User:RobertPlausible
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— Wikipedian ♂ — | |
Pronouns | he/him |
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Nationality | American |
Languages | English |
Hobbies, favourites and beliefs | |
Hobbies | Editing Wikipedia Collecting flags |
Politics | Centre Pirate politics |
Interests | |
Elections, politics, history, flags, and more. |
About me[edit]
I’m American and proud of it, but love and appreciate the world around me, and am always eager to learn about it. I do by best to stay unbiased when editing Wikipedia.
Interest[edit]
- Elections
- Politics
- Systems of government
- History
- Military history
- Screenwriting
- Filmmaking
- Flags
"I must study Politicks and War that my sons may have the liberty to study Mathematicks and Philosophy. My sons ought to study Geography, natural History, Naval Architecture, navigation, Commerce and Agriculture, in order to give their children a right to study Painting, Poetry, Musick, Architecture, Statuary, Tapestry, and Porcelaine."
—John Adams, 1780
Quick Links[edit]
- 2024 United States presidential election
- 2024 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection
Fun Pages[edit]
Pages I made for experiments.
- /2024 United States general election
- /2028 United States Cabinet
- /Japan (Government and politics)
- /Portraits
- /Attire
- /Candids
- /REAL 2024 United Kingdom general election
- /Republicans Scale
Event Tracker (2024)[edit]
January[edit]
- January 1: 2024 Noto earthquake strikes in Japan.
- January 2:
- Lee Jae-myung survives a stabbing during an assassination attempt.
- Two planes collide at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan.
- January 9: President Daniel Noboa declares a state of emergency in Ecuador.
- January 10: Chris Christie drops out of the 2024 Republican presidential primary.
- January 13: William Lai of the Democratic Progressive Party is elected President of Taiwan in the 2024 election.
- January 15:
- Donald Trump wins the Iowa Republican caucus to no one's surprise; Nimrata wins a single county by one vote (because why not).
- Better Call Saul is snubbed from the Emmys for the last time.
- January 23:
- Trump wins the New Hampshire Republican primary, with a 10 point lead over Haley, his only opponent.
- Biden wins the New Hampshire Democratic primary, despite not actually running, after a major write-in campaign
- January 24:
- Pita Limjaroenrat is cleared of wrongdoing relating to his media shares by the Thai Constitutional Court, securing his status as an MP in the Parliament
- Jon Stewart announces he will return as host of The Daily Show once a week for the 2024 election.
- January 31: The Thai Constitutional Court rules that the Move Forward Party’s campaign to amend the lèse-majesté law is unlawful as a threat to the monarchy, and orders the party to cease.
February[edit]
- February 6:
- Former President of Chile Sebastián Piñera dies in a helicopter crash at the age of 74.
- Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of a school shooter, becomes the first person in American legal history to be found guilty of manslaughter over a school shooting as a parent of the shooter, after her son killed four students at an Oxford, Michigan, high school in 2021.
- February 8:
- The 2024 Pakistani general election.
- Special counsel Robert K. Hur releases his report on the Joe Biden classified documents incident.
- February 11: Super Bowl LVIII is hosted in Las Vegas; Usher performs and Nickelodeon airs live coverage featuring SpongeBob characters.
- February 12: Jon Stewart returned as host of the Daily Show every Monday in Season 29 to cover the 2024 presidential election.
- February 13:
- Tom Suozzi wins a special election in New York's 3rd federal congressional district, giving the Democrats 213 seats in the United States House of Representatives compared to the Republicans' 219.
- twomad is reportedly found dead in his home at the age of 32.
- February 15: Japan slips into a recession and loses its spot as the world's third-largest economy
- February 16: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is murdered during his prison sentence.
- February 21: Arguments at the High Court of Justice in Julian Assange's extradition hearing ends after two days in the London.
- February 24:
- Two year anniversary of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Trump wins the South Carolina Republican presidential primary, defeating Nikki Haley in her home state; she continues to run.
- February 29: Brian Mulroney, former Canadian Prime Minister from 1984 to 1993, passes away at the age 84.
March[edit]
- March 4
- The first living lung and liver transplant is performed at Kyoto University Hospital in Japan.
