User:RobertPlausible

George Constanza

About me
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

 * Elections
 * Politics
 * Systems of government
 * History
 * Military history
 * Screenwriting
 * Filmmaking
 * Flags
 * Official portraits

Quick Links

 * 2024 United States presidential election
 * 2024 Republican Party vice presidential candidate selection

Fun Pages
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
 * /Phrases

January

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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

 * 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. Various debates continue throughout the month.
 * 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.
 * June 13:
 * The 50th G7 Summit in Italy; Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is invited as new plans to support Ukraine are unveiled, with some skydiving and other meetings between the leaders. The leaders meet as lot of them may no longer be leaders by the next G7 summit. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz are down in the polls at the time of summit in their home countries. Rishi Sunak faces an imminent election loss in the UK, while French President Emmanuel Macron has called legislative election after his party lost recent EU elections. President Biden of the US and (most likely) Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are going into elections unpopular as well.
 * One year anniversary of me joining Wikipedia!
 * June 15: As the 50th G7 summit raps up, the Ukraine Peace Summit begins in Switzerland.
 * June 17: The Boston Celtics win their 18th World Championship in the 2024 NBA Finals.
 * June 18:
 * Thailand's Senate passes same-sex marriage, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to legalize same-sex marriage, and the third overall in Asia after Taiwan and Bhutan.
 * Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte is announced as the next NATO Secretary-General, succeeding Jens Stoltenberg.
 * June 24: Julian Assange agrees to a plea deal with the US Justice Department to avoid incarceration in the United States. He leaves Belmarsh after 5 years and departs the UK for Australia. He enters a U.S. Federal court in Saipan the following day to certify the plea deal, before returning home.
 * June 25:
 * Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas is approved to be the next Foreign Minister of the European Union.
 * Negotiations for Moldova and Ukraine's accession to membership in the European Union are launched.
 * Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are honored at a state dinner at Buckingham Palace, as part of state tour of the United Kingdom by the Imperial Family on the invitation of King Charles III.
 * Primary elections are held in New York, Utah, and other states, setting the stage further for the 2024 general election.
 * June 26:
 * Kenyan National Police forces arrive in Haiti as part of a peacekeeping mission, one day after riots broke out in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
 * Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte officially resigns after 14 years to become NATO Secretary-Genera l later this year.


 * June 27: First Presidential debate between incumbent Democrat Joe Biden and former president Republican Donald Trump in Atlanta, Georgia. It does not go well for Biden and Trump lies.

July

 * July 1: The Supreme Court rules in a 6–3 decision that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts taken while in office, but have no immunity for unofficial acts.
 * July 4/5: The 2024 United Kingdom general election results in the Labour Party winning a supermajority and Sir Keir Starmer becoming Prime Minister. This is the first transition of power between two political parties in Britain since 2010.
 * July 7:
 * Yuriko Koike wins the 2024 Tokyo gubernatorial election, beating independent Shinji Ishimaru who comes in an upset second place over opposition backed Renho.
 * The far right is defeated in the 2024 French legislative election, after centrists partner with left wing parties.
 * July 8: Russia bombs a Ukrainian Children's Hospital in Kyiv during air strikes that kill at least 37 people, of which 3 were children.
 * July 9: The newly elected British Parliament meets after the 2024 election.
 * July 10-11: At the 2024 NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., Ukraine is promised F-16s, €40 billion, and 'irreversible' NATO membership. This video sums it all up pretty well.
 * July 10: Redbox shuts down after 22 years.
 * July 13: Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania.
 * July 16: New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez is convicted of accepting bribes in Federal court.
 * July 17:
 * At the King's Speech during the State Opening of the British Parliament, King Charles III announces his new government will pursue legislation relating to the re-establish British Railways (as Great British Railways), further devolve powers to countries and local areas, English Devolution, housing, a continuation of Rishi Sunak's smoking ban, water regulation, asylum reforms, a ban on conversion practices for LGBT people, equal pay regardless of race or gender, removing the right of hereditary Lords to vote, reforms on EU trade, strengthen policing, NATO commitments, support for Ukraine in their war against Russia and support for their membership in NATO, and a two-state solution for between a secure Israel and a sovereign Palestinian state.
 * Hong Kong journalist Selina Cheng is fired from The Wall Street Journal after advocating for press freedom as head of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.
 * July 18: At the last night of the RNC, Trump delivers the longest acceptance speech in convention history upon becoming the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 2024 election.
 * July 19:
 * Global technical outages tied to CrowdStrike effects Microsoft software, leading to computer issues for a variety of businesses and organizations across the world.
 * American journalist Evan Gershkovich of The Wall Street Journal is sentenced to 16 years for espionage in a Russian court.
 * July 21: Joe Biden drops out of the 2024 United States presidential election, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris.

