Today's Stuff
This newsletters off to a bad start already
Let’s start the day off on a happy note:
Domestic Terrorism
Is pervasive and of course the Trump admin isn’t doing anything to stop it. Remember when a few weeks ago a group who literally kidnapped immigrants crossing the border was broken up. Rarely acknowledged is the threat that these lunatics pose to the country. Imagine if when Trump loses in 2020 (god-willing) these groups just refuse to go along with it. This is now sounding like a crackpot conspiracy theory but this should be a worry.
For a country who’s so worried about ISIS and scary brown people, we have a Coast Guard officer about to start domestic insurrection recently arrested, crazy militia groups everywhere, and not to mention the militant incels. Meanwhile the government’s more worried about Antifa, a group who I’m convinced are no more harmful than Cosplayers. There’s no real point here, as this newsletter is literally just designed for me to ramble but if anything stop losing sleep over foreign terrorism (someone told me this last week and its stuck with me, like they actually can’t sleep due to ISIS wtf).
The State’s Biggest Mistake Ever
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose made quite possibly the worst decision in state history. Yep we’re replacing the, “I Ohio Voting,” stickers. This is a catastrophic mistake as I’m a known lover of, “I Ohio Voting,” stickers.
I get that we’re doing it to make some kids feel good that they got to design the thing, but why. The stickers are cool, we look cool, and the last thing we need is a kid bragging at school that they made the voting sticker. I say that because, if I had any creative talent, I would totally have been that kid.
What else
The fiery pit of disgusting that is Lake Erie is getting a cleanup funding cut in around the hundreds of millions of dollars range. The money’s going to eliminate income tax on Ohioans making less than $22,500, which is great, no argument. But why can’t we do things like, I don’t know tax the rich, so we can have both. Wouldn’t it be cool to have a lake that isn’t making national headlines for being disgusting, as well same some people in abject poverty money. Just a crazy idea.
If anyone goes to see Elizabeth Warren tonight email me I’m curious what happens. Like her or hate her she’s literally the only candidate so far with substantive policy. Which is good.
Trivia
Took home a hard fought second-place last night. Final question, which of course the team (at that point just me and my mom) got correct was, “name 2 of 3 presidents alive in 1900.” Easy almost-dub.