{"id":57778,"date":"2025-10-11T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=57778"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:47:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T01:47:25","slug":"open-thread-october-11-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/11\/open-thread-october-11-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 11 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize was announced. Of course it was NOT the Apricot Antichrist. But I suspect if he wanted to he could claim he had some influence in the choice, since Maria Corina Machado is Venezuelan. I would not be surprised if his murders of Venezuelans drew a little extra attention to Machado’s work. Not that she doesn’t deserve it – I’m confident she does. Also, I learned that Mark Bray<\/a> and his family have made it safely out of America. I have been worried about that. If you don know, here’s the backstory. And I added one more link<\/a> which is not huge news but is about Portland.<\/p>\n

This from John Pavlovitz<\/a> may sound odd, but if one honestly asks the question “targeting for what?” the answer is clear – every single American is being targeted for something. Think of “Tomorrow belongs to me” in “Cabaret.” Or, a bit less obviously, think of the scene in “The Sound of Music” when Georg says, “They’ll never make a Nazi out of you.” I think you’ll see what John is talking about.<\/p>\n

As simple s this is, I doubt that any brainwashed MAGAts will understand it. And – yeah, 2 from Pavlovitz<\/a> in one say. I’d be sorrier, but he’s been really hot lately. And both are secular.<\/p>\n

From The Intercept<\/a>, everything you hoped you would never need to know about the Insurrection Act.<\/p>\n