{"id":34174,"date":"2018-11-01T12:49:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T19:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34174"},"modified":"2018-11-01T12:49:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T19:49:20","slug":"open-thread-11-1-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/01\/open-thread-11-1-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 11\/1\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s another muggy (93%) day here in the CatBox.&#160; I had a meeting with CCC this morning, and I overslept, so I missed my morning nap.&#160; I feel OK now, but will be way pooped before I&#8217;m done today.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:10 (average 5:01).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-11-01-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=t9FEnMCvLEA\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Lawrence: Trump, Fearing Mueller And A Democratic House, Campaigns On Fear<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/t9FEnMCvLEA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Spot on Lawrence! May all Fuhrer Drumpfenfarten&#8217;s fears be realized. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/news-amp-politics\/i-want-fck-out-all-these-top-trump-officials-are-reportedly-planning-abandon-ship\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Every White House and presidential administration is forced to grapple with frequent staff turnover due to the nature of the job, but under President Donald Trump, the country has seen a historic amount of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/trump-white-house-sets-turnover-records-analysis-shows-n888396\" target=\"_blank\">resignations and dismissals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And after the 2018 midterm elections, the problem is almost certain to get worse, as multiple reports indicate.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report from Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/10\/28\/trump-cabinet-departures-midterms-943375\">found<\/a> that five Cabinet officials (Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Defense Secretary James Mattis, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen) were likely to leave the administration after the November election.<\/p>\n<p>And on Tuesday, the Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/news-amp-politics\/trump-cabinet-appointees-troubles-deepen-justice-department-receives-referral\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that one of the investigations of Zinke has been referred to the Department of Justice as a potential criminal probe, raising the likelihood that he&#8217;ll depart. The Post also confirmed that he is only &quot;one of multiple Cabinet members who may leave after the midterm elections.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Click through for several; more. The rats know the ship is sinking. <strong>RESIST!! VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/10\/31\/us\/politics\/birthright-citizenship-trump-republicans.html\" target=\"_blank\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>President Trump attacked the Republican speaker of the House on Wednesday for criticizing his position on birthright citizenship and said he should focus instead on safeguarding the party\u2019s majority in Congress, a remarkable display of intraparty fighting six days before midterm elections in which the Republican majority is at risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaul Ryan should be focusing on holding the Majority rather than giving his opinions on Birthright Citizenship, something he knows nothing about!\u201d Mr. Trump said in a Twitter post.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I think Lyin&#8217; Ryan was focused on trying to preserve the Reich&#8217;s stranglehold on Congress. The Fuhrer hates being contradicted and showed his desperation. <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\/11\/1101Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s another muggy (93%) day here in the CatBox.&#160; I had a meeting with CCC this morning, and I overslept, so I missed my morning nap.&#160; I feel OK now, but will be way pooped before I&#8217;m done today. 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