{"id":29847,"date":"2017-10-13T12:36:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T19:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=29847"},"modified":"2017-10-13T12:36:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T19:36:03","slug":"open-thread-10132017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/13\/open-thread-10132017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/13\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m feeling tired, lethargic, and unmotivated, so it&#8217;s a good day for TGIF13!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:01 (average 4:50).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2017-10-13-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=zV2U8voNCvg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GQVideos\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">GQ Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Is Mueller Trying to Stop Trump From Pardoning People?<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/zV2U8voNCvg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The only people Trump would pardon, other than family, are people, who know enough about his own crimes to be dangerous, if they flip.&#160; Mueller would not have to investigate this, unless he intended to indict Trump, his family, or people who can spill the beans on Trump.&#160; Wooo Hooo!! One possible way is to bring simultaneous indictments in state and federal court. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/paris-is-banning-cars-heres-why-us-cities-need-to-follow-suit-basically-now\" target=\"_blank\">Upworthy<\/a>: <\/font>The city&#8217;s government unveiled an ambitious plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/europe\/paris-plans-to-ban-gas-powered-cars-in-city-by-2030\/2017\/10\/12\/f8da53f8-af42-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html?utm_term=.4ae6b686d5a0\" target=\"_blank\">ban gas-powered cars from the city by the end of the next decade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We have planned the end of thermic vehicle use, and therefore of fossil energies, by 2030,&quot; Christophe Nadjovski, Paris deputy mayor in charge of transportation, told France Info radio.<\/p>\n<p>The city&#8217;s mayor, Anne Hidalgo, had already announced a plan to ban diesel-powered vehicles from the city by 2024.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Bravo \u00e0 la France! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/trump-to-sign-executive-order-to-gut-aca-insurance-rules-and-undermine-marketplaces\/2017\/10\/11\/40abf774-ae97-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>President Trump is throwing a bomb into the insurance marketplaces created under the Affordable Care Act, choosing to end critical payments to health insurers that help millions of lower-income Americans afford coverage. The decision coincides with an executive order on Thursday to allow alternative health plans that skirt the law\u2019s requirements.<\/p>\n<p>The White House confirmed late Thursday that it would halt federal payments for cost-sharing reductions, although a statement did not specify when. Another statement a short time later by top officials at the Health and Human Services Department said the cutoff would be immediate. The subsidies total about $7 billion this year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has threatened for months to stop the payments, which go to insurers that are required by the law to help eligible consumers afford their deductibles and other out-of-pocket expenses. But he held off while other administration officials warned him such a move would cause an implosion of the ACA marketplaces that could be blamed on Republicans, according to two individuals briefed on the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Health insurers and state regulators have been in a state of high anxiety over the prospect of the marketplaces cratering because of such White House action. The fifth year\u2019s open-enrollment season for consumers to buy coverage through ACA exchanges will start in less than three weeks, and insurers have said that stopping the cost-sharing payments would be the single greatest step the Trump administration could take to damage the marketplaces \u2014 and the law.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Trump&#8217;s idiocy is a major abuse of power. The job of the executive branch is to enforce existing law, not to refuse to enforce whatever the moron doesn&#8217;t like. It will also kill thousands of people, many of whom will be the deplorable idiots that voted for him. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1013FridayThe13th\" 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=\"1013FridayThe13th\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/1013FridayThe13th.gif\" width=\"650\" height=\"607\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">After my nap, I think I&#8217;ll go cross paths.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m feeling tired, lethargic, and unmotivated, so it&#8217;s a good day for TGIF13!! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:01 (average 4:50).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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