rating isn’t a treatise on climate change. It’s just about whether there are good vibes or bad vibes outside today.</strong>
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="SSjviT">
|
|||
|
|
Exactly. It’s like, am I gonna have a good time? Or am I gonna have a bad time out there? That’s pretty much it. I always say to people that the way that I try to look at it is: When I step outside, how am I going to feel? Am I going to be miserable?
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="7eEpEz">
|
|||
|
|
When you go out to get a coffee, or you go to work, or when you get on the subway, what are you going to feel? What’s the vibe of the day? I try to keep it simple in that sense.
|
|||
|
|
</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><strong>How to hold your elected officials accountable</strong> -
|
|||
|
|
<figure>
|
|||
|
|
<img alt="A cartoon drawing of a man and a woman standing side by side speaking into megaphones." src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/z674B22l4_l_qpricVZfj1L6wSE=/153x0:2588x1826/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71375339/GettyImages_1337210532.0.jpg"/>
|
|||
|
|
<figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
Denis Novikov/Getty Images
|
|||
|
|
</figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
</figure>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
A crash course in political engagement.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="FQ1yxB">
|
|||
|
|
In 2016, Michigan’s congressional districts were <a href="https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/gerrymandering-michigan-among-nations-worst-new-test-claims">among the most gerrymandered in the country</a>, heavily favoring Republicans despite Democrats winning equal or more votes in local races. Frustrated, a group of Michigan voters with no political experience connected via Facebook to create a grassroots anti-gerrymandering campaign called <a href="https://votersnotpoliticians.com/">Voters Not Politicians</a>, collecting over 400,000 signatures in support of <a href="https://www.michiganradio.org/politics-government/2017-12-18/grassroots-group-one-step-closer-to-overhauling-redistricting-in-michigan">a ballot measure to redistrict the state</a>. In November 2018, 61 percent of voters cast their ballot to support the creation of an independent citizens redistricting commission. “In Michigan, now we have the benefit of more competitive districts because we ended gerrymandering,” says <a href="https://votersnotpoliticians.com/about/team/nancy-wang/">Nancy Wang</a>, the executive director of Voters Not Politicians.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="TCfquM">
|
|||
|
|
In the case of Voters Not Politicians, their strategy was to demand a fairer system and to hold the powers that be to task for changing that system. Average citizens identified a problem and worked together to institute a change — and you can, too. While the political landscape <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2021/12/9/22824509/summit-for-democracy-biden-america">can look dire</a>, constituents shouldn’t feel powerless. “You actually have a lot of power,” Wang says. “Especially now, it’s people banding together. That’s how we change the system so it works for voters again.” A crucial aspect of our fragile democracy is to make our voices heard, both in times when the public is focused on core issues and when lawmakers are under less scrutiny.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="8Bm6Nq">
|
|||
|
|
From issues impacting the country on a national level, like <a href="https://www.vox.com/2022/8/24/23319967/student-loan-payments-debt-forgiveness-biden">student loan forgiveness</a> or <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/8/22/23306142/kaine-collins-codify-roe-abortion-congress">reproductive rights</a>, to local concerns, like <a href="https://www.vox.com/22671552/bike-infrastructure-funding">bike safety</a> and <a href="https://www.vox.com/23178172/public-school-funding-inequality-lawsuit-pennsylvania">school funding</a>, individuals have plenty of tools available to hold their lawmakers accountable on promises they’ve made to their constituents.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<h3 id="PSOMQG">
|
|||
|
|
Find causes you’re passionate about
|
|||
|
|
</h3>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="WXD0Va">
|
|||
|
|
<a href="https://www.vox.com/climate-change">Climate change</a>, <a href="https://www.vox.com/lgbtq">LGBTQ rights</a>, <a href="https://www.vox.com/gun-violence-shootings">gun violence</a>: It’s easy to doomscroll and fall into a pit of despair thinking about the sheer amount of progress that hasn’t been made. Instead of spreading yourself thin across multiple causes — or worse, doing nothing because you don’t know where to start — put your efforts into a cause close to your heart. Have your kids been affected by cuts to school funding? Are you a cyclist who’s frustrated by a lack of bike lanes in your town? Does the news of abortion bans light a fire within you? Look to your emotions and probe your passions to find an issue you’ll want to spend time and resources supporting, ideally over an extended period.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<div class="c-float-right">
|
|||
|
|
<div id="vcNmNK">
|
|||
|
|
<div>
