Wednesday Open Thread

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1. I recommend that you do NOT pick a fight with a teamster – Just Sayin'.

   Thank god for Socialists.

   In the Senate, at a hearing of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Republican Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma tried to start a physical fight with one of the witnesses, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union Sean O'Brien. O’Brien had criticized Mullin on Twitter, and Mullin wanted to fight it out. O’Brien indicated he was more than ready. Mullin got up from his chair as if to begin, when Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT), chair of the committee, yelled at him to sit back down. “You are a United States senator!” he shouted. 

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      I'm also not seeing an indicator for new comments.

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      1. It will soon, we promise!

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2. Univision, the Spanish language news giant, shifts its approach to Trump

   When Donald Trump ran for reelection in 2020, his campaign called Univision, the nation’s most influential Spanish-language network, “a leftist propaganda machine and a mouthpiece of the Democrat Party.”

   “All you have to do is look at the owners of Univision. They’re unbelievable entrepreneurial people, and they like me,” Trump said in response to the question about Latino voters.

   The reversal has shocked Democrats — who are preparing a massive ad campaign to brand Trump as hostile to Latino interests — and some journalists inside Univision, who think that the past week has demonstrated the heavy hand of their new corporate bosses. The Mexican media company Grupo Televisa, which has long fostered a close relationship with Mexican political leaders, merged with Univision in 2021.

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3. The new site seems to be slower than the old one.

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   1. Seems? IS.

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   2. We're working on this along with a multitude of other issues. The slow loading is mostly confined to the homepage at this point and we will resolve it.

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      1. One of the things I hope comes back are the recent posts and posts about individuals in the side bar. That really helps me navigate the site without having to go back to the home page all the time.

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4. Having to log in (at least once) every day is a pain in the butt. I miss "keep me logged in".

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