{"id":51265,"date":"2023-03-25T06:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T13:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=51265"},"modified":"2023-03-24T15:38:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T22:38:29","slug":"open-thread-march-25-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/03\/25\/open-thread-march-25-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread March 25, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, well, actually a few days ago, so you may have seen it, Disney fired a shot at DeSantis by announcing that Disney World will be hosting a “major summit on gay rights”<\/a> in September. And Steve Schmidt<\/a> made a rare exception and released his entire column to unpaid subscribers, I presume because the ignorance of the Constitutional law displayed by Republicans, including members of Congress, impelled him. I’d bookmark this one, or print it out, for when I encounter talking points which make out the Constitution to be whatever Republicans want it to be.<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

Robert Reich – What connects Trump\u2019s likely arrest with the bank bailouts?<\/a>
\nQuote – Thiel and other wealthy self-described \u201clibertarians\u201d want Trump to be re-elected president in 2024…. Charges of hypocrisy have been leveled at Thiel and other wealthy depositors who claim to be libertarians but were rescued by the government. There was nothing hypocritical about it. Thiel and others like him aren\u2019t really opposed to government, per se. They\u2019re opposed to democracy. They prefer an oligarchy \u2014 a government controlled by super-wealthy people like themselves.
\nClick through for story<\/a>. I might suggest that it is indeed htpocritical to call yourself a libertarian when you are in fact an oligarchist. But there’s certainly a precendent in Ayn Rand.<\/p>\n

Civil Discourse – A nightmare for women in Idaho could be coming to all of us soon<\/a>
\nQuote – Bonner General Health wrote that it was forced to take the step because of physician shortages and a downturn in births. Then it explained the context in which it was being forced to shut down its labor and delivery unit: \u201cIdaho\u2019s legal and political climate – Highly respected, talented physicians are leaving. Recruiting replacements will be extraordinarily difficult. In addition, the Idaho Legislature continues to introduce and pass bills that criminalize physicians for medical care nationally recognized as the standard of care. Consequences for Idaho Physicians providing the standard of care may include civil litigation and criminal prosecution, leading to jail time or fines.\u201d
\nClick through for details.<\/a> Translation: When government tells doctors how to practice medicine, that is a threat to ALL doctors practicing ANY kind of medicine, and they will go elsewhere. If this spreads, the ENTIRE United states could lose ALL its doctors and medical facilities.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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