{"id":59181,"date":"2026-04-24T06:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=59181"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:47:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:47:57","slug":"open-thread-april-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2026\/04\/24\/open-thread-april-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread April 24 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I ran across this video<\/a>. It’s probably not one you want to watch all the way through at once, but one to maybe save (or save the URL) and watch one idiot at a time. When you are feeling dumb, I guarantee it will make you feel smarter. Incidentally, Norton (one of the later numbers) died in 1888 and I wasn’t born till 1945, but he was still a legend when I was growing up. I don’t think anyone in San Francisco believed a word he said – I think he was just a nice guy and they decided to humor him.<\/p>\n

The Saffron Sauron is not the first US President to disagree with NATO<\/a> – but he is the worst (so far). We and NATO have survived the others – so far.<\/p>\n

This from Bloomberg<\/a> is the first of two articles I have chosen on John Roberts and what he has done to us. It focuses on the Shadow Docket. If you can’t get in, here is the archived version.<\/a><\/p>\n

This from Lever News<\/a>, also about Roberts, addresses how someone who was fearful of “activist judges” became one of the worst. Again, here is the archived link<\/a>.<\/p>\n