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="S4QzAq">
|
|||
|
|
“You have to find a personal tie to any issue that you’re deciding to champion so that you can really connect with people who are also impacted by that issue,” says Philadelphia-based public health activist <a href="https://www.alexandramhunt.com/">Alexandra Hunt</a>. “If there isn’t that personal tie, the activism that you might get involved with can feel a little empty to both yourself and to others involved.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<h3 id="lz5fhN">
|
|||
|
|
Who to talk to
|
|||
|
|
</h3>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="726Nxd">
|
|||
|
|
While national issues get a fair amount of media attention, your efforts will make the most impact on a local level. For example, abortion and reproductive rights have been a topic of national conversation since <em>Roe</em> was overturned in June, but laws banning abortion are passed on a state level. Every law or political agenda item can be <a href="https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx849w/how-to-find-and-bug-the-correct-local-politician-to-actually-get-stuff-done">traced back to someone or some group</a>. Concerned about local funding for police departments? The mayor and town council work together to set and pass the budget. If you’re passionate about housing and construction in your town, you’ll want to get in touch with the town <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planning_and_zoning_commission">planning and zoning</a> committee or board. Want stricter gun laws passed in your state? Your state legislator is the person to contact.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="KsK1Rm">
|
|||
|
|
Online tools like <a href="https://openstates.org/find_your_legislator/">Find Your Legislator</a> allow you to enter your address and will then display your legislators on the state and federal levels. Your town and state websites will have lists of representatives, the mayor, council and board members, and other elected officials.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="WHOnen">
|
|||
|
|
Research these legislators’ voting histories. In order to hold lawmakers accountable, you should be prepared to reference their past actions and statements. If a state senator ran on protecting abortion access and then votes for bills restricting or banning abortion, that’s information you’ll want to know. “We have receipts, we have proof,” says <a href="https://now.org/staff/christian-f-nunes/">Christian F. Nunes</a>, the president of the <a href="https://now.org/">National Organization for Women</a>. “And we’re able to hold people accountable by their words that they have said and the promises that they have made. If they’re not living up to what they’ve promised … we have the right to call them on what they have or have not done.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="EIxbKK">
|
|||
|
|
Especially as <a href="https://www.vox.com/midterm-elections-2022">midterm elections approach</a> and candidates up and down the ballot make attempts to appeal to voters, declaring their legislative intentions should they win their races, citizens can use these campaign promises as benchmarks for their legislators’ willingness to follow through. Campaign websites are great documents to reference when comparing lawmakers’ promises versus their actions, Nunes says.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="CvFadV">
|
|||
|
|
For more context, read your local newspaper, including the editorial and op-ed pages, and follow coverage of your community, Wang says, to stay abreast of who’s championing what topic.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<h3 id="uP33Ty">
|
|||
|
|
Getting on their radar
|
|||
|
|
</h3>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="tsvm4W">
|
|||
|
|
Securing time with a lawmaker doesn’t have to be mystifying. Their job is to connect with the people they represent. First, start with city council, county commission, school board, zoning, or other local legislative meetings, like town halls. If there is a public comment portion of the meeting, you’ll have a chance to speak up then.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="gmhLqL">
|
|||
|
|
Remember, elected officials are regular people outside of their roles and you should feel comfortable talking with them the same way you would communicate with a friend, Wang says. Keep the lines open and you’re likely to forge an ongoing conversation. “When something comes up that concerns you, or when they do something you approve or disapprove of, give the office a call, send an email, tag them in a post, slide in their DMs,” she says. Once you’re in regular contact with the lawmaker and their office, they may give you more direct means of communication with the elected official, like their personal phone number. “Then you can just continue to share your thoughts and concerns with them,” Hunt says.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="4ebzpR">
|
|||
|
|
