{"id":32267,"date":"2018-04-30T13:34:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32267"},"modified":"2018-04-30T13:34:47","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:34:47","slug":"open-thread-4-30-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/30\/open-thread-4-30-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 4\/30\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday WWWendy rad out to Freddy&#8217;s and picked me up a $110 Emerson microwave.&#160; It will get me by, until I know where I&#8217;m going to be living, and then I can decide if I need something better.&#160; Today, I&#8217;m back in the saddle and it&#8217;s comfortably seasonal here in the CatBox.&#160; Bye April!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:24 (average 5:34).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-04-30-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=IZDYhQ4UAnA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwlHzGKZA-e2GeLMjIE51uw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Confounds the Science &#8211; (Parody of) Sound of Silence<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IZDYhQ4UAnA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This was released on 8\/16 and is the first in the channel. It was a great start. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/republicans-gop-midterms-november-tax-bill-neil-gorsuch-mark-walker-ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Share Blue<\/a>: <\/font>Panicked about a looming <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/republican-tossup-ohio-12th-congressional-district-special-election\/\" target=\"_blank\">midterm lashing<\/a>, the GOP\u2019s do-nothing Congress suddenly wants to get something done \u2014 literally anything to show voters there\u2019s a reason they should be sent back to Washington, D.C., in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need some more wins,\u201d Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/nervous-republicans-want-congress-to-do-something-8916f1ff-3699-4063-ad55-8e8633b8dd6e.html\">told<\/a> Axios. \u201cWe can\u2019t just talk about Neil Gorsuch and tax cuts from here to November.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The scramble comes after <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/gop-panic-senate-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\">reports have already noted<\/a> Republicans look like they\u2019ve given up defending the House, and have desperately shifted time and resources toward hanging on to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, backslapping Republicans last December thought they had mapped out their re-election strategy by passing a tax giveaway bill to billionaires and corporations. But it turns out there are a lot of non-billionaires who vote, and they <a href=\"https:\/\/shareblue.com\/gop-excuses-failed-tax-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\">don\u2019t think much<\/a> of the Republican legislation.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We need to keep rubbing Republicans&#8217; noses in two things: everything they have done and everything they haven&#8217;t done. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/livewire\/matt-schlapp-thinks-journalists-should-not-call-out-president-for-lying\" target=\"_blank\">TPM<\/a>: <\/font>In a heated appearance on CNN Monday morning, American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp voiced harsh criticism for comedian Michelle Wolf after her monologue at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday, concluding that it is not her nor any journalist\u2019s place to call out the President for lying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust present the facts and let the American people if they think someone\u2019s lying,\u201d Schlapp said to CNN\u2019s Alisyn Camerota. \u201cJournalists shouldn\u2019t be the one to say the President or his spokesperson is lying. What that does to 50 percent of the country is make them feel they are not credible to listen to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">This Republican asshole walked out on Michelle Wolfe. Journalists have a responsibility to the truth. That is their ONLY job! <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\/2017\/04\/0430Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday WWWendy rad out to Freddy&#8217;s and picked me up a $110 Emerson microwave.&#160; It will get me by, until I know where I&#8217;m going to be living, and then I can decide if I need something better.&#160; Today, I&#8217;m back in the saddle and it&#8217;s comfortably seasonal here in the CatBox.&#160; Bye April! 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