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<\/p>\nYesterday stayed oool enough that I got within spitting distnce of finishing that winter sweater. One or maybe two cool days and it will be done. And I have a large cotton project and several small, lightweight projects ready for more heat.<\/p>\n
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The Guardian – Republicans will defend their Caesar but new revelations show Trump\u2019s true threat<\/a> Reuters – Kosovo honours late son of U.S. President Biden<\/a> The New Yorker – The Big Money Behind the Big Lie<\/a> Food for Thought (from a T-shirt)<\/p>\n Yesterday stayed oool enough that I got within spitting distnce of finishing that winter sweater. One or maybe two cool days and it will be done. And I have a large cotton project and several small, lightweight projects ready for more heat. Cartoon – Short Takes The Guardian – Republicans will defend their Caesar but […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":43905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[4485,4383,3704,4486,4319,3712,3781,4115,3766,3831],"class_list":["post-44663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-big-lie","tag-capitol-insurrection","tag-cartoon","tag-censorship","tag-dark-money","tag-donald-trump","tag-elections","tag-justice","tag-voting-rights","tag-world","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nQuote – Those who claim that the events of 6 January were something other than a failed coup attempt would do well to come up with a better line. Or a different alternate reality. Ashli Babbitt is no martyr. Trump will not be restored to the presidency, no matter what the MyPillow guy says. Trump\u2019s machinations and protestations convey the desperation that comes with hovering over the abyss. He knows what he has said and done.
\nClick through for well-written opinion<\/a>. Yes, it’s an opinion piece, but there are also many facts here, and I certainly hope his opinions about future events are correct.<\/p>\n
\nQuote – Kosovo declared independence in 2008 with Western backing, but Serbia still refuses to recognise it and considers it part of its territory. \u201cWhat the United States and the American people have done for our country, for our freedom, for our right to exist, goes beyond any partnership currently witnessed in the world. Mr. President, Kosovo is your home too,\u201d said Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani while presenting the award.
\nClick through for more<\/a>, including background<\/p>\n
\nQuote – Chad Campbell, a Democrat who was the minority leader in the Arizona House of Representatives until 2014, when he left to become a consultant in Phoenix, has been shocked by the state\u2019s anti-democratic turn. For several years, he sat next to Karen Fann when she was a member of the House, and in his view she\u2019s gone from being a traditional Republican lawmaker to being a member of \u201cTrump\u2019s cult of personality.\u201d He said, \u201cI don\u2019t know if she believes it or not, or which would be worse.\u201d Arizona, he added, is in the midst of a \u201cnonviolent overthrow in some ways\u2014it\u2019s subtle, and not in people\u2019s face because it\u2019s not happening with weapons. But it\u2019s still a complete overthrow of democracy. They\u2019re trying to disenfranchise everyone who is not older white guys.\u201d
\nClick through for full story<\/a>. Not, I suppose, that anyone can claim to have the complete full story, but thos is about as full as it gets. And, yes, it’s long.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/banned.jpg\")
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