Open Mic for the week of 1/20/2025
It’s inauguration day.
There’s a phenomenon where someone writes an essay about this or that but someone else wants to discuss something that has not yet made it to the front page.
This is unfair to everybody involved. It’s unfair to the guy who wrote the original essay because, presumably, he wants to talk about his original essay. It’s unfair to the guy who wants to talk about his link because it looks like he’s trying to change the subject. It’s unfair to the people who go to the comments to read up on the thoughts of the commentariat for the original essay and now we’re talking about some other guy’s links.
So!
The intention is to have a new one of these every week. If you want to talk about a link, post it here! Or, heck, use it as an open thread.
And, if it rolls off, we’ll make a new one. With a preamble just like this one.
People who were worried that Fauci might not get pardoned can relax. Biden pardoned Fauci last night.Report
A laugh-out-loud zinger: “I guess the covid vaccines *DO* provide immunity.”Report
Holy cow, Kinzinger, Cheney, Schiff *ALL* got pardoned.
Nice.Report
Mark Milley too. And hey, more pardons incoming.
“Trump, who takes office at noon, has promised to grant swift clemency to many of those involved in the violent and bloody Jan. 6, 2021, attack, which injured roughly 140 law enforcement officers. “Everybody in this very large arena will be very happy with my decision,” he said at a Sunday rally. ”
https://apnews.com/article/biden-trump-fauci-milley-pardons-january-6-3cba287f89051513fb48d7ae700ae747Report
Rachel Vindman is on Bluesky giving her take on the pardons:
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Ooooh! The pardon for Fauci goes back to 2014!!!
Is that when the wet market opened?Report