{"id":56774,"date":"2025-05-13T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=56774"},"modified":"2025-05-12T18:59:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T01:59:41","slug":"open-thread-may-13-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/05\/13\/open-thread-may-13-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread May 13 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I found another Substack besides Wonkette which allows comments from no-paying subscribers – The F***ing News. And, even more so than on Wonkette, Hoo boy, do you ever hear back. In your email. Most of is is “like”s, but there are also replies, and the email contains the full reply, so you don’t need to leave your inbox unless you want to reply to (or like) the reply you got. I take that as evidence above and beyond the statistics and ratings that Substack is really reaching people.<\/p>\n

I don’t often post John Pavlovitz<\/a>. But I am today. He is not saying anything, for instance, Robert Reich is also saying. But he is saying is in a voice metaphorically like a volcano. Maybe you know someone who needs to read (or hear – there is a “voiceover” 4:21 minutes long.)<\/p>\n

I have posted items I found in Wonkette Tabs<\/a> before, but this is the first time I am posting a link to the Tabs themselves. Tabs are a collection of newsworthy articles which for some reason no Wonkette individual writer is writing a whole post about. But that doesn’t mean the stories are necessarily trivial. In fact, I’m posting to the link today because I was overwhelmed by the amount of consequential news. I’m not expecting everyone to go to every story it could take you all day – but as a summary, I found it effective on its own.<\/p>\n