{"id":36024,"date":"2019-03-24T10:39:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T17:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36024"},"modified":"2019-03-24T10:39:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T17:39:51","slug":"open-thread-3-24-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/03\/24\/open-thread-3-24-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 3\/24\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a chilly day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Finding stories has been difficult because a single subject had dominated the news.&nbsp; I will be tied up much of the day tomorrow in a volunteer meeting.&nbsp; Therefore, I will only publish one article with no links messages on Care2.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 2:53 (average 5:15).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-03-24-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=IBSmgPxsIcA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>: <\/font>Enya &#8211; Only time<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/IBSmgPxsIcA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I hope you enjoyed something soothing as much as I. God knows we need it. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/nancy-pelosi-mueller-report_n_5c96d94de4b0a6329e179096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huffington Post<\/a>: <\/font>Democrats in Congress are gearing up for a fight to ensure that special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s findings are made public, calling for the release of the full report.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Mueller submitted his report to Attorney General William Barr, who now has to determine what to do with the conclusions from the 22-month investigation that resulted in charges against 34 people. As a start, he is expected to send lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/national-security\/mueller-report-sent-to-attorney-general-signaling-his-russia-investigation-has-ended\/2019\/03\/22\/b061d8fa-323e-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html?utm_term=.c1777b391fe5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a summary of the findings<\/a> as early as Sunday.  <\/p>\n<p>Democrats are pushing for transparency on the report, pressuring Barr to release as much information as possible.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that Special Counsel Mueller has submitted his report to the Attorney General, it is imperative for Mr. Barr to make the full report public and provide its underlying documentation and findings to Congress,\u201d House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said in a joint statement.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">We all deserve a chance to know all the details possible, without compromising either ongoing investigations or intelligence community sources and methods. I&#8217;m tired of watching &#8220;experts&#8221; analyze the contents of an unopened, unlabeled container. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/23\/us\/politics\/aipac-israel-trump-democrats.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>More than 18,000 activists will converge in Washington on Sunday for the annual conference of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/04\/us\/politics\/aipac-congress-democrats.html?module=inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Israel Public Affairs Committee<\/a>, as Democrats wrestle with the left\u2019s rising criticism of Israel and as President Trump seeks to divide his political rivals while bolstering Israel\u2019s embattled leader.  <\/p>\n<p>In some respects, the three-day Aipac conference will look much as it has in years past. American and Israeli luminaries will speak, including Israel\u2019s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Mr. Netanyahu\u2019s main challenger in Israel\u2019s election next month, Benny Gantz. It will wrap up on Tuesday with a \u201clobbying day,\u201d when thousands of activists will flock to Capitol Hill to press Aipac\u2019s legislative agenda.  <\/p>\n<p>I<font color=\"#0000ff\"> hope thousands of Authentic Jews, Authentic Christians, Authentic Muslims and Authentic others flock to Capitol Hill to oppose the legislative agenda of AIPUKE&#8217;s pseudo-Jews and pseudo-Christians. <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\/2017\/03\/0324Cartoon.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a chilly day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; Finding stories has been difficult because a single subject had dominated the news.&nbsp; I will be tied up much of the day tomorrow in a volunteer meeting.&nbsp; Therefore, I will only publish one article with no links messages on Care2. 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