{"id":40216,"date":"2020-06-21T10:55:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T17:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40216"},"modified":"2020-06-21T10:55:33","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T17:55:33","slug":"open-thread-6-21-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/21\/open-thread-6-21-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/21\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a better Sunday, here in the CatBox.  My Fentanyl patch has helped my pain level and reduced my use of Oxycodone considerably.  Tomorrow I have a morning visit from a Providence Home Health doctor, so how much I publish will depend on how long she is here.  Kudos to all Dads.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 4:18 (average 5:42).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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

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Trump* Virus Update<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

\"0621TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Cases: 2,331,673
Deaths: 122,005
Recovered: 973,061<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

From Alternet<\/a>: On Friday night, Attorney General William Barr issued a statement saying that the U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Geoffry Berman, had resigned. That was a lie. Not only had Berman not resigned, he had told Barr repeatedly that he would not resign, and had turned down other roles at the Department of Justice. So, about an hour after Barr\u2019s statement, Berman issued a statement of his own,<\/font> telling Barr to stuff it.<\/a> <\/font>Actually, Berman stated that he had been \u201cappointed by the Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York\u201d and that he would only step down \u201cwhen a presidentially appointed nominee is confirmed by the Senate.\u201d Berman is in the middle of a number of highly sensitive investigations, including an ongoing investigation of Donald Trump\u2019s attorney Rudy Giuliani and his associates in Trump\u2019s Ukraine scandal. So his removal clearly signals that Barr is, once again, placing Trump\u2019s desires far ahead of such arcane ideas as justice, or the nation.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

On Saturday afternoon, Barr produced a new statement<\/a>. He\u2019s given up the pretense that Berman has resigned. Instead Barr says, \u201cI have asked the president to remove you as of today, and he has done so.\u201d According to Barr, this makes assistant U. S. Attorney Audrey Strauss the new acting U. S. Attorney, but considering Barr\u2019s knowledge and application of the law, odds are he\u2019s simply lying again. Hilariously, Barr claims there\u2019s no danger of there being an issue with ongoing cases because \u2026 the inspector general will see to that. As everyone knows, Trump and Barr just respect the hell out of inspectors general.<\/p>\n

SDNY\u2019s Geoffrey Berman has resigned. Perhaps he\u2019ll have time to testify to Congress now.<\/p>\n

Criminal Fuhrer Trump* claims that Barrf did this on his own. He claims he had nothing to do with it. One, or far more likely, both, are lying. Barrf lacks the authority to fire a US Attorney.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (John Pavlovitz Channel<\/a>): 5 THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER TO SAY TO GRIEVING PEOPLE. How Our Words Can Magnify Other’s Loss<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n