{"id":41052,"date":"2020-09-07T11:04:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41052"},"modified":"2020-09-07T11:04:30","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T18:04:30","slug":"open-thread-9-7-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/07\/open-thread-9-7-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 9\/7\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a relatively lazy holiday  here in the CatBox.  My esophageal tumor is making eating more painful and difficult.  I’ll talk to Evelyn about that, when I go in Wednesday.  My AC is acting up intermittently.  When I woke up, this morning, it was pumping out heat and the inside temp was 89\u00b0.  It wouldn’t power down, so I flipped the circuit breaker.  Then I coaxed it into working again, for now.  I’m babying it until Maintenance Dept. gets here.  Of course this has to happen on a 3 day weekend.  If you’re driving, please stay safe.  Thank God it’s Monday.<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 2:48 (average 4:24).  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

\"0907TrumpVirusMap\"<\/font><\/p>\n

Click for interactive map<\/a><\/p>\n

US Cases: 6,462,189
US Deaths: 193,259
Plus thousands of GOP plague murder victims Republicans are hiding from us.<\/font><\/strong> <\/p>\n

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

From Alternet<\/a>: <\/font>Warning of the very real chance of a \u201cnightmare scenario\u201d in which President Donald Trump misleads the American people over the results of the November election\u2014or refuses to leave office voluntarily if voted out<\/strong>\u2014Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the alarm and mobilizing his army of supporters to be aware of just how dangerous a game the president is now playing.<\/p>\n

In an interview<\/a> with Politico and an email sent to his massive email list Friday, Sanders suggested that too many news organizations, social media companies, and lawmakers\u2014in addition to the broader public\u2014remain unaware of the manner in which Trump is laying the groundwork for a potentially devastating series of events. <\/p>\n

\u201cTrump is now using his lies and misinformation to sow confusion and chaos in the election process and undermine American democracy,\u201d stated in the email<\/a>, sent to millions of his supporters on Friday. \u201cIn other words, he does not intend to accept the results of the election if he loses and leave office voluntarily. This is not just a \u2018constitutional crisis.\u2019 This is a threat to everything this country stands for.<\/strong>\u201d <\/p>\n

Speaking with Politico earlier in the day, Sanders said one crucial thing to be done immediately is to educate people. \u201cWhat we have got to do in the next two months is to alert the American people<\/strong> about what that nightmarish scenario might look like in order to prepare them for that possibility and talk about what we do if that happens,\u201d he said… [emphasis added<\/em>] <\/p>\n

I fully agree with Bernie. The people of the US need to be fully informed about Trump’s* likely intent to overthrow the government of the US and how he is setting up an attempt to do so.  RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (CNN Channel<\/a>): <\/font>Schiff: Barr flat-out misled with a ‘blatantly false statement’<\/font> <\/p>\n

Barrf Bag Alert!!<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n