{"id":52264,"date":"2023-06-30T06:06:40","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T13:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=52264"},"modified":"2023-06-29T14:39:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T21:39:30","slug":"open-thread-june-30-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/06\/30\/open-thread-june-30-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread June 30, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, yesterday, they did it. The Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions (but you can bet any important body part you can think of that this applies to any selection process. If not now, it will.) In the interest of avoiding profanity, I’ll stop there. In other news … New York City’s “Free Shakespeare in the Park” is doing “Hamlet” this year.<\/a> FSitP has never shied away from using the dynamincs of race, and this year is no exception. Hamlet and his relatives are all black – Polonis and his family, white or mixed. They decided not to show the ghost of Hamlet’s father, but instead to represent him by his voice through loudspeakers (which also obscure the direction from which his voice is coming – making it seem to come from anywhere and everywhere. Visual projections add to the effect.) The voice actor is not seen, nor credited. But Daily Beast reveals that the actor is in fact Samuel L. Jackson. Wow. PBS Great Performances featured their “Much Ado” a few years ago. I surely hope they pick this one up.<\/p>\n

Cartoon – 30 KBJ RTL<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

HuffPost – In Speech On Bidenomics, Biden Tries To Turn The Page On Reagan (And Every President Since)<\/a>
\nQuote – Biden embraced the insult the Wall Street Journal Opinion page gave to his economic plans \u2014 Bidenomics. \u201cI did not come up with the name,\u201d Biden noted. But he would now embrace it to tout what the White House sees as significant economic achievements and a new vision of economic policy for the country. He denounce[d] the old supply-side economics that have dominated American policy-making since Ronald Reagan put them in place in 1981. But then Biden explained how his policies actually mark a break with this economic model \u2014 and while he didn\u2019t say it, how they break with the policies of both Obama and Bill Clinton.
\nClick through for story.<\/a> The speech is attracting a lot of attention, as it should. Enough attention? Not yet really possible to tell.<\/p>\n

Daily Beast – Inside the Dem Playbook to Stymie GOP Impeachment Efforts<\/a>
\nQuote – Lefty groups like the Congressional Integrity Project and Facts First USA were first formed in 2020 and are doing much of the heavy lifting for the White House, as Biden and his staff attempt to stay out of the political fray\u2014at least publicly. \u201cThe impeachment efforts are not legitimate,\u201d said David Brock, a longtime Democratic operative who launched Facts First USA. \u201cThey\u2019re basically 100 percent driven by the idea that the Republicans believe that the impeachment of Trump hurt him politically. So the fact that they have the power to do it, they\u2019re gonna do it, whether they have the facts on their side or not.\u201d Brock, who was famously a right-wing reporter in the 1990s before converting to the Democratic side, said he\u2019d seen this as a long time coming\u2014a sort of slow onramp of Republican ire against the Biden administration that he only expects to grow ahead of next year\u2019s elections.
\nClick through for details.<\/a> I find this reassuring – and unexpected, though i should have expected it. Joe thinks of everything.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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