{"id":42735,"date":"2021-02-07T11:27:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T19:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42735"},"modified":"2021-02-07T11:27:36","modified_gmt":"2021-02-07T19:27:36","slug":"open-thread-2-7-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/02\/07\/open-thread-2-7-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread – 2\/7\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s another painful day here in the CatBox.  My recent gastrointestinal issues set off a severe bout of Republicitis, and I just had to spend over 90 minutes on the throne trying to… pardon my literal rendition… shit a brick.  It also my last Holy Day in the Church of the Ellipsoid Orb.  I stole my Portland Chiefs because they are too good to be Nazi Republican Josh Hawley’s team.  However, turn about is fair play.  Tom Brady is a notorious cheat, and is infamous for playing with his balls in the locker room.  In addition, he is an outspoken Trump** lover.  That seems a perfect match for Nazi Republican Josh Hawley, so we could give Josh the Bucs: the Kansas City Buccaneers.  Can you imagine anyone objecting to that? \"Winking  Have a great day!<\/font><\/p>\n

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

Today’s took me 3:22 (average 4:31).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

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From Daily Kos<\/a>: <\/font>For many Republican voters across the country, the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol inspired by Donald Trump and carried out by his rabid supporters was the last straw. Literally tens of thousands of Republican voters have changed their party registration since the November election, with defections noticeably spiking after Trump supporters stormed the Capitol complex. <\/p>\n

Many of those conservative voters switched to “unaffiliated” while others either went third-party or chose to affiliate with the Democratic Party. Lyle Darrah, who lives north of Denver in Weld County, was one voter who made the leap from Republican to Democrat, according to NPR<\/a>. Darrah, a 49-year-old Coloradan who voted Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020, said he was “completely shocked and ashamed” as he watched the events unfold on Jan. 6. “It’s something I felt I could no longer be in support of,” he added, and he hopes the switch sends “a signal” to the Republican Party. <\/p>\n

And he’s clearly not alone. In the week from Jan. 6 through Jan. 12, Colorado Public Radio found that about 4,600 Republicans changed their party status in the state. “All told, the Colorado GOP lost about a half a percent of its registered voters in the week after the riot,” writes NPR. The same trend is occurring nationwide, according to a variety of news outlets that have documented the changes since the November election. Here’s a brief rundown: <\/p>\n