{"id":42156,"date":"2020-12-09T10:56:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T18:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42156"},"modified":"2020-12-09T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T20:38:00","slug":"open-thread-12-9-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/09\/open-thread-12-9-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 12\/9\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a lazy day here in the CatBox.\u00a0 I did my research and rested for an hour and a half for my back.\u00a0 Tomorrow I’ll be in the saddle, but it will be a grocery delivery day.\u00a0 Happy Hump Day!<\/span><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:32 (average 5:51).\u00a0 To do it, click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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

From Crooks and Liars<\/a>: <\/span>Dr. Rebekah Jones built her own COVID-19 dashboard to track Florida infections and deaths after being fired<\/a> for accurately reporting that data as part of her job with the state<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Since then, she’s been reporting COVID stats on her own from her own hardware in her own home. Until today. (WARNING: The video in her first tweet is triggering):<\/p>\n

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\nThere will be no update today.<\/p>\n

At 8:30 am this morning, state police came into my house and took all my hardware and tech.<\/p>\n

They were serving a warrant on my computer after DOH filed a complaint.<\/p>\n

They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids.. pic.twitter.com\/DE2QfOmtPU<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rebekah Jones (@GeoRebekah) December 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n