{"id":50841,"date":"2023-02-15T06:49:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T14:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=50841"},"modified":"2023-02-14T16:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T00:57:35","slug":"open-thread-february-15-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2023\/02\/15\/open-thread-february-15-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread February 15, 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday, I got the New Yorker’s Name Drop<\/a> on the first clue (and the cheeky little respone they provide, whether you get the answer or not, said “Now go tell everyone you know.”) I don’t know that everyoe would get it on the first clue (I happen to be a huge fan), but there’s a lot of information scattered through the six clues, and I think most people would get it at some point. But thegood news is that Dianne Feinstein has announced she will not run again. Not that there won’t be a primary, but it looks like it will be between Katie Porter and Adam Schiff, and possibly Barbara Lee. Much as I hate the thought of losing any from the House,let alone all three, any of them would dramatically improve the Senate. Does anyone know whether the losers will be able to run for their House seat instead? That varies from state to state, and I’m not even 100% positive how it works in mine. Speaking of mine, another announcement today – Adam Frisch will take on Boebert again.<\/p>\n

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Short Takes –<\/p>\n

PolitiZoom – Ask Not For Whom The Bell Tolls, GOP. It Tolls For Thee<\/a>
\nQuote – The next day he went into Rick Skeletor Scott\u2019s backyard in Florida to spread the good word. And as people walked into the auditorium for the rally, there was a leaflet of Senator Scott\u2019s 11 point plan on every seat. Biden almost gleefully led a Sing-Along-With-Mitch of the part that sunsetted Medicare and Social Security after 5 years
\nClick through for full list.<\/a> Considering the bubble in which MAGAts live, I don’t know how long these achievements are going to carry us, but it won’t hurt to take a small victory lap.<\/p>\n

Politico [from 2019] – The Spy Case That Made Adam Schiff a Russia Hawk<\/a>
\nQuote – This was no ordinary FBI surveillance operation: The \u201cacquaintance\u201d Grishin referred to was himself an FBI agent\u2014a man who, out of greed, desperation, and spite, had begun an affair with Ogorodnikov and agreed to sell classified information to the Soviet government. Eventually, this man\u2014Richard W. Miller, a 47-year-old Los Angeles-based counterintelligence agent on the Bureau\u2019s Soviet squad\u2014would become the first FBI agent ever convicted of espionage. And the man who would finally secure Miller\u2019s conviction in 1990\u2014after three trials over the course of six years\u2014was a young U.S. attorney in Los Angeles: Adam Schiff.
\nClick through for background.<\/a> This is not news, but since Adam is running for the Senate, I thought some background wouldn’t hurt. I will also from time to time look at background on Katie, and if and when Barbara announces, on her as well.<\/p>\n

Food For Thought
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