{"id":60234,"date":"2026-10-08T06:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=60234"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T04:52:46","slug":"open-thread-october-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2026\/10\/08\/open-thread-october-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread October 8 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I set my alarm early enough to get up early enough to call to mahe a medical appointment at a facility that closes on he early side – and I still almost missed it. The soonest available was for December 11th – and I took it.<\/p>\n

The point in this ruling<\/a> by a Federal Judge in Florida, of all places, is not that non-citizens can legally vote – because they (mostly) can’t. The point is that the issue is none of the Federal Government’s business – because the Constitution explicitly gives that job to the states.<\/p>\n

Some of the opinions (and practices) referenced here are simply insane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Robert Reich<\/a>: “The most basic function of government is to protect people from harm” – something that our current regime is both unwilling and unablle to understand- let alone work toward. That doesn’t mean it’s impossible – but it does mean we need regime change in order to put it baxk in place. And that means, in the first place, voting – and, in the second place, nagging the elected relentlessly to do the right thing.<\/p>\n