{"id":22170,"date":"2016-06-07T14:33:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T21:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=22170"},"modified":"2016-06-07T14:47:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T21:47:33","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-07062016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/07\/squatchs-open-thread-07062016\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch’s Open Thread 07\/06\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, hear I sit with a free afternoon.  My 2nd student called and is sick so I have more time.  Tomorrow is busy with physio and a haircut — good thing I don't get charged by the kilo of hair that is removed!  We Sasquatches have a lot of hair!  It has been very hot here with Sunday at an unbearable 35 C (95 F) and yesterday 31 C (88 F) . . . and it isn't even summer yet!  Today is 25 C (78 F) so a lot cooler, but still hot!  I like 21 C (70 F) with sunshine and a gentle breeze.  We are scheduled for rain later this week, and based on May's total rainfall (12% of normal), we need a deluge.  From what I have read, Paris has been getting our rain as well as their own.<\/span><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Texas Tribune<\/b><\/span><\/a> — U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela<\/a> took a poison pen to the Republican presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, in an open letter Monday morning.<\/p>\n

"Mr. Trump, you’re a racist and you can take your border wall and shove it up your ass," the Brownsville Democrat wrote in a lengthy missive to the real estate magnate.<\/p>\n

Later Monday, Vela elaborated on his remarks in an MSNBC interview. <\/p>\n

"Well, I would have liked to have spoken in a much more diplomatic fashion, but I felt like I had to speak to Donald Trump in language he understands," he said. <\/p>\n

Vela notes in the letter that he agreed with Trump on some policies, like improving veterans' care, addressing Mexican drug cartels and deporting criminal felons who are in the country illegally. But he also savages Trump for his rhetoric on those of Mexican descent and his promise to build a wall on the southern U.S. border.<\/p>\n

Kudos to Vela for speaking in words that Drumpf would understand, although if Drumpf comments on this, he likely to accsuse Vela of being rude, or worse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crooks and Liars<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — <\/span>Glenn Beck was suspended for a week by Sirius XM for not reining in his guest, fiction author Brad Thor, who hinted that maybe President Donald Trump should be "removed from office" by a "patriot" because the "feckless Congress" won't do it.<\/p>\n

\"Glenn<\/p>\n

Talking Points Memo:<\/a><\/p>\n

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“With the feckless, spineless Congress we have, who will stand in the way of Donald Trump overstepping his constitutional authority as President?” Thor said. “If Congress won’t remove him from office, what patriot will step up and do that if he oversteps his mandate as President, his constitutional-granted authority, I should say, as President.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Too bad they couldn't make the ban permanent!<\/span><\/p>\n

Politicususa<\/strong><\/span><\/a> — Donald Trump’s appearances on CNN’s State Of The Union and CBS’s Face The Nation were total disasters for the presumptive Republican nominee after both networks used the interviews to call out his lies.<\/p>\n