So I’m not here, because there is very limited internet up here. So this is all you get. Talk amongst yourselves, enjoy your day, take a deep breath in, hold it for a second or two, breathe out for longer than you breathed in. Maybe repeat that breath stuff a couple of times, but not so much that you pass out. Grace in all things, particularly the things that don’t make you feel a lot of grace. No threatening anyone. All that jazz. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is in the mountains

If you want to know what I’m talking about, go look at the end of yesterday’s PT thread, or like all of twitter last night, which spiraled out into pictures of people (and sometimes not people) who will adopt your baby. Good times. Feels like we were overdue for a good spiral. Cassidy Hutchinson is the surprise Jan 6th witness. She must have dug something out. Plus, she fired her Trump-orbit counsel and got new, very separate lawyers only a few weeks ago I think. There may be another witness as well. More speculation about that: Anyway, the hearing today … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread will adopt your baby

It’s going to be a DAY today. I’m writing this Monday afternoon from my office in Georgia. So don’t snitch on me. So here’s who’s on deck for the January 6th Committee: Here’s what’s coming down the pike from SCOTUS. Maybe they’re trying to cram in all their bad news under the cover of the hearings. It won’t work. I’m just so friggin’ depressed by what we know is coming. And I’m going to wrap up with some good news, because lord knows we’re going to need it today. So there’s my three. We will probably have a separate thread … Continue reading New day, new hearings, new rulings expected from the Supreme Court

Mick Mulvaney, Chief of Staff of Garbage. I know we were dunking on this yesterday, but I just want to highlight Mr. Hotdog Suit here. Dan Rather with a ZINGER! Thompson v. Cheney: And important follow-up: He’s got a lot more work to do to even approach John Dean. OK, there’s 3 plus a bonus Dan Rather that I couldn’t resist. So be kind to each other! Be cool with each other! Be gracious to each other! Now do that for yourself too! And check behind the dryer for missing socks, sometimes they drift back there. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread: garbage in, garbage out.

It’s been a long weekend. A LOOOOOOOOOOOONG weekend. I’ve had a couple of glasses of wine, so you get a half-assed PT thread today. Do ya thing. Be kind, be cool, beHAVE. Don’t threaten anybody, no region shaming, no running by the pool. And get your clean clothes out of the dryer, they’re going to be all wrinkled. Continue reading Ok, Tuesday’s Politics thread is half in the bag.

It’s Monday evening though, hopefully it’ll be gone by the time you read this. I’ve been peopling entirely too much lately and it’s left me drained. Anyhooo, I won’t abandon y’all to flounder around here and completely ignore what’s written up here. It’s old news by the time you get it, but the thread feel nekkid without anything up here. As the late humorist Lewis Grizzard said “Naked means you ain’t got any clothes on, nekkid means you ain’t got any clothes on and you’re up to something.” We shan’t be nekkid today. Or header-less…or topless. Whatever. First up, important … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread has a headache

We’re starting with mangoes. Honest to glob, I think that’s part of the problem. You are only a little bit older than me (YES I’m old, shut up), Mr. Walsh, there’s no excuse for you not trying a mango yet unless you’re allergic or something. Step outside your comfort zones, people. It’s good for you, even if it’s uncomfortable. Find your limits. And this is bananas: Rachel Maddow is trending tonight because she listed GOP candidates of generally being bad/criminal people, so of COURSE the right wing is talking about how she inspired the Steve Scalise shooting (I’m not linking … Continue reading Tuesdays are all about the fruits!

Your gal Sheleeta has a big bowl of bullshit going on right now. But this Tuesday is better than last Tuesday, when we awoke to the brand now horror that Roe v. Wade was about to be overturned. Is it still pending? Yup. But at least it’s not fresh news? We’ll go with that. Aaaaanyhoo…. Yup. And the third: So there’s my three. Still pretty salty over here. But there’s no call to be ungracious. We can be gracious and fierce at the same time. We can be righteous and not rude. We can behave and cause good trouble. So … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread doesn’t have a lot of nice things to say right now

First, some advice: My rule of three tweets covering various political topics is out the window today. So in case you missed it last night: A thread speculating who leaked it: I’ve heard this technique called “lubing the truth.” Yyyyyyyyup. Double yyyyyyup. Ok. Do it. And this is particularly pointy. I think I’ll leave it there and hop on my treadmill for the next few hours to try and burn some of this shit off. Here’s a link to the discussion thread posted last night. It includes places to donate. If you have a couple of spare bucks, throw them … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is back from vacation with a bang.

So everybody do your thing in a kind, gracious, and generous manner. I STILL NEED SOMEBODY TO SUB FOR ME 4/26 OR YOU’LL GET SOMETHING LAME LIKE THIS. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is traveling

Here we go! Looking forward to Friday!! Yay, we did more COVID funding! But… OK. So there we are! NOTE: If anybody wants to write a PT thread coming up, I’m going to need someone to cover for me on 4/26. Be kind, be cool, be compassionate. Show some grace on your face! And empty the dishwasher. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread

I’m groggy. I had to take a muscle relaxer last night. So go do the things. Be brave with your kindness. No McSquirrels. You know the drill. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is here

As I’m writing this on Monday, it’s totally fine. Just a shit day. So I’m going to post a couple of things that made me giggle, then post more political stuff. And now on to the less amusing stuff. Couy Griffin decided to go for a bench trial in his case involving misdemeanor charges during the insurrection, and we got confirmation from the Secret Service that Mike Pence hid for hours in an underground parking deck. This is part of a loooooong thread if you want to read about the whole day’s testimony. Judge Katanji Brown Jackson’s first day of … Continue reading Tuesdays Politics Thread has a case of the Mondays.

Anybody else? Yeah. Anyway. This is what was happening yesterday afternoon. Hell yes Sen. Whitehouse! I’m specifically thinking of these folks with regards to the cartoon up there. This is a good, quick thread. There is still Covid happening. Don’t forget that, even if it looks like most other people have. I need to take my own advice here and give myself some grace. So I’m actively trying to do that, you know, yesterday afternoon as I typed this. Here’s hoping it worked! You try it today and see if it works for you. If it does, great, go give … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread would like for things to be less interesting now.

I’ll toss one up. Ummmmm…..be cool to each other. Don’t do the things you know you’re not supposed to do. Yeah. Annnnnnd GO! Continue reading Friday’s Politics thread

I’m going to try for good news links only today in the header. There’s plenty of hard news out there, and dark news, and sad news, and disturbing news, and it’s all important and it’ll be shared down below. I’ll even share some of it, I’m sure. But up here, I’m going to keep things positive. So here we go! And it’s about damn time for this. Yo Yo Ma performed spontaneously in front of the Russian embassy. OK, that’s my three tweets. There will be many, many, many more tweets, posts, headlines, conversations, and debates below. Let’s stay kind … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread looks for good news.