{"id":34671,"date":"2018-12-11T10:49:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T18:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=34671"},"modified":"2018-12-11T11:12:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T19:12:02","slug":"squatchs-open-thread-11-december-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/11\/squatchs-open-thread-11-december-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatch&#8217;s Open Thread  11 December 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It&#8217;s raining, it&#8217;s pouring, the old broad is snoring!\u00a0 Y-a-w-n!\u00a0 I just woke up, fed the kids and now it is time to eat some breakfast myself as I work on tomorrow&#8217;s OT.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t be posting it until mid afternoon between physio and teaching.\u00a0 Tomorrow is bound to be noisy as the landscapers will be here with their damn leaf blowers, the garbage collection is tomorrow, and the city recycling pick up is tomorrow.\u00a0 My unit is right by the garbage and recycling shed so it gets loud.\u00a0 Even the kids dive under the bed because of all the noise.\u00a0 Perhaps we&#8217;ll hear from TomCat sometime today.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Jig Zone Puzzle:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Today\u2019s took me 4:46 (average 8:06). To do it, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/12055D4C3998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>. How did you do?\u00a0 This one is for Lona!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TC\u2019s took me\u00a0 5:39 (12:14 average ). To do it, <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/C7055D5B02B4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>. How did you do!\u00a0 We have done this one before and it is not as hard as the average time might seem to indicate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Fantasy Football<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_1099\" class=\"last win\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Week 14 Match up Results<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2080\" class=\"sectionWrap\">\n<div id=\"teamMatchupNav\" class=\"mod\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2079\" class=\"content\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2078\" class=\"teamNav ft\">\n<ul id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2077\" class=\"ss ss-3\">\n<li id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2632\" class=\"final owned first\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2635\" class=\"first loss\"><em id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2634\">Size 9 Stompers\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><span class=\"teamTotal teamId-8\">74.64<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2630\" class=\"last win\"><em id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2633\">TomCat Teabag Trashers\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><span id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2629\" class=\"teamTotal teamId-1\">123.44<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2076\" class=\"selected historyDefault final\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2616\" class=\"first loss\"><em>Monster Mashers\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><span id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2615\" class=\"teamTotal teamId-7\">120.82<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2074\" class=\"last win\"><em id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2628\">Lefty Hillbillies\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><span id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2073\" class=\"teamTotal teamId-9\">144.88<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2614\" class=\"final last\">\n<div class=\"first loss\"><em>endthegop\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><span class=\"teamTotal teamId-4\">62.68<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2612\" class=\"last win\"><em id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552532469_2611\">Country Raiderettes\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><span class=\"teamTotal teamId-2\">110.38<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1095\" class=\"tableWrap\">\n<table id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1094\" class=\"tableType-team hasGroups\" style=\"height: 283px;\" width=\"667\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<thead id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1093\">\n<tr id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1092\" class=\"first\">\n<th id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1091\" class=\"teamRank first\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamImageAndName\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Standings<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamRecord numeric\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamWinPct numeric\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamStreak numeric\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamWaiverPriority numeric\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"group teamPts firstgroup-teamPts last\" colspan=\"2\" scope=\"colgroup\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Points<\/em><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1097\" class=\"last\">\n<th class=\"teamRank first\" scope=\"col\"><a class=\"dynamic\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380?sort=rank&amp;standingsTab=standings&amp;standingsType=overall\">Rank<\/a><\/th>\n<th id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1096\" class=\"teamImageAndName\" scope=\"col\"><span id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1098\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Team<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamRecord numeric\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">W-L-T<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamWinPct numeric\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Pct<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamStreak numeric\" scope=\"col\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Stk<\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamWaiverPriority numeric\" scope=\"col\"><a