Upcoming events
Some future major events in the world the politics.

Near Future

 * Olympic flag.svg The Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris: July 26, 2024

Future

 * Move Forward Party Logo.svg Move Forward Party dissolution verdict: August 7, 2024
 * US Democratic Party Logo.svg 2024 Democratic National Convention: August 19-22, 2024

Far Future

 * Flag of the United States.svg Presidential debate between incumbent Democrat Joe Biden and former president Republican Donald Trump: September 2024
 * Flag of the United States.svg 2025 United States Electoral College vote count: January 6, 2025

Upcoming elections
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

 * Missouri Democratic Party logo.png 2024 Missouri Democratic Party Federal Senate primary election: August 6, 2024

Future

 * Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) Flag.svg 2024 Japanese Liberal Democratic Party leadership election: September 2024
 * Flag of Botswana.svg 2024 Botswana general election: October 2024
 * Flag of Georgia.svg 2024 Georgian parliamentary election: October 26, 2024
 * Flag of United States.svg 2024 United States general election: November 5, 2024
 * Flag of United States.svg 2024 United States presidential election: November 5, 2024
 * Flag of United States.svg 2024 United States Federal Congressional election: November 5, 2024
 * Flag of New Jersey.svg 2024 New Jersey Federal Senate election: November 5, 2024
 * Flag of Texas.svg 2024 Texas Federal Senate election: November 5, 2024
 * Flag of North Carolina.svg 2024 North Carolina gubernatorial election: November 5, 2024

Far Future

 * Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Next Trinidad and Tobago general election: No later than 2025, subject to change
 * Flag of Norway.svg 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election: September 2025
 * Flag of Canada.svg Next Canadian election: No later than October 20, 2025, subject to change
 * Flag of Japan(bordered).svg Next Japanese general election: No later than October 31, 2025, subject to change
 * Flag of Singapore.svg Next Singaporean general election: No later than November 23, 2025
 * Flag of Scotland.svg Next Scottish Parliament election: No later than May 7, 2026

Political parties
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.

Politicians
Some politicians I think are cool (in no particular order).

Americans

 * Ted Lieu
 * Ritchie Torres
 * Hakeem Jeffries
 * Gerry Connolly
 * Kam Buckner
 * Jared Polis
 * Raphael Warnock
 * Dick Durbin
 * Angus King

International

 * Pierre Poilievre
 * : Fumio Kishida
 * : Jonas Gahr Støre
 * : Javier Milei
 * : William Lai
 * : Gabriel Boric
 * : Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.
 * : Petr Pavel
 * : Yoon Suk Yeol
 * : Albo Albanese
 * : Boris Johnson
 * : Maia Sandu
 * : Salome Zourabichvili
 * : Santiago Peña
 * : Robert Biedroń
 * : Theresa May
 * : Ed Davey
 * : Gabriel Attal

Historical figures
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


The American flag is my favorite, but Chicago, South Korea, and Japan are among my favorites.

Places I've visited

 * Chicago, Illinois
 * Boston, Massachusetts,
 * Naples, Florida
 * San Francisco, California


 * Springfield, Illinois
 * Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
 * Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 * Houston, Texas
 * New York City, United States

Places I want to visit

 * Washington D.C.
 * United Kingdom
 * France
 * Norway
 * Honduras
 * Netherlands
 * Japan
 * Tokyo
 * Kanagawa Prefecture
 * Denmark
 * Botswana
 * South Korea
 * Thailand
 * Nigeria
 * Italy
 * Taiwan
 * Kaohsiung
 * Kerala (India)
 * Kochi
 * Thiruvananthapuram
 * Estonia
 * New Zealand

Favorite tv shows
I love sitcoms, cartoons, dramas, and everything in between.

General

 * Master of None
 * The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.
 * Death Note



Sitcoms

 * Seinfeld
 * Parks and Recreation
 * The Office (US)
 * Community
 * Arrested Development
 * The Good Place

Dramas

 * The Governor
 * Designated Survivor
 * Occupied
 * John Adams (HBO)
 * Breaking Bad
 * Better Call Saul