{"id":33219,"date":"2018-07-27T13:04:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T20:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=33219"},"modified":"2018-07-27T13:04:29","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T20:04:29","slug":"open-thread-7-27-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/07\/27\/open-thread-7-27-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/27\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here at the CatBox, the heat wave goes on and on and on.&#160; Does anyone have a spare blizzard?&#160; TGIF!!<\/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 4:56).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-07-27-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=Xc1ufrhcSOs\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Sean Hannity in 2008: \u201cIf you cheat on your wife, are you going to be honest with your country?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Xc1ufrhcSOs?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What changed? IOKIYAR! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2nf9GpFxgoY\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">Who&#8217;s Trying to Kill the Affordable Care Act?<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2nf9GpFxgoY?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. The Reich on the right, the Republican Reich, gives us RepubliCare. If you&#8217;re rich enough to pay, you get health care. If not, you get the RepubliCare Death Benefit. Republicans allow you to die at no extra charge. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GS6p5IEi6hI\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Cohen Prepared To Assert To Mueller Trump Knew About 2016 Trump Tower Mtg.<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/GS6p5IEi6hI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">That&#8217;s proof of conspiracy with Putin [R-RU]. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/republicans-accuse-rosenstein-of-secretly-plotting-to-uphold-constitution\" target=\"_blank\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>House Republicans on Thursday accused the Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, of \u201csecretly and nefariously\u201d implementing a plot to uphold the United States Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint press conference, Representatives Mark Meadows, of North Carolina, and Jim Jordan, of Ohio, said that they had \u201cample evidence\u201d that Rosenstein was prepared to protect the Constitution \u201cby any and all means at his disposal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is only one way to describe Rosenstein\u2019s obsession with putting the Constitution before all other concerns,\u201d Meadows said. \u201cConflict of interest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is almost as if Rod Rosenstein had taken some kind of solemn oath to defend a centuries-old document,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cThis should make every American very, very scared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It sounds like Andy is reporting straight news, and Rosenstein is guilty. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/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\/07\/0727Cartoon-1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here at the CatBox, the heat wave goes on and on and on.&#160; Does anyone have a spare blizzard?&#160; TGIF!! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:40 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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