{"id":44168,"date":"2021-06-21T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T14:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=44168"},"modified":"2021-06-20T19:50:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T02:50:21","slug":"open-thread-for-june-21-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/06\/21\/open-thread-for-june-21-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread for June 21, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I really overslept &#8211; woke up only a few minutes before my grocery delivery arrived. But I did get it in without incident and put away. A few items missing, but at least no substitutions.<\/p>\n<p>Cartoon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/0621Cartoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/0621Cartoon.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/0621Cartoon-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Short Takes<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2021\/06\/rep-ted-lieu-challenges-us-catholic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crooks and Liars &#8211; Rep Ted Lieu Dares Catholic Bishops To Deny Him Communion<\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Quote&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USCCB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USCCB<\/a>: I\u2019m Catholic and I support:<\/p>\n<p>-Contraception<br \/>\n-A woman\u2019s right to choose<br \/>\n-Treatments for infertility<br \/>\n-The right for people to get a divorce<br \/>\n-The right of same sex marriage<\/p>\n<p>Next time I go to Church, I dare you to deny me Communion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bUmiyJ8TtH\">https:\/\/t.co\/bUmiyJ8TtH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedlieu\/status\/1405977654226931712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/crooksandliars.com\/2021\/06\/rep-ted-lieu-challenges-us-catholic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through for a little more background<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jun\/19\/trump-christian-right-conference-faith-and-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian &#8211; The martyr who may rise again<\/a>: Christian right\u2019s faith in Trump not shaken. This is not fun reading,but it is the reality, and we cannot afford to ignore it.<br \/>\nQuote: [Jonathan] Riches \u2013 a rightwing activist with a reputation for litigiousness and spreading falsehoods \u2013 booed Mike Pence during his speech on Friday because of the former vice president\u2019s refusal to overturn the election result; others in the room shouted \u201cTraitor!\u201d and were escorted out. \u201cWe feel like he abandoned Trump,\u201d Riches explained. \u201cWe needed him to challenge the election. He doesn\u2019t represent our party. He\u2019s now trying to redeem himself but we don\u2019t want him.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jun\/19\/trump-christian-right-conference-faith-and-freedom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through<\/a> to skim as much as you can stand.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/derek-chauvin-sentencing-thrusts-minnesota-judge-peter-cahill-back-spotlight-n1270951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBC News &#8211; Derek Chauvin sentencing thrusts Minnesota Judge Peter Cahill back into spotlight.<\/a> Yes, that is this week.August is when the other three get tried.<br \/>\nQuote &#8211; In interviews, people who know Cahill and cases he has overseen say he is likely to land somewhere in the middle. They said he is a fair judge, though there is no guarantee he will mete out a punishment that will make either side entirely happy. &#8220;He&#8217;s been both a prosecutor and a defense attorney,&#8221; said Craig Cascarano, 72, a Minneapolis lawyer in private practice who met Cahill at the Hennepin County Public Defender&#8217;s Office when Cahill was a law clerk. &#8220;So he understands what it&#8217;s like to do both jobs. And he tries very hard to do the right thing.&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/derek-chauvin-sentencing-thrusts-minnesota-judge-peter-cahill-back-spotlight-n1270951\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through for full story<\/a> (and a short video, kind of a montage.)<\/p>\n<p>Food for Thought<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We need to quit conceding that CRT is being taught in public schools.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives do this thing where they redefine words and then people use those definitions as if they are accurate.<\/p>\n<p>We gotta stop doing that.<\/p>\n<p>If your kid is learning CRT, your kid is in law\/grad school.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngryBlackLady\/status\/1405477266532954121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A bonus &#8220;dad joke&#8221; from Eric Swalwell, belated from Fathers Day: &#8220;Why do seagulls fly over the ocean? Because if they flew over the bay, we\u2019d call them bagels!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I really overslept &#8211; woke up only a few minutes before my grocery delivery arrived. But I did get it in without incident and put away. A few items missing, but at least no substitutions. 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