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Open thread 6/29/2026 — 2 Comments

1. Visegrad 24:

   Outrage in Venezuela after a video emerges which shows the Venezuelan regime’s feared Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello blocking members of a U.S. rescue delegation from helping Venezuelans.

   “Don’t you want me to go and help the person who’s there?”

   The regime is politicizing aid, delaying independent teams, stealing resources and prioritizing control as well as PR over speed.

   https://x.com/i/status/2071412862833344833

   Video clip at link.

2. ScotusWire:

   In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court ruled that federal law does not require mail-in ballots to be received by Election Day, holding that states may count ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward if state law allows it.

   https://x.com/i/status/2071595631349530711

   J. Barrett wrote the opinion, CJ Roberts, J. Kagan, J. Sotomayor, anf J. Jackson joining.

   J. Alito wrote the dissent, J. Thomas, J. Gorsuch joining, with J. Kavanaugh joining in part.

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