{"id":26472,"date":"2017-02-24T14:01:40","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T22:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=26472"},"modified":"2017-02-24T14:01:40","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T22:01:40","slug":"open-thread-2242017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/24\/open-thread-2242017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/24\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m struggling through another very busy day.&#160; It&#8217;s not so much that I have more to do than I did a year ago, as it is that my vision makes everything I do take much longer.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:53 (average 4:58).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-02-24-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=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JWnyG0brpSg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Donald Trump Must Go | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JWnyG0brpSg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;ve never seen anyone present evidence so much like a machine gun.&#160; I&#8217;ll summarize in two words. Amen!! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2017\/02\/trump-conflicts-house-resolution-235288\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a>: <\/font>House Republicans next week plan to derail a Democratic resolution that would have forced disclosure of President Donald Trump&#8217;s potential ties with Russia and any possible business conflicts of interest, according to multiple House sources.<\/p>\n<p>Seeking to avoid a full House vote on the so-called \u201cresolution of inquiry\u201d \u2014 a roll call that would be particularly embarrassing and divisive for the right \u2014 Republicans will send proposal by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) to the House Judiciary Committee for a panel vote on Tuesday, two Democratic sources said. The GOP-controlled committee is expected to kill the resolution. <\/p>\n<p>Without committee action, obscure parliamentary procedures would allow Democrats to call the resolution to the floor for a vote by the full House. But rejection by the Judiciary panel all but assures the measure will never see a floor vote.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here is a <a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/115th-House-Judiciary-Committee-Updated-21517.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">list of House Judiciary Committee members<\/a>. If one is from your state, please demand approval. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/23\/us\/democrats-dnc-chairman-trump-keith-ellison-tom-perez.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Reduced to their weakest state in a generation, Democratic Party leaders will gather in two cities this weekend to plot strategy and select a new national chairman with the daunting task of rebuilding the party\u2019s depleted organization. But senior Democratic officials concede that the blueprint has already been chosen for them \u2014 by an incensed army of liberals demanding no less than total war against President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after the November election, Democrats were divided over how to handle Mr. Trump, with one camp favoring all-out confrontation and another backing a seemingly less risky approach of coaxing him to the center with offers of compromise.<\/p>\n<p>Now, spurred by explosive protests and a torrent of angry phone calls and emails from constituents \u2014 and outraged themselves by Mr. Trump\u2019s swift moves to enact a hard-line agenda \u2014 Democrats have all but cast aside any notion of conciliation with the White House. Instead, they are mimicking the Republican approach of the last eight years \u2014 the \u201cparty of no\u201d \u2014 and wagering that brash obstruction will pay similar dividends.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">To do otherwise would be suicidal. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0224Cartoon\" 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=\"0224Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0224Cartoon.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m struggling through another very busy day.&#160; It&#8217;s not so much that I have more to do than I did a year ago, as it is that my vision makes everything I do take much longer. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 2:53 (average 4:58).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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