{"id":39004,"date":"2020-02-16T07:52:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T15:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=39004"},"modified":"2020-02-16T07:52:40","modified_gmt":"2020-02-16T15:52:40","slug":"open-thread-2-16-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/02\/16\/open-thread-2-16-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–2\/16\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a busy day here in the CatBox.  WWWendy if coming to de-stink the rancid TomCat and help with chores, including the preparation of what I need for my day trip to the hospital on Tuesday.  I hope your day is fully Republican-free.  If not, flush!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:09 (average 5:05).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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

From Daily Kos<\/a>: Moscow Mitch McConnell went on Fox News to <\/font>chortle and gloat<\/a><\/font> over the 395 bills the Democratic House has passed in the last year that he’s refusing to consider.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

“It is true,” the Senate majority leader said. “They’ve been on full left-wing parade over there, trotting out all of their left-wing solutions that are going to be issues in the fall campaign. They’re right. We’re not going to pass those.” Like making sure state and local governments have enough funding to secure the 2020 election and legislation ensuring that people\u2019s health care is protected. You know, crazy “full left-wing parade,” unlike his Senate that’s cranking out extremist, unqualified judges and voting on forced-birther bills<\/a> that can’t even pass in the Senate.<\/p>\n

At the same time Bought Bitch Midnight Moscow Mitch’s beloved criminal Fuhrer Trump* is whining about how the House of Representatives get nothing done, because they spend all their time persecuting him. The only solution is to dump every Republican dawg catcher, the Nazi Republican Fuhrer, and every Republican in between. Every Republican in office is one Republican too many!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From Raw Story<\/a>: Appearing in MSNBC\u2019s \u201cAM Joy\u201d former lead prosecutor Glenn Kirschner hammered Attorney General Bill Barr of a pattern of deceit and perjury that began with his Senate confirmation hearings and continues to this day.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Speaking with host Joy Reid about Barr\u2019s ABC interview admission that he is unhappy with Donald Trump\u2019s tweets and that he doesn\u2019t let them influence him, the prosecutor called him out.<\/p>\n

\u201cBill Barr is not to be believed,\u201d Kirschner explained. \u201cYou know, from day one, Joy, at his confirmation hearing he lied \u2014 he committed perjury. [Sen.] Kamala Harris asked him, did anybody at the White House including the president ask you to open an investigation or suggest you should open an investigation? What did he say? \u2018You know, I\u2019m grappling with the word suggest.’\u201d<\/p>\n