If you’d like to request a meeting, find your state or federal lawmaker’s website and send an email or fill out the contact form specifying that you’re a constituent, what you’d like to talk about, <a href="https://www.aclu.org/meeting-your-elected-representatives">a bill number, if possible, and dates you can meet.</a> For <a href="https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm">US senators</a> and <a href="https://www.house.gov/representatives">representatives</a>, make sure you’re reaching out to their local office and not their Washington, DC, office. You can follow up with a call to their offices to speak with a staffer to schedule a meeting if you haven’t heard back in a few days. Be aware that you may not get face time with the lawmaker, but with a member of their staff instead — that’s fine and shouldn’t impact the nature of your message. “Make sure you build a relationship with everyone involved and don’t mistreat anyone because the elected didn’t show,” Hunt says.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="gRzARc">
|
|||
|
|
Once you’ve secured a meeting, make sure you arrive early, keep your talking points succinct and impactful (more on this below), and make sure you’ve done your research into the issue at hand. Avoid arguments and name-calling, even if you disagree with what the elected official is saying. Be <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/meeting-with-your-members-of-congress-3322076">concrete in your ask</a> — confirmation they will vote for additional arts funding in the budget, that they will address unsafe intersections where multiple accidents have occurred — and find out when you can follow up with them to hear their plan for moving forward.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="dKOdRz">
|
|||
|
|
After, send a thank-you note that reiterates your message and includes any supplemental materials like facts and statistics the elected official may have asked for.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<h3 id="1CFSdh">
|
|||
|
|
Sharing your message
|
|||
|
|
</h3>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="5jXuzr">
|
|||
|
|
So you’ve found your cause, the lawmaker responsible for making change (or not fulfilling their end of the bargain), and you have time on the calendar. Now to craft your message. Hunt suggests focusing on personal stories — either your own or someone else’s (with their permission) — of how you’ve been affected by recent laws or lack thereof. You can share how it feels to be a pregnant person in a state with an abortion ban, or how student loan debt is preventing you from building your savings.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="BSKiSo">
|
|||
|
|
Utilize your research into this lawmaker during these personal appeals, Hunt says. You can say, “I know you’re really passionate about ending gun violence because it impacted your family,” or, “I know you don’t often discuss voting rights but I’d love to tell you how this affects my life.” “Tying into what’s important to them and why they have to champion [this issue] leads to that bond of understanding between two people,” Hunt says.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="jEQWPt">
|
|||
|
|
Don’t forget the power in positive messages, too, Wang says. When a local politician follows through on campaign promises or introduces legislation after speaking with members of the community, reach out to voice your support and to share how these changes would affect your life. Your representative can use those positive stories when arguing for how their proposed legislation would impact constituents.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="JocESt">
|
|||
|
|
You can share these stories via email, by a phone call to your rep’s office, on social media, or in person at council or legislative meetings by scheduling an appointment during their office hours, or while they’re attending community events.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="Ajv6PI">
|
|||
|
|
If you’re a member of an organization, the organization can provide training or talking points on how to converse with lawmakers. However, try thinking of the conversation as just that: a conversation. These legislators were elected to serve the people, and that’s you. You have every right to make your concerns heard. “They are also considered employees of yours, when you think about it,” says <a href="https://www.equal-ground.com/jasmine-burney-clark">Jasmine Burney-Clark</a>, founder and consulting director of <a href="https://www.equal-ground.com/">Equal Ground</a>, a Black-led, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to build Black political power in Florida. “Don’t fear asking an employee about their work performance. They owe you that.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<h3 id="hex3qz">
|
|||
|
|
Making a habit of communicating with your legislators
|
|||
|
|
</h3>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="0YM2ki">
|
|||
|
|
Ideally, you’ll want to make regular check-ins with lawmakers, and not only when they’ve dropped the ball or after a major news event. Continue to show up to meetings, town halls, or coffee chats if local elected officials hold them. “Connecting with them outside of their office in the community will help keep you in the front of their mind for when you need a meeting or a call,” Nunes says.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="RBDwp9">
|
|||
|
|