class=\"dynamic\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380?sort=waiver_priority&amp;standingsTab=standings&amp;standingsType=overall\">Waiver<\/a><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric\" scope=\"col\"><a class=\"dynamic\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380?sort=pts&amp;standingsTab=standings&amp;standingsType=overall\">For<\/a><\/th>\n<th class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric last\" scope=\"col\"><a class=\"dynamic\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380?sort=pts_against&amp;standingsTab=standings&amp;standingsType=overall\">Against<\/a><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1101\">\n<tr id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1100\" class=\"team-2 odd first\">\n<td class=\"teamRank first\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"teamRank teamId-2\">1<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1099\" class=\"teamImageAndName\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1103\" class=\"teamImageAndNameWrap\"><a class=\"teamImg teamId-2\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nfl.com\/static\/content\/public\/static\/img\/fantasy\/avatar\/40x27\/DEF.png\" alt=\"Country Raiderettes\" width=\"40\" height=\"27\" \/><b><\/b><\/a><a id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1102\" class=\"teamName teamId-2\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/2\">Country Raiderettes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamRecord numeric\">10-4-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamWinPct numeric\">.714<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamStreak numeric\">W1<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamWaiverPriority numeric\" style=\"text-align: center;\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric\">1,737.36<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric last\">1,552.78<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1105\" class=\"team-1 even\">\n<td class=\"teamRank first\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"teamRank teamId-1\">2<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1104\" class=\"teamImageAndName\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1106\" class=\"teamImageAndNameWrap\"><a class=\"teamImg teamId-1\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.fantasy.nfl.com\/image\/d23eace3cdff83f0fa7e12ec45707999.jpg?x=40&amp;y=27&amp;sig=5837501a1e1e0db91b783cd44c1db0bc\" alt=\"TomCat Teabag Trashers\" width=\"40\" height=\"27\" \/><b><\/b><\/a><a id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1129\" class=\"teamName teamId-1\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/1\">TomCat Teabag Trashers<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamRecord numeric\">9-5-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamWinPct numeric\">.643<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamStreak numeric\">W3<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamWaiverPriority numeric\" style=\"text-align: center;\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric\">1,618.94<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric last\">1,400.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1108\" class=\"team-4 odd\">\n<td class=\"teamRank first\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"teamRank teamId-4\">3<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1126\" class=\"teamImageAndName\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1128\" class=\"teamImageAndNameWrap\"><a class=\"teamImg teamId-4\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nfl.com\/static\/content\/public\/static\/img\/fantasy\/avatar\/40x27\/DEF.png\" alt=\"endthegop\" width=\"40\" height=\"27\" \/><b><\/b><\/a><a id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1127\" class=\"teamName teamId-4\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/4\">endthegop<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1107\" class=\"teamRecord numeric\">8-6-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamWinPct numeric\">.571<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamStreak numeric\">L1<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamWaiverPriority numeric\" style=\"text-align: center;\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric\">1,582.22<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric last\">1,617.94<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1110\" class=\"team-9 even\">\n<td class=\"teamRank first\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"teamRank teamId-9\">4<\/span><\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1123\" class=\"teamImageAndName\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1124\" class=\"teamImageAndNameWrap\"><a class=\"teamImg teamId-9\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nfl.com\/static\/content\/public\/static\/img\/fantasy\/avatar\/40x27\/DEF.png\" alt=\"Lefty Hillbillies\" width=\"40\" height=\"27\" \/><b><\/b><\/a><a id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1125\" class=\"teamName teamId-9\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/9\">Lefty Hillbillies<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamRecord numeric\">8-6-0<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1109\" class=\"teamWinPct numeric\">.571<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1111\" class=\"teamStreak numeric\">W6<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamWaiverPriority numeric\" style=\"text-align: center;\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric\">1,702.42<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric last\">1,603.68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1113\" class=\"team-7 odd\">\n<td class=\"teamRank first\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"teamRank teamId-7\">5<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"teamImageAndName\">\n<div class=\"teamImageAndNameWrap\"><a class=\"teamImg teamId-7\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image.fantasy.nfl.com\/image\/0cfb42c8a1432325f20736ce25e5008b.jpg?x=40&amp;y=27&amp;sig=abbf23f2da7776a2d79386d8e52b4e52\" alt=\"Monster Mashers\" width=\"40\" height=\"27\" \/><b><\/b><\/a><a class=\"teamName teamId-7\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/7\">Monster Mashers<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1122\" class=\"teamRecord numeric\">5-9-0<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1121\" class=\"teamWinPct numeric\">.357<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1112\" class=\"teamStreak numeric\">L6<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1114\" class=\"teamWaiverPriority numeric\" style=\"text-align: center;\">2<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1115\" class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric\">1,497.98<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric last\">1,522.