Monday Open Thread

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1. “Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell. In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly. In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam war, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do.”

   United States Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black – concurring opinion in New York Times v. United States (No.1873) June 30, 1971.

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2. Trump stinks.  

   Stay upwind, America!

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3. CD4 Democratic forum in Castle Rock  last weekend. Chase Kohne, Karen McCormick. The Buck stops……in 2018. Video by Craig Stevens. Sponsored by Indivisible Douglas County.

    

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4. Gee whiz – You mean to tell me Republicans lied about the "Middle-Class Tax Cut Bill"?

   Morgan Stanley analysts estimated that 43 percent of corporate tax savings would go to buybacks and dividends and nearly 19 percent would help pay for mergers and acquisitions. Just 17 percent would be used for capital investment, and even a smaller share, 13 percent, would go toward bonuses and raises. Other Wall Street analysts have issued similar reports. If more evidence was needed, Axios reported that just nine pharmaceutical companies have announced $50 billion in buybacks since the tax law was passed.

   In addition to benefiting investors, these maneuvers will end up boosting the pay of top executives because their compensation packages are often tied to the price of their companies’ stock. Finally, a small sliver of the money will find its way into paychecks of rank-and-file employees, but it won’t be a big boost and will probably come in the form of a temporary bonus, rather than a lasting raise.

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5. Trump, Who Cited Bone Spurs To Avoid Military Service, Claims He Would Have Fought Off Parkland Shooter Without A Weapon

   “I really believe I’d run in there even if I didn’t have a weapon.”

   Trump sees himself as some sort of brave crimefighter, sort of like this I suppose:

    

    

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   1. Who was it said this fool isn't delusional…was that you, V.?

      Are you sure of that?

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      1. It would only be delusional if he happened to personally believe any of his fucking lies . . . 

         . . . he wants everyone else to believe his shit (but he knows he’s lying).

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      2. I never said that.  I think itmay have been chb at the start of the screaming yams reign.

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   2. I don’t have the ability to post it right now, but that GIF of brave Sir Cheetolini cowering from the eagle would be appropriate right here: . . . 

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   3. The Justice League is beckoning him.

       

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6. That guy's Uncle who is running for Utah Senator may find himself kicked out of the party thanks to hardliners in the state party's Central Committee. Seemingly going against state law on candidate ballot access, the hardliners voted on a new rule that would expel candidates seeking office via petition signatures – except in two Congressional districts where incumbents that they like are gathering signatures… Yeah, they're nuts.

   http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/15935-chaos-in-the-utah-gop-party-hardliners-adopt-rule-change-that-chairman-rob-anderson-says-is-unconstitutional

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   1. This is hillarious. This sounds like something John Andrews and Both Ways Bob would have concocted back in the day when they were two of the Colorado GOP's leaders.

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      1. I can't see BWB doing something quite this stupid. I'll allow that Andrews might have gone there.

         By passing these rules changes the Utah GOP might succeed where Dan Maes and Tom Tancredo failed: in eliminating the Republican Party from qualified major state party status.

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7. deleting duplicate.

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