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@#60

How is each state represented in the Electoral College?
usafacts.org

... One way to think about electoral representation is to consider how many people each electoral vote represents, based on a state's population. According to 2023 population estimates, one electoral vote in Wyoming accounts for around 194,000 people, while a vote in Texas, Florida or California accounts for over 700,000. ...

Depeche Mode - Blue Dress live 1990

Put it on and don't say a word
Put it on, the one that I prefer
Put it on and stand before my eyes
Put it on, please don't question why

Can you believe?
Something so simple, something so trivial
Makes me a happy man, can't you understand?
Say you believe just how easy it is to please me
Because when you learn, you'll know what makes the world turn

Put it on, I can feel so much
Put it on, I don't need to touch
Put it on, here before my eyes
Put it on because you realize

And you believe
Something so worthless serves a purpose
It makes me a happy man, can't you understand?
Say you believe just how easy it is to please me
Because when you learn, you'll know what makes the world turn...

#12

Annnnddddd we have a winner!

Rome lived on as Nazi Germany and the USA theory:

www.google.com

Which was fine until Trump brought Fascism to America, now all bets are off.

Tangentially related ...

Justice Department Drops Lawsuit Against California Over Alleged Noncitizen Voters
www.mediaite.com

... The Department of Justice has dropped its bid to sequester 20,000 ballots it claimed may have belonged to noncitizens in California, claiming a Nov. 13 court date in the case made the entire thing pointless.

The DOJ sued the Golden State in October, claiming 20,0000 noncitizens were on the state's voter rolls after alleging local officials were refusing to work with them on the issue.

But it later became clear the Justice Department's data was flawed, and numerous courts rejected the DOJ's arguments. ...


@#4 ... Flock Safety has pivoted toward a big data model, offering interconnected, searchable systems ...

Flock Safety launches new AI-powered tools to accelerate police investigations (February 2026)
www.police1.com

... Flock Safety has announced the release of new AI-powered tools designed to help law enforcement agencies streamline investigations, integrate data across systems and improve efficiency in identifying criminal activity.

Flock Nova, a new AI-powered data platform, is designed to help law enforcement agencies analyze information more efficiently and clear cases faster.

Investigators often work across multiple, disconnected databases, delaying case progress. Flock Nova integrates data from Flock's own devices, Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD), Record Management Systems (RMS) and open-source intelligence, consolidating information into a single interface.

The platform also allows agencies to share CAD and RMS data across jurisdictions with an opt-in agreement, improving coordination in multi-agency investigations. ...


Related ...

Flock Cameras Are Tracking More Than License Plates: Here's Where All That Data Goes (June 2026)
www.bgr.com

... Deployed across more than 12,000 communities, Flock Safety's automated license plate readers (ALPR) are a key player in America's ever-growing public security and surveillance network. The AI-enabled camera provider has rapidly expanded its products, functionalities, and customer base, creating a vast network of video cameras, audio detection devices, drones, and mobile security trailers.

This expanded offering is powered by AI algorithms that process far more than drivers' license plates, recording vehicle profiles, pedestrians, and "critical sounds" such as gunfire.

Given the breadth of this intelligence, it's no surprise that Flock Safety has pivoted toward a big data model, offering interconnected, searchable systems. But aside from its undeniable safety benefits, some critics increasingly see it as a national, AI-driven mass surveillance network. ...



"FUNNY 2"

@#19 ... During his two midterm elections, President Barack Obama's party lost seats in both the House of Representatives and the Senate ...

In 2010, then Pres Obama acknowledged his loss ...

Obama Humbled By Election 'Shellacking' (November 2010)
www.npr.org

... A sober President Obama acknowledged Wednesday that he took "a shellacking" in the midterm election and that his once highflying relationship with the American voter had hit rocky times.

"There is an inherent danger in being in the White House and being in the bubble," said the president, whose party on Tuesday lost control of the House in a historic Republican wave. The GOP is expected to gain at least 60 seats, the biggest increase in more than seven decades. Democrats barely clung to their Senate majority.

"The responsibilities of this office are so enormous," Obama said, that "sometimes we lose track of the ways that we connected with folks that got us here in the first place."

Working With Republicans

The president, who drew comparisons with midterm losses suffered by presidents Reagan and Clinton during their first terms, pledged to work with GOP leaders on issues ranging from tax cuts to modest forward movement on energy policy, ...


A different approach than Pres Trump seems to be taking ...


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