80% Of Americans Support Age Limits For Members Of Congress - It's Time To Make That A Law

If there's a lower age limit, we should have an upper age limit

A new NPR/PBS poll found that Americans across political lines have found something in common - their desire to put a cap on how old you can be as a member of Congress.

The poll was conducted between April 27th through April 30th, showing 78% of Democrats in favor of age limits, while 83% of Republicans also saying they supported age limits.

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NPR published the poll 5 days ago, and here’s a few quick points from it I wanted to share:

The poll found that there are minimal differences when comparing generations — older voters were just as likely to support age caps and term limits as younger voters.

Many top leaders are in their 70s, 80s and 90s. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for example, is 75. Chuck Grassley, the Iowa Republican who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, is 92.

The current Congress is now the third oldest in U.S. history, and has seen five members die since last March. Each was 65 or older.

Currently, if you want to be a member of the House, you have to be at least 25 years old.

If you want to be a member of the Senate, you have to be at least 30 years old.

If you want to be the President, you have to be at least 35 years old.

We’ve always accepted these lower age limits under the belief that younger people, in general, need to be older before assuming the responsibilities of the position.

However, when we talk about upper age limits, for some reason it’s met with arguments rooted in discrimination, but should it?

I personally believe we need upper age limits in Congress, The Supreme Court, and for the President.

What are your thoughts?

Please comment below & let me know where you fall on this. If you think there should be an upper age limit, what should the age be?

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Additional stories I wanted to share:

1. Major oil company - Shell - reports nearly $7 billion profit amid higher gas prices

   

Shell reported huge profits following the surge in oil prices prompted by the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. The earnings were more than double the previous quarter’s.

The company, based in London, said Thursday that its adjusted profit soared 24%, to $6.92 billion, in the first three months of the year from the same time last year.

Shell is not the only major European oil producer to report increased profits. The strong returns have renewed calls for a windfall tax on oil profits, similar to the response when oil companies benefited from higher energy prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

2. ICE has hired a third-party private security company previously accused of torture to track down undocumented children across the U.S. - US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded a contract to a private security company that has faced accusations of “torture” and “enforced disappearance” to assist in tracking down undocumented immigrant children who arrived in the US alone, a contracting document shows. internal ICE document reviewed by the Guardian last year shows ICE actually runs the operations with the aim of deporting the children or pursuing criminal cases against them – or their adult sponsors sheltering them legally in the US. A critic at the time called ICE’s efforts “backdoor family separation”. Reported by the Guardian

3. Kamala Harris expresses support for the DNC to release its autopsy report of the 2024 campaign - Former Vice President Kamala Harris has told donors she supports releasing the Democratic National Committee’s unreleased review of the party’s 2024 election loss as she weighs another presidential run in 2028, according to NBC News. ⁠
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   Harris reportedly did not know DNC Chair Ken Martin had decided not to release the report and has not discussed the issue with him directly. ⁠
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   The debate over the postmortem has become a source of tension inside the Democratic Party as leaders continue to debate what caused President Donald Trump’s victory in 2024.​​​⁠
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4. New 2028 Presidential polling shows Kamala Harris with a commanding lead

   

5. New Testimonies From Gaza Prisoners Detail Systematic Torture in Israeli Detention - Palestinian prisoner rights organizations published new testimonies Monday from Gaza detainees held in Israel’s Naqab and Ramla prisons, describing systematic torture, deliberate starvation, and denial of medical care.
   
   Detainees in the Rakvit section of Ramla described daily beatings, guards deliberately breaking fingers as punishment, restraints tightened to cut off blood circulation, and being forced to sit on metal bed frames from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. after mattresses are confiscated.
   
   One prisoner lost feeling in both feet from beatings. Another was taken to the prison clinic after torture caused liver damage requiring surgery. Detainees are barred from praying, denied toothbrushes, and share one tissue roll among four people every two days.
   
   In Naqab prison, detainees said they have been rationing food for eight months — describing portions insufficient for a child. Widespread scabies infections persist with no treatment. Guards fire rubber bullets randomly inside sections; one prisoner was hit three times in his left foot.
   
   The Prisoner’s Club and Commission of Detainees Affairs said 1,283 Gaza detainees are held under the “unlawful combatant” classification — without charge — shielding their detention from any international oversight.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Reported by Drop Site News

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Final note

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Until next time,

Desmond

Final final, thoughts, for those that read till the end…

1. It’s a subject I haven’t talked about for a while now, but what we’re seeing with gas prices is just another instance of corporate price gouging. These corporations have the “excuse” to raise their prices, so they do, knowing they can get away with it. Until we have politicians that stand up to the corporate elite, this is never going to change

2. It’s been a little while since I posted about ICE, so it felt important to share information about them. I’ve said it before & I’ll say it again - the next Democratic government must ABOLISH ICE. You cannot “reform” a lawless agency like that

3. I agree with Vice President Harris. And this really shows the cowardice of the DNC. If even Kamala Harris is asking for the release of this report, how could they keep this a secret from the public?

4. Speaking of Kamala Harris…she is going to run again. I’m not sure why so many people don’t believe that, but they should. Name recognition is the strongest ally in a national race & no one has more of it than she does right now. I’d be shocked of she didn’t run, and if she does, she will definitely start off in the lead

5. Having a platform, feels like a responsibility to me. One that I take very seriously. I cannot in good conscience not share what Israel is doing in the Middle East, knowing full well, that it’s American support that allows them to operate with impunity. One of the MAJOR reasons they are able to do so, is because almost every media outlet refuses to publish the stories on the ground in that area. I’m so thankful for Drop Site News, being the one place who continues to share these stories. The least I can do, is help amplify them on my platform, so that’s what I’ll do. Americans should know EXCATLY what Israel is doing under our protection, and we should think about these stories when our politicians profess their support for this state