Introduce yourself to local leaders at community events, Hunt says, and give them a brief overview of the issue you’re passionate about so you can become a familiar face amid their constituency. “If you’re a housing activist, make sure you tell them that as you’re shaking their hand and tell them your intentions,” Hunt says. “And then the lawmaker or their staff can take your information or provide you with information on how best to get in touch to get a response.” She recommends saying something like, “Hi, [elected official name], so nice to meet you. I’m [your name] and I’m pretty involved in what’s going on with [public health, housing, voting rights]. What’s a good way to reach out to your office to set up a meeting and discuss this?”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="1Genz2">
|
|||
|
|
If you’re a part of a grassroots or activist group, invite legislators to your regular meetings to give them an opportunity to work with you, and follow your lawmakers on social media to stay connected on their activity, Nunes says. Replying to a tweet or a Facebook post or sending a DM are low-stakes ways to vocalize your opinion.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<h3 id="URL4oy">
|
|||
|
|
When you’re not being heard
|
|||
|
|
</h3>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="HuDFMu">
|
|||
|
|
Despite all your best efforts, you may feel like your concerns are being overlooked. This is when having those receipts comes in handy, Nunes says. You can make an appeal on Twitter, at a public hearing or a council meeting, sharing how you’ve made plenty of attempts to discuss the matter with your representative and they’ve made promises they haven’t fulfilled. You can say something like, “You promised you were going to [introduce street sweeping/protect access to abortion/increase funding for parks], but I see you doing something else instead. Can you explain this?”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="GwJ6c9">
|
|||
|
|
The more people who voice these concerns, the more powerful the message will be. Encourage others in your community or activist group to speak out at meetings and to write emails highlighting contradictions.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="mK9GZp">
|
|||
|
|
If all else fails, vote them out. Find and support (financially, vocally, or by volunteering for their campaign) a candidate who will be receptive to constituents’ needs and who has similar views on the issues of importance to you.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="JABSXZ">
|
|||
|
|
“We need to start tapping more into our strength as voters,” Nunes says, “and not tolerating people just because they think they have more power.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="3gyBc2">
|
|||
|
|
<a href="http://www.vox.com/even-better"><em>Even Better</em></a><em> is here to offer deeply sourced, actionable advice for helping you live a better life. Do you have a question on money and work; friends, family, and community; or personal growth and health? Send us your question by filling out this </em><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfiStGSlsWDBmglim7Dh1Y9Hy386rkeKGpfwF6BCjmgnZdqfQ/viewform"><em>form</em></a><em>. We might turn it into a story.</em>
|
|||
|
|
</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><strong>Three takeaways from that Trump judge’s latest order in the Mar-a-Lago case</strong> -
|
|||
|
|
<figure>
|
|||
|
|
<img alt="Former President Trump Holds Campaign Rally In Pennsylvania To Support Local Candidates" src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/lt3hai3BKZqWOp2rjW7T3JP0TeE=/255x0:4326x3053/1310x983/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71374419/1420629540.0.jpg"/>
|
|||
|
|
<figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
Former president Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally to support local candidates on September 03, 2022 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. | Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
|
|||
|
|
</figcaption>
|
|||
|
|
</figure>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
Trump Judge Aileen Cannon’s latest order shows a disregard for established law.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="xwdEP9">
|
|||
|
|
Judge Aileen Cannon, the Trump-appointed judge recently known for <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/9/6/23339017/trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-aileen-cannon-judge-special-master-supreme-court-executive-privilege">twisting the law in knots</a> in ways that undermine one of the Justice Department’s criminal investigations into former President Donald Trump, has <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.89.0_1.pdf">issued a new order</a> that, well, twists the law into knots.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="zTTJAi">
|
|||
|
|
Last month, the FBI <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/8/9/23297734/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-fbi-raid">executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago</a>, Trump’s Florida residence, and seized several boxes of documents. They include <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/9/8/23343477/trump-mar-a-lago-fbi-documents-national-security-fbi-justice-department-doj">103 documents with classified markings</a>, some of them indicating that the information contained in those papers are classified at the highest levels. According to the Washington Post, these papers include “a document describing a foreign government’s military defenses, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/06/trump-nuclear-documents/">including its nuclear capabilities</a>.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="9Lpbiw">
