{"id":23547,"date":"2016-08-18T12:19:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T19:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=23547"},"modified":"2016-08-18T12:19:16","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T19:19:16","slug":"open-thread-8182016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/18\/open-thread-8182016\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 8\/18\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Portland continues under an excessive heat warning through the weekend.&#160; My A\/C kept it cooler last night, but as the temperature approaches 70\u00b0 early in the morning, the humidity is 92%.&#160; I&#8217;m getting very little sleep.&#160; Tomorrow and Saturday will be the worst of the days.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today'[s took me 2:45 (average 4:24).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2016-08-18-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Update<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Lefty Blog Friends players, our live draft is this Saturday at 1 PM PDT (2 PM MDT, 3 PM CDT, 4 PM EDT).&#160; Feel free to contact me with questions.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/kpdailyfunnies.blogspot.com\/2016\/08\/daily-show-uncovering-discrimination-in.html\" target=\"_blank\">KP Daily Funnies<\/a>: <\/font>Daily Show: Uncovering Discrimination in the Baltimore Police Department <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/m8LCaIjxSaU?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Very little about this video is funny. That Rump Dump used a spiel to dog-whistle racist Republicans, under the guise of asking for Black support, is just\u2026 Republican!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/story\/2016\/8\/16\/1560708\/-Nate-Silver-Hillary-On-The-Winning-Path-NYT-Agrees\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Today <a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/election-update-clintons-lead-is-clear-and-steady\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nate Silver on 538<\/a> wrote a piece called &quot;Clinton\u2019s Lead Is Clear And Steady\u200b&quot;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0818Silver\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0818Silver\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0818Silver.png\" width=\"567\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Let&#8217;s not get complacent!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0818Deweytruman\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"0818Deweytruman\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/0818Deweytruman.jpg\" width=\"373\" height=\"290\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/08\/18\/us\/politics\/donald-trump-stephen-bannon-paul-manafort.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Donald J. Trump named as his new campaign chief on Wednesday a conservative media provocateur whose news organization regularly attacks the Republican Party establishment, savages Hillary Clinton and encourages Mr. Trump\u2019s most pugilistic instincts.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump\u2019s decision to make Stephen K. 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