Notices by Nicholas Sarwark (nsarwark@universeodon.com), page 8

“The campaign is a mess because upper management consists of people who are serving their own needs rather than the candidate’s,” one source close to the campaign lamented. “There is no one with any political experience and it shows.”

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/the-campaign-is-a-mess-rfk-jr-hit-with-staff-exodus-over-lavish-spending-and-amateurish-leadership/

RFK Jr's current campaign manager, who reportedly hired her nanny at an inflated rate, was also a speaker at the 2018 Libertarian National Convention at the request of the convention oversight committee.

https://facebook.com/watch/?v=10156427437282726

Had not heard much about her until her father in law's campaign.

“Fox Kennedy, meanwhile, “hired her nanny” Brigid Rasmussen as chief of staff, which was seen internally as a sign of incompetence for the director of a presidential campaign.”

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/the-campaign-is-a-mess-rfk-jr-hit-with-staff-exodus-over-lavish-spending-and-amateurish-leadership/

Gratitude is always appropriate, especially when someone has had a positive impact on your life.

I’m grateful for Stephen Scaffidi.

https://open.substack.com/pub/nsarwark/p/on-stephen-scaffidi?r=15fsdm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Outside actors can disrupt a stable institution by replacing standards with nepotism, where being friends or family of the person at the top is how resources are distributed.

Makes manipulation easier.

In other news, Trump is putting a relative in charge of the Republican National Committee

Expecting a person to uphold libertarian values after repeated public statements rejecting fundamental individual human rights like migration and control of your own body is foolish.

When a person says they want to send the military to shoot asylum seekers, adjust accordingly.

A discharge petition in the House of Representatives takes an absolute majority.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discharge_petition

The current partisan breakdown of the house is 219 Republican to 212 Democrat, with four vacant seats.

https://pressgallery.house.gov/member-data/party-breakdown

216 votes gets it done.

No time to waste.

The intent is to divide between those who are mission oriented (get this policy enacted) as opposed to message oriented (get this proclamation out).

They are fundamentally different pursuits.

“Everyone is crying out for peace. None is crying out for justice.”

Why is everybody wishcasting some other universe from the one we live in where the Ds want Biden and the Rs want Trump and it just sucks for people (including most journalists) who don't identify as D and R?
It's going to be Biden v. Trump and it's going to suck for independents.

Whether you want to move policy left or right, people who want to move policy shouldn't work with people who don't care if it moves as long as they're shouting for the right thing.

Thoughts?

Social media serves two purposes that are in tension.

It connects people to other people that they choose, a circle of trusted friends.

It also allows people to observe what strangers post publicly, public figures and celebrities and experts.

Optimizing one is bad for the other, need to min-max.

Sunday morning musical interlude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r57J0jPyZRs

@Beeks
There are two plausible explanations:
1) They haven't thought through the effect of running an echo of Trump.
-or-
2) They have thought through the effect of running an echo of Trump.

It's either incompetence or sabotage.

“They’re casting around for somebody who gives a shit about their stupid right-wing anti-vax politics, and nobody does,” said Sarwark. “They have a candidate now. His name is Donald Trump. It’s probably the stupidest political strategy I’ve ever seen.”

https://www.semafor.com/article/02/09/2024/libertarians-could-supercharge-rfk-jrs-campaign-but-can-he-prove-hes-one-of-them

Hey hey Putin remember that time we were riding bikes and you did that cool jump and then I did it too?

"You still ride bikes? And I'm pretty sure I remember that you fell off and cried when you did that jump."

Uh.. no.. I.. uh remember I made the jump too and you said it was so cool and you were proud of me?

"No I think you scraped your knee and told me to go get mom."

Um.. can we cut this part?

"For some reason, no. You're actually going to show the video like this."

A desire to not live under a law does not change the law.

If you're an artist, come to Manchester for an artist's residency at The Factory on Willow.

It's a paid residency and you'll be in the same city as the Currier Museum.

https://www.factoryonwillow.com/air-application

“I firmly believe you can make fun of anything as long as your joke is funny. And I also believe that you can say anything, as long as you’re willing to suffer the consequences. We don’t need a thought police.” -Mojo Nixon (1957-2024)

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mojo-nixon-dead-obituary-1234964257/