{"id":52527,"date":"2023-07-28T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=52527"},"modified":"2023-07-27T13:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:41:04","slug":"open-thread-july-28-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/07\/28\/open-thread-july-28-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread July 28, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, a hot topic was “many people are saying” that Mark Meadows has already flipped on Trump**. This mostly on the basis of his demeanor. But it shouldn’t be all that hard to prove or disprove – just find out who hired his lawyers. Also, I received a breaking news alert from Axios with the subject line “White House rules out pardon for Hunter Biden.” Well, duh. Because that’s what people who believe in accountability do. But what do you want to bet Rethuglicans scream just as loudly over this as if he had done the opposite. And one more thing – everyone discussing Mitch McConnell’s awkward moment is talking about strokes or TIAs. But Robert Reich’s theory is a petit mal<\/em> seizure. It happened to him once, years ago now, and that’s how he was diagnosed. It seems unusual for a person with no history of epilepsy to have one little seizure and then no more, but apparently it happens more often than anyone but a specialist would imagine.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/joycevance.substack.com\/p\/on-being-wrong
\nCivil Discourse with Joyce Vance – On Being Wrong
\nQuote – The hearing turned out to be anything but a formality. It was more of a debacle, although I suspect that ultimately, the issues that emerged today will get resolved and a guilty plea will go forward. During the hearing, the plea deal between the United States and Hunter Biden was on again and off again, like a ping pong ball being batted back and forth. By the end of the hearing, it was off, at least for now. Hunter Biden\u2019s plea remained one of \u201cnot guilty.\u201d The Judge gave the parties 30 days to try and work it out. When a plea deal breaks down in court, it is almost always because a defendant doesn\u2019t want to have to acknowledge, in front of friends and family, the crime or crimes they committed…. But that\u2019s not what Hunter Biden\u2019s situation is about. There seem to be two rather confusing issues that led to the derailment of the agreement.
\nClick through for full article. This happened on Wednesday, and today is Friday, and I expect eveyone’s heard it happened, but maybe not all the details. This really is very unusual. (Don’t forget to click “Continue Reading”)<\/p>\n

Will Alabama be allowed to defy the Supreme Court?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n