{"id":36795,"date":"2019-06-14T09:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36795"},"modified":"2019-06-14T09:12:04","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T16:12:04","slug":"open-thread-6-14-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/14\/open-thread-6-14-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 6\/14\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a muggy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; My eyes are burning and my COPD is acting up.&nbsp; Right now Portland has the highest grass pollen count in the US.&nbsp; I slept poorly last night, because of residual heat.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:27 (average 4:50).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-06-14-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=CX1hk_8wTGk\" 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><font color=\"#000000\">Mike Pompeo Constructs Iran Narrative Moving US Toward War Footing<\/font><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/CX1hk_8wTGk\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Since Pompeo blamed Iran, before any evidence was even available makes it highly likely that Pompeo knew that the attack was going to take place, before it happened. The Maine, Gulf of Tonkin, or WMD redux? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2019\/6\/12\/1864253\/-Mitch-McConnell-making-sure-that-Russia-is-welcome-to-screw-with-the-2020-election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>Back in May, Mitch McConnell passed a milestone: over 100 pieces of legislation that were passed by the Democratic-controlled House have been halted by the Senate majority leader before they ever got a vote. McConnell bragged about turning the Senate into a legislative cemetery, and he\u2019s being a good crypt-keeper by making sure that even the most critical bills are dead on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>That includes sorely needed legislation that would provide election security for 2020. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/07\/us\/politics\/election-security-mitch-mcconnell.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&amp;smtyp=cur\">The New York Times<\/a> reports, McConnell is blocking any vote on a bill that would provide funds to secure state and local election facilities against exactly the sort of attack that Russia carried out successfully in 2016. McConnell is also blocking legislation designed to force companies such as Facebook and Twitter to be more transparent about the sources of political ads.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>McConnell is protecting Russia\u2019s hacking. McConnell is protecting Russia\u2019s social media campaign.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>What else could McConnell do to grease the skids for more Kremlin interference?  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">He&#8217;s doing everything he can. This is not just Trump. Bought Bitch Mitch and the Republican Reich are conspiring with Russia. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/kellyanne-conway-to-leave-white-house-immediately-and-begin-new-job-at-kremlin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/font>The embattled Presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway will leave her post at the White House, effective immediately, and begin a new job at the Kremlin on Friday, the White House and the Kremlin have confirmed.  <\/p>\n<p>Conway, who has served as a counsellor to President Donald Trump, will serve as a counsellor to President Vladimir Putin.  <\/p>\n<p>The White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, announced the news in sombre fashion. \u201cEveryone here is happy for Kellyanne, but our nation has lost a great liar,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Dang Andy! She so crooked that the Fuhrer is going to keep her. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#0000ff\">Cartoon<\/font><\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/0614Cartoon.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Contrary to Republican claims, the founding fathers did not put it there.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a muggy day here in the CatBox.&nbsp; My eyes are burning and my COPD is acting up.&nbsp; Right now Portland has the highest grass pollen count in the US.&nbsp; I slept poorly last night, because of residual heat. 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