{"id":30418,"date":"2017-11-24T13:07:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T21:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=30418"},"modified":"2017-11-24T13:07:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T21:07:08","slug":"open-thread-11-24-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/24\/open-thread-11-24-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 11\/24\/2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Except for cooking in preparation for Sunday, I’m spending a lazy day.  I need all the the rest I can get.  It’s dead, so this is my only article today, and I shall not be sending links messages on Care2.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 2:30 (average 4:41).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

From Washington Post<\/a>: <\/font>A lawyer for former national security adviser Michael Flynn informed an attorney for President Trump this week that he can no longer discuss the special counsel\u2019s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, a sign that Flynn may be preparing to cooperate in the probe, people familiar with the investigation said.<\/p>\n

The call from Flynn lawyer Robert Kelner to Trump attorney John Dowd came Wednesday evening and is a potentially ominous sign for Trump and his close associates. Before this week, Kelner had been communicating with lawyers for Trump.<\/p>\n

The split suggests that Flynn, who has been a top target of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III and his team, may be looking to share information with the prosecutor and his team.<\/p>\n

As much as I would hate to see this Nazi get off, I\u2019d welcome it, if his testimony takes down his Fuhrer. RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>GOP Insider Bruce Bartlett: ‘The Republican Party Needs to Die’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Onetime Reagan White House aide Bruce Bartlett on the media\u2019s massive failure and his own party\u2019s living death.<\/p>\n

Click through for an excellent read. I agree with this Republican. RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Politico<\/a>: <\/font>The nation\u2019s cartoonists on the week in politics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best of this week’s crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere<\/p>\n

I can’t show you, due to \u00a9 restrictions. Click through to see the toons. RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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