{"id":36585,"date":"2019-05-25T09:43:17","date_gmt":"2019-05-25T16:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36585"},"modified":"2019-05-25T09:43:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-25T16:43:17","slug":"open-thread-5-25-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/05\/25\/open-thread-5-25-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 5\/25\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day here in the old tiny CatBox, preparing for the new shiny CatBox.  Please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow, with no links messages on Care2.  It’s a WWWendy day, and we’ll be swamped.<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today’s took me 3:44 (average 5:58).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From Daily Beast<\/a>: <\/font>[L]ong before becoming president, Donald Trump called for the jailing of his adversaries. Aided by Attorney General William Barr, he may now actually be training the full force of federal law enforcement against his enemies, real or perceived. Unlike Richard Nixon, who acted in secret, Trump is corrupting the justice system openly and publicly. <\/p>\n

The seriousness of such a presidential abuse of power, and its potential for undermining the constitutional order, could well surpass any of the crimes detailed in the Mueller Report. Indeed, the Congress long ago recognized that such misconduct can merit impeachment. <\/p>\n

I have nothing to add, except for this. I could not agree more. RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>Manipulated videos of Speaker Nancy Pelosi that made it seem as if she were stumbling over and slurring her words continued to spread across social media on Friday, fueled by President Trump\u2019s feud with the Democratic leader. <\/p>\n

One of the videos, which showed Ms. Pelosi speaking at a conference this week, appeared to be slowed down to make her speech sound continually garbled. <\/p>\n

The video has been viewed millions of times on Facebook and was amplified by the president\u2019s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, who shared the video Thursday night on Twitter. <\/p>\n

Facebook’s Mark Fuckerberg was asked to remove the bogus Republican video. Of course, he refused. With Facebook, the only way to win is not to play. Unplug!! RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Democrats in Congress are eager to have Special Counsel Robert Mueller testify publicly. But Mueller is dragging his feet \u2014 and making a big mistake. <\/p>\n

New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, the Democratic chair of the House Judiciary Committee, gave his most extensive comments on the negotiations around Mueller\u2019s pending testimony thus far Thursday night on Rachel Maddow\u2019s show. <\/p>\n

He said the Mueller is reluctant testify in public because he \u201cdoesn\u2019t want to participate in anything that he might regard as a political spectacle.\u201d Instead, Mueller would like to testify to the committee publicly. \u201cHe envisions himself, correctly, as a man of great rectitude and apolitical,\u201d Nadler said. <\/p>\n

My first reaction to this was simple: Tough. When Mueller was running the investigation, it was up to him to decide how public he wanted to be. Now that it\u2019s over, if Democrats in Congress want to call him for a hearing that they use to further political talking points, that\u2019s their choice. Mueller doesn\u2019t get to be the ultimate arbiter of what is and isn\u2019t political. And he\u2019s not a flower that will wilt with too much exposure. <\/p>\n

I agree with the author. I suspect Mueller does not want to state the reason he did not charge Trump with obstruction in public. Did Barrf tell Mueller that he would quash any charges against his Fuhrer? I have no proof, but do have a hunch. RESIST!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font> <\/p>\n

<\/font> <\/p>\n

(because the verdict was overturned on a technicality) (Yes I know a chimp is an ape, not a monkey)<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a busy day here in the old tiny CatBox, preparing for the new shiny CatBox.  Please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow, with no links messages on Care2.  It’s a WWWendy day, and we’ll be swamped. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today’s took me 3:44 (average 5:58).  To do it, click here.  How did […]<\/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-36585","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\/36585","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=36585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36585\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}