{"id":49390,"date":"2022-10-03T06:58:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T13:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=49390"},"modified":"2022-10-02T19:48:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T02:48:44","slug":"open-thread-october-3-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/10\/03\/open-thread-october-3-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 3, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, it was kind of quiet. I finished getting my meds together for the next two weeks (I had had to use one of my spares the previous night – but I replaced it in the filling process, and anyway, that’s why I keep spares.) I got an email from Virgil’s facility asking for a new application to visit, and the tone was almost apologetic. I did vaguely know that the public facilities kept their own, but all those years he was in private facilities, they were kept at the DOC headquarters, and therefore transferred, and I got spoiled. I emailed it to her by return, along with my request to visit the 9th.. She won’t see it until today, but that’s fine.<\/p>\n

Also, I heard from Mitch.\u00a0 He used my name in the greeting, so I don’t know whether he sent it to others, and therefore will quote it in full:<\/p>\n

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We were in Pa. since the 23rd of Sept., \u00a0did not decide to extend our time in Pa., but the airline and Tampa airport did, wisely closing on Thursday.\u00a0 We\u00a0could not get a flight back from Trenton, at all so flew out of Philly, this morning, after 2 nice days staying with friends, and have been home since something like 3:00 PM, here.\u00a0 All is well, here, but we do not know what is going on with a cousin<\/div>\n
of Susan’s, who lives in Venice Beach.<\/div>\n
Our area\u00a0didn’t get much impact, though, interestingly, the water in Hillsboro Bay got sucked<\/div>\n
out for a while, the other day.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Cartoon – 03 Rob Roy<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Not Just Ginni Thomas But Roberts\u2019 And Coney Barrett\u2019s Spouses, Too<\/a>
\nQuote – Jane Roberts\u2019 clients include lawyers or law firms sometimes with active Supreme Court practices, at least some of which were more likely to work with her because of her status as the chief justice\u2019s spouse…. Justice Amy Coney Barrett redacted the clients and even the name of her husband\u2019s law firm in her disclosure, even though he is featured prominently on the firm\u2019s website.
\nClick through for story.<\/a> Figuring that C&L would have at least glanced at other spouse, I didn’t, but I did look up Neil Gorsuch’s mother, being old enough to remember when she was decimating the EPA under Reagan. She’s dead now, but I noted that she was Catholic, so I looked up his religion. He is Protestant now, but was raised Catholic. His doctoral supervisor when he was at Oxford was a priest.<\/p>\n

Oregon Capital Chronicle – Under federal $1 billion agreement, Oregon will expand Medicaid coverage<\/a>
\nQuote – Under a new agreement, the federal government will give Oregon $1.1 billion to guarantee continued free health care coverage to tens of thousands of young children in households with low incomes and offer wider coverage to low-income young adults, especially those with special needs. The agreement, announced Wednesday in a conference call with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services officials and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown, also includes expanding Medicaid coverage to include housing and food support.
\nClick through for more details<\/a>. This actually brought me to tears – because TomCat would have been so proud<\/strong><\/span>! Oregon leads the way!<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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