{"id":57707,"date":"2025-10-01T06:00:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=57707"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:08:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:08:54","slug":"open-thread-october-1-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/01\/open-thread-october-1-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 1 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I did sleep late, although not as late as I dreamed I did (I dreamed I slept until today.) I saw several emails in my inbox leading to reviews of the Hogsbreath debacle, but Wonkette<\/a> gave it the respect it deserved. Today is apparently the first day of a government shutdown. Expect pain – but what form it will take, I don’t know.<\/p>\n

This does not by any means redeem the New York Times<\/a>. (For one thing, I find it difficult to believe that the people who need to read or hear this the most actually read well enough to be bothered to read the Magazine section.)<\/p>\n

Anyone who reads The Guardian is already aware of this. If you don’t read The Guardian, Wonkette<\/a> will bring you up to speed. Not that it should be any surprise to anyone, of course. There’s a saying that people under 40 have the face they were born with, while people over 40 have the face they deserve. Miller just turned 40 this year, but I think he’s had the face he deserves for a very long time.<\/p>\n

I’m not familiar with Futurism<\/a>, so I looked it up at Media Bias\/Fact Check, which says it is pro-science and mostly factual in reporting (not that I don’t also take that with a grain of salt.) I’m aware most people, including journalists, think this is Stephen Miller’s job, and I’m sure that it is, to an extent. But that doesn’t mean there can’t be others. And they may be working together, or in competition, or just separately.<\/p>\n