The goal of the NPVIC is to get states equalling or exceeding 270 electoral votes. At that point, it doesn't matter what other states do because 270 guarantees the popular winner gets the White House.

Now, I'm fully aware that reaching 270 entails getting states which are currently Republican-led to sign on as well. But legislative majorities and governors can and do change, sometimes very swiftly.

I'd like to see every state receive one Senator and then the other 50 would be proportioned based on population.

The whole point of the Senate was that it was supposed to be the more apolitical body of Congress, removed from the electorate's passions of the moment, hence they serve the longest term in all of government, 6 years.

That simply isn't true anymore, the Senate is just as partisanly driven today as the House - maybe a smidge less. Perhaps any reform of the Senate would also include reducing their terms to 4 years with states/regions having more than one, their voters would vote for someone every two years.

Harris is terrible in Strawlighter's eyes because she's spent her career putting people like Donald Trump in jail, not helping them sully the White House yet again to the entire world's detriment outside of Putin's, Orban's, and Kim's.

The EC was never an issue until Democrats started losing.

It became an "issue" the second it was conceived because it denied human beings any right of self determination, instead allowing the owners of said human beings political power they never deserved. The EC is completely anti-democratic in every sense of the word. Only a privileged, blind ignoramus would make such an intellectually vacuous claim.

Why not claim that no one complained about slavery too? It's as ridiculous as your assertion about the EC.

Can you cite one single national election in any other country on Planet Earth where the popular winner can be denied victory because of ancient fealty to an institution built to enshrine unearned political power to those who enslaved other human beings?

That is what you're defending, cretin.

I didn't say anything about the senate system.

It's the same argument: outsized representation for less populated states when calculated on a per capita basis.

That Williams' office has managed to bring two cases of this magnitude so close in time probably won't surprise anyone who's traced his "compelling biography." His resume is one of legend: Born to Jamaican parents in Brooklyn before moving to Atlanta, Williams attended Harvard, Cambridge and Yale Law School. And then he began his ascent to the tippy-top of the legal elite: clerkships for now-Attorney General Merrick Garland, who was a federal appeals court judge at the time, and for then-Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens; a stint at Paul Weiss, one of the country's most prestigious - and liberal-leaning - law firms; and a coveted position as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York, which encompasses Manhattan and the Bronx, along with six suburban and even exurban upstate counties.

SDNY, as the office is known, is also occasionally referred to as the "Sovereign District" for its historic independence, as well as its size (Williams supervises around 220 lawyers), the quality of its lawyers, and the sophistication of its cases. But even in the nation's premier U.S. attorney's office, Williams distinguished himself, focusing on "white collar cases involving corruption in financial markets and politics" before becoming the chief of the securities unit. And he was still holding that civil-service role - as opposed to retreating to a cushy law firm partnership - when President Joe Biden nominated him to be U.S. attorney. Upon his confirmation, he became the first Black person in SDNY's then-234-year history to lead the office.

"I know a lot about overtime," the Republican candidate boasted. "I hated to give overtime. I hated it. I'd get other people, I shouldn't say this, but I'd get other people in. I wouldn't pay."

Right off the bat, there are still some political observers who like to pretend that the former president is some kind of ally to working-class Americans. It's against that backdrop that Trump thought it'd be a good idea to admit that he, as a boss, deliberately took steps to deny his own employees overtime compensation to which they were entitled.

But just as notably, a variety of analysts have explained that the far-right Project 2025 agenda, written in large part by members of Trump's own team, would also limit workers' access to overtime compensation.

With all of this in mind, Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign wasted little time in pouncing on the Republican for accidentally speaking his mind.

"Donald Trump is finally owning up to it: He's built an entire career on screwing over workers," Harris-Walz spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said in a written statement. "It's exactly what he did in the White House - trying to rip away tips and overtime pay for millions of workers - and exactly what he plans to do in a second term. Trump is a scab, plain and simple. He is selling snake oil lies in a desperate attempt to trick voters. He can't be trusted - workers know it, and voters know it. They'll elect a champion who has their back by voting for Vice President Harris this November."

Hope the Teamsters are listening to Donald telling the world how little he values those who work for an hourly wage.

This unequivocal, dispiriting truth - Donald Trump is not fit to be president - should be enough for any voter who cares about the health of our country and the stability of our democracy to deny him re-election.

Most presidential elections are, at their core, about two different visions of America that emerge from competing policies and principles. This one is about something more foundational. It is about whether we invite into the highest office in the land a man who has revealed, unmistakably, that he will degrade the values, defy the norms and dismantle the institutions that have made our country strong.

As a dedicated public servant who has demonstrated care, competence and an unwavering commitment to the Constitution, Ms. Harris stands alone in this race. She may not be the perfect candidate for every voter, especially those who are frustrated and angry about our government's failures to fix what's broken - from our immigration system to public schools to housing costs to gun violence. Yet we urge Americans to contrast Ms. Harris's record with her opponent's.

Over the past 10 weeks, Ms. Harris has offered a shared future for all citizens, beyond hate and division. She has begun to describe a set of thoughtful plans to help American families. Beyond the economy, Ms. Harris promises to continue working to expand access to health care and reduce its cost. She has a long record of fighting to protect women's health and reproductive freedom.

Most dangerous for American democracy, Mr. Trump has transformed the Republican Party - an institution that once prided itself on principle and honored its obligations to the law and the Constitution - into little more than an instrument of his quest to regain power. The Republicans who support Ms. Harris recognize that this election is about something more fundamental than narrow partisan interest. It is about principles that go beyond party.

Kamala Harris is the only choice.

because Trump ls calling Harris outrageous and crazy for opening our borders to criminal world.

Kamala Harris hasn't "opened our borders" because as VP she doesn't have any constitutional authority to do or order ANYTHING! Saying that she's personally responsible for border security would equally say that Mike Pence was responsible for family separation during the Trump Administration - which he wasn't.

And more importantly, not a single law was changed in how ICE deals with criminal immigrants or quantifies their numbers and presence inside our borders. Nothing changed when Trump was President either as the numbers continued to grow during his term.

You know who is not afraid to go out and about in Springfield? Proud Boys. Neo-Nazis. People handing out Ku Klux Klan fliers. Some of these people paraded swastika flags and rifles during our jazz festival. Their presence, and a torrent of threats, forced local officials to cancel the annual CultureFest celebration of diverse food, arts and music. These far-right groups clearly feel as though they have not just permission, but encouragement, from the Republican candidates. It is unsettling to live in this menacing atmosphere.

Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance hope to make every town Springfield, where the angry are emboldened by lies and the people they seek to punish live in fear. As someone who has lived through this transformation, trust me: You don't want to live in Trump's America.

How much longer can Republicans who aren't racist, who don't fear immigrants simply because of their color or nation of origin, and those who simply can't stomach Trump's repeated misogynistic pronunciation of his opponents first name - especially after she pointedly corrected him to his face, after which he never had the wherewithal to even attempt to say it once while in her presence; just how much longer can these supposed Christian people support an unquestioned evil violent man and his perverse and threatening candidacy?