{"id":46644,"date":"2022-01-24T07:19:10","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=46644"},"modified":"2022-01-23T15:28:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-23T23:28:05","slug":"open-thread-for-january-24-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/01\/24\/open-thread-for-january-24-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread for January 24, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I pushed myself to take out some trash and recyclables. It was definitely time, and I&#8217;m glad it&#8217;s done, but it is tiring. So afterwards, I relaxed a little, by knitting a little and gaming a little.<\/p>\n<p>Cartoon &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Aztec-Ruins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"748\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Aztec-Ruins.jpg 748w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Aztec-Ruins-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Aztec-Ruins-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 748px) 100vw, 748px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Short Takes &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavalierdaily.com\/article\/2022\/01\/university-counsel-tim-heaphy-removed-by-attorney-general-jason-miyares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cavalier Daily &#8211; University Counsel Tim Heaphy removed by Attorney General Jason Miyares<\/a><br \/>\nQuote &#8211; Attorneys in the Office of University Counsel serve the attorney general. Miyares\u2019 recent inauguration began an onslaught of over 30 firings within just over a week \u2014 these firings included the entire conviction integrity unit, a group of individuals that oversees the investigation of wrongful convictions.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavalierdaily.com\/article\/2022\/01\/university-counsel-tim-heaphy-removed-by-attorney-general-jason-miyares\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through for the story<\/a> from the Unuversity&#8217;s newspaper. <a href=\"https:\/\/bluevirginia.us\/2022\/01\/right-wing-republican-virginia-ag-jason-miyares-removes-uva-counsel-tim-heaphy-who-just-coincidentally-is-on-leave-to-work-as-chief-investigative-counsel-for-the-1-6-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Coincidentally,&#8221; Mr. Heaphy is on leave to Work as Chief Investigative Counsel for the 1\/6 Committee<\/a>. Clearly this is a purge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/biden-gets-his-best-polling-news-of-2022-from-fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mediaite &#8211; Biden Gets His Best Polling News of 2022 From \u2026 Fox News?<\/a><br \/>\nQuote &#8211; FiveThirtyEight, which tracks the reliability of various pollsters, gives Fox News an A rating \u2014 making it one of the most credible in the field, according to the Nate Silver-founded site. So this number could be a sign that the tide is turning for the president.\u00a0 Still, the Fox News poll was not all sunshine and rainbows for the Biden team. The survey found that 60 percent of registered voters would pick \u201csomeone else,\u201d if the election were held today.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/biden-gets-his-best-polling-news-of-2022-from-fox-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through.<\/a> Inexplicable &#8211; but I&#8217;ll take it. Some good news is better than no good news.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/jan\/21\/michael-flynn-allies-allegedly-targeted-republicans-back-election-audits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Guardian &#8211; Michael Flynn allies allegedly plotted to lean on Republicans to back vote audits<\/a><br \/>\nQuote &#8211; Stern, who runs the intelligence firm Tactical Rabbit and is a Republican vying for a Senate seat in Pennsylvania, in multiple interviews with the Guardian said two Flynn associates with the rightwing Patriot Caucus group enlisted his help in April in a scheme to seek potentially damaging information on two Republican members of Congress to prod them to back an audit of the 2020 vote that Joe Biden won.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2022\/jan\/21\/michael-flynn-allies-allegedly-targeted-republicans-back-election-audits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click through for details.<\/a> It&#8217;s not a bad bet that there is some dirt yo be gotten on a Republican &#8211; but, seriously, &#8220;Tactical Rabbit&#8221;? How could anyone trust intelligence which came out of a rabbit hole?<\/p>\n<p>Food For Thought:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/election-threats-TF.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/election-threats-TF.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/election-threats-TF-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/election-threats-TF-150x87.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/election-threats-TF-768x446.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/texas-man-arrested-making-election-related-threats-government-officials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Here&#8217;s the full story)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Steal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Steal.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Steal-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Steal-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Steal-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I pushed myself to take out some trash and recyclables. It was definitely time, and I&#8217;m glad it&#8217;s done, but it is tiring. So afterwards, I relaxed a little, by knitting a little and gaming a little. Cartoon &#8211; Short Takes &#8211; The Cavalier Daily &#8211; University Counsel Tim Heaphy removed by Attorney General <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2022\/01\/24\/open-thread-for-january-24-2022\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46419,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[3704,4115],"class_list":["post-46644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","tag-cartoon","tag-justice","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\/46644","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=46644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}