{"id":56942,"date":"2025-06-04T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=56942"},"modified":"2025-06-03T17:27:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T00:27:32","slug":"open-thread-june-4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/06\/04\/open-thread-june-4-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread June 4 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, before actually seeing this, I had read it in a different email (with sourcing I wasn’t assured by.) Now that I can actually see it, I’m going ahead and sharing it. By now you’ve likely seen it, though. Even Snopes has weighed in.\"\"My initial reaction was, “An AI clone with a cancer diagnosis? Really? But it does show how terrified they must be of Biden to resort to such a bizarre, almost paranormal, fantasy. And I can’t honestly say that this was the worst horror story at the link<\/a> (but there is a cute gif of a family of foxes.)<\/p>\n

Also, the first petition<\/a> to 86 Palantir has hit my inbox.<\/p>\n

This by Robert Reich<\/a> is IMO important enough that I added it to my post draft before even reading it. Unless you are a professional security guard and can get hired by a judge, what we can do is basically light a fire under those persons and agencies which can take real action. But that is not nothing, and we have gotten results before with that playbook. He provides all the names and addresses and even some phone numbers.<\/p>\n

Axios<\/a> put out several alerts yesterday. This one I thought was meaningful. Jamie Raskin means business. It’s very sad that it requires a white man to stand up for a black woman and get any attention, but it’s good that we have some white men who will.<\/p>\n