{"id":27241,"date":"2017-04-19T12:48:32","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T19:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27241"},"modified":"2017-04-19T12:48:32","modified_gmt":"2017-04-19T19:48:32","slug":"open-thread-4192016-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/04\/19\/open-thread-4192016-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 4\/19\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m still in a lot of pain, but I did get some sleep last night and this morning, so I&#8217;ll try to publish, while waiting for my grocery delivery.&#160; Wendy comes tonight to de3stink the TomCat.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:37 (average 5:20).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-04-19-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=9qYeX-6ySMs\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Proof that Donald Trump is Getting Crazier | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9qYeX-6ySMs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If the Fuhrer is craziER, the Pope must be Catholic. <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>Is the O&#8217;Reilly era at Fox News coming to an end?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New reports &#8211; including from Murdoch-owned WSJ &#8211; say Fox News may be close to cutting ties with Bill O&#8217;Reilly. NYC Public Advocate Letitia James is asking for a probe into the sexual harassment scandal. Media Matter&#8217;s Angelo Carusone also joins Lawrence O&#8217;Donnell. <\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/player.theplatform.com\/p\/7wvmTC\/MSNBCEmbeddedOffSite?guid=n_lw_oreillyeraover_170418\" width=\"635\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Watching O&#8217;Lielly crash and burn puts a smile on my face. I&#8217;ve waited years for this. May <em>Faux Noise<\/em>, the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, follow him down. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/04\/19\/us\/politics\/georgia-special-election.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Jon Ossoff, a Democrat making his first bid for elective office, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/elections\/results\/georgia-house-special-election-district-6\" target=\"_blank\">narrowly missed winning<\/a> outright in a heavily conservative House district in Georgia on Wednesday, throwing a scare into Republicans in a special congressional election that was seen as an early referendum on President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ossoff received 48.1 percent of the vote, just short of the 50 percent threshold needed to win the seat, and he will face Karen Handel, the top Republican vote-getter, in a June runoff.<\/p>\n<p>A documentary filmmaker and former congressional staff member, Mr. Ossoff, 30, had hoped to avert a runoff in the Sixth District, a Republican-dominated section of the Atlanta suburbs that had been represented by Tom Price, who is now Mr. Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/10\/us\/politics\/tom-price-health-and-human-services.html\" target=\"_blank\">health and human services secretary<\/a>. But despite his financial advantage \u2014 Mr. Ossoff had raised $8.3 million, more than quadruple that of the next-closest candidate \u2014 and a highly energized liberal base, a majority was just out of reach in a district that has not sent a Democrat to Congress since the Carter administration.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Now we need to win in December. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0419Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0419Cartoon\" 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=\"0419Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0419Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republican Terrorism in action.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m still in a lot of pain, but I did get some sleep last night and this morning, so I&#8217;ll try to publish, while waiting for my grocery delivery.&#160; Wendy comes tonight to de3stink the TomCat. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:37 (average 5:20).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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