{"id":52031,"date":"2023-06-06T05:58:15","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T12:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=52031"},"modified":"2023-06-05T20:10:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T03:10:27","slug":"open-thread-june-6-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/06\/open-thread-june-6-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread June 6, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I learned that the Smithsonian has three meerkay pups<\/a> (aand also that the collective noun for meerkats is “mob.” Boy, does that ever fit!) They don’t have a live cam, but they do have a short (32 seconds) video. The parents are named Frankie and Sadie. The pups won’t be named for a while, because they have not been sexed (hey, this is America) and won’t be for a while because the keepers are staying out of the meerkats’ business. They do offer several photos for download in case anyone is looking for a new wallpaper.<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

The Conversation – US Army Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas\u2019 journey from enslaver to Union officer to civil rights defender<\/a>
\nQuote – Hundreds of thousands of African American Southerners supported the Union by escaping slavery and serving in the Union army. But there were thousands of white Southerners who also supported the Union. George H. Thomas, known to history as \u201cthe Rock of Chickamauga,\u201d is the most prominent of them…. When the Civil War broke out, nearly all the Southern career officers left the U.S. Army to serve in the Confederacy. But, as his adjutant and first biographer wrote in \u201cThe Life of Major-General George H. Thomas,\u201d Thomas viewed his oath as an army officer to defend the Constitution as more binding than his feelings of loyalty to his native state.
\nClick through for full story<\/a>.\u00a0 Transformations like this one are not common, but they do happen – perhaps it’s partly because they are rare that we are drawn to their stories.<\/p>\n

New Mexico Political Report – Former GOP candidate faces federal charges for shootings of homes of prominent Dems<\/a>
\nQuote – In 2022, [Solomon] Pe\u00f1a ran for the state House District 14 seat against incumbent Democrat Miguel Garcia. Garcia won the race with 74 percent of the vote to Pe\u00f1a\u2019s 26 percent. \u201cRefusing to accept his electoral defeat, Pe\u00f1a organized a shooting spree that targeted the homes of four elected officials and their families,\u201d court records state. The shootings took place between Dec. 4 , and Jan. 3.
\nClick through for details<\/a>. From a true-blue hearted General from a red state to a blood-red hearted ex-candidate in a blue state. Democrats, progressives, believe that everyone is a hman being and should be treated as such. But in today’s political climate, sometimes even we forget that – especially when it comes to red and blue states.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought<\/p>\n

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