{"id":55009,"date":"2024-08-17T06:04:20","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T13:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=55009"},"modified":"2024-08-16T15:17:24","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T22:17:24","slug":"open-thread-august-17-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2024\/08\/17\/open-thread-august-17-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread August 17 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I learned that the same artist who created the Obana “Hope” poster has now made one for Kamala called “FORWARD.”<\/a> It’s 18×24 but you can download it as a pdf on a single page. And if you don’t have an 18×24 space, you can get “labels” (actually just sticky paper) at an office supply store. (I just used my last one for something else, but have ordered more.) And, yes, this is the same poster I wrote about in yesterday’s email – I didn’t want anyone to miss it. It is Creative Commons, which means you may print it and put it up without worrying about copyright. You are, as it were, pre-licensed.\u00a0 Also, I received a grocery delivery.<\/p>\n

Margaret Atwood<\/a> has a new French Revolution post out. She explains why it took her this long … but frankly I think this is exactly the right time for it. Not, I suppose, that the people who most need to be warned will see it – or not in large numbers – but at least we will.<\/p>\n

I don’t suppose anyone who comes here is any more interested in crowd sizes in general than I am. I’m all too aware that crowd sizes are not even as good an indicator of electoral victory than the polls. But there is something they do measure, and that’s what this article is about. It appears that HuffPost<\/a> is willing to print what is right before their eyes when the New York Times will not.<\/p>\n

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