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1117\" class=\"team-8 selected even last\">\n<td class=\"teamRank first\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"teamRank teamId-8\">6<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"teamImageAndName\">\n<div class=\"teamImageAndNameWrap\"><a class=\"teamImg teamId-8\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nfl.com\/static\/content\/public\/static\/img\/fantasy\/avatar\/40x27\/DEF.png\" alt=\"Size 9 Stompers\" width=\"40\" height=\"27\" \/><b><\/b><\/a><a class=\"teamName teamId-8\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/team\/8\">Size 9 Stompers<\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamRecord numeric\">2-12-0<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamWinPct numeric\">.143<\/td>\n<td class=\"teamStreak numeric\">L3<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1120\" class=\"teamWaiverPriority numeric\" style=\"text-align: center;\">1<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1116\" class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric\">1,204.68<\/td>\n<td id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1118\" class=\"teamPts teamPtsSort stat numeric last\">1,646.34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1119\" class=\"tableFt\">\n<div class=\"rankChangeDetail\">* Rank change shown is from week 13 &#8211; 14<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"teamMatchupHeader\" class=\"mod matchupFinal\">\n<div class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"bd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"teamMatchupChart\" class=\"mod leagueId-342380 matchupFinal teamId1-7 teamId2-9\">\n<div class=\"content show\">\n<div class=\"bd\">\n<div class=\"chart\">\n<div class=\"yui3-widget yui3-html-live-chart\">\n<div id=\"htmlLiveChartArea\" class=\"yui3-html-live-chart-content\">\n<div class=\"videoCircle\" data-video-id=\"0ap3000000998099\">\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1190\" class=\"trophyImg\"><a id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1189\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/trophies\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1188\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nfl.com\/static\/content\/public\/static\/img\/fantasy\/trophyroom\/award_1.png\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">ongratulations to Country Raiderettes for earning the 2018 Regular Season Champion in\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Lefty Blog Friends League.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"videoCircle\" data-video-id=\"0ap3000000997960\"><span id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1223\" class=\"trophyImg\"><a id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1222\" href=\"https:\/\/fantasy.nfl.com\/league\/342380\/trophies\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544552804055_1225\" src=\"https:\/\/static.nfl.com\/static\/content\/public\/static\/img\/fantasy\/trophyroom\/award_2.png\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\" \/><\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Congratulations to Country Raiderettes for earning the 2018 Highest Scoring Team in Lefty\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Blog Friends League.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-video-id=\"0ap3000000997960\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-video-id=\"0ap3000000997960\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Week 15 is the beginning of the playoffs.\u00a0 The match ups are:<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-video-id=\"0ap3000000997960\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Size 9 Stompers vs endthegop<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-video-id=\"0ap3000000997960\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Lefty Hillbillies vs Monster Mashers<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-video-id=\"0ap3000000997960\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em id=\"yui_3_15_0_1_1544553422359_504\">Byes:<\/em><\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">TomCat Teabag Trashers,\u00a0Country Raiderettes<\/span><\/div>\n<div data-video-id=\"0ap3000000997960\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-video-id=\"0ap3000000997960\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Good luck everyone!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yui3-widget yui3-html-live-chart\">\n<div id=\"htmlLiveChartArea\" class=\"yui3-html-live-chart-content\">\n<div class=\"videoCircle\" data-video-id=\"0ap3000000997912\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Short Takes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/entry\/donald-trump-resign-pardon-jennifer-rubin_us_5c0dd8d8e4b035a7bf5c83d2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Huffington Post<\/span><\/strong><\/a> &#8212;\u00a0What will President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" data-rapid-elm=\"context_link\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link\" data-rapid-sec=\"{&quot;entry-text&quot;:&quot;entry-text&quot;}\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0do when it\u2019s time to leave office?