Wednesday Open Thread

10 thoughts on “Wednesday Open Thread”

1. Today is tomorrow's yesterday.

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2. Today is Pink Flamingo Day.

   Thank you Don Featherstone.

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3. *Not* a headline from The Onion:

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   Some Republicans Find Failure to Grapple With Climate Change a ‘Political Liability’

   WASHINGTON — When Representative John Curtis quietly approached fellow Republicans to invite them to discuss climate change at a clandestine meeting in his home state of Utah, he hoped a half dozen members might attend.

   Soon the guest list blew past expectations as lawmakers heard about the gathering and asked to be included. For two days in February, 24 Republicans gathered in a ballroom of the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake City where they brainstormed ways to get their party to engage on a planetary problem it has ignored for decades.

   “Some came with the promise of being anonymous. It’s terrible that Republicans can’t even go talk about it without being embarrassed,” Mr. Curtis said in an interview.

   For four years under President Donald J. Trump, even uttering the phrase “climate change” was verboten for many Republicans. His administration scrubbed the words from federal websites, tried to censor testimony to Congress and mocked the science linking rising fossil fuel emissions to a warming planet.

    

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4. I'm so happy to see that he landed on his feet….

   Ex-Sen. Cory Gardner joins lobbying firm (msn.com)

   His COVID paycheck protection money must have finally run out so he needed to go back to work.

   "Stay the course, ex-senator! Some day they will thank you!"

    

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   1. I'll thank him now for landing somewhere he can't do much harm by himself.

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   2. Joining the board of a firm that billed $1.3 million in the first quarter.  My, how the mighty have fallen. [Yeah, I know … mighty what??? with Gardner, I should specify.]

      incidental comedy from Reince Priebus:  “Cory is an efficient communicator and leader and has an extraordinary track record of success in an array of policy and legislative matters,” Priebus said in a statement.

       

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      1. I didn't know Reince Priebus had a sense of humor.

          

          

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      2. "Efficient communicator"?

         Cardboard Cory was a better communicator. Con man Cory can talk a blue streak of lies, half-truths, insinuations, and scripted fantasy. But, "efficient communicator"???

         For real, Lucille?

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5. Daily Kos political team analyzes Colorado’s Senate and House districts and their link to the Presidential election.  Morning Digest: How the GOP collapse in Denver’s suburbs has put Colorado Democrats in firm control

   • Republicans hold all 22 Trump districts but just two of the chamber’s 43 seats that went for Biden. [ Rep. Kevin Van Winkle & Rep. Colin Larson]
   • In the Senate, meanwhile, Biden won 23 districts to Trump’s 12, with Republicans occupying all the Trump seats plus three Biden constituencies, leaving Democrats with a 20-15 advantage overall Sen. Robert Rankin, Kevin Priola, & Minority Leader Chris Holbert]. Only half of the chamber is up each cycle, though, so only two of these Republicans had to fight against anti-Trump headwinds last year. [.

    

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6. Jon Batiste (the multi-talented musical side man on the Colbert Report) has come out with a music video, “Freedom”,and it’s just what the doctor ordered:

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