Open Thread September 24, 2022

Yesterday was chilly again. That wasn’t supposed to happen. Oh well, it’s Colorado. Eventually, it did warm up.  Also, a new Betty Bowers video came out (It’ll be in tomorrow’s video thread) and by a strange coincidence, the answer to the Wordle was “Glory!” I am having plumbing issues, but can’t get a plumber unti Monday. Sigh. These things happen.

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Robert Reich – The Truth I’m telling Congress today (Part II) [A continuation from yesterday’s article. We seldom get such a quick response.]
Quote – This is the process, folks. The media begin to change how they report on a public problem such as inflation, because the current facts don’t square with the older view. This starts to reframe the debate. The reframing educates the public, and encourages lawmakers to talk differently about the problem. Which in turn encourages the media to further reframe it in line with current realities.
Click through for article. In his email he also refers to a New York Times article (sorry I don’t have a gift link) which also carries the message. Good news.

The Daily Beast – Donald Trump Tells Hannity He Can Declassify Docs Just by ‘Thinking About It’
Quote – When Hannity asked about the declassification process, Trump replied: “There doesn’t have to be a process, as I understand it. Different people see different things. But as I understand it, there doesn’t have to be. If you’re the president of the United States, you can declassify just by saying it’s declassified. Even by thinking about it,” he asserted. “It doesn’t have to be a process. It can be a process but it doesn’t have to be. You’re the president. You make that decision. So when you send it [to Mar-a-Lago or “wherever”], it’s declassified. We—I—declassified everything,” Trump insisted, even though his lawyers have not made that claim in court.
Click through for more, including a video if you can stand it (I didn’t even try.) This is so FRIKKEN ridiculous you have probably already heard it.

Food For Thought