{"id":35778,"date":"2019-02-24T11:22:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-24T19:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=35778"},"modified":"2019-02-24T11:22:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-24T19:22:30","slug":"open-thread-2-24-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/24\/open-thread-2-24-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 2\/24\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">WWWendy is due shortly, and we have a full slate of tasks to finish.&nbsp; This is my only article 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 3:01 (average 4:58).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-02-24-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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=vUCy8YW1ZT4&amp;index=40&amp;list=PLsgVL35jv95Tl-T2rOMIjzhc0LaGMf20Y&amp;t=0s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Youngbloods, the &#8211; Get together (audio original)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/vUCy8YW1ZT4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah\u2026 the memories. The Republican Reich stole the love. It&#8217;s time to take it back! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/rosie-odonnell-chosen-to-read-audiobook-of-mueller-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>The comedian Rosie O\u2019Donnell will narrate the audiobook of Robert Mueller\u2019s long-awaited report, the special counsel\u2019s office confirmed on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining the selection of O\u2019Donnell, a spokesperson for Mueller said, \u201cDonald Trump has complained about how much this report has cost, and Rosie has agreed to narrate it for free. In fact, she offered to pay us to let her narrate it.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, O\u2019Donnell called the job of narrating Mueller\u2019s report \u201cthe acting job of a lifetime.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought I\u2019d get the chance to play so many twisted characters,\u201d she said. \u201cI mean, when else am I going to get to be both Ivanka and Jared? People are gonna freaking love listening to this in the car.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Wow, Andy! Let&#8217;s pipe that into Trump&#8217;s solitary cell, and turn up the volume. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/democratic-consultants-corportate-clients-progressive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Nation<\/a>: <\/font>It\u2019s 2019, and the Democratic Party is finally starting to energize voters. Gone are calls for cutting Social Security or one-upping Republicans in games of tax-cutting or warmongering. In their place are transformational ideas like Medicare for All, universal childcare, and a Green New Deal. Democratic candidates and elected officials are finally hearing the needs and wishes of their supporters, and acting accordingly.  <\/p>\n<p>Now it\u2019s time for those of us in the consulting field, who work to help elect these leaders, to follow suit.  <\/p>\n<p>While it\u2019s not well-known outside the political class, many consultants who advise campaigns are often working for corporate clients at the same time\u2014and all too frequently, these clients interests\u2019 directly oppose the goals of any progressive coalition. Those working both sides of the street include some of the most senior aides from the Obama administration, and as well as advisers to both the Clinton and Sanders campaigns. From opposing progressive taxation to fighting for deregulation, working for corporate clients means pushing an agenda most progressives would consider a non-starter were it espoused by a political candidate.  <\/p>\n<p>Many progressives recently criticized Bill Burton, a top Democratic consultant and former Obama aide, for working on former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz\u2019s independent presidential bid. Critics rightly worried that by helping Schultz direct massive resources against the Democratic nominee, Burton could swing the election over to Donald Trump. Besides, Schultz\u2019s agenda of opposing higher taxes on multimillionaires or Medicare for All is a direct attack on the progressive movement.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I could not agree more. Corporate double-dipping by Democratic consultants is both anti-democratic and anti-Democratic. <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\/0224Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWWendy is due shortly, and we have a full slate of tasks to finish.&nbsp; This is my only article today. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:01 (average 4:58).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? Short Takes: From YouTube: Youngbloods, the &#8211; Get together (audio original) &nbsp; Ah\u2026 the memories. 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