|
|||
|
|
Trump’s legal team has been waging a campaign in Cannon’s court to hinder the DOJ’s ability to look into those documents. Cannon on Thursday gave Trump another win in that campaign, although her latest order does slightly narrow one of Trump’s earlier victories in her courtroom.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="HFgxpk">
|
|||
|
|
The Constitution provides several safeguards against unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement. The FBI must have probable cause to justify a search of a private residence, and it must obtain a warrant issued by a neutral magistrate.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="RiX8fu">
|
|||
|
|
Although DOJ complied with these constitutional requirements, Cannon issued an order earlier this month arguing that Trump is entitled to special protections that are rarely afforded to any criminal suspect, in large part because of Trump’s “<a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/9/6/23339017/trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-aileen-cannon-judge-special-master-supreme-court-executive-privilege">former position as President of the United States</a>.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="kvBHl2">
|
|||
|
|
Specifically, Cannon ordered the Justice Department to halt its criminal investigation into Trump until a court-appointed official known as a “special master” reviews the seized documents.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="AbdN7f">
|
|||
|
|
Although Cannon’s original order permitted DOJ to continue a parallel national security investigation assessing how Trump’s possession of these documents may have damaged national security, DOJ informed Cannon in a motion filed last week that <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/9/8/23343477/trump-mar-a-lago-fbi-documents-national-security-fbi-justice-department-doj">these two investigations “cannot be readily separated,”</a> in large part because they are being conducted by the same personnel.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="qQEt5c">
|
|||
|
|
In last week’s motion, DOJ asked Cannon to allow its criminal investigation to continue with respect to the 103 classified documents. On Thursday, Cannon formally denied that request, and appointed Raymond Dearie, a senior federal judge, as that special master to review all of the documents seized from Trump for indications that they may be protected by attorney-client or executive privilege. Cannon also instructs Dearie to begin his review with the classified documents.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="fHugMn">
|
|||
|
|
DOJ has already indicated that it will seek relief from a federal appeals court, possibly as soon as tonight. The case is called <em>Trump v. United States</em>.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="Q2XzMU">
|
|||
|
|
But there are several things worth digging into with Cannon’s order first.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<h3 id="Kh5F1S">
|
|||
|
|
Cannon’s new order suggests that Trump could somehow own classified government documents
|
|||
|
|
</h3>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="ykh70H">
|
|||
|
|
Cannon’s original order rests on the proposition that Trump has made a plausible case that he has a “<a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.64.0.pdf">right to possess at least some of the seized property</a>.” But, as the Justice Department noted in last week’s motion, Trump “does not and <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.69.0_2.pdf">could not assert that he owns or has any possessory interest in classified records</a>.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="OqKNWV">
|
|||
|
|
Classified documents by definition belong to the federal government and not to a private individual — indeed, the whole point of classifying a document is to prevent that document from coming into the possession of anyone that the government does not want to see it.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="3j5TK4">
|
|||
|
|
Moreover, the FBI says that some of the relevant documents are marked as “<a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23306941/donald-trump-crimes-criminal-investigation-mar-a-lago-fbi-january-6-election-georgia-new-york">classified/TS/SCI</a>,” a designation that refers to “sensitive compartmented information” — information that is typically stored in specialized facilities to prevent the information from getting out.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="fGrQ6a">
|
|||
|
|
In her recent order, Cannon essentially says that <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.89.0_1.pdf">the FBI cannot be trusted</a> when it claims that these documents are classified. “The Court does not find it appropriate to accept the Government’s conclusions,” Cannon writes, that “all of the approximately 100 documents isolated by the Government (and “papers physically attached to them”) are classified government records.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="tQy7bb">
|
|||
|
|
