{"id":35654,"date":"2019-02-12T12:24:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T20:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35654"},"modified":"2019-02-12T12:24:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T20:24:42","slug":"open-thread-2-12-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/12\/open-thread-2-12-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/12\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s warmer here in the CatBox, and the weather is wet and muggy.&nbsp; I&#8217;m feeling a little under the weather with a mild case of Republicosis.&nbsp; That has made it a shitty day.&nbsp; I got my order into Store to Door, and it&#8217;s a big one this week.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 5:15 (average 7:14).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-02-12-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; 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=qvlz_f8TtJE\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuDv5p8E-evaRSh542hDV5g\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Reich Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Robert Reich: What is Inequality of Place?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/qvlz_f8TtJE\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">In other words poor, white voters too stupid to understand that changing conditions, decayed infrastructure and Republican greed killed their jobs, not the Blacks and Latinos suffering in mega-cities, are the Reich on the right, the Republican Reich. The Reich on the left, Robert Reich, is right. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sYxQBrfxHKc\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/CNN\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>BBC cameraman attacked at Trump rally<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/sYxQBrfxHKc\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s not Trump. The criminal hatred, displayed by the Republican Reich, has been evident for years. Trump just reflects their image. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2019\/02\/garbage-compromise-trumps-conservative-allies-are-leaning-on-him-to-reject-bipartisan-border-security-deal-and-trigger-another-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>On Thursday, members of Congress from both parties <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/11\/us\/politics\/shutdown-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> they had a tentative working deal on border security.<\/p>\n<p>And President Donald Trump\u2019s allies are already trashing the deal as no good.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the way, on this new so-called compromise,\u201d said [<em>Faux Noise delinked<\/em>] Fox News host Sean Hannity. \u201cI\u2019m getting details. $1.3 billion? That\u2019s not even a wall, a barrier.\u201d Referencing Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alternet.org\/2019\/02\/fck-the-media-trump-supporter-goes-berserk-and-attacks-bbc-cameraman-at-el-paso-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\">rally in El Paso<\/a>, Hannity added, \u201cAny Republican that supports this garbage compromise, you will have to explain \u2014 look at this crowd, look at the country.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the details I have seen,\u201d tweeted [Nazi delinked] Hannity\u2019s fellow right-wing commentator Laura Ingraham, \u201cthe word \u2018principle\u2019 shouldn\u2019t be used to describe this deal.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The anger was not just limited to Fox News. House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) raged against the agreement as well.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis does not represent a fraction of what the president has promised the American people,\u201d Meadows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/economy\/top-lawmakers-meet-to-revive-stalled-border-talks-with-shutdown-days-away\/2019\/02\/11\/3cd0fc1a-2dff-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html\">told<\/a> the Washington Post. \u201cI don\u2019t speak for the president but I can\u2019t imagine he will be applauding something so lacking.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Under the agreement, Congress would provide $1.3 billion to construct 55 miles of bollard fencing, with restrictions to protect local communities and environments, $1.7 billion for port of entry security and humanitarian aid, and a 17 percent cut to the number of detention beds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  <\/p>\n<p>By all accounts, it is an evenly balanced compromise that forces Democrats and Republicans to make concessions and gives both part of what they wanted. But that will not fly with the hardliners in Trump\u2019s camp.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The devil is in the details. Frankly, I think Democrats may have been too generous, but I&#8217;m always willing to negotiate, if Republicans negotiate in good faith. If they are, it&#8217;s the first time in years.&nbsp; Assuming it passes, a shutdown becomes a nationally obvious Republican problem, again. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0212Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s warmer here in the CatBox, and the weather is wet and muggy.&nbsp; I&#8217;m feeling a little under the weather with a mild case of Republicosis.&nbsp; That has made it a shitty day.&nbsp; I got my order into Store to Door, and it&#8217;s a big one this week. 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