{"id":52708,"date":"2023-08-16T06:04:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T13:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=52708"},"modified":"2023-08-15T14:45:12","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T21:45:12","slug":"open-thread-august-16-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/08\/16\/open-thread-august-16-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread August 16, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Talking Points Memo’s Morning Memo<\/a>, naturally, was all about Monday’s late night Georgia indictment. It was handed down at 9:00 p.m. Eastern, and released to the reporters “a few minutes before 11:00.” The Axios alert reached me at 9:17 p.m. Mountain, which was about 20 minutes after its public release. Not bad – but bare bones. But the Talking Points Memo morning memo is filled with information, pictures, quotes, tweets, plans, and names. It’s also very compact – it reads fast. Well worth clicking “Continue reading” for.<\/p>\n

Cartoon –<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

The Daily Beast – Trump\u2019s Bid to Sink the Manhattan DA\u2019s Case Has Already Made It Stronger<\/a>
\nQuote – For months, critics of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg Jr.\u2019s case have called it weak because the case criminally charges Trump with faking business records\u2014a lowly misdemeanor only bumped up to a felony on a technicality. Except that Trump\u2019s ploy to move the case to federal court gave a judge there the opportunity to take the first swing. And he used that opportunity to make it clear that the case against Trump is far more serious than it otherwise seems\u2014and that the burden for proving that Trump\u2019s alleged falsification of business records are felonies is low.
\nClick through for story<\/a>. It appears Karma is on the case.<\/p>\n

NBC News – Parents can’t challenge Maryland school’s gender identity policy, court rules<\/a>
\nQuote – The policy, which the Montgomery County Board of Education adopted for the 2020-2021 school year, permitted schools to develop gender support plans for students to ensure they \u201cfeel comfortable expressing their gender identity.\u201d The policy directs school personnel to help transgender and gender-nonconforming students create a plan that addresses their preferred pronouns, names and bathrooms, and bars staff from informing parents of those plans without a student\u2019s consent. Lawsuits are pending challenging similar policies in other states. The Maryland case was the first to be argued before a federal appeals court.
\nClick through for details…<\/a> This is a good thing because the school’s policy is the right one and the parents in the case are Christofascist. I can see how the headline could be read the other way, though. And I could wish it had been decided on privacy rights rather than on standing to sue.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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