{"id":57891,"date":"2025-10-29T06:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=57891"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T03:02:48","slug":"open-thread-october-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2025\/10\/29\/open-thread-october-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 29 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, Steve Schmidt’s Save America PAC announced three new one-minute ads to be run on Fox News. Of course they are requesting donations, but there no obligation to donate just to watch them. One is about<\/a> “Trump’s Tariffs”, the second<\/a> about Canada, and the third<\/a> about immigration. All three are narrated by Ronald Reagan (probably how they got Fox to accept them, IMO). I needed to unmute the sound or enable CC or both. Also, Colorado Public Radio<\/a> wrote “The Department of Energy said it was saving taxpayers $7.56 billion. The actual amount is much less,” Of course that’s correct, especially under this regime. But let’s suppose the government’s statement was accurate. That would come out to $22.oo per person. Not exactly life changing. I’d call that disingenuous.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to be – I don’t want anyone to be – blinded by rose-colored glasses. But Robert Reich<\/a> is looking at the same numbers and historical events that I am, and he says it a lot better then I could.<\/p>\n

Wonkette<\/a>‘s subhead: “There are contingency plans and the GOP is opting not to use them.” Y’all have probably heard the truth about SNAP so often that you know most of this. What I didn’t know was that Congress-approved contingency plans are not only existent, but are required by law to be used. Not, of course, that the law means anything to this regime other than a nuisance.<\/p>\n

From The Root<\/a>. In other news, water is wet. I wish I didn’t have to feel that way, but sadly, I still do. I also kind of wish I could live long enough to see it change – except that I really don’t want to live to be 500 or maybe more..<\/p>\n