{"id":34087,"date":"2018-10-23T13:13:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34087"},"modified":"2018-10-23T13:13:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:13:07","slug":"open-thread-10-23-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/23\/open-thread-10-23-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 10\/23\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I had a very restful day yesterday and feel a bit groggy from all the spare Z&#8217;s.&#160; I&#8217;m back in the saddle.&#160; Yee Haw!&#160; Time to rope me a <em>dawg<\/em>!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:09 (average 5:40).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-10-23-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&#160; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Fantasy Football Report<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here&#8217;s the latest from our own <a href=\"http:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\" target=\"_blank\">fantasy football league<\/a>.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Scores:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"7Scores\" 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=\"7Scores\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7Scores.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"300\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Congrats to Wendy, Vivian and I for winning our games.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Standings:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7Standings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"7Standings\" 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=\"7Standings\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7Standings_thumb.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to Pam and me for leading the league.<\/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=salQ-WbMwDM\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Transgender activists and allies rally against Trump administration&#8217;s attempt to erase trans people<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/salQ-WbMwDM\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Republicans hating transgenders is so hypocritical. It&#8217;s really transhumans hating transgenders. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/election-03918\/new-hampshire-sb3-voting-rights\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>On Monday, in a victory for voting rights, a GOP law in New Hampshire that threatened to suppress turnout in November&#8217;s elections was <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/merrimack\/s\/gjcso\/nh-voter-suppression-law-rejected-judge\" target=\"_blank\">struck down<\/a> by a state judge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhpr.org\/post\/nh-voting-law-sb3-back-court-week-heres-what-you-need-know#stream\/0\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Bill 3<\/a>, which was signed into law by Republican Gov. Chris Sununu last year, would have required New Hampshire voters to provide documentation proving they are &quot;domiciled&quot; in the town where they are voting if they register to vote within 30 days of the election. Those who fail to provide the documentation would have still been able to vote, but would have to give a signature of attestation and submit the documents in the following weeks, or face investigation at their place of residence and possible penalties for voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Voting rights groups say the bill&#8217;s requirements were confusing, would increase lines at polling places, and make it impossible for the homeless to vote.<\/p>\n<p>Hillsborough Superior Court Judge Kenneth Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/patch.com\/new-hampshire\/merrimack\/s\/gjcso\/nh-voter-suppression-law-rejected-judge\" target=\"_blank\">agreed<\/a>, in his ruling for the League of Women Voters of New Hampshire, who filed a lawsuit along with multiple New Hampshire residents who were struggling to register to vote.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Kudos to the Judge. It&#8217;s too bad that ruling is the exception, not the rule. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!&#160; <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/news\/florida-man-accused-groping-woman-flight-trump-ok\" target=\"_blank\">TPM<\/a>: <\/font>A Florida man is accused of groping a female passenger while on a flight Sunday from Houston to Albuquerque and later telling authorities that <strong>the president of the United States says it\u2019s OK to grab women by their private parts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Michael Alexander, 49, of Tampa made his initial appearance in federal court Monday in Albuquerque on a charge of abusive sexual contact. It wasn\u2019t immediately clear if he had an attorney.<\/p>\n<p>According to a criminal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-nm\/press-release\/file\/1103256\/download\" target=\"_blank\">complaint<\/a>, a woman told authorities the man behind her touched her twice and that she told him to stop and asked to change seats.&#160; [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">After the Republican Reich helps Alexander beat the rap, he&#8217;ll be going to work in the White House. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/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\/2016\/10\/1023Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had a very restful day yesterday and feel a bit groggy from all the spare Z&#8217;s.&#160; I&#8217;m back in the saddle.&#160; Yee Haw!&#160; Time to rope me a dawg! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:09 (average 5:40).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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