The big story: on Friday, millions of young people held a strike, skipping school and joining protests around the world against climate change. Or more specifically, about the refusal of so many governments and industries to @#$@%^$ DO SOMETHING ABOUT … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Likes a Habitable Earth

A Democratic primary debate happened a few days ago, and it’s been good to read the discussion about it here at the ol’ Avocado. Let’s take a few minutes to appreciate what we have here: a debate between (mostly) mature … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Debates Debates

As always, lots of stuff happening in the world – but this weekend, that stuff has musical accompaniment! Let’s start in Britain. Boris Johnson is undergoing his predestined humiliation as PM, but a hard Brexit still looms large over the … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Rocks Out

My apologies in advance if this post sounds patronizing or lecture-y. I read an upsetting bit of news, and now I’m writing this on a Wednesday afternoon in an attempt to calm down and salvage the rest of the day. … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Does Stuff

There is entirely too much stuff going on! Various political actors are doing political things, like [checks notes] trying to buy other countries. What Do Greenlanders Think Of Trump’s Interest In Buying Greenland? Anyway, sorry about the stub length of … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Can Barely Keep Up

What with the UK possibly leaving the European Union soon, it just seemed logical to me that the Avocado take its place as a member state. So I put in an application on our behalf, and long story short, welcome … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Joins the EU

This header is quite short, because your constantly negligent weekend host has decided to unplug his brain from the internet for a while. Discuss news and politics at will. Let’s have no threats against anyone, be they squirrel or human. … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Would Like The Weekend To Be Boring For Once

Well I’d call THIS a startling headline: Boris Johnson could be the last prime minister of the United Kingdom The article is a decent summary (I think?) of the way a potential no-deal Brexit will play in each of the … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Would Rather Not Wreck Any Countries, Thanks

Here’s some stuff that’s been happening! In the UK, Vorbis Boris Johnson has been officially made Patrician Prime Minister, and that’s bad. Boris Johnson To Be Next U.K. Prime Minister “Finally, a leader who can deliver the economic and political … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Politicses It Up

Statistically speaking, dear reader, you are probably not an elected government official. I’m not either, and sometimes I get this feeling of self-consciousness about being overly engaged with politics. Like, if I don’t work in that field, why do I … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Gets Real

Welcome to the weekend, and welcome to East Asia! Let’s catch up on some headlines from (in alphabetical order): China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China A key component of Xi Jinping’s increasingly totalitarian style of rule … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Takes a Trip

Welcome to the weekend! As you may have heard, the United States recently used its fleet of starships sent from the future to win its independence from the Romulan Star Empire, which is also from the future. Trump blames teleprompter … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Declares Independence From Weekdays

Previously, perhaps you perceived that I am pursuing some peace at present. (I’m on vacation.) This piece is possibly a poor placeholder for a post that properly provokes public policy patter, but let us persist. Previous Vice President gets pummeled … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Provides a Platform for Pontificating about the Primaries

I’m on vacation planet Rigel IV this weekend, as you can see in the photo below. Here are some ongoing news stories, though you should be advised there may be a slight lag time, as I am presently enjoying Mai … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Provides the Latest Updates

With Sarah Huckabee Sanders on her way out the door, there’s no one minding the store at the old White House Press Briefing room! She hasn’t held a press briefing in 90-something days anyway, but hey, let’s try to help. … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Isn’t Taking Any Questions

The United States of America is doing fine, just fine, thank you. Really, we’re good, we don’t need your help, leave us alone! And here, take your “universally acknowledged facts” with you! White House blocked intelligence aide’s written testimony saying … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Goes It Alone

Student loan debt? Take to the sea! Or, here’s an equally shaky plan: These Americans fled the country to escape their giant student debt Outstanding student debt in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade and is projected to … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Owes $1.5 Trillion In Student Loans

Good news, everyone! Theresa May has resigned! Theresa May Meets Her Lonely End Mrs. May’s battle is over, her exultant rivals unleashed. Unlike [censored by WPT host for GoT spoilers and yes everyone on the planet is still talking about … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Has Resigned In Disgrace

Let’s check in with the United States of America, shall we? Missouri is the latest state to criminalize abortion, or rather to make a show of doing so in order to challenge Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Is Back, Alright!

Let’s find out what’s happening in West Africa, home to over 350 million people and 16 independent countries. Shall we? Yes we shall. Nigeria Nigeria is the most populous nation in Africa – about half of West Africans live there. … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Visits West Africa

Good morning or whenever, fellow politicados! Here are some interesting stories you might not have heard about. Indigenous Waorani win landmark legal case against Ecuador gov’t The indigenous Waorani community in Ecuador won a landmark lawsuit on Friday against three … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Politicses It Up