{"id":30289,"date":"2017-11-15T12:54:33","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T20:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=30289"},"modified":"2017-11-15T12:54:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T20:54:33","slug":"open-thread-11152015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/15\/open-thread-11152015\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 11\/15\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

Store to Door just left after delivering my groceries, and I put them away.  Wendy is coming this evening to tend the sickly TomCat.  I’m hurrying to hide under my covers.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 3:42 (average 5:18).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Eric Trump has asked his father, Donald Trump, if he can have his brother Donald, Jr.,\u2019s room, Eric Trump confirmed on Monday night.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon, Jr., got this ginormous room, and I got a crappy little one,\u201d Eric Trump said. \u201cDon, Jr., got to work in the real-estate company, and I got stuck with the winery. But all that\u2019s about to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eric Trump said that, although his father had not yet responded to his request, he was optimistic that his wish would be granted. \u201cIt looks like Don, Jr., might not be needing his room for quite some time,\u201d he said, barely suppressing a grin.<\/p>\n

Make it so, Andy! Make it so! RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Cap Times<\/a>: <\/font>When Gov. Scott Walker announced<\/a> his re-election campaign team today, it was like an invitation to a reunion for some of the players in the John Doe II scandal.<\/a><\/p>\n

That scandal involved allegations that the Walker team was illegally coordinating with Wisconsin Club for Growth to raise money to fend off the recalls of Republican state senators and of Walker himself. (The Wisconsin Supreme Court eventually threw out the John Doe II prosecution in a corrupt and baseless decision in July 2015.)<\/p>\n

Some familiar faces from that scandal are back on Team Walker.<\/p>\n

Click through to smell the feces. The Fartfuhrer of Fitzwalkerstan is as vile as ever. RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions repeatedly came under heavy criticism from Democratic members. At issue was his statement, delivered under oath during his confirmation hearings, that neither he nor anyone else on the Trump campaign had contact with Russia during the course of the 2016 election. It was subsequently revealed that Sessions had multiple meetings with the Russian ambassador and knew about other contacts between campaign staff and Russians.<\/p>\n