The weirdest thing I learned from my father is how to redirect fear and give it meaning. When we lived in the Middle East, there were days where the bombings of our cities never relented and it felt as if the end of our world was not just near, but also very certain; they ripped the sky and landed with a sound similar to a volleyball smashing beside you into the ground but amplified a million, shaking the very foundations of your home; their impact was so forceful that even if landing tens of kilometers away, every window in the … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

Believe Women was never about blindly believing any accusation but about treating every accusation as you would any crime that harmed and resulted in negatively altering a Human Being’s life, their sense of safety, as well as physical and mental wellbeing. Me Too was never about abusing political agendas but about pointing out the disturbing commonality and recurrence of violence against Women and the bizarre outrage and aggression people show in response because a Woman dared raise her voice and tell her story, share her pain, and express the harm done to her at the hand of someone she trusted, … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

Despite Republican obstructionism, despite the Conman’s lackeys and sycophants’ multiple media stunts and efforts to shift the conversation away from the organized and well-funded January 6 Insurrection, where an angry mob attempted to overturn the 2020 election results by breaching the doors of the U.S. Capitol and running down the hallways, breaking everything in sight, taking a dump on the floors, and hunting down members of Congress as well as the Vice President of the United States with the explicit intent to publicly lynch them (you know, “touristy” behavior), the House-lead January 6th Commission officially opened yesterday. But despite all … Continue reading Get The Hitman – The Wednesday Politics Thread

Get fully vaccinated already and make sure if anyone wanting to visit you or your loved ones are fully vaccinated too. This pandemic thing isn’t going away any time soon. Have a great Wednesday, Politicadoes! Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

After successfully addressing the failures of the past administration in managing the pandemic response and passing significant and urgent relief in The American Rescue Plan – a colossal bill that set the next stage for tackling child poverty by including temporary tax parental cuts that Democrats are planning to make permanent – the Biden-Harris Administration moved quickly to deal with the negative effects of the trickle-down economics era by centering the needs of the bottom 60% and investing directly in communities instead of the top 1%. Democrats then kept on the pressure and moved forward with passing and signing into … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Gets What It Wants

I was planning on doing a funny thread but then news broke that the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moise, has been assassinated, just days after Rights activist Antoinette Duclaire was also murdered. I don’t feel it’s right to speak lightheartedly when the very beating heart of the first ever successful revolt of enslaved people and the first ever sovereign nation to abolish slavery keeps getting knocked down every time they manage to stand up and fight back against a world intent on punishing them for daring to break their chains. Whether a Head of State was liked or disliked, their … Continue reading Haiti Mon Amour – The Wednesday Politics Thread

How weird that you’re so obsessed with a lie, the National Security Agency felt it urgent to clear any misconceptions on its mandate and strict regulations under which it may monitor U.S. citizens. Have a great Wednesday, Politicadoes! Continue reading Comédie Tragique – The Wednesday Politics Thread

When Russian President Vladimir Putin met with President Joe Biden last week, he said something very bizarre in reply to a reporter: It wasn’t simply a Russian tilt that favored pessimism, it was very much his brand of dictatorship that heavily leaned on fatalism in order to further feed the monster who gleefully crushes every bit of hope his own People might have. Just like many dictators before him who rose into power under the guise of populism, he too stoked fears, hatred, and bigotry while constantly exaggerating, or outright lying about specific circumstances, and positioning himself as the sole … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Is Undeterred

Today is the day the US-Elected President Joe Biden will be meeting with the very man who had drafted and executed the Oval Office takeover of 2016 and heavily meddled in the 2020 elections: Russian President Vladimir Putin. As it is throughout history when two warring heads-of-state meet for the first time on neutral ground, every move has been negotiated in advance. This is what we know so far: When you fought and won elections after the usurper in the Oval Office attempted to threaten foreign powers into fabricating lies against you in order to hinder your presidential run, after … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

For almost 10 years, America has gotten used to the business of Republican obstructionism. It took for granted that whatever bill is drafted – whether a meaningful bill to advance change, to fund regular government operations, or to pass badly-needed help to a nation in dire need in the midst of a global pandemic – Mitch McConnell will be there to make sure it never sees the light of day, leaving it to die on his Grim Reaper desk. In 2019 and 2020, after the Blue Wave flipped more than 100 seats in Congress, the 116th House of Representatives passed … Continue reading It’s All About The Optics – Wednesday Politics Thread

Under the pretense that racism had finally ended in the United States with the election of the First Black President, the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act eight years ago by disabling Section 5 and deciding that the formula to define voter suppression needed updating in order to better reflect the modern-day hurdles American voters faced. Ever since that decision, Republican-controlled states and legislatures embraced more fully their evil creativity, drafting and passing legislation that severely hindered voting access to mainly Black Voters, Indigenous Voters, and Voters of Color. After mobilizing the nation like never before, Democrats were able … Continue reading Are We There Yet. Are We There Yet. Are We There Yet… The Wednesday Politics Thread

Oceans apart day after day, and I slowly go insane. I hear your voice on the line, but it doesn’t stop the pain. If I see you next to never, how can we say forever… Wherever you go, whatever you do, I will be right here waiting for you. Whatever it takes, or how my heart breaks, I will be right here waiting for you. I took for granted all the times that I thought would last somehow. I hear the laughter, I taste the tears, but I can’t get near you now. Ohh can’t you seeeee it baabyy, you’ve … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Is Right Here Waiting For You

Following the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has made her intentions very clear on finding the culprits who aided and abetted the insurrectionists. She has refused to do the politically expedient thing and look the other way, ignore the incident, or attempt to protect staff and members of Congress who might have had a hand in the attack. Her objective is to unearth every root cause that lead to the attack that day and to make public the details of how it was organized, funded, as well as every name that aided and abetted … Continue reading About That Insurrection – Wednesday Politics Thread

While the Senate was first debating The American Rescue Plan back in early March 2021, Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) fought to include an amendment to the bill that was later adopted. It was a cause close to her heart that would specifically help those most vulnerable in her state. After fighting to include her amendment, when it came to pass the bill in the Senate, she voted the same as all Republicans did. Murkowski voted No on The American Rescue Plan. In fact, almost every Republican in both houses of Congress voted No on The American Rescue Plan. And then … Continue reading Have You Verified Your Status Lately – Wednesday Politics Thread

If there is one space that we have become dependent upon to get our news as well as interpretations of it, it’s social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. These platforms have made it possible for anyone with internet access to seek messaging directly from politicians, to look for quick clarifications through journalism’s lens, to gather further analysis from political experts, and sadly today, we’re also exposed to the very profitable business of political punditry masquerading as policy experts with the particular objective to line their pockets by pushing their biggest patrons’ suppositions on current events. Whether you agree … Continue reading The Reflection Of Your Inner Beliefs – Wednesday Politics Thread

On March 26, 2021, a gaggle of white supremacists gathered under the portrait of Callaway Plantation, a once slave plantation in Wilkes County, GA, to sign the new voter suppression bill, SB202, specifically targeting Georgia’s Black, Indigenous, and People of Color voters. The bill was approved at tremendous speed by Republicans in the Georgia Senate where they held 60% of the seats. After cancelling over 1.4 million voter