{"id":50074,"date":"2022-12-07T07:17:44","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T15:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=50074"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T22:36:36","slug":"open-thread-december-7-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/12\/07\/open-thread-december-7-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread December 7, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nYesterday, of course, was the runoff election in Georgia. I followed the New Yorker’s live election results for a while … but every time I looked, Warnock’s lead, though still commanding, was a little smaller. In fact, at 88% counted, it was donw to less than a point. But DeKalb County, apparently the last to come in, went blue enough to confirm Warnock’s win. I wish the margin had been wider … but I’ll take it.
\nIn other news, a report from Colorado Public Radio says the Q-Club shootr was arraigned and charhed with 305 counts<\/strong>, which included muder and hate crimes. That’s a lot of counts. And, in New York, the Trump** Organization was found guilty on all charges<\/strong>. Oral arguments in Moore v. Harper begin today.\u00a0 And – do we have any Neil DIamnd fans here?<\/a><\/p>\n

Cartoon (You were expecting maybe Pearl Harbor?)<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

The Daily Beast – Why SCOTUS Could Be About to Unleash Frankenstein\u2019s Monster<\/a>
\nQuote – Proponents of the \u201cISLT\u201d\u2013Independent State Legislature Theory\u2013believe that the U.S. Constitution bestows unreviewable power upon state legislatures to determine how congressional elections\u2013and by extension Presidential elections\u2013are conducted. The case is so controversial that more than 70 amicus briefs\u2013\u201cfriends of the court\u201d\u2013have been submitted, including everyone from former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to the ACLU, with 48 of them being opposed to the legitimacy of the ISLT.
\nClick through for pretty much all we know right now<\/a>. This is no ordinary case. And this is no ordinary court. And the decision is going to be a long time coming – although probably not quite as long as it’s going to seem.<\/p>\n

Colorado Public Radio – Colorado Springs LGBTQ chorus Out Loud unifies community with song<\/a>
\nQuote – That mixture of pride and rage, laughter and tears, is what Out Loud aims for in their upcoming holiday concerts…. The small audience sensed that magic at rehearsal as the chorus progressed through \u201cI Heard the Bells on Christmas Day,\u201d a carol based on a Civil War-era poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow about his wounded son. Their despair lifted as the music pulled toward resolution: \u201cThen pealed the bells more loud and deep: God is not dead, nor doth he sleep. The wrong shall fail … the right prevail with peace on earth.\u201d
\nClick through for full article,<\/a> which covers far more than jist one concert. This is a wonderful group. I used to go to their concerts and unjoy them immensely – though of course I haven’t been out to any concerts since the pandemic started, and won’t be going now. I was introduced to the group by a co-worker who was a member<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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