{"id":36373,"date":"2019-05-01T10:29:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T17:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36373"},"modified":"2019-05-01T10:29:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T17:29:26","slug":"open-thread-5-1-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/01\/open-thread-5-1-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/1\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a very busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; It&#8217;s grocery delivery day and WWWendy day.&nbsp; I slept poorly, because the room was too hot until late.&nbsp; Hump Day Hugs!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:20 (average 5:01).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-05-01-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.<\/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=9i6YaNy6sr4\" 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>Robert Mueller Expressed Displeasure To Barr Over Handling Of Report<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/9i6YaNy6sr4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Charge, convict and jail Barrf! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From Me (The Mueller Letter &#8211; It took me an hour to convert it to text.<\/font><\/p>\n<p>The Special Counsel&#8217;s Office  <\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C. 20330  <\/p>\n<p>March 27,2019  <\/p>\n<p>The Honorable William P. Barr  <\/p>\n<p>Attorney General of the United States  <\/p>\n<p>Department of Justice  <\/p>\n<p>Washington, D.C.  <\/p>\n<p>Re:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Report of the Special Counsel on the Investigation Into Russian Interference in the  <\/p>\n<p>2016 Presidential Election and Obstruction of Justice (March 2019)  <\/p>\n<p>Dear Attorney General Barr:  <\/p>\n<p>I previously sent you a letter dated March 25, 2019, that enclosed the introduction and  <\/p>\n<p>executive summary for each volume of the Special Counsel&#8217;s report marked with redactions to  <\/p>\n<p>remove any information that potentially could be protected by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure  <\/p>\n<p>6(e); that concerned declination decisions; or that related to a charged case. We also had marked  <\/p>\n<p>an additional two sentences for review and have now confirmed that these sentences can be  <\/p>\n<p>released publicly.  <\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the enclosed documents are in a form that can be released to the public  <\/p>\n<p>consistent with legal requirements and Department policies. I am requesting that you provide these  <\/p>\n<p>materials to Congress and authorize their public release at this time.  <\/p>\n<p>As we stated in our meeting of March 5 and reiterated to the Department early in the  <\/p>\n<p>afternoon of March 24, the introductions and executive summaries of our two-volume report  <\/p>\n<p>accurately summarize this Office&#8217;s work and conclusions. The summary letter the Department  <\/p>\n<p>sent to Congress and released to the public late in the afternoon of March 24 did not ftilly capture  <\/p>\n<p>the context, nature, and substance of this Office&#8217;s work and conclusions. We communicated that  <\/p>\n<p>concern to the Department on the morning of March 25.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There is now public conftision about  <\/p>\n<p>critical aspects of the results of our investigation. This threatens to undermine a central purpose  <\/p>\n<p>for which the Department appointed the Special Counsel: to assure full public confidence in the  <\/p>\n<p>outcome of the investigations. See Department of Justice, Press Release (May 17, 2017).  <\/p>\n<p>While we understand that the Department is reviewing the ftill report to determine what is  <\/p>\n<p>appropriate for public release\u2014a process that our Office is working with you to complete\u2014?that  <\/p>\n<p>process need not delay release of the enclosed materials. Release at this time would alleviate the  <\/p>\n<p>misunderstandings that have arisen and would answer congressional and public questions about  <\/p>\n<p>the nature and outcome of our investigation. It would also accord with the standard for public  <\/p>\n<p>2  <\/p>\n<p>release of notifications to Congress cited in yoxir letter. See 28 C.F.R. \u00a7 609(c) (&#8220;the Attorney  <\/p>\n<p>General may determine that public release&#8221; of congressional notifications &#8220;would be in the public  <\/p>\n<p>interest&#8221;).  <\/p>\n<p>Sincerely yours,  <\/p>\n<p>Robert S. Mueller, III  <\/p>\n<p>Special Counsel  <\/p>\n<p>Enclosures  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Charge, convict and jail Barrf! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2019\/4\/30\/18524178\/trump-stephen-moore-federal-reserve-sexist-writings-national-review-senate-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vox<\/a>: <\/font><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/4\/22\/18511163\/herman-cain-trump-federal-reserve\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Herman Cain<\/a> isn\u2019t the only controversial person Trump has considered for the Federal Reserve board. This week, Senate Republicans are wrestling with another pick the president has floated for the financial body: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2019\/4\/28\/18521403\/stephen-moore-fed-board-confirmation-articles-taxes-child-support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">conservative commentator Stephen Moore<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Moore has yet to be officially nominated, but an outcry over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/4\/22\/18511264\/stephen-moore-fed-herman-cain-bonnie-bernstein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sexist writings<\/a> he\u2019s previously published deriding women\u2019s involvement in sports could mean that it might not even happen.  <\/p>\n<p>Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, the fourth-ranking Republican in the Senate conference, has been among the most vocal member of the GOP in sounding the alarm about a number of columns Moore wrote for National Review in the early 2000s.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">If he were not vile, Trump would not nominate him. <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\/05\/0501Cartoon.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a very busy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; It&#8217;s grocery delivery day and WWWendy day.&nbsp; I slept poorly, because the room was too hot until late.&nbsp; Hump Day Hugs! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 4:20 (average 5:01).&nbsp; To do it, click here. Short Takes: From YouTube (MSNBC Channel): Robert Mueller Expressed Displeasure To <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/01\/open-thread-5-1-2019\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}