{"id":40221,"date":"2020-06-22T09:51:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=40221"},"modified":"2020-06-22T09:51:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T16:51:42","slug":"open-thread-6-22-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/06\/22\/open-thread-6-22-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–6\/22\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s a busy day, here in the CatBox.  I\u2019m expecting a visit from the Providence doctor shortly.  This is my only article today.  Oh God, it\u2019s Monday!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today\u2019s took me 3:30 (average 5:06).  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

\"0622TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Cases: 2,357,323
Deaths: 122,259
Recovered: 980,367<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

From Media Matters<\/a>: In 2015, after a white supremacist gunned down nine Black worshipers in a Charleston, South Carolina, church and calls to dismantle the symbols of racism and slavery grew louder, Fox figures rallied around the Confederate flag. When state leaders, led by then-Gov. Nikki Haley, ordered the flag\u2019s removal from public buildings, Bill O\u2019Reilly used his Fox prime-time perch to say it \u201crepresents, to some, bravery in the Civil War because the Confederates fought hard.\u201d Then-Fox personality<\/font> Kimberly Guilfoyle speculated about whether the American flag would be next.<\/font><\/p>\n

In 2017, when a white supremacist mowed down a crowd of protesters at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia — which was spuriously organized around the city\u2019s plan to remove a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee from a local park — the same pattern emerged. Fox figures defended President Donald Trump\u2019s false equivalence between white supremacists and the counterprotesters [sic<\/em>] at the rally. And they asked whether book burning or removing the U.S. Capitol stone by stone would come next.<\/p>\n

Today, the Confederate battle flag and other racist monuments are back in the news. Amid continued nationwide protests over police brutality against Black Americans in the wake of George Floyd\u2019s killing, protesters have begun toppling statues of Confederates and colonizers alike. <\/p>\n

The Republican Reichsministry of Propaganda, Faux Noise<\/em>, will defend racism as long as the racist Republican Reich exists. That’s why every Republican in office is one Republican too many!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From The New Yorker<\/a>: Stung by the paltry turnout at his Saturday-night rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Donald J. Trump\u2019s campaign has announced plans to hold his next rally in the bunker beneath the White House.<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

In announcing the rally, Brad Parscale, the chairman of Trump\u2019s re\u00eblection campaign, denied that the choice of venue reflected a tepid level of enthusiasm to see the candidate speak.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe bunker holds forty people,\u201d Parscale said. \u201cThat is a much larger seating capacity than Joe Biden\u2019s basement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the choice of such an intimate venue, however, Trump campaign sources are privately worried that they may have difficulty filling the bunker.<\/p>\n

Dang, Andy! At least the Republican Reich will spread less of their Trump* virus plague that way!  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (a blast from the past):  The Beatles – While My Guitar Gently Weeps<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n