{"id":37033,"date":"2019-07-12T09:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37033"},"modified":"2019-07-12T09:43:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:43:47","slug":"open-thread-7-12-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/07\/12\/open-thread-7-12-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 7\/12\/2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s s muggy, lazy day here in the crappy old CatBox, and fortunately I have nothing special to do today, other than writing to resist the Republican Reich.&nbsp; TGIF Hugs to all.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:11 (average 4:26)&nbsp; To do it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2019-07-12-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do.&nbsp; Cousin Meer is safe.<\/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=QsO3E1MtTf4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCrj-0FxK19tgUR2EbHkBBGg\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Warren Channel<\/a>): <\/font>A first-of-its-kind housing program<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/QsO3E1MtTf4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Where many offer only promises, Liz has a plan for that! <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWb6ZB-eHO4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/RWWBlog\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RWW Channel<\/a>): <\/font>RWW News: Perry Stone Says God Will Strike America With Tsunamis as Punishment for Abortion<\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#ff0000\">Barf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/eWb6ZB-eHO4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Perry is such a dingbat! He claims to be a prophet.&nbsp; He is predicting a flood on the&nbsp; verge of Tropical Storm Barry! I say it will rain in Portland this year. I&#8217;m a prophet too. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/07\/12\/us\/politics\/acosta-resigns-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>President Trump said Friday morning that R. Alexander Acosta, his embattled secretary of labor, will resign following controversy over his handling of a sex crimes case involving the financier, Jeffrey Epstein, when he was a prosecutor in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Acosta called the president this morning and informed him of his decision to resign, Mr. Trump said, as he left the White House for travel to Milwaukee and Cleveland.  <\/p>\n<p>The resignation comes just two days after Mr. Acosta convened a news conference to defend his actions in the 2008 case when he was the United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida.  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday, I said I expected his imminent demise. Good riddance! <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\/07\/0712Cartoon.jpg\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s s muggy, lazy day here in the crappy old CatBox, and fortunately I have nothing special to do today, other than writing to resist the Republican Reich.&nbsp; TGIF Hugs to all. Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:11 (average 4:26)&nbsp; To do it click here.&nbsp; How did you do.&nbsp; Cousin Meer is safe. 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