{"id":44187,"date":"2021-06-22T07:00:03","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T14:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=44187"},"modified":"2021-06-21T15:55:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-21T22:55:05","slug":"open-thread-for-june-22-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/06\/22\/open-thread-for-june-22-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread for June 22, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday a friend’s young adult son came by to mow the weeds in my front yard. I guess I should say “use a weedwhacker) rather than “mow” because they are<\/del> were just that tall. At any rate, that should keep the county off my back for a while. I also received news of the death of someone who was a close friend in high school. There were four of us … now there are only three. I need to realize that this will continue to happen from time to time. I am hanging in.<\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/p>\n

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Short Takes<\/p>\n

The Hill – Supreme Court rules against NCAA in dispute over student-athlete compensation<\/a>
\nQuote – Justice Brett Kavanaugh agreed with the judgment but wrote a separate concurring opinion that contained a blistering critique of the NCAA\u2019s business model, which generates considerable revenue, particularly from Division I football and basketball. \u201cNowhere else in America can businesses get away with agreeing not to pay their workers a fair market rate on the theory that their product is defined by not paying their workers a fair market rate,\u201d Kavanaugh wrote. “And under ordinary principles of antitrust law, it is not evident why college sports should be any different. The NCAA is not above the law.\u201d
\nClick through for story<\/a>. I had to pick my jaw up off the floor. On the principle of “never trust a Republican,” there;s probably some ulterior motive, possibly a setup to do future harm to colleges and universities(?). But it’s still amazing.<\/p>\n

So, Al Franken is going on tour<\/a>. It’s called “The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour Tour”.
\nQuote from email: Tickets for The Only Former U.S. Senator Currently on Tour Tour go on presale Wednesday at 10am in every time zone with the code word SENATOR. Just click HERE to find out when I\u2019ll be in a city near you. I hope to see you there. My promise is that you\u2019ll laugh, you\u2019ll think, and you’ll leave hopeful about our future. Unless I\u2019m in a bad mood that night.
\nClick through<\/a> for full dates and venues, and don’t forget to use the code word if interested.<\/p>\n

The NM Political Report – The Great disconnect<\/a>
\nQuote – On May 18, a judge overseeing the historic Yazzie-Martinez case ordered the New Mexico Public Education Department to take stock of the massive digital divide in the state and finally identify the roughly 76,000 students who lacked Internet connections they desperately needed for school. One of PED\u2019s responses was to create a Google survey for students and staff to fill out online, an action that left advocates and school leaders mystified.
\nClick through for the details.<\/a> I really thought people in New Mexico were smarter than that … after they fired Susanna Martinez and elected Deb Haaland …<\/p>\n

Food for Thought
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