{"id":32670,"date":"2018-06-09T12:21:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32670"},"modified":"2018-06-09T12:21:02","modified_gmt":"2018-06-09T19:21:02","slug":"open-thread-6-9-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/09\/open-thread-6-9-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 6\/9\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I&#8217;m trying to climb back into the saddle today, as with the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade under my window, I won&#8217;t get any rest anyway.&#160; I am feeling better, but not fully well.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:40 (average 5:46).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-06-09-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=hBAMYxqa5eA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>What To Expect From President Trump&#8217;s High-Stakes Summit With North Korea<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/hBAMYxqa5eA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>\uad6c\ubd80\ub9ac\ub2e4<\/strong>. That&#8217;s Bend Over in Korean. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/maine-new-way-electing-politicians_us_5b16fe45e4b0734a99386f47\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Maine will be the first place to use the system, called ranked-choice voting, in statewide races this June (it\u2019s already used in some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fairvote.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">local elections<\/a>). The system kicks in for contests that have three or more candidates. Here\u2019s how it works:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Voters rank the candidates in their party\u2019s primary in order of preference. <\/li>\n<li>If no candidate gets an outright majority, the candidate who got the fewest first-place votes is eliminated. <\/li>\n<li>The second-place votes of those who supported the eliminated candidate then get distributed to the remaining candidates. <\/li>\n<li>The process continues until one candidate gets more than 50 percent of the first-place votes and is declared the winner. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The same system could easily be applied to national elections allowing supporters of outliers an opportunity to vote their conscience without screwing the rest of us.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!&#160; <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/08\/health\/obamacare-pre-existing-conditions-mandate.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>After failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act with a Republican-controlled Congress, the Trump administration is seizing on a different strategy for dismantling the law, one fraught with political risk. It is asking a court to throw out major elements, including hugely popular provisions that protect sick people from being denied health insurance or charged higher rates.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats swiftly portrayed the surprise move by the Justice Department, outlined Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justsecurity.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ACA.Azar_.filing.pdf\">in a brief supporting a court case<\/a> filed by Texas and 19 other states, as a harsh blow to Americans with fragile health and their families. Already, Democratic candidates in the midterm elections had been playing up their party\u2019s role in blocking last year\u2019s repeal efforts and their recent success in pushing for the expansion of Medicaid in two more states. Now they have a new talking point, and they lost no time testing it.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are divided between conservatives who had vowed to eliminate the law and moderates, some in tough races, who want to preserve the popular protections for people who are sick.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The only Republicans who appear to be supporting their constituents are lying.&#160; They just fear of losing their jobs. Republicans want people with pre-existing conditions to get the RepubliCare Death Benefit. Can&#8217;t pay? Die! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-left: auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin-right: auto\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/RepubliCare.jpg\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/0609Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Vintage 2011 and still valid.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying to climb back into the saddle today, as with the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade under my window, I won&#8217;t get any rest anyway.&#160; I am feeling better, but not fully well. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:40 (average 5:46).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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