Open Thread August 11 2025

Posted by Joanne Dixon at 7:49 pm Open Thread, Personal, Politics

Aug 112025

Yesterday, Virgil and I played cribbage as usual. It took about half the visit for the cards to “warm up” and give either of us a hand over 10 points. I was pretty tired out when i hot home so this is very, very late. Sorry.

This from The Intercept does not have a paywall. It just has a popup which you can close. The article is short, but there is a list of related, or at least contemporary, articles below it (also short.) GEO has a point that they are nor as bad as CECOT – but that’s a remarkably low bar.

Joyce did publish a “The Week Ahead,” But I thought an overview of last week would be at least s helpful in grasping what is going on with the people who appear to be fighting harder than anyone else – courts and judges.

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