Such skepticism of a law enforcement’s agency’s assertions might be <a href="https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/news/new-york-judge-finds-prosecutor-lied-to-convict-three-men-wrongfully-imprisoned-in-1990s-death-penalty-case">welcome in another context</a>. But, again, the Constitution lays out the requirements that the FBI must comply with in order to seize documents and use them in a criminal investigation — probable cause plus a warrant — and the FBI complied with these constitutional obligations.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="EaSY71">
|
|||
|
|
If Trump believes that some of these documents were unlawfully seized from him, he can <a href="https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2022/9/6/23339017/trump-fbi-mar-a-lago-aileen-cannon-judge-special-master-supreme-court-executive-privilege">raise that argument at his criminal trial</a>, if he is ever indicted, and seek to have the documents excluded from that trial. He could do, in other words, what every other criminal defendant is permitted to do.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="QQseHG">
|
|||
|
|
But Cannon is giving him additional protections that virtually no criminal suspect enjoys, based largely on the fact that he used to be president.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<h3 id="bAdCq4">
|
|||
|
|
Cannon gives the Justice Department a little more leeway, but probably not enough that they can safely make use of it
|
|||
|
|
</h3>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="7DhRVG">
|
|||
|
|
Recall that Cannon’s original order said that the FBI could continue its national security investigation into how Trump’s possession of these documents may have damaged the nation’s intelligence interests, but that it must pause its criminal investigation. In response to DOJ’s argument that these two investigations are difficult to disentangle, Cannon essentially replies that “difficult” does not mean “impossible.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="euFjWB">
|
|||
|
|
One of the government’s filings, she notes, “states that it would be ‘exceedingly difficult’ to bifurcate the personnel involved in the described processes.” But “exceedingly difficult,” she claims, is not the same thing as “inextricably intertwined.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="3RumDK">
|
|||
|
|
That said, Cannon’s <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.89.0_1.pdf">latest order</a> does contain some language suggesting that DOJ can continue some parts of its criminal investigation.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="1l7Bm8">
|
|||
|
|
Though Cannon forbids the Justice Department from “presenting the seized materials to a grand jury and using the content of the documents to conduct witness interviews as part of a criminal investigation” — a restriction that effectively precludes DOJ from indicting Trump until Cannon’s order is lifted — she does write that “to the extent that the Security Assessments truly are, in fact, inextricable from criminal investigative use of the seized materials,” then the criminal investigation may continue.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="BfOcMF">
|
|||
|
|
In practice, however, it is far from clear that the Justice Department can take advantage of this concession by Cannon. Cannon’s new order contains only limited descriptions of what DOJ can and cannot do. And it is possible that the FBI will be unwilling to make its own judgment calls so long as it knows that a seemingly hostile judge may hold them in contempt if she disagrees with the FBI’s judgment.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<h3 id="KzBk8I">
|
|||
|
|
Cannon seems to have no idea how classified documents work
|
|||
|
|
</h3>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="JYD5Zw">
|
|||
|
|
One other line in Cannon’s opinion is worth noting. In its motion from last week, the Justice Department argued that “the Court’s order would irreparably harm the government and the public by unnecessarily requiring the government to share highly classified materials with a special master.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="5DlxaP">
|
|||
|
|
As the Supreme Court held in <a href="https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/484/518/"><em>Department of the Navy v. Egan</em></a> (1988), “For ‘reasons . . . too obvious to call for enlarged discussion,’” determinations about who should be allowed to see classified documents “must be committed to the broad discretion of the agency responsible, and this must include broad discretion to determine who may have access to it.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="udpMtS">
|
|||
|
|
But Cannon’s order effectively brings the special master, who does not have a “need to know” the information in the classified documents that is grounded in national security concerns, inside the community of individuals who are allowed to see specific highly classified documents. That places her order at odds with <em>Egan</em>, and with ordinary practices governing the nation’s most highly guarded secrets.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom" id="RraOVj">
|
|||
|
|
In any event, the most important upshot of Cannon’s order is that DOJ is now free to seek relief from a higher court. It is likely that they will do so as fast as their lawyers can draft the appropriate motion.
