{"id":52575,"date":"2023-08-02T06:14:16","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T13:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=52575"},"modified":"2023-08-01T19:29:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T02:29:41","slug":"open-thread-august-2-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/08\/02\/open-thread-august-2-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread August 2, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I though perhaps with all the hoo-ha and kerfuffle about the Barbie movie, maybe some of you would appreciate a mini-review fron a user at Democratic Underground<\/a>. It did give me a chuckle. I won’t see it because it would have to be in a theater and the fumes from the ppcorn wouldgive me an allergic reaction – how big or what symptoms I can’t predict, but edema of aome kind would be involved. Also yesterday, my very best birthday present was Trump**’s third Federal indictment, this one in the election investigation. Woo-hoo! And the New Yorker also gifted me a Name Drop I could solve on the first clue.<\/p>\n

Cartoon – 02 Taiwan<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

Wonkette – Broken Elevator Denies Tammy Duckworth Entrance To Barbie Land<\/a>
\nQuote – \u201cI have a five-year-old and an eight-year-old. We have three Barbie Dream houses, including one I set up \u2014 all 900 pieces. So we were super excited for the movie.\u201d… She uses a wheelchair and had confirmed ahead of time that the theater showing Barbie was fully accessible. This is a familiar practice for anyone with mobility issues…. When Duckworth arrived at the movie theater and bought tickets, she learned the elevator to the theater itself was broken…. She was especially frustrated that there was no signage explaining the problem, as if it was a minor inconvenience rather than an insurmountable barrier for someone like Duckworth.
\nClick through for Wonkette’s (especially appropriate here) attitude<\/a> on this story. You know, my mobiity issues are age-related, and it’s conceivable (though not certain) that I could have avoided some of them by lifestyle chages or being more careful. Tammy gor hers fighting for our country. The theater staff should have carried<\/strong> her up the damn stairs (and down again after.)<\/p>\n

Robert Reich – X Marks the Hate<\/a>
\nQuote – I detest bullies…. Today, I want to do four things: (1) Summarize research showing that Musk\u2019s Twitter\/X has been spreading hate and malicious lies big time \u2014 research coming not just from the CCDH but also from the Anti-Defamation League, Media Matters, and Stanford University, among many others. (2) Tell you why this hate surge has been happening on Twitter. (3) Show how Musk\u2019s lawsuit is designed to silence those who are revealing this surge. (4) And explain why Musk is so intent on silencing them.
\nClick through for all four points<\/a> (but don’t skip the first paragraph). At risk of sounding like a broken record, I’ll say the Reich on the left is right (as usual.)<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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