{"id":41295,"date":"2020-09-27T10:29:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T17:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=41295"},"modified":"2020-09-27T10:46:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T17:46:27","slug":"open-thread-9-27-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/09\/27\/open-thread-9-27-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 9\/27\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a very busy WWWendy day here in the CatBox.\u00a0 This is my only article today.\u00a0 Tomorrow I have my Trump* virus test, and Diana should be here slightly after I get home, so please expect no more than a Personal Update tomorrow.\u00a0 This Sunday, may the Lord keep Resident Donald Trump*… from destroying the country before we can put him in a cell.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:10 (average 4:35).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

\"0927TrumpVirusMap\"<\/span><\/p>\n

Click for interactive maps and charts<\/a><\/p>\n

US Cases: 7,290,347
\nUS Deaths: 209,208
\nPlus all the Trump* virus murders Republicans are hiding from us<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/span>A hair-raising article in Bellingcat<\/a> details what has been learned from chat logs of the Patriot Coalition of Oregon, thanks to an Antifa infiltrator. Journalists Robert Evans and Jason Wilson describe the group as part of a growing network \u201cincreasingly organizing around direct physical confrontations with leftist protesters in Portland and other American cities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The leaked chat logs appear to reveal that some members of the Patriot Coalition have taken part in multiple violent rallies throughout the summer, and that they claim to have operated a series of vigilante patrols and checkpoints during the Oregon wildfires. While the chats appear to show they work and fight alongside members of extremist groups like the Proud Boys, American Wolf and 1776 2.0, the Patriot Coalition seems to have no coherent ideology beyond a desire to violently confront leftists in the name of the police and President Trump. A user identified as Paige summed up the general feelings of the group in a post made ahead of a what turned out to be a bloody \u2018Back the Blue\u2019 rally on August 22nd in Portland when she wrote: \u201cI\u2019m waiting for the presidential go to start open firing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Patriot Coalition members regularly declare Democratic politicians to be \u201cAntifa\u201d and thus fair targets for violence.<\/p>\n

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Discussions of violence in the Patriot Coalition group chat are not hypothetical. While some individuals are likely grandstanding, the chat logs show members gearing up for a number of events where very real violence occurred.<\/p>\n

On August 22nd more than 300 heavily armed right-wing demonstrators rallied in downtown Portland for what was, nominally, a rally supporting the police. Yet the situation quickly degenerated into a mass brawl, with numerous injuries (including to one of the authors of this article).<\/p>\n

Those events reflected the plans that Patriot Coalition had made. In the lead up, members discussed acquiring paintball guns and freezing their ammunition for maximum damage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

One of the many, many horrifying comments obtained from the group reads, \u201cThe only real way to end it is start shooting everyone of them. Fists and pepper spray are fun but don\u2019t get the job done. I think sooner or later it\u2019s coming. Our governor and the coward mayor of Portland will let it go on till November. If we don\u2019t take care of it ourselves. Then there\u2019s the whole prison thing I don\u2019t quite like. So your damned if do damned if you don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n

Click through. The rest is too important to miss. What these Republican terrorists are doing in my town today, they shall do in your town tomorrow.\u00a0 RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Elizabeth Warren Channel<\/a>): <\/span>Elizabeth Warren Responds to Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Pick<\/span><\/p>\n