Month: February 2026

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The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, currently being debated in Congress, is proposed legislation that would require American citizens to provide documentary proof of citizenship when registering to vote. It aims to ensure that only U.S. citizens can vote, but critics argue it could disenfranchise millions by creating barriers to voting and complicate the voting process.

IMPORTANT: This post is meant to be informational only. In no way does posting this information imply opposition to, or endorsement of, this proposal, by the Dept. of Political Science, The TH College of Arts & Sciences, or ECU.

1. Who played President James Marshall, one of the White House’s most popular fictional residents, in the 1997 movie “Air Force One”?
film?

2. Bill Clinton’s talent for what musical instrument got him the nickname “The MTV President”?

ANSWERS

1. Harrison Ford

2. Saxophone

From: https://tinyurl.com/32a3erh7

A Desk In The Senate Is Always Filled With Candy.

Desk 80 in the US Senate is informally called the “candy desk.” This is because it contains candies available to any member of the US Senate for free. The desk has always been occupied by Republicans, something the Democrats are not very happy about. This motivated the Democrats to create a candy desk on their own side, but it is less popular.

The candy desk was created by Senator George Murphy, who was elected to Congress in 1965. Senator Murphy often took candy to Congress and shared it with other senators, irrespective of their parties. Murphy never got reelected, but the senator who got his seat kept his tradition going.

Read more: https://shorturl.at/ARpdu

Did you know? Greenland is larger than Texas and Alaska, but smaller than the contiguous United States

The population of Greenland is around 56,000. By comparison, the population of Pitt County NC is approx. 172,000 as of 2023

“Multipolar Revisionism and Cutting the Cost of American Hegemony: The Long-Run is Here” explains tariff policy, unilateralism, expansion into Greenland, Canada, and Panama, diplomatic negotiation with Europe, and alliance-building in the second Trump presidency. It also describes the challenges faced by the administration, such as the BRICS currency, and the role the Russia-Ukraine War will have on China’s own hegemonic ambition.

See: https://shorturl.at/jcHYF

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