Things might get weird. Or not, we’ll see. It’s 4:15 AM right now, and for reasons unknown, I can’t sleep. And I forgot to do this, so maybe I’ll sleep after I finish this. First up, I posted this last night, but wanted to put it out there again for all to see. It looks like there may be an HIV vaccine on the horizon based off of the Moderna COVID vaccine. This would be so amazing. Joe Manchin continues to play his centrist card pretty hard. While I’m concerned I’m also kind of not? Maybe it’s the insomnia talking … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread has insomnia

Hello all, Sheleeta here, getting the hang of this here WordPress thing. Except for, you know, my NAME, which it will not let me change. It knows my nickname, but whatever, y’all just need to eventually remember this is me. Your Gal Tuesday. As we approach nearly 25% of the US getting vaccinated, we can start to see life returning to normal. Unfortunately for us, “normal” means more mass shootings. As I’m writing this, a man in Boulder, CO opened fire in a grocery store yesterday. Details are still coming. I tend to agree with Mr. Bentz above. I will … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is here

OK, Sheleeta here, still can’t figure out how to make my screen name appear at the bottom. Whatevs. I’m watching an Elliot Smith documentary and typing. The Battle of 2020 isn’t over yet, Iowa’s 2nd district was decided by 6 votes. Rep. Meeks-Miller (R) was seated, but her challenger, Rita Hart has asked for a recount, not from the courts, but from the Committee on House Administration. So that’s interesting. https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national-politics/did-congress-swear-in-the-wrong-person-democrats-say-rep-was-seated-before-election-was-settled Rep. Deb Haaland was confirmed at Secretary of the Interior yesterday, and I’d like to re-share this fabulous headline: https://twitter.com/BGrueskin/status/1371600587456978946?s=20 Also, in news that surprises no one, The Idiot … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread. Let’s do this.

Got into a HUGE political argument with my Trumpy (still) brother this weekend. He called me “willfully ignorant” because I refused to watch “No Safe Spaces” by Adam Corolla and Dennis Prager. Big “Debate MEEEE!” energy going on. I decided to spare myself the actual watching of it and went straight to the fight, do not pass go, do not collect $200. I’m still in my feelings about it a bit. And some wine. Feeeeeelings and wiiiiiiiine. Who else out there is dealing with RWNJ’s that are family? Isn’t it just fun? Isn’t it grand to deal with people completely … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is present and accounted for

And that’s a good thing, as I type Monday night. I got my second round of the Moderna vaccine on Sunday, and Monday I felt like I had a pretty good case of the flu and that I took a baseball bat to my arm. It was a pretty dystopian experience, truth be told. We filed into our NFL stadium, there were hundreds of volunteers pointing the way, helping us park, telling us which way to go, when to cross the road. They were happy and waving and enthusiastic. It was a hopeful experience! I was emotional, and I know … Continue reading Tuesday’s PT feels like crap

What do we have on deck, my good Politicados? WHEW!! We have a 9/11 commission being set up by Speaker Pelosi. Here are some details via The Punchbowl News on that: Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has floated the following construct to Republicans for the commission:  → Democrats would get seven appointees — White House and congressional leaders would jointly decide on those appointments. Republicans would get four appointees, and GOP leaders on Capitol Hill would get to choose those. → President Joe Biden would appoint the chair and he or she would have unilateral subpoena power. → The panel would sunset at the end of 2021. → A … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread sees a busy week ahead.

Let’s do this Senate Trial! What’s gonna happen? Probably nothing, says my pessimistic side. But you never know. Maybe some GOP spines will grow three times as big. Bruce Castor, who every recently became The Idiot’s attorney after five of his previous attorneys jumped ship, is a bad dude. He’s a smart dude, but he’s a bad one. He’s the guy who famously declined to prosecute Bill Cosby, but most of y’all knew that. What I didn’t know until listening to Opening Arguments episode 462 was that he declined to prosecute because he had a unwritten deal with Cosby not … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is buckled up, strapped in, and hunkered down