Odds and Ends — 14 June 2026

…Trump and his allies have discussed pushing lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed at voiding his first-term impeachments.
The resolution would allow Trump to claim a symbolic victory on a matter that has dogged him since his first term, part of a broader effort to burnish his presidential legacy. It would have little legal significance, however, because the Constitution provides no procedure for undoing an impeachment…

https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/2065783409851458018

https://twitter.com/herotimeszero/status/2065467047690088560
https://twitter.com/maddenifico/status/2065803671078617358

The U.S. Postal Service has proposed a new rule that would allow it to refuse to deliver mail ballots in states that don’t turn over voter rolls to the federal government.
The rule, proposed last week, is vaguely written but appears to establish broad authority for the agency to intervene in the mail voting process. It calls on states to compile lists of mail voters that Postal Service employees would use to screen ballots for eligibility. If states refuse to comply, the agency could refuse to send their mail ballots.

https://twitter.com/SethAbramson/status/2064930219660550501

———— Blatant In-Your-Face Corruption ————

https://x.com/JonLemire/status/2065784300541251651

https://twitter.com/CREWcrew/status/2065448258097361368

———— Putin&Krasnov vs. Ukraine ————

https://twitter.com/DrNeilStone/status/2065701844383363388

A Grim Milestone

The war in Ukraine has often been compared to World War I for its brutal infantry assaults and heavy casualties. Yet the idea that it could, by any measure, surpass a conflict so long and bloody that French soldiers hoped it would be “the last of the last” once seemed unthinkable.
That is just what happened on Thursday. The war in Ukraine — which reached 1,569 days, or more than four years and three months — has now outlasted World War I.

https://twitter.com/craigunger/status/2065042740463698322

https://twitter.com/jurgen_nauditt/status/2065005065472016712