Judge Luttig: every US official is "obligated" under the 14th Amendment "to determine whether Donald Trump qualifies to be put on the ballot." If a state or local official finds he is disqualified, he says, "it will quickly move to the Supreme Court."
14th sec 3: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.
- China began military exercises in the seas and skies around Taiwan as a stern warning to separatists and foreign forces”.
- Confidence in the world’s second-largest economy (China) is slumping as authorities frantically step-up efforts to bolster financial markets.
- Japan’s overall economy, expanded 5.3% in the past decade, far less than the U.S.’s 23% growth and mainland China’s 83%.
- At a summit hosted by President Joe Biden at Camp David, America, Japan, and South Korea agreed to step up military co-operation.
- A state of emergency was declared in British Columbia, Canada, where a wildfire has forced the evacuation of more than 5,000 people. A separate blaze in the neighboring Northwest Territories has displaced some 22,000.
- Musk seems determined to make X (Twitter) the least safe and least equitable social media platform. He had a few decent ideas, (along with Gov. subsidies) and he thinks that means he now has an endless supply of them. Reality has shown that he does not.
- US Savings rate:
- Problem with these notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition - the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.
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