{"id":32125,"date":"2018-04-14T09:19:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T16:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32125"},"modified":"2018-04-14T09:19:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T16:19:43","slug":"open-thread-4-14-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/14\/open-thread-4-14-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 4\/14\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Pardon my brevity.&#160; I hope to finish everything before my meeting.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:37 (average 4:33).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-04-14-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=JsxyGVtlttw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/karinmoveon\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MoveOn Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">If Trump Fires Rod Rosenstein<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/JsxyGVtlttw?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Amen!! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HQWJQw2j8fg\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Maddow: President Trump&#8217;s Personal Turmoil Taints U.S. Military Options<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/HQWJQw2j8fg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Rachel is spot-on. Trump has no credibility. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/amazon-apologizes-for-shipping-ten-thousand-copies-of-comeys-book-to-white-house\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Calling it a \u201cregrettable accident,\u201d Amazon apologized on Thursday for shipping ten thousand advance copies of James Comey\u2019s book, \u201cA Higher Loyalty,\u201d to the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Cartons of the book arrived early Thursday morning and kept coming throughout the day, until stacks of the book clogged virtually every hallway and office in the building.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, Donald J. Trump was so incensed by the book situation that he screamed at Mike Pence while the Vice-President was in the middle of praising him, one source said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, called any speculation that Trump had ordered Comey\u2019s book \u201cabsurd,\u201d adding, \u201cThe President does not order reading material.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Uh Oh!&#160; Andy is doing news again. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/0414Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pardon my brevity.&#160; I hope to finish everything before my meeting. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 2:37 (average 4:33).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? Short Takes: From YouTube (MoveOn Channel): If Trump Fires Rod Rosenstein &#160; Amen!! RESIST!! 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