{"id":31207,"date":"2018-01-27T13:03:14","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T21:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=31207"},"modified":"2018-01-27T13:03:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T21:03:14","slug":"open-thread-1-27-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/27\/open-thread-1-27-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/27\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I actually had a fairly good night&#8217;s sleep last night, but I have felt groggy all day.&#160; I obviously need more.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:45 (average 7:00).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-01-27-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=qe0P4mQR11o\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font>The Muslim Ban One Year Later<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qe0P4mQR11o?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen! Throw terrorists out of the country! How? Keep the Muslims, and expel Republicans! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/gop-pressured-to-return-rnc-finance-chair-steve-wynns-money-as-sex-abuse-scandal-explodes\/\" target=\"_blank\">Share Blue<\/a>: <\/font>Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee\u2019s finance chair Steve Wynn have more in common than just being casino owners and friends.<\/p>\n<p>They are both <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/even-half-of-republicans-think-sexual-predator-trump-should-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\">sexual predator<\/a>s, according to recent allegations against Wynn.<\/p>\n<p>(Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/white-house-conveniently-forgets-trump-admitted-to-sexual-assault-on-tape\/\" target=\"_blank\">admitted<\/a> to being a sexual predator in the infamous\u201dAccess Hollywood\u201d tape that surfaced in 2016.)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/dozens-of-people-recount-pattern-of-sexual-misconduct-by-las-vegas-mogul-steve-wynn-1516985953\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a> reports multiple women faced sexual harassment and rape at the hands of Wynn, who now leads fundraising efforts for the Republican Party.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, a manicurist left Wynn\u2019s office in tears, telling colleagues Wynn forced her to have sex. Former employees told the WSJ about a culture of sexual abuse and fear, one noting that \u201ceverybody was petrified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mirroring Republican efforts from just three months ago, many people are now calling on Republicans to return money from an accused sexual predator.<\/p>\n<p>When news of Weinstein\u2019s sexual harassment broke, the RNC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redstate.com\/prevaila\/2017\/10\/05\/rnc-calls-democrats-return-weinstein-donations\/\" target=\"_blank\">released<\/a> the following statement:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>During three-decades worth of sexual harassment allegations, Harvey Weinstein lined the pockets of Democrats to the tune of three quarters of a million dollars. If Democrats and the DNC truly stand up for women like they say they do, then returning this dirty money should be a no brainer.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Now that not only a Republican donor, but Trump\u2019s hand-picked finance chair, is accused of similar behavior, will Republicans make the same demand of their own members?<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m taking bets. Five to one on IOKIYAR!! Instead, they will invite him to attend one of the Fuhrer&#8217;s pervert parties.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palmerreport.com\/analysis\/illegally-fire-someone-else\/7604\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Palmer Report<\/a>: <\/font>Donald Trump has learned nothing from the mistakes that took down Richard Nixon, and now we know that Trump hasn\u2019t learned anything from the mistakes he got called out on yesterday, either. Just twenty-four hours after Trump\u2019s odds of avoiding prison took a nosedive with the news that he had tried (and failed) to illegally fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, now Trump is reacting to the fallout by trying (and apparently once again failing) to illegally fire someone else too.<\/p>\n<p>Trump just told his advisers to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, according to reports from CNN, MSNBC and other sources. His advisers have apparently talked him out of the move. Because Rosenstein has control of Mueller\u2019s Trump-Russia investigation, firing Rosenstein would also be an illegal act of obstruction of justice. In other words, Trump is still trying to run from his mounting list of crimes by trying to commit even more crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Trump is acting as tepidly and indecisively as ever, as his staff keeps talking him out of the illegal orders he\u2019s giving. Instead his advisers keep ratting him out, by telling Mueller that Trump was trying to fire him, and by telling the media that Trump is trying to fire Rosenstein. This also further demonstrates that Trump\u2019s actions are growing more erratic by the day, as he can\u2019t even decide which coverup crime he wants to commit next.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This looks like the penultimate struggles of a doomed and desperate dictator! <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\/2018\/01\/0127Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0127Cartoon\" 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=\"0127Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/0127Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans want space-based nuclear weapons platforms.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I actually had a fairly good night&#8217;s sleep last night, but I have felt groggy all day.&#160; I obviously need more. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:45 (average 7:00).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? Short Takes: From YouTube (MoveOn Channel): The Muslim Ban One Year Later &#160; Amen! 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