{"id":36288,"date":"2019-04-20T09:52:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36288"},"modified":"2019-04-20T09:52:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T16:52:51","slug":"open-thread-4-20-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/20\/open-thread-4-20-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 4\/20\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a cooler but muggy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; It will also be busy, because tomorrow is Easter and a WWWendy day.&nbsp; I got her some Cadbury Carmel Eggs.&nbsp; She will love\/hate them. \ud83d\ude42<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:00 (average 4:58).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-04-20-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=Tk7qsgxLX3E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/mediamatters4america\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Media Matters Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Fox News can&#8217;t stop screaming &#8220;no collusion&#8221; even though the Mueller report doesn&#8217;t address it<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\"><strong>Barf Bag Alert!!<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Tk7qsgxLX3E\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">What else could anyone expect from the Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gwQ5ltdO8gA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Senator Elizabeth Warren First 2020 Candidate To Call For Impeachment<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gwQ5ltdO8gA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I have to agree with her. Yesterday I said that, whether or not we actually Impeach Putin&#8217;s Pet Pervert, we should begin the investigation.&nbsp; If the House presents the case well enough, voting against impeachment could be career ending for Republican Senators. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/sarah-huckabee-sanders-accuses-media-of-anti-liar-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>Reacting to the journalist April Ryan\u2019s call for her to be fired, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said, on Friday, that she has been the victim of the media\u2019s \u201cwidespread anti-liar bias.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom their obsession with fact-checking to their relentless attacks on falsehoods, the media have made no secret of their bias,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cIt\u2019s open season on liars in America.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is media hypocrisy at its very worst,\u201d she added. \u201cThe same journalists who advocate freedom of speech want to take that freedom away from anyone whose speech consists entirely of lies.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang, Andy! That would be the most truthful thing she&#8217;s ever said. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/0420Cartoon.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a cooler but muggy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; It will also be busy, because tomorrow is Easter and a WWWendy day.&nbsp; I got her some Cadbury Carmel Eggs.&nbsp; She will love\/hate them. \ud83d\ude42 Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:00 (average 4:58).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? 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