{"id":22465,"date":"2016-06-18T13:37:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-18T20:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=22465"},"modified":"2016-06-18T13:37:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-18T20:37:30","slug":"open-thread-6182016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/06\/18\/open-thread-6182016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 6\/18\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m waiting for Julie to arrive, so I’m sure I’ll finish this after she is gone.  This weekend I want to do two things: rest and hydrate.<\/font><\/p>\n

Julie has come and gone.  She made me a primped Puddy Tat, and I fed her baby back ribs.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 3:31 (average 5:53).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Killer Dawg<\/em> Update <\/strong>(taken Wednesday):<\/font><\/p>\n

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Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Consider this: John McCain has just said something just as, if not even more insane and offensive than Donald Trump:<\/a><\/p>\n

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John McCain: Obama is \u2018directly responsible\u2019 for Orlando attack<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), the elder Republican statesman, said President Obama was \u201cdirectly responsible\u201d for the terror attack in Orlando due to his failure to combat the rise of the Islamic State terror group.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

McConJob has now whored himself so far that he’s aping Rump Dump Trump.<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Senator Marco Rubio<\/a> of Florida is leaning heavily toward running for re-election to the seat he swore he was giving up after six often frustrating years and a failed presidential run, associates said on Friday, a reversal that would upend one of the most competitive races in the country.<\/p>\n

Mr. Rubio could make his decision public early next week after he spends the weekend with his family in Florida weighing the personal, political and financial considerations of another campaign. One adviser who described the senator as \u201call in\u201d said Mr. Rubio\u2019s staff members had already begun scouting a site for a possible announcement.<\/p>\n

The last thing we need in the Senate is a Border Booter Bot, a Republican racist Latino, bigoted against his own people.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Bernie Sanders could offer an endorsement of presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton before the party\u2019s convention next month, depending on the outcome of ongoing policy talks between the two campaigns, Sanders\u2019s campaign manager said Friday.<\/p>\n

Jeff Weaver, a longtime Sanders confidant, said that he has been encouraged by discussions over several policy issues important to Sanders \u2014 including a plan for tuition-free college \u2014 that Sanders would like to see as part of the Democratic legislative agenda going forward. Clinton and Sanders began talks in earnest over such issues during a meeting Tuesday in Washington.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe resolution of those issues are important to determining any timetable\u201d for a potential endorsement, Weaver said, adding that the outcome could also determine \u201chow closely the campaigns work together\u201d heading into the fall to defeat Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee.<\/p>\n

During an address live-streamed across the country Thursday night, the senator from Vermont did not concede the Democratic nomination to Clinton but told supporters that he plans \u201cin a short period of time\u201d to start working to see that \u201cDonald Trump is defeated and defeated badly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thank you, Bernie!<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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Republicans want to repeal US support for it.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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