{"id":26171,"date":"2017-02-04T13:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-04T21:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26171"},"modified":"2017-02-04T13:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T21:41:14","slug":"open-thread-242017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/04\/open-thread-242017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/4\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another busy day, and tomorrow will be more so.&#160; It will be a Wendy day with not only the dreaded task, but also, assembling a floor lamp and replacing a broken table.&#160; And it&#8217;s the highest Holy Day in the Church if the Ellipsoid Orb.&#160; I shall be meditating.&#160; Normally I would not care who wins, but given the New England Traitors&#8217; affinity for Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten, I want a bird shit bonanza!&#160; Go Falcons!!!&#160; Then I need to rest, because Monday I need to be in the lobby by 7:30 AM to be sure to make my 9:20 appointment with Megan.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:03 (average 5:54).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-02-04-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\" target=\"_blank\">The Rachel Maddow Show<\/a>: <\/font><strong>Trump tries rewriting history on disastrous raid&#8217;s planning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colin Kahl, former national security adviser to Vice President Biden, talks with Rachel Maddow about how the Trump regime is distorting history in an attempt to shift the blame for a disastrous military raid onto the Obama administration.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_maddow_ekahl_170203\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday I told you Trump lied about how he murdered a Navy Seal and innocent women and children. Now you know what he did and how he lied about it. Where are all those Republican Benghazi bullshitters? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/the-last-word\" target=\"_blank\">The Last Word<\/a>: <\/font><strong>What&#8217;s next for Trump&#8217;s travel ban?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s executive order has been halted temporarily &#8212; but what does it mean long-term for visa holders? Lawrence discusses with constitutional law professor Laurence Tribe and ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_lw_travelban_170203\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now I wonder if the Fuhrer will even obey the court order. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/03\/business\/dealbook\/trump-congress-financial-regulations.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>President Trump on Friday moved to chisel away at the Obama administration\u2019s legacy on financial regulation, announcing steps to revisit the rules enacted after the 2008 financial crisis and to back away from a measure intended to protect consumers from bad investment advice.<\/p>\n<p>After a White House meeting with executives from Wall Street, Mr. Trump signed a directive aimed at the Dodd-Frank Act, crafted by the Obama administration and passed by Congress in response to the 2008 meltdown. He also signed a memorandum that paves the way for reversing a policy, known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/03\/your-money\/estate-planning\/fiduciary-rule-is-now-in-question-whats-next-for-investors.html\">the fiduciary rule<\/a>, that requires brokers to act in a client\u2019s best interest, rather than seek the highest profits for themselves, when providing retirement advice.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In short, when you hire a bank or equivalent in trust to represent YOUR interest, Republicans want to allow the bank to screw you to maximize their own profit.&#160; We knew this was coming. 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