|
|||
|
|
</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
</ul>
|
|||
|
|
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-sports">From The Hindu: Sports</h1>
|
|||
|
|
<ul>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>To create Hardik Pandya's back-up, selectors include Raj Angad Bawa in India A squad</strong> - Sanju Samson will be leading the India A side in the three-match ODI series against New Zealand A starting September 22</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Annar nets four goals</strong> -</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Erling Haaland is Premier League Player of the Month in August</strong> - In his first five games for Manchester City, Erling Haaland has scored nine goals. Only former Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has scored more goals (10) in a single month in the Premier League</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Mark Boucher named head coach of Mumbai Indians</strong> - South Africa head coach Mark Boucher will replace former Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene as head coach of Mumbai Indians for the next IPL season</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Two entries for shooting Worlds defy norms</strong> - Special Correspondent</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
</ul>
|
|||
|
|
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-the-hindu-national-news">From The Hindu: National News</h1>
|
|||
|
|
<ul>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>REC, PFC resume release of loans</strong> - Major power, irrigation project works in TS set to pick up pace</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>BJP flays removal of book on PM from Calicut university’s library</strong> - Surendran says party will organise book fests across Kerala in protest</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Andhra Pradesh: Enforcement Directorate officials raid Ongole MP’s premises</strong> - The searches are a part of the probe into ‘Delhi liquor scam’</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>PM Modi meets Turkish President Erdogan; discuss ways to deepen bilateral cooperation in diverse sectors</strong> - The Turkish President, a close ally of Pakistan, had repeatedly referred to the Kashmir issue in his address at the UN General Assembly sessions.</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Roads in Kerala under running contract to be inspected from September 20, says Minister for Public Works P. A. Mohamed Riyas</strong> - Minister calls for innovative, sustainable construction methods</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
</ul>
|
|||
|
|
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-bbc-europe">From BBC: Europe</h1>
|
|||
|
|
<ul>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Ukraine war: Hundreds of graves found in liberated Izyum city - officials</strong> - More than 400 bodies are thought to be on a site in the city which Russia occupied, officials say.</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Putin-Xi talks: Russian leader reveals China’s ‘concern’ over Ukraine</strong> - But he also thanked President Xi for his “balanced position” on Russia’s invasion.</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Russia’s Wagner boss: It’s prisoners fighting in Ukraine, or your children</strong> - The head of the Russian mercenary group defends sending convicts to the Ukraine front line.</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Italy: Floods and rain kill at least ten overnight - officials</strong> - Rescuers are searching for four others missing after torrential rainfall hit the Marche region overnight.</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Italy elections: ‘It’ll break my heart if energy costs shut my historic shop’</strong> - Italian businesses fear politicians are failing to address the cost of living crisis ahead of elections.</p></li>
|
|||
|
|
</ul>
|
|||
|
|
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-ars-technica">From Ars Technica</h1>
|
|||
|
|
<ul>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>In a bid to expand its Moon business, Intuitive Machines will go public</strong> - “This really gives the financial resources to take the next steps.” - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1881707">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Trojanized versions of PuTTY utility being used to spread backdoor</strong> - Threat actor has connections to hackers backed by North Korean government. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1882005">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>HBO drops official trailer for Avenue 5’s second and final season</strong> - “I say we sit here and wait for death…. some combination of sitting and death.” - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1881746">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Dangerously wrong oxygen readings in dark-skinned patients spur FDA scrutiny</strong> - The meeting follows years of mounting data on inaccuracies and potential harms. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1881985">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"><strong>Halo Infinite’s canceled split-screen campaign can be uncanceled by exploit</strong> - In-depth analysis has us wondering what is going on with <em>Halo</em>’s stewardship. - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=1881804">link</a></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
