Thursday Open Thread

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1. Someone named panda09 is spamming several of the threads.

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2. Another surprise from the Supreme Court, as it wraps up one of the least productive terms ever (by number of opinions, if not other standards).

   AP: Supreme Court preserves law that aims to keep Native American children with tribal families

   The court left in place the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which was enacted to address concerns that Native children were being separated from their families and, too frequently, placed in non-Native homes.

   Tribal leaders have backed the law as a means of preserving their families, traditions and cultures.

   The “issues are complicated” Justice Amy Coney Barrett wrote for a seven-justice majority, but the “bottom line is that we reject all of petitioners’ challenges to the statute.”

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3. With legal contortionist Judge Aileen Cannon set to preside over the felony Espionage Act charges against Trump, could this planned defense strategy work?

   

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   1. I read where the two Florida senators have been using blue slips to prevent Biden’s nominees for the Florida courts from being confirmed.  This drastically increased the chances Judge Cannon would get named.  Also, when asked to submit her “writings” as part of the vetting process, 19 of the 20 submittal were articles she wrote the summer of her Junior year, which had nothing to do with law. She’s had a total of four cases in her lifetime, none of them addressing serious criminal conduct.  
       

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4. Good read. 
    

   True “Wokeism” Is a Core American Value – Stand Up for It.

   GOP leaders explain that anti-woke means crusading against D.E.I (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness). But wait – that means they’re opposing America itself, for we are a nation united under the essential principle of e pluribus unum. As affirmed by the egalitarian principles of the Declaration of Independence, the 14th Amendment, the Statue of Liberty – and our kindergarten teachings of sharing and fairness – ours is a country rooted in constant diversification, expanding equality, and the democratic idea that every voice ought to be included. Our country needs more of all three!

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   1. Just demonstrates that Anti-Americanism is the new “Family Value” of today’s GOP.  They can’t wait for the establishment of a Theocratic Dictatorship with rule by decree.

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      1. Yep..very true.

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5. #DarkBrandon strikes again – in the heart of Dixie
    

   The South is fast becoming America’s industrial heartland

   What stands out now is the pace of change. The industrial policies crafted by Mr Biden’s administration—notably, incentives and rules to boost the production of semiconductors, renewable energy and electric-vehicles (evs)—have catalysed a surge in investment, much of it in the South. s&pGlobal Market Intelligence, an analytics company, calculates that about two-thirds of planned ev jobs will be there. The White House keeps a tally of investments in “21st-century industries” since Mr Biden took office: the South has received more than twice as many as the Midwest. The Midwest is getting plenty of new factories, too. It is just that the balance has tilted southward.

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   1. Here, here, the south will rise again,…. out of the ashes of stupidity,chattel slavery, and fascism.  Fantastic that a old senator is beating US fascism in 2.5 years there.  

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