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Not sure what that has to do with the potential for shenanigans given the public news of a sentencing date being 4 days before the nominating convention, but ok.

Yes, but when those payments were to another party than the candidate to provide a non-monetary service to the campaign (burying news that could affect people’s actions) what’s called an in-kind contribution. If you don’t report those benefits publicly (or you try to disguise them as something else like legal fees for example), congratulations you broke election laws and interfered with the lawful election process.

Yes “Election Interference” is a specific term of art related to the conduct of the actual election and electioneering, but it can also be understood more broadly by laypersons as anything that interferes with the legal conduct of a wider election/campaign event.

This has an interesting potential given that the RNC Convention will be in Milwaukee, WI July 15, 2024.

I lived there for 4 years while my wife attended school. U/half_built_pyramids nailed the big parts. It was easy to find areas that felt more like suburbs or urban neighborhoods if that is the vibe you want. Public transportation was pretty bad though that’s true for most of the large Midwestern cities. A lot of great green space and outdoor activity areas. Weather can be pro or con depending on how you feel about heat vs cold.

I finished Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn and really enjoyed it. If you struggle with dyslexia or are an adapted dyslexic reader like my wife, the last ¾ of the book gets pretty tough to read. I’m reading Swordheart by T. Kingfisher now. It’s the last book in her World of the White Rat collection I hadn’t read yet.

As to moving books around, absolutely! That’s in fact what I’ve had to do in the past Bingos when I had better options for some squares that left easier ones open as I went through the year.

Uh, no; They were saying “Booo-urns! Booo-urns!”

I really enjoyed this. The premise is that only animals have survived the zombie apocalypse, and what happens to the pets locked in houses, the zoo animals in the wrong areas, the wild animals, the animals used in science or product testing? This is told from their perspective and is pretty witty.

It would work for square 5A as it was her Debut work.

I heard Biden lieks Mudkipz.

I’m reading Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. It’s an epistolary novel where the author must continually use fewer and fewer letters of the alphabet due to actions within the story. It’s been pretty good so far. It is my experimental square.

Without thinking about the validity of the ICCs argument for it, I wonder if part of their concern is whether or not having an antagonist like the ICC doesn’t shore up potentially eroding domestic support from Gantz and his allies.