{"id":35267,"date":"2019-01-07T11:52:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T19:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35267"},"modified":"2019-01-07T11:52:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T19:52:32","slug":"open-thread-1-7-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/01\/07\/open-thread-1-7-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/7\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Once again, it&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox.&#160; Monday almost always is, as the weekends tend to be somewhat slow for news.&#160; Finding stories for you takes more time.&#160; OGIM!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:05 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-01-07-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=s8VOM8ET1WU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/voxdotcom\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Vox Channel<\/a>): <\/font>How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump (published 7\/2016)<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/s8VOM8ET1WU\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Almost 2.5 years later, the leaders&#8217; choice is revoltingly obvious. Republican <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">voters have two choices. They can goose-step with the Republican Reich or they can leave it. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-60-minutes-trump_us_5c32bce0e4b0bcb4c25d2179\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said there\u2019s \u201cno question\u201d President Donald Trump is a racist, citing in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/When%20you%20look%20at%20the%20words%20that%20he%20uses,%20which%20are%20historic%20dog%20whistles%20of%20white%20supremacy.%20When%20you%20look%20at%20how%20he%20reacted%20to%20the%20Charlottesville%20incident,%20where%20neo-Nazis%20murdered%20a%20woman,%20versus%20how%20he%20manufactures%20crises%20like%20immigrants%20seeking%20legal%20refuge%20on%20our%20borders,%20it's%E2%80%94%20it's%20night%20and%20day.\">an interview<\/a> that aired Sunday the White House\u2019s response to white supremacist groups and ongoing rhetoric about migrant communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president certainly didn\u2019t invent racism. But he\u2019s certainly given a voice to it and expanded it and created a platform for those things,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez told \u201c60 Minutes\u201d correspondent Anderson Cooper during the segment. When asked if she believes Trump is a racist, she replied: \u201cYeah. Yeah, no question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/ErTYmkCiTbo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I appreciate this woman&#8217;s straightforward honesty more and more: <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/06\/us\/politics\/joe-biden-2020-president.html\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is in the final stages of deciding whether to run for president and has told allies he is skeptical the other Democrats eyeing the White House can defeat President Trump, an assessment that foreshadows a clash between the veteran Washington insider and the more liberal and fresh-faced contenders for the party\u2019s 2020 nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Many Democratic voters, and nearly all major Democratic donors, are keenly interested in Mr. Biden\u2019s plans because of their consuming focus on finding a candidate who can beat a president they believe represents a threat to American democracy. But there is also a rising demand in the party for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/12\/31\/us\/politics\/2020-democratic-candidates.html?module=inline\" target=\"_blank\">a more progressive standard-bearer who reflects the increasingly diverse Democratic coalition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Biden would instantly be the early front-runner if he ran, but he would have to bridge divides in a primary that would test whether Democrats are willing to embrace a moderate white man in his 70s if they view him as the best bet to oust Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">As much as I love Joe personally, I consider him a bad choice politically. His progressive credentials need bolstering, and he suffers from foot-in-mouth disease. <strong>RESIST<\/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\/2018\/01\/0107Cartoon.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Would a volunteer please give a BJ to both Pence and Trump?<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, it&#8217;s a busy day here in the CatBox.&#160; Monday almost always is, as the weekends tend to be somewhat slow for news.&#160; Finding stories for you takes more time.&#160; OGIM!! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:05 (average 4:56).&#160; To do it, click here.&#160; How did you do? 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