{"id":58862,"date":"2026-02-28T05:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=58862"},"modified":"2026-02-27T21:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:14:09","slug":"open-thread-february-28-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2026\/02\/28\/open-thread-february-28-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread February 28 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I set my alarm because I needed to take in a grocery order. At least I got everything in and put away. But that did throw me a little off schedule – to the extent that I even have a schedule. But – today being the last day of Black History month, I think I simply must share something I learned today – from Wikipedia: “Errollyn Wallen CBE (born 10 April 1958)[1] is a Belize-born British composer and musician, who moved as a child with her family to London, England. Wallen was appointed Master of the King’s Music in 2024 by King Charles III, in his first appointment to the post. She is the first black woman to serve in the position, having in 1998 been the first black woman to have a work featured in the Proms.” Oh, and Andy Borowitz<\/a> has Hillary’s complete opening statement – no joke – though he does joke some in the lead-in.<\/p>\n

This from the Brennan Center<\/a> is an abridged version of their report. The one thing I wanted to see which was not in the summary was which states do what. I found that information by clicking on the “Download Insight” button (Colorado was not the first to correct this, but was one of the first . No one took any action until just before the 2020 census.) The summary is probably comprehensive enough for most people.<\/p>\n

A report from Pro Publica<\/a> on the conditions at the Dilley concentration camp in Texas. The art of children is likely not as monetarily valued as the art seized from German Jews by the Nazis – but it is in its way no less important. How can one put a price on the tears of a child?<\/p>\n

I won’t apologize for JoJo’s language in her title<\/a>. She’s not addressing the epithet to us.<\/p>\n