{"id":52052,"date":"2023-06-09T05:59:23","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T12:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=52052"},"modified":"2023-06-08T17:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T00:19:03","slug":"open-thread-june-9-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/09\/open-thread-june-9-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread June 9, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Pat Robertson died. He was 93. “I was always taught never to say anything about the dead unless it\u2019s good. He\u2019s dead. Good.” – Moms Mabley. You can read about it in lots of places (AP is one) but this Wonkette remembrance<\/a> may be the most – satisfying. Also yesterday, it was dry enough to put the sticker om my car (and of course put a copy of the registration into the glove box). So I did. We’re expecting more rain, so I carped the diem.\u00a0 And one more thing:\u00a0 Trump** stated publicly that he has been indicted (in the documents case).<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

Crooks & Liars – FL GOPers Panicking As Immigrants Flee Ahead Of New Law<\/a>
\nQuote – Florida Republicans concerned about the state\u2019s new anti-immigration law and its potential impacts on Florida\u2019s economy… admit the bill is \u201c100% meant to scare\u201d immigrants and beg the crowd to \u201curgently\u201d convince \u201cyour people\u201d to not leave Florida since folks in the agriculture industry are mad workers are leaving.
\nClick through for story.<\/a> Now that the debt ceiling is off the table for a while, the news stream is so fast and furious that I think I’ll have to do three a day for a while to catch up. Just for a while. I won’t be able to keep it up.<\/p>\n

HuffPost – DHS Launches Major Effort To Stem Human Trafficking In Indigenous Communities<\/a>
\nQuote – One of the \u201cbrutal realities\u201d is that Native women command more money from sex traffickers, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who has been a leader in combating violence against Indigenous women, previously told HuffPost. \u201cNative women, because of their looks, can be viewed as more exotic, more Asian, and apparently there is a higher market for women that are of Asian descent,\u201d Murkowski said. \u201cWhen I heard that, it just … It just sickens me.\u201d
\nClick through for details<\/a>. It’s no surprise that people who would profit from, or pay into, human trafficking objectify women. But this certainly brings that fact home.<\/p>\n

Civil Discourse . Today in Trump<\/a>
\nQuote – Venue, as a legal proposition, is the place or location where conduct that prosecutors want to charge took place\u2014the judicial district where the crime was committed. Sometimes that\u2019s obvious, like in a bank robbery. Other times, it can be more difficult to determine, and there may be more than one possible venue. Imagine a drug-dealing network that operates across a region of the country. There can be more than one proper venue for a case. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 18 provides that \u201cUnless a statute or these rules permit otherwise, the government must prosecute an offense in a district where the offense was committed.[“]
\nClick through for more<\/a> explanation and the news which prompted it. As usual, click “no” or “continue” on the popup(s). Venue decisions may be the most important ones that DOJ must make in these cases. I don’t want anyone here to be crying “foul!” if Jack Smith ends up trying the documents cse in Florida. If that happens, it will be because it was legally necessary.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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