{"id":27969,"date":"2017-06-13T16:05:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T23:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=27969"},"modified":"2017-06-13T16:05:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T23:05:46","slug":"following-up-on-a-former-fun-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/13\/following-up-on-a-former-fun-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Following Up on a former Fun Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"

You have probably noticed that <\/span>SoINeedAName<\/span><\/strong><\/span> has alerted us that he will be away this weekend and won't be able to post a Friday Fun.  Well, darn. <\/span><\/p>\n

I was hoping to use this week's Friday Fun to, in the comments, follow up on the one which will be two weeks old this Friday<\/a>, the wonderful <\/span>C<\/span>O<\/span>V<\/span>F<\/span>E<\/span>F<\/span>E<\/span><\/span><\/strong> post.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, in view of the fact that TC's very own Congressman, Earl Blumenauer, has just introduced the <\/span>PARIS<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Act (Prohibiting Aid for Recipients Ignoring Science) into Congress to make sure (if it passes) that Trump and other climate deniers cannot claim against federally subsidized flood insurance when (not if) their properties (such as Mar-a-lago) go underwater in the near future –<\/span><\/p>\n

I think this is the time to announce the introduction, by Mike Quigley of Illinois, of the <\/span>C<\/span>O<\/span>V<\/span>F<\/span>E<\/span>F<\/span>E<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Act (Communications Over Various Feeds Electronically For Engagement), an Act to ensure (if passed) that all Social Media postings by the Resident are preserved for posterity.  Yes, all Presidential "communications and statements" are already legally required to be preserved, but it's a bit of a gray area whether tweets, for example, are in that category.  This will update the law so that everything may be "properly" preserved.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rep. Quigley (D-IL) is both co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Transparency Caucus.  Because of course he is.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is the article and a poll<\/a> so everyone can record his or her reaction to the proposed legislation.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I couldn't follow up on <\/span>C<\/span>O<\/span>V<\/span>F<\/span>E<\/span>F<\/span>E<\/span><\/strong><\/span> without sharing Randy Rainbow's take, with parodies from seven movies (most were also on Broadway, but all were movies, if one may have just been on PBS):<\/span><\/p>\n