- Shehbaz Sharif is elected as the next Prime Minister of Pakistan, after weeks of speculation and questions over the legitimacy of the 2024 election.
- In Trump v. Anderson, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rules that states can not keep presidential candidates off the ballot, overturning the Colorado Supreme Court's decision in Anderson v. Griswold.
- 2022–2023 Pentagon document leaks: Jack Teixeira, a 22-year-old former member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, pleads guilty to linking classified Defense Department documents on his Discord server and is sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison.
- March 5
- The Haitian government declares a state of emergency after gangs storm two prisons and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who is stranded abroad in Puerto Rico.
- Super Tuesday in the 2024 Republican and Democratic primaries across the country for multiple offices.
- March 6
- One day after Super Tuesday, Nikki Haley drops out of the 2024 presidential election, but refuses to endorse Donald Trump, who becomes the presumptive nominee.
- Later that day Congressman Dean Philips suspends his presidential campaign and endorses Joe Biden. A 2020 rematch between Trump and Biden is set for 2024.
- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis nearly escapes being killed by a Russian missile strike in the Odesa during his visit to Ukraine.
- March 7
- Sweden officially becomes a member state of NATO, two years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- The 2024 State of the Union is delivered by President Biden to the 118th Congress.
- March 8: Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández is found guilty in a Manhattan Federal court of conspiring with drug traffickers and enabling the transportation of over 400 tons of cocaine from Honduras to the US
- March 12:
- The Thai Election Commission asks the Constitutional Court to disband the Move Forward Party
- Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announces he will resign amidst an escalating gang war
- Joe Biden and Donald Trump become their respective parties' presumptive nominees for the Presidency in the 2024 election.
- March 14: Vaughan Gething of the Labour Party becomes the Welsh First Minister, and is dubbed 'Europe's first Black national leader'.
- March 14: In an evening interview, President Emmanuel Macron of France does not rule out sending French troops to Ukraine.
- March 21: Tennessee passes a law that protects artists' voices from AI impersonation
- March 22:
- A motion is filed in the US House of Representatives to oust Speaker Mike Johnson
- A terrorist attack takes place in Moscow, killing 140 people
- Princess Kate of the British Royal Family announces she has cancer, amidst speculation on her whereabouts
- March 24
- Tammy Murphy drops out of the Democratic primary for the Federal New Jersey Senate election, making Andy Kim the de facto presumptive nominee.
- Opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye wins Senegal's presidential election, after various delays by outgoing President Macky Sall. He is sworn in on 2 April as 'Africa's youngest president'.
- March 26: The Francis Scott-Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland collapses after a cargo ship collides with one of it's support beams.
April[edit]
- April 2: An earthquake strikes in Taiwan and parts of northern Japan.
- April 3: Another earthquake strikes in New Jersey, and is also felt in New York.
- April 5: The National Police of Ecuador raid the Mexican embassy to a arrest a former Vice President accused of corruption, causing Mexico to sever all diplomatic ties.
- April 7: Larry David's comedy show Curb Your Enthusiasm ends after 12 seasons.
- April 8: A total solar eclipse is observed across North America.
- April 11: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addressed a joint-session of the United States Congress as part of a state visit, the first since Shinzo Abe in 2015.
- April 13: Iran launches retaliatory strikes against Israel after an Israeli bombing of the Iranian embassy in Damascus earlier in the month.
- April 19:
- Maxwell Azzarello, a 37-year-old man from Florida , commits self-immolation in front of the New York Supreme Court in New York City where the New York state criminal trial against Donald Trump took place.
- Israel conducts airstrikes against Iran, in response to Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel earlier on April 13.
- April 25:
- Following the resignation of Haiti's acting President and Prime Minister Ariel Henry, a Transitional Presidential Council takes power as the new head of state of Haiti.
- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) votes to restore net neutrality rules implemented by the Obama administration after their repeal in 2017.
May[edit]
- May 14: Seafood restaurant chain Red Lobster announces it will close 99 locations across the country. The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy the next week.
- May 15:
- Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Fico survives an assassination attempt.
- Lawrence Wong becomes Prime Minister of Singapore, succeeding Lee Hsien Loong after 20 years in power.
- May 16: The Dow Jones index surpasses 40,000 points for the first time.
- May 20:
- William Lai of the DPP if inaugurated as the 8th President of Taiwan.
- Judges grant Julian Assange permission to appeal his extradition order from the United Kingdom to the United States.
- May 22
- British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls for a general election to be held on July 4, 2024.
- Nikki Haley endorses Donald Trump and says she will vote for him despite past criticism
- May 23: During a state visit with President of Kenya William Ruto, President Biden announces his intention to designate Kenya as a major non-NATO ally.
- May 29: The African National Congress (ANC), which freed South Africa from Apartheid under Nelson Mandela in the 1990s, looses its majority for the first time since democratic elections, in the 2024 South African general election, leading to government formation talks.
- May 30:
- The United States gives Ukraine permission to strike Russian territory near Kharkiv Oblast with U.S.-provided weapons, excluding long-range missiles.
- Former American President Donald Trump is found guilty on 34 counts in his hush money trial, the first time any American president (sitting or former) has been found guilty of a crime.
June[edit]
50th G7 Summit |
Italy – 2024-6-13 |
3 days to go |
Local Time ( ) |
- June 2: Claudia Sheinbaum becomes Mexico's first woman and first Jewish President after winning the 2024 general election.
- June 4:
- The results of the 2024 Indian general election are released; the BJP looses its own majority, but the greater NDA maintains one, allowing Narendra Modi to assume office for a third consecutive term as Prime Minister of India; Rahul Gandhi becomes Leader of the Opposition after the I.N.D.I.A. block receives enough seats.
- In the UK, Rishi Sunak of the Conservatives and Keir Starmer of Labour participate in an ITV debate for the UK election.
- Andy Kim wins the 2024 New Jersey Democratic Party Federal Senate primary election.
- June 7:
- Team USA beats Pakistan in the T20 Cricket World Cup.
- Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen is assaulted in Copenhagen, two days before the 2024 European Parliament elections.
Upcoming events[edit]
Some future major events in the world the politics.
Near Future[edit]
- 50th G7 Summit in Italy: June 13-15, 2024
- Presidential debate between incumbent Democrat Joe Biden and former president Republican Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia: June 27, 2024
Future[edit]
- The newly elected British Parliament will meet after the 2024 general election: July 9, 2024
- 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, D.C.: July 9-11, 2024
- 2024 Republican National Convention: July 15-18, 2024
- The State Opening of the British Parliament: July 17, 2024
Far Future[edit]
- 2024 Democratic National Convention: August 19-22, 2024
- Presidential debate between incumbent Democrat Joe Biden and former president Republican Donald Trump: September 2024
- 2025 United States Electoral College vote count: January 6, 2025
Upcoming elections[edit]
I've always been really interested in politics and elections, both in the US and abroad. In the second half of 2023 I got interested in Indian and Canadian politics.
Near Future[edit]
- 2024 United Kingdom general election: July 4, 2024
Future[edit]
- 2024 Missouri Democratic Party Federal Senate primary election: August 6, 2024
- 2024 Japanese Liberal Democratic Party leadership election: September 2024
- 2024 Botswana general election: October 2024
- 2024 Georgian parliamentary election: October 26, 2024
- 2024 United States general election: November 5, 2024
- 2024 United States presidential election: November 5, 2024
- 2024 United States Federal Congressional election: November 5, 2024
- 2024 New Jersey Federal Senate election: November 5, 2024
- 2024 Texas Federal Senate election: November 5, 2024
- 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election: November 5, 2024
Far Future[edit]
- Next Trinidad and Tobago general election: No later than 2025, subject to change
- 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election: September 2025
- Next Canadian election: No later than October 20, 2025, subject to change
- Next Japanese general election: No later than October 31, 2025, subject to change
- Next Singaporean general election: No later than November 23, 2025
- Next Scottish Parliament election: No later than 7 May 2026
Elections I've Watched[edit]
Place | Year | Election | Candidate | Result | |||
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Taiwan | 2024 | Taiwan presidential election (January 13) | William Lai (DPP)
Hsiao Bi-khim (DPP) |
VICTORY: Democratic Progressive Party Lai Ching-te of the DPP becomes the 8th President of Taiwan; Hsiao Bi-khim becomes Vice President. |
40.05%
40.05 / 100
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Maryland | 2024 | 2024 Maryland Democratic Party 3rd federal congressional district primary election (May 14) | Harry Dunn (D) | DEFEAT: Democratic Party Harry Dunn is defeated in the MD-3 Democratic primary election. |
~25%
25 / 100
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New Jersey | 2024 | 2024 New Jersey Democratic Party Federal Senate primary election (June 4) | Andy Kim (D) | VICTORY: Democratic Party Andy Kim wins the New Jersey Democratic Party Senate primary. |
75%
75 / 100
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India | 2024 | 2024 Indian general election (April-June) | Shashi Tharoor (INC) | Inconclusive/Other Result: Congress Party The BJP looses it's majority; Modi relies on smaller parties to continue as Prime Minister. The INC officially become the Opposition Party; Tharoor and Gandhi win their own seats. |
234 alliance seats
234 / 543
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Beliefs and politics[edit]
Beliefs and politics
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Political parties[edit]
I tend to agree with George Washington, the 1st and in my opinion one of the best Presidents of the United States, that we should have no political parties or factions in the US. Nevertheless, I understand their importance, but prefer a multi-party system rather than our two-party system. Here are some political parties I would hypothetically support/vote for, or tend to agree with-from outside the US (I identify as a moderate independent on most issues). I find myself agreeing with aspects of a Pirate Party.
Political parties
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Politicians[edit]
Some politicians I think are cool (in no particular order).
Americans[edit]
U.S. Representatives[edit]
Spirit, Elections | Policy, Spirit | Foreign Policy | Policy, Spirit | Policy, Spirit | Policy, Leadership |
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Andy Kim | Robert Garcia | Mike Quigley | Ted Lieu | Ritchie Torres | Hakeem Jeffries |
Policy, Spirit | |||||
Brendan Boyle | Grace Meng | Gerry Connolly | Gabe Amo | Jasmine Crockett | Tom Suozzi |
Senators[edit]
Spirit, Elections | Policy, Spirit | Policy, Elections | Policy, Leadership | Policy | Policy |
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Cory Booker | Jon Ossoff | Raphael Warnock | Mitt Romney | Dick Durbin | Angus King |
Others[edit]
Policy | Policy, Spirit | Policy, Personality | Policy, Spirit |
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Merrick Garland | Adam Kinzinger | Chris Christie | Andrew Yang |
International[edit]
Honorable mentions[edit]
- Poland: Robert Biedroń
- United States: Kam Buckner
- United States: Gretchen Whitmer
- India: Shashi Tharoor
- Scotland: Alex Cole-Hamilton
Cabinets Photos[edit]
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The Trudeau cabinet upon their appointment in 2015.
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The Shinzo Abe second cabinet in 2012.
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The Arden cabinet of New Zealand in 2020.
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The Reagan Cabinet in 1981.
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The Reagan Cabinet in 1984.
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The Reagan Cabinet in 1989.
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The Muldoon Cabinet of New Zealand in 1981.
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The Sunak Cabinet in 2024.
Historical figures[edit]
Some historical figures I like. Unlike Presidents of the United States (my home country), I think these leaders can/are admired on a global basis rather than a primarily domestic one. I still have some American Presidents here though, but not all my favorites.
Favorite flags[edit]
The American flag is my favorite, but Chicago, South Korea, and Japan are among my favorites.
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United States
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Chicago
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Japan
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UK
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South Korea
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Nigeria
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Canada
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Hawaii
Places I want to visit[edit]
Places I've visited[edit]
- Springfield, Illinois
- Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Houston, Texas
- New York City, United States
Places I want to visit[edit]
- Washington D.C.
- United Kingdom
- France
- Norway
- Honduras
- Netherlands
- Japan
- Denmark
- Botswana
- South Korea
- Thailand
- Nigeria
- Italy
- Taiwan
- Kerala (India)
- Estonia
- New Zealand
Favorite tv shows[edit]
I love sitcoms, cartoons, dramas, and everything in between.