{"id":42469,"date":"2021-01-13T11:09:03","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T19:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42469"},"modified":"2021-01-13T11:09:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T19:09:03","slug":"open-thread-1-13-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/01\/13\/open-thread-1-13-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 1\/13\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a tired day here in the CatBox, and my back pain is acting up.  WWWendy is coming late this afternoon.   Tomorrow will be touch and go, as I want to get as much rest as I can.  Friday is my hospital day all day.  Saturday is a WWWendy day.  It will tale some time to recover.  Happy Dump Trump** Hump Day!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 5:28).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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From NY Times<\/a> (Hat-Tip Lona): <\/font>The Trump administration early Wednesday morning executed Lisa M. Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, whose death marked the first federal execution of a woman in nearly 70 years.<\/p>\n

Ms. Montgomery, 52, was sentenced to death<\/a> for murdering a pregnant woman in 2004 and abducting the unborn child, whom she claimed as her own. In pleas to spare her life, Ms. Montgomery\u2019s supporters argued that a history of trauma and sexual abuse<\/a> that marred her life contributed to the circumstances that led to the crime. Her case, unusual in part because so few women are sentenced to death, ignited debate over the role of offenders\u2019 past trauma in criminal sentencing. <\/p>\n

Despite a series of court orders that briefly blocked<\/a> her execution, she was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. at the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., the Bureau of Prisons said in a statement. Her death, by lethal injection, is the 11th execution since the Trump administration resumed use of federal capital punishment<\/a> in July after a 17-year hiatus. <\/p>\n

If Montgomery had written a letter claiming that Trump** won the election, he would have given her a pardon. May Trump** receive mercy commensurate to the mercy he has shown.  RESIST and REMOVE the Republican Reich<\/strong>!!<\/font> <\/p>\n

From YouTube<\/a> (Washington Post Channel<\/a>): <\/font>WATCH LIVE | House votes on articles of impeachment against Trump<\/p>\n