{"id":53942,"date":"2024-02-09T06:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=53942"},"modified":"2024-02-08T18:01:49","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T02:01:49","slug":"open-thread-february-9-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2024\/02\/09\/open-thread-february-9-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread February 9, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, my state&#8217;s attorneys were at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpr.org\/2024\/02\/08\/trump-14th-amendment-disqualification-insurrection-clause-supreme-court-arguments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Supreme Court<\/a> presenting oral arguments in Trump(**) v. Colorado, along with some amici curiae, including CREW. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/law\/2024\/feb\/08\/takeaways-supreme-court-trump-ballot-insurrection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It wasn&#8217;t going well in the morning<\/a>, and, according to Harry Litman, it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/132211919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won&#8217;t go well in the deliberations or the verdict<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robertreich.substack.com\/p\/improbable-signs-of-union-ferment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert Reich has some good news<\/a> which surprised even him.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a bit late bringing this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/feb\/01\/jackie-robinson-statue-kansas-replaced\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">piece of Black history news<\/a> &#8211; but I think it was worth waiting for.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8ptsdEO2UtI?si=g6EYGxhVaLGaxW-t\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ku5KFLgRzGI?si=hFDzlc1oXLrmmzjl\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53941\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nailed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nailed.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nailed-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nailed-150x106.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/nailed-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, my state&#8217;s attorneys were at the Supreme Court presenting oral arguments in Trump(**) v. Colorado, along with some amici curiae, including CREW. It wasn&#8217;t going well in the morning, and, according to Harry Litman, it won&#8217;t go well in the deliberations or the verdict. 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