{"id":49658,"date":"2022-10-29T07:16:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-29T14:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=49658"},"modified":"2022-10-29T18:01:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T01:01:37","slug":"open-thread-october-29-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/10\/29\/open-thread-october-29-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 29, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Paul Pelosi, Nancy’s husband, was assaulted and injured in their San Francisco home. And Joyce Vance was right on it,<\/a> with an article about the crime of assaulting a Federal official’s family member – before they even had time to question the attacker and report details. By now, of course you’ve likely seen some details. Some of hese Substck subscriptions, even non-paid ones, can certainly make a reader of them look knowledgeable (even when the author is clearly pissed.)<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

Letters From An American – October 26, 2022<\/a>
\nQuote – Today the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) warned banks that surprise overdraft fees and depositor fees for customers who deposit a check that bounces are \u201clikely unfair and unlawful under existing law.\u201d The CFPB is also looking into credit card fees. The Federal Trade Commission has started a rule-making process that addresses surprise fees for event ticketing, hotels, funeral homes, and so on; earlier this year, it brought actions against junk fees in the auto industry that are awaiting finalization.
\nClick through for column.<\/a> Its primary focus is the economy, but there are a couple of other topics (the last is amusing.)<\/p>\n

ProPublica – That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial<\/a>
\nQuote – Dick and Liz Uihlein of Illinois are the largest contributors to Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano, who attended the Jan. 6 rally and was linked to a prominent antisemite, and have given to Jim Marchant, the Nevada Secretary of State nominee who says he opposed the certification of Joe Biden\u2019s election victory in 2020. They are major funders to groups spreading election falsehoods, including Restoration of America, which, according to an internal document obtained by ProPublica, aims to \u201cget on God\u2019s side of the issues and stay there\u201d and \u201cpunish leftists.\u201d
\nClick through for article.<\/a> I had never heard of ULine until a couple of years ago, when they were one of a very few companies which had an unusual item (disposable pipettes.) Not too long after that I heard about the family being RWNJ, and flagged the name in my records.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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