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Anonymous ID: 632ed3 Feb. 19, 2024, 12:33 p.m. No.20441940   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1997

>>20441915

I can't keep track of him as good as before the rate limiting on twitter, I seem to recall it at some point though. Just watch him and his close followers, you'll notice the trends amidst the actual good posts. A subtle crafty one, this Ariel.

Anonymous ID: 632ed3 Feb. 19, 2024, 12:47 p.m. No.20441984   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1995 >>2067 >>2137 >>2191

China Floods Disputed Waters with Patrol Boats After Taiwan Chases Away ‘Fishing’ Ship, Killing TwoBreitbart, Feb 19

 

https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2024/02/19/china-floods-disputed-waters-patrol-boats-after-taiwan-chases-fishing-ship-killing-two/

 

The Chinese Coast Guard escalated its presence around the Kinmen Islands near Fujian province on Monday in response to an incident on February 14 in which Taiwanese authorities reportedly chased away a Chinese “fishing” vessel, causing it to capsize and killing half the men on board.

 

The Kinmen Islands are located about 4 miles from the Chinese province of Fujian and close to 190 miles from Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. The Taiwanese government claims them as part of its territory, establishing “prohibited” and “restricted” water in which it bans Chinese vessels entirely or reserves the right to expel them, respectively.

The Taiwanese Mainland Affairs Office, the federal government agency responsible for relations with communist China, insisted following the incident on Wednesday that it was necessary because China has increased the intimidating presence of purported “fishing” ships and other vessels in waters that Taiwan claims as its own, including a growing number of ships that have no name and no formal registration, making it impossible for Taiwanese authorities to ensure they are not a threat.

Singapore-based Channel News Asia (CNA) reported on Monday that at least four Chinese Coast Guard ships appeared to be operating around the Kinmen Islands. The Coast Guard had announced the day before that it would increase patrols in the area in response to what it claimed to be Taiwanese belligerence.

Anonymous ID: 632ed3 Feb. 19, 2024, 1:08 p.m. No.20442058   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2067 >>2137 >>2191

Not seeking re-election so far:

 

As of Feb. 15, 2024, 50 members of Congress—seven members of the U.S. Senate and 43 members of the U.S. House—announced they would not seek re-election in 2024.

Of the U.S. Senate members not running for re-election, six—U.S. Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Tom Carper (D-Del.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), and Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.)—announced their retirements from public office, while the other—U.S. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.)—is running for governor of Indiana.

Of the 43 U.S. House members not seeking re-election:

13—four Republicans and nine Democrats—are running for the U.S. Senate. Two—one Democrat and one Republican—are running for state attorney general. Two—one Democrat and one Republican—are running for governor. One Democrat is running for President of the United States. 25—11 Democrats and 14 Republicans—are retiring from public office. As of February 15, 2022, 42 U.S. House members had announced they were not running for re-election. Thirty-five members had announced at this point in the 2020 cycle, and 44 had announced at this point in the 2018 cycle.

The seven U.S. Senators who have announced they are not running for re-election are one more than the six U.S. Senators who had announced their retirement at this point in the 2022 election cycle. Four had done so at this point in 2020, and three had done so at this point in the 2018 cycle.

 

Source:

https://ballotpedia.org/List_of_U.S._Congress_incumbents_who_are_not_running_for_re-election_in_2024