{"id":42776,"date":"2021-02-12T18:01:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T02:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=42776"},"modified":"2021-02-12T18:01:39","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T02:01:39","slug":"video-thread-2-12-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/02\/12\/video-thread-2-12-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Thread 2\/12\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-41144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/video.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/video.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/video-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/video-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are so many awful Senators getting so much attention, it&#8217;s too easy to overlook the real heroes there ( especially if they aren&#8217;t our own)<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.crooksandliars.com\/embed\/dlCqy0yM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Aaron Rupar tweet &#8211; This is from a long thread. I finally figured out how to embed just part of it, but it&#8217;s still more than I wanted. I was trying for just the second one. (They do have CC, though.) Statehood for USVI! Stacey Plaskett for Senator!<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Plaskett: &#8220;The defense counsels could put a lot of videos out in their defense, playing clip after clip of black women talking about fighting for a cause or an issue or a policy. It was not lost on me that so many of them were people of color and women.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YgmEZbBnKz\">pic.twitter.com\/YgmEZbBnKz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1360343292026773504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Such a nice tweet &#8211; three things &#8211; Dr. Jill&#8217;s Valentine display &#8211; two wonderful woozles &#8211; and Joe&#8217;s thoughtfulness (even as he berates himself for being slow.) No CC &#8211; but the discussion is about their getting Major at least in part to keep Champ exercising. Then a reporter (I think) says &#8220;If you come back next Friday I&#8217;ll bring the donuts,&#8221; and then President Biden goes over to her to share the warm coffee on this cold day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Instead of yelling \u2018fake news\u2019 at them, or calling them the \u2018enemy of the people\u2019, President Biden gives a reporter his cup of coffee on a cold DC morning. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wZM5j82dto\">pic.twitter.com\/wZM5j82dto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Sington (@MikeSington) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1360306212563156992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 12, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Alt-Right Playbook &#8211; The Card Says Moops<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xMabpBvtXr4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A parody headphone commercial fron The Daily Show. Nice.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5XBV1w6ZQU4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A John Fugelsang allgory<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9uuxy7fWxA0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Beau &#8211; This is kind of under the radar, but I think worth considering.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eYI0JDBbwP8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are so many awful Senators getting so much attention, it&#8217;s too easy to overlook the real heroes there ( especially if they aren&#8217;t our own) Aaron Rupar tweet &#8211; This is from a long thread. I finally figured out how to embed just part of it, but it&#8217;s still more than I wanted. 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