</ul>
|
|||
|
|
<h1 data-aos="fade-right" id="from-jokes-subreddit">From Jokes Subreddit</h1>
|
|||
|
|
<ul>
|
|||
|
|
<li><strong>A couple are having sex in the cemetery. The woman has back problems and goes to the doctor.</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF -->
|
|||
|
|
<div class="md">
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
The doctor asks, “Miss, how old are you?”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
“I’m 27 years old. Why?”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
“No reason; it’s just that it says on your ass that you died in 1929.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
<!-- SC_ON -->
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/LadeeAlana"> /u/LadeeAlana </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xfm86a/a_couple_are_having_sex_in_the_cemetery_the_woman/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xfm86a/a_couple_are_having_sex_in_the_cemetery_the_woman/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><strong>Wife asks her husband to fix the fridge. He replies “What am I, a repairman?” So she got their neighbor to fix it. She tells her husb “It’s fixed. Our neighbor said he would fix it if I either slept with him or baked him a pie.”</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF -->
|
|||
|
|
<div class="md">
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
Husband laughs and asks “So what kind of pie did you bake him?”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
Wife replies “What am I, a baker?”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
<!-- SC_ON -->
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/yaykarin"> /u/yaykarin </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xfavvv/wife_asks_her_husband_to_fix_the_fridge_he/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xfavvv/wife_asks_her_husband_to_fix_the_fridge_he/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><strong>a bear walks into a bar and says, “give me a whiskey and… cola”</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF -->
|
|||
|
|
<div class="md">
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
“why the big pause?” Asks the bartender.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
The bear shrugged. “I’m not sure; I was born with them.”
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
<!-- SC_ON -->
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/yomommafool"> /u/yomommafool </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xeyyym/a_bear_walks_into_a_bar_and_says_give_me_a/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xeyyym/a_bear_walks_into_a_bar_and_says_give_me_a/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><strong>If someone calls you fat, just ignore them.</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF -->
|
|||
|
|
<div class="md">
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
You are bigger than that!
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
<!-- SC_ON -->
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DietCakes"> /u/DietCakes </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xfggkl/if_someone_calls_you_fat_just_ignore_them/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xfggkl/if_someone_calls_you_fat_just_ignore_them/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
<li><strong>Why do koi fish travel in groups of four?</strong> - <!-- SC_OFF -->
|
|||
|
|
<div class="md">
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom">
|
|||
|
|
To protect the group from predators. When attacked, kois A, B, and C will go in one direction. The fourth one is the D koi.
|
|||
|
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
</div>
|
|||
|
|
<!-- SC_ON -->
|
|||
|
|
<p data-aos="fade-left" data-aos-anchor-placement="bottom-bottom"> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ZaBaronDV"> /u/ZaBaronDV </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xf44t2/why_do_koi_fish_travel_in_groups_of_four/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Jokes/comments/xf44t2/why_do_koi_fish_travel_in_groups_of_four/">[comments]</a></span></p></li>
|
|||
|
|
</ul>
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
<script>AOS.init();</script></body></html>
|