{"id":44006,"date":"2021-06-09T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-06-09T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=44006"},"modified":"2021-06-08T20:45:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T03:45:28","slug":"open-thread-for-june-8-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/06\/09\/open-thread-for-june-8-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread for June 9, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I checked around and the most promising one which is also the one that clearly shows on the map it serves my area) has a contact me form. I tried on both browsers (some sites don&#8217;t like one or the other, and when I still had no answer i called and reached someone. So, 2:00 pm today he will be here and change it. Then I will look into vaccine appointments &#8211; not that I haven&#8217;t already, and they seem to be available and plentiful. I will keep you posted, of course.<\/p>\n<p>Cartoon<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/9Cartoon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/9Cartoon.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/9Cartoon-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Short Takes<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/557253-new-report-highlights-severe-intelligence-failures-on-jan-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hill<\/a> &#8211; New report highlights severe intelligence failures on Jan. 6 Personally, I&#8217;m not sure you can call it a &#8220;failure&#8221; of intelligence when deliberate ignoring is involved, but whatever<br \/>\nQuote: \u201cThe failures are obvious. I think to me it was all summed up by one of the things in our report where one of the officers was heard on the radio that day asking the tragically simple question: \u2018Does anybody have a plan?\u2019 Sadly, no one did,\u201d said Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), chair of the Senate Rules Committee.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/557253-new-report-highlights-severe-intelligence-failures-on-jan-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through<\/a> for the rest<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/how-2022-midterms-shaped-by-easy-to-ignore-elections-virginia-democratic-primary-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mother Jones<\/a> &#8211; How the 2022 Midterms Could Be Shaped by a Few Easy-to-Ignore Elections This Year I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s any too early to be thinking about midtersm.<br \/>\nQuote: Chaz Nuttycombe, the director of Virginia-based election forecaster CNalysis, explains, \u201cDemocrats wouldn\u2019t be in the majority in the Virginia House if Trump had lost in 2016.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/how-2022-midterms-shaped-by-easy-to-ignore-elections-virginia-democratic-primary-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through<\/a> for full analysis<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-57394831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC News<\/a> &#8211; ANOM: Hundreds arrested in massive global crime sting using messaging app This is makinging all kinds of news &#8211; the BBC article is explained the most simply.<br \/>\nQuote: More than 800 suspected criminals have been arrested worldwide after being tricked into using an FBI-run encrypted messaging app, officials say. The operation, jointly conceived by Australia and the FBI, saw devices with the ANOM app secretly distributed among criminals, allowing police to monitor their chats about drug smuggling, money laundering and even murder plots.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-57394831\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through<\/a> for more details<\/p>\n<p>Food for Thought: Are you in need of a new welcome mat for your front door (outside or inside)? John Paclovitz is offering two peaachy-keen ones. My favorite:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.etsystatic.com\/16204072\/r\/il\/243e1f\/3125054012\/il_794xN.3125054012_k58p.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-43898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Steal-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I checked around and the most promising one which is also the one that clearly shows on the map it serves my area) has a contact me form. I tried on both browsers (some sites don&#8217;t like one or the other, and when I still had no answer i called and reached someone. 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