Another vote from the Senate late last night! Blanche confirmed as attorney general at a Justice Department shaped to serve Trump Todd Blanche, who risked his career as a prestigious member of New York’s legal establishment to keep Donald Trump out of jail, was confirmed on Saturday as the attorney general. Blanche, 52, will now permanently act as the nation’s top law enforcement officer under the leadership of his former client. He was confirmed by a vote of 50 to 49 with GOP Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voting with Democrats against the nomination. https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/08/politics/senate-todd-blanche-attorney-general https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/08/politics/senate-vote-blanche-confirmation-vis

– Ms. jbob and I moved from NY to Oregon recently. So far we’ve been enjoying living there in a suburb West of Portland. Voting in Oregon was super EZ. All voting in Oregon is by mail or drop boxes. There is no “in person” voting at polling places. It worked well for us. There is a vote tracking service with email notifications. We received email notices when our ballots were mailed out to us. Again we received email notices when our ballots were accepted for counting. This was for the outer envelope with signature on it. I guess if … Continue reading →