Just got notified that my mail-in ballot was received.
Usually this happens ~3 days after mailing. This time it took almost 3 weeks. I was a bit worried.
Maybe it means there are way more ballots coming in than usual. Or maybe it’s Trumpian post office fuckery. Relieved it got there in any case.
![Trump:
Two Obama and Biden Appellate Court Judges just voted against the desperately needed Military Center, required for the National Security of Washington, D.C., and our Country, itself. Highly Respected Judge, Neomi Rao, stated the following key points, among others, in a strongly worded dissent:
“This was a blatant abuse of discretion…To begin with, the district court had no jurisdiction because the Trust has no standing to stop construction at the White House…[T]he balance of equities overwhelmingly favors the government. The district court elevated the aesthetic displeasure of a single passerby over the government’s security interests in the ballroom and the security risks of leaving an open construction site at the President’s home and office…These errors in equitable judgment require vacating the injunction…The district court seized supervision of construction at the White House, and my colleagues affirm this judicial overreach…Because the injunction is beyond the proper province of the federal courts, construction should be allowed to continue.”
The decision has been stayed, and does not take effect for a period of time. We will be immediately appealing to the United States Supreme Court. The Military and Secret Service are viewing this horrendous, politically motivated, and unlawful ruling as a National Security threat to our Nation in that the entire Complex is being built for the protection of our Country and, additionally, all future Presidents....](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hpmftisceoy4runolfcwadkr/bafkreiankxrhckuxto43ir4ubrlta23tnxqkcpi372qqseoelicaitsp2y)
