{"id":27515,"date":"2017-05-10T14:44:52","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T21:44:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27515"},"modified":"2017-05-10T14:44:52","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T21:44:52","slug":"open-thread-5102017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/10\/open-thread-5102017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/10\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">For those who did not see it until today, the Care2 Glitch Monster ate my Personal Update yesterday, and I had to upload it again this morning.&#160; I&#8217;m working late because I expect a grocery delivery after 3:00 and Wendy comes this evening to de-stink 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 4:00 (average 5:26).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-05-10-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 Y<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Poc24APzPzY\" target=\"_blank\">ouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font>On Russia, Let\u2019s Follow the Money | The Resistance with Keith Olbermann<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Poc24APzPzY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">No matter what you follow, you find corruption and treason all along the Republican path to power. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/reporter-arrested-for-asking-tom-price-if-domestic-violence-is-a-pre-existing-condition-under-59ec774321d2\" target=\"_blank\">Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>A reporter has been arrested for pressing Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price to say whether or not the Trump health care bill would make it harder for domestic violence survivors to obtain insurance.<\/p>\n<p>West Virginia police arrested Dan Heyman at the state capitol Tuesday as he walked with Price and White House adviser Kellyanne Conway, holding a recorder out and asking Price repeatedly about claims that insurers could refuse to serve survivors of familial abuse. That claim is based on inference from the bill\u2019s provision allowing states to abandon consumer protections from Obamacare with federal permission.<\/p>\n<p>Heyman had sought out Price on his way into the capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt some point, I think [they] <a href=\"http:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2017\/05\/10\/reporter-arrested-at-capitol-after-trying-to-ask-u-s-health-secretary-questions\/\" target=\"_blank\">decided I was too persistent<\/a> in asking this question and trying to do my job, so they arrested me,\u201d Heyman told West Virginia Metro News. Heyman was later charged with \u201cwillful disruption of a governmental process,\u201d according to the news service.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans hate the First Amendment. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-russia-idUSKBN18602R\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>: <\/font>U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the White House on Wednesday to discuss Syria and a wide range of international issues, a senior U.S. official said.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the highest-level contact between Trump and the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin since Trump took office on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Putin&#8217;s Pervert has to check in with his boss&#8217; representative. <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\/05\/0510Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0510Cartoon\" 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=\"0510Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0510Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those who did not see it until today, the Care2 Glitch Monster ate my Personal Update yesterday, and I had to upload it again this morning.&#160; I&#8217;m working late because I expect a grocery delivery after 3:00 and Wendy comes this evening to de-stink the TomCat. 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