{"id":48262,"date":"2022-06-20T06:54:48","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T13:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=48262"},"modified":"2022-06-19T22:06:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T05:06:32","slug":"open-thread-june-20-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/06\/20\/open-thread-june-20-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread June 20, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, a bit of rain cooled us off a little (and today a cloudy dayis supposed to do even more. We shall see.) There was not a lot of email, so I took the Smithsonian’s Father’s Day “Pop Quiz” (is that a “dad joke” or what?) getting only two out of six. As a former costumer, I probably should have gotten the one on neckties, but I outsmarted myself with my general rule “It always happened earlier than you think it did.” This time it didn’t. This link may work<\/a> if anyone want’s to try their luck.\u00a0 And I looked through July cartoons and determined I can use enugh from 2014 tha I only need to make 8. Generally, it was a calm day after a frenetic week (and I’m not the only one saying that. Two hearings was overwhelming for many of us who follow politics. But I really can’t wish for fewer in the weeks ahead. Let’s get this done.)<\/p>\n

Also, Freya finished and posted the “Sound Off” she’s been eorking on yesterday, here at this link<\/a>.\u00a0 Don’t miss it.\u00a0 (You can also look down at the bottom of the page, under the comments to the left, and click on the title there, if that’s easier.)<\/p>\n

Cartoon –<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

HuffPost – Sonia Sotomayor Reassures Liberals As Conservative Decisions Loom<\/a>
\nQuote – \u201cWhen we, as institutions, have made mistakes,\u201d Sotomayor said. \u201cOther parts of the branches [of government]\u201d and \u201cthe people have worked to make change. \u201cDred Scott lost his 11-year battle for freedom,\u201d she said. And yet, with the decision in Brown, \u201cHe won the war. That\u2019s why I think we have to have continuing faith in our court system, in our system of government,\u201d she added, noting that that the system allows for constitutional amendments and legislation to address outcomes like Dred Scott.
\nClick through for more from her speech<\/a>, and also for a little of what wasn’t in her speech. I absolutely agree we cannot give up.<\/p>\n

Robert Reich – The Fed’s big mistake<\/a>
\nQuote – I understand the Fed\u2019s urgency, but it has entered dangerous territory. If the Fed continues down this path \u2013 as it has signaled it will \u2013 the economy will be plunged into a recession. Every time over the last half century the Fed has raised interest rates this much and this quickly, it has caused a recession. Besides, interest rate increases will not remedy the major causes of the current inflation \u2013 huge pent-up worldwide demand from two years of pandemic, shortages of goods and services responding to that demand, Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine, and big profitable corporations with enough pricing power to use inflation as a cover for pushing up prices even further.
\nClick through for full argument<\/a>.\u00a0 \u00a0 It’s deja vu all over again for those our age.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought<\/p>\n

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