{"id":38589,"date":"2020-01-03T08:55:09","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T16:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38589"},"modified":"2020-01-03T08:55:09","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T16:55:09","slug":"open-thread-1-3-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/01\/03\/open-thread-1-3-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 1\/3\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It&#8217;s a queasy day here in the CatBox, and I had trouble finding material, because the Republican war to retain power (see lead article) is dominating the news.&nbsp; TGIF!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Today&#8217;s took me 3:24 (average 4:36).&nbsp; To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2020-01-03-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here<\/a>.&nbsp; How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/0103Cartoon.jpg\"><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Drill Baby Dingbat, aka Bloody Bullseye Barbie, put a bullseye in Gabby Giffords campaign headquarters inspiring a Republican Ammosexual terrorist to shoot her and 18 others, killing 6.<\/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=iSJIkC28FBo\" 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>New Unredacted Emails Contain \u2018Clear Direction From POTUS To Hold: Report<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/iSJIkC28FBo\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">It sounds to me like it may be time for another Article of Impeachment against Fuhrer Trump* and criminal charges against the other Republicans involved.&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commondreams.org\/news\/2020\/01\/02\/two-right-wing-democrats-join-republicans-asking-supreme-court-consider-overturning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Common Dreams<\/a>: <\/font>Reproductive rights advocates on Thursday seized on an amicus brief signed by more than 200 members of Congress, including two conservative Democrats, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider overturning Roe vs. Wade as the latest example of the assault on women&#8217;s freedom.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/congress-scotus-brief-louisiana-abortion_n_5e0e3c6be4b0b2520d1e9dd1\">The brief<\/a> was signed by 168 members of the House and 39 senators. Two House Democrats joined their Republican colleagues, led by House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) in the effort\u2014Reps. Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) and Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.).  <\/p>\n<p>Lipinski drew the ire of progressive Democrat Marie Newman, who is challenging him in the 2020 primary.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His position in Congress jeopardizes the health of women in IL-03 and across the country,&#8221; Newman <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marie4Congress\/status\/1212817472266653697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>. &#8220;My opponent does not trust women and is not fit to represent us.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">I trust I speak for all of us at Politics Plus in endorsing Marie Newmann and any progressive challenging Collin Peterson in the primary. Damn DINOs!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=V5BF1V1pbTs&amp;list=RDR3ChToIvLRM&amp;index=4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past): <\/font><font color=\"#000000\">White Room<\/font>  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/V5BF1V1pbTs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Ah\u2026 the memories!&nbsp; <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n<h1 align=\"center\"><font style=\"font-weight: bold\" color=\"#0000ff\">Vote Blue!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a queasy day here in the CatBox, and I had trouble finding material, because the Republican war to retain power (see lead article) is dominating the news.&nbsp; TGIF! Jig Zone Puzzle: Today&#8217;s took me 3:24 (average 4:36).&nbsp; To do it, click here.&nbsp; How did you do? 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