Politics Plus

I’m in a hurry today, because Wendy’s niece is coming an hour early.  I’m tired, because Safeway.com delivered my food over four hours late yesterday.  The heat wave is here.  UGH!

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:18 (average 6:11).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

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From YouTube (Daily Kos Channel): Prime Miniter [sic] Mark Rutte gives President Trump a lesson in being a world leader

He demonstrated that he alone understood trade. Kudos to the Netherlands. However, Donald Duck could give Resident Trump a lesson in being a world leader. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From YouTube (Media Matters Channel): Right-wing media repeatedly incite violence

Barf Bag Alert!!

Criminal violence is the long term Republican way. Remember "Kill a commie for Christ"? RESIST!! THINK BLUE!!

From Crooks and Liars: Ever wonder what a real political interview sounds like? You’re not ever going to see anything this pointed, this direct on American cable news, so be prepared to get startled a little by what real journalism looks like.

Animae, may we steal that interviewer? We’ll give you Jeanine Pirro in return.   RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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I’m back in the saddle again today.  Yesterday, Katie was very efficient.  I was glad to have her, even if she wasn’t WWWendy.  Tomorrow  I have a grocery delivery coming from Safeway.com  I’d rather not use them, but Store to Door is closed for the 4th, and WWWendy is out of town.  The extra time that will take is likely to limit me to a Personal Update or and Open Thread, with no links messages on Care2.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 4:04 (average 5:08).  To do it, click here. How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Robert Reich Channel): Robert Reich: How to Prevent Future Trumps

The Reich on the left is 100% right. Those are the things we need to do, which is why I have maintained that Democrats need to focus more on economic issues, while standing strong on social issues. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From NY Times: Riding a wave of populist anger fueled by rampant corruption and violence, the leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador was elected president of Mexico on Sunday, in a landslide victory that upended the nation’s political establishment and handed him a sweeping mandate to reshape the country.

Mr. López Obrador’s victory puts a leftist leader at the helm of Latin America’s second-largest economy for the first time in decades, a prospect that has filled millions of Mexicans with hope — and the nation’s elites with trepidation.

The outcome represents a clear rejection of the status quo in the nation, which for the last quarter century has been defined by a centrist vision and an embrace of globalization that many Mexicans feel has not served them.

Mexican voters are smarter than US voters. They elected a progressive, not a Nazi. Kudos to Mexico. Obrador is anti-Trump! RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From Alternet: During an interview on CNN’s State of the Union, Tapper noted: “You’re going to get a lot of pressure from groups and individuals who support abortion rights and one of the things that they think about you is that you get played by these judges and that ultimately, if you vote to support whoever President Trump nominates presuming the person comes from the list of 25, that one of your longest lasting legacy is likely going to be you vote to confirm a justice that ultimately tipped the balance of political power on court and voted to overturn [Roe v. Wade].

Collins, however, defended her record.

She is talking about stare decisis. I have no doubt that Trump’s pick will promise to abide by it. Every Republican appointee since Thomas has made that promise, and they were all lying. We can’t depend on Collins. She will probably make sure they give her the answers she needs to goose-step, and claim she was duped later. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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The sun hit the wall again, so I had to fire up the AC.  It’s also very muggy.  I don’t know, if I’ll be able to publish tomorrow.  Wendy’s niece will be coming in the afternoon, and I’ll have extra preparation to get done, so I may have nothing more than a Personal Update or Open Thread.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 3:02 (average 5:34).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Who’s On [R]esident Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Short List?

Trump lied. All these judges have been prescreened that they would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. Otherwise, they would not even be on the list. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From ABC News: Liberal activists, parents and first-time protesters motivated by accounts of children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border plan to rally in hundreds of cities nationwide Saturday to press President Donald Trump’s administration to reunite the families quickly.

More than 600 marches could draw hundreds of thousands of people across the country, from immigrant-friendly cities like Los Angeles and New York City to conservative Appalachia and Wyoming under the banner Families Belong Together.

Though many who show up will be seasoned anti-Trump demonstrators, others will be new to immigration activism, including parents who say they feel compelled to show up after heart-wrenching accounts of children forcibly taken from their families as they crossed the border illegally. In Portland, Oregon, for example, several stay-at-home moms have organized their first rally while caring for young kids.

Kudos to the demonstrators. It’s also a great opportunity for seasoned activists to encourage the newbies to join the resistance. We’ll need more and much larger demonstrations over SCROTUS (Republican Constitutional VD).  RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From NY Times: A federal judge on Friday blocked Kentucky’s closely watched plan to require many Medicaid recipients to work, volunteer or train for a job as a condition of coverage.

The state had been poised to start carrying out the new rules next week and to phase them in fully by the end of this year.

Judge James E. Boasberg of Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, an Obama appointee, ruled that the Trump administration’s approval of the plan had been “arbitrary and capricious” because it had not adequately considered whether the plan would “help the state furnish medical assistance to its citizens, a central objective of Medicaid.”

Enjoy it. Unless we stop Trump’s pick, we can expect little or no judicial relief from hateful Republican policies ever again.  RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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I’m feeling very tired.  WWWendy was picking up her son at the airport in Seattle.  His flight from Spain was late, so she pulled in here over 90 minutes late.  We had extra work in preparation for her vacation, and I had bought beef ribs as a going away present, so I got to bed way late.  Then I had to miss my morning rest to get the grocery order from Store to Door.  My fingers are fighting me to find the right keys.

Jig Zone Puzzle:

Today’s took me 2:56 (average 4:53).  To do it, click here.  How did you do?

Short Takes:

From YouTube (Late Show Channel): Mitch McConnell’s Supreme About Face

It’s our last chance to laugh about it. Crying Time starts in 5 minutes. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From USA Today: North Korea is upgrading a major nuclear research facility despite President Donald Trump’s claim that leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to disarm, according to new satellite images and a research paper published by a North Korea monitoring group.

Experts at 38 North, a website affiliated with the Stimson Center in Washington D.C. devoted to analysis of North Korea, concluded the images show that "improvements to the infrastructure at North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center are continuing at a rapid pace."

The satellite images are from June 21.

That’s OK with the Fuhrer, as long as KIM keeps stroking his ego. Republicans are treating friends like enemies, and enemies like friends. RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

From NY Times: President Trump plans to meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia next month in a one-on-one summit meeting, a politically sensitive encounter that could exacerbate strains with NATO allies even if it eases tensions between the United States and Russia.

It would be the first formal summit meeting specifically for Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin, who have met twice at annual gatherings of world leaders. And it comes at a particularly delicate moment, with midterm elections looming in the United States and the special counsel’s investigation of Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia grinding on.

Putin needs to give Trump his orders, possibly including whom to nominate for SCROTUS (Republican Constitutional VD). RESIST!! VOTE BLUE!!

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