<\/p>\n<p>Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin said she doesn\u2019t believe Trump can pardon himself, and if he tried he could face prosecution after leaving office in connection with special counsel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/topic\/robert-mueller\" data-rapid-elm=\"context_link\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link\" data-rapid-sec=\"{&quot;entry-text&quot;:&quot;entry-text&quot;}\" data-rapid_p=\"2\" data-v9y=\"1\">Robert Mueller<\/a>\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than take a chance, he could make a last-minute move to protect himself if he is replaced by a Democrat after the next election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would predict here on MSNBC that when Trump leaves office he will resign the presidency 10 minutes before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/topic\/mike-pence\" data-rapid-elm=\"context_link\" data-ylk=\"elm:context_link\" data-rapid-sec=\"{&quot;entry-text&quot;:&quot;entry-text&quot;}\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\">Mike Pence<\/a>\u00a0leaves office, allowing Pence to pardon him if there is not a Republican president to follow him,\u201d Rubin said on \u201cAM Joy\u201d on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Please click through to view a 10 minute video of AM Joy with Jonathan Capeheart as he and his panel explore this question.\u00a0 (unfortunately I could not imbed) If impeachment is the Democrat strategy, this is one more reason why Pence must be impeached at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/12\/10\/18130492\/2018-voter-turnout-political-engagement-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Vox<\/strong><\/span><\/a> &#8212;\u00a0Americans are more civically engaged than they have been in more than 100 years.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HUfAa6\">The two years between President Donald Trump\u2019s win in 2016 and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/midterm-elections\">2018 midterms<\/a> ushered in a new era of political engagement in America, not seen since the early 1900s and the 1960s civil rights and anti-war movements.<\/p>\n<p id=\"MwXuou\">That culminated in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/midterm-elections\">November\u2019s midterm elections<\/a>. While House Democrats\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/11\/6\/18024818\/election-results-democrats-control-house\">picked up 40 seats in a wave election<\/a>\u00a0(they didn\u2019t fare nearly as well in the Senate), an important number to focus on is the sheer number of people who voted in 2018, compared to past midterms.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Fl9HFn\">50.1 percent of the voting-eligible population in the US turned out to cast their ballots in this year\u2019s midterms, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.electproject.org\/\">United States Elections Project<\/a>, a database about the United States electoral system run by University of Florida political science professor Michael McDonald. In raw numbers, that means 118,044,470 votes were cast.\u00a0 &#8230;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Voter_turnout_f.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"qRw1Yd\">Voter turnout numbers are the easiest way to measure just how politically engaged Americans were in 2018. But all of the work that went into the final result is political engagement \u2014 political organizing, phone banking, canvassing, protesting, contacting elected officials, or donating money to a campaign.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pTtbog\">Americans also participated in these activities in high numbers in 2018, according to an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.people-press.org\/2018\/04\/26\/10-political-engagement-knowledge-and-the-midterms\/\">April survey by Pew Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HtAqxG\">Pew found that 67 percent of the people surveyed said they engaged with politics in at least one of these ways since 2013. And 46 percent reported political engagement in some form during the past year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Click through for the rest of this interesting article.\u00a0 2018 had the highest turnout rate in 100 years!\u00a0 What will the Congress look like if the turnout in 2020 is at 70% or higher?\u00a0 And how do we raise participation rates?\u00a0 One way of which I have heard is making voting day a national holiday.\u00a0 Our very own Freya was heavily involved in Georgia for the 2018 mid terms.\u00a0 She posted the following petition:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/action.turnoutpac.org\/survey\/pet-stand-with-AOC\/?source=MS_EM_PET_2018.11.29_B1_Election-Day-Holiday-AOC_X__F1_S1_C1__all-ac&amp;t=4&amp;referring_akid=1687.136870.uszkfj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Stand with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Make Election\u00a0Day\u00a0a National\u00a0Holiday!<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>which you\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">can also see at <strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/739002257\/4130027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Care2<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">I am Canadian so I cannot vote in the US but I try to do my part here at PP.\u00a0 In Canada, there are early voting opportunities and each voter must be accorded 4 consecutive hours to vote by their employer.\u00a0 As a manager, I sent my staff home 4 hours prior to the polls closing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">This is Part 1 of an ABC (Australian Broadcast Company) programme examining the Trump Russia relationship published in .\u00a0 Some of this is &#8216;old hat&#8217; while other parts may be new information.\u00a0 Sarah Ferguson, the interviewer, talks with various people involved with Trump.\u00a0 Tomorrow Part 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XwvjkJXaIJE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>My Universe<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dogs-fault.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/resist_2.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Posted to Care2 <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.care2.com\/news\/member\/775377582\/4130137\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s raining, it&#8217;s pouring, the old broad is snoring!\u00a0 Y-a-w-n!\u00a0 I just woke up, fed the kids and now it is time to eat some breakfast myself as I work on tomorrow&#8217;s OT.\u00a0 I won&#8217;t be posting it until mid afternoon between physio and teaching.\u00a0 Tomorrow is bound to be noisy as the landscapers will <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/11\/squatchs-open-thread-11-december-2018\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-politics","category-35-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}