4 thoughts on “Friday Open Thread”

1. David Kurtz at Talking Points Memo:

   I’ve not seen a stupider white-collar criminal than Navarro. He refused to comply with the Jan. 6 committee’s subpoena. He couldn’t get Trump to assert executive privilege on his behalf. He went to trial with no defenses. He put on no witnesses. The jury deliberated for about four hours before convicting him on both counts of contempt of Congress. He’s due to be sentenced in January.

   But I’m not here to dunk on Navarro. It’s too easy. It feels unkind. I can’t quite muster sympathy because he’s done it to himself. But there are larger forces at play here. Let’s talk about those.

   Navarro is aiming for a double bank shot: 1) Trump wins election in 2024; and 2) Trump pardons him. It’s a risky bet, on both counts. In Trump we trust. Good luck with that.

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   It’s another perhaps subtler way (but not that subtle!) in which Trump is a sustained attack on the rule of law. And there’s no obvious structural answer for what to do about it. The practical answer is make sure he doesn’t win in 2024.

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2. Miss Thing would have lost her shit had this actually happened ….

   Georgia grand jury recommended charging three U.S. senators, others | Reuters

   Oh, the vapors! the vapors!

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   1. So the grand jury wanted to indict 39 people but Fulton County DA Fani Willis only charged 19 people.

      This shows that Willis is not just indicting whoever she wants because politics. However Donald Trump is already claiming the exact opposite, so that is what Republicans will "believe".

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3. One Renewable chart to rule them all. Noahsmith.

   Solar PV prices drop 90% from 2010 to 2020

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