{"id":32825,"date":"2018-06-22T13:00:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T20:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32825"},"modified":"2018-06-22T13:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T20:00:21","slug":"open-thread-6-22-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/22\/open-thread-6-22-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 6\/22\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a little cooler today, but the sun is due to hit the window, and I&#8217;ll have to button-up when it does.&#160; I have not yet recovered from the heat wave, and I still feel quite tired.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:44 (average 5:42).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-06-22-CE2504A965A9\">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=vjl6kfFGxqE\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>MSNBC&#8217;s Mariana Atencio speaks with families who were separated at the border<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vjl6kfFGxqE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">These are the people Republicans call enemies, criminals, drug gangs, and scum.&#160; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!&#160; <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=81cUgWVA6tg\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\">Inequality Media Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Trump&#8217;s Takeover of the Courts<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/81cUgWVA6tg?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Reich on the left is right. The Reich on the Right is Fascist. We need BOTH the House and Senate just to mitigate the damage. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/21\/business\/economy\/europe-tariffs-trump-trade.html\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>The European Union fought back on Friday against the Trump administration\u2019s tariffs, slapping penalties on an array of American products that target the president\u2019s political base, like bourbon, motorcycles and orange juice.<\/p>\n<p>The European counterattack on $3.2 billion of goods, a response to the administration\u2019s measures on steel and aluminum imports, adds another front to a trade war that has engulfed allies and adversaries around the world. China and Mexico have already retaliated with their own tariffs, and Canada, Japan and Turkey are readying similar offensives.<\/p>\n<p>The risk of escalation is high since Mr. Trump has promised even more tariffs. Taking aim at German car manufacturers, the president has started an investigation into automobile imports to determine whether they pose a national security concern, the same justification used for his metal tariffs.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Frankly, I&#8217;m amazed that the civilized world has not imposed major sanctions against the US, because Re<\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">publican policies are have made the US an International pariah. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/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\/06\/0622Cartoon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"0622Cartoon\" 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=\"0622Cartoon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/0622Cartoon_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a little cooler today, but the sun is due to hit the window, and I&#8217;ll have to button-up when it does.&#160; I have not yet recovered from the heat wave, and I still feel quite tired. 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