10 thoughts on “Friday Open Thread”

1. Bennet, in what is no doubt a shrewd counter-move, clarifies his plan for education while everyone else is talking climate change. Yesterday, in the Washington Post: Bennet education plan promises free preschool, other reforms

    

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   1. Many (most?) of the other candidates seem to have already released theirs. Including universal pre-K, debt-free college, yada yada.

      2020 cheat sheet: What the Democratic presidential candidates have said about education

      Dude's late to the party– not shrewd.

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2. On good guys with guns in schools . . . 

   The guard’s actions have been under review by a special prosecutor since the shooting.

    Court records say the guard mistakenly fired two rounds at a sheriff’s deputy in the chaos and one bullet passed through a wall and hit a female student in a classroom.  The guard later captured one of the shooting suspects.

   https://www.apnews.com/35b32634092942b2a8d3bb92798a40ec

   . . . what could go wrong???

    

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   1. As an ammosexual might say on the issue of good guy with a gun and "friendly fire"…..

      You cannot make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.

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3. Chaps is running for EPCO commissioner. Per The Gazette, behind a paywall.

   https://gazette.com/premium/conservative-firebrand-gordon-klingenschmitt-running-for-el-paso-county-commissioner/article_fe3a0294-d010-11e9-abb9-e3f0bf19a955.html

    

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   1. Praise be!

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4. Republicans to scrap primaries and caucuses as Trump challengers cry foul

    

   The moves are the latest illustration of Trump’s takeover of the entire Republican Party apparatus. They underscore the extent to which his allies are determined to snuff out any potential nuisance en route to his renomination — or even to deny Republican critics a platform to embarrass him.

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   1. Just wait 'til the statues of Dear Leader start appearing in town squares around the country!  And if he's re-elected, his portrait will start appearing on the outside of government buildings.

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      1. They’re preparing for a dynasty –

         Donald Trump, Jr will run for President in 2024 – in time to pardon his father.

         "He is fluent in the language of whining, dickish grievance-mongering, which has replaced modern conservatism," Wilson said. 

          

          

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         1. In the universe I came from, I would have just laughed.  But in this one we now all inhabit, I fear that is a threat we cannot ignore.

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