President Donald Trump fired the commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor on Friday after her agency released a disappointing job report earlier that day.
It’s also worth noting that many americans are prevented from voting. Cannot get time off work, polling station too far, mail in not available, purged from voter roll.
It’s still crazy to me that voting day is not a public holiday in the US and that all public transport is not free on that day.
In France voting day is always a Sunday to prevent issues like this. It seems very anti-democratic to not make sure that almost all the voting population can find the time for it.
Not voting when the stakes are this high is as shitty as voting for Trump. Plus approval statistics don’t care if you voted or not.
If anything, more than half of Americans suck at this point.
It’s also worth noting that many americans are prevented from voting. Cannot get time off work, polling station too far, mail in not available, purged from voter roll.
It’s still crazy to me that voting day is not a public holiday in the US and that all public transport is not free on that day.
In France voting day is always a Sunday to prevent issues like this. It seems very anti-democratic to not make sure that almost all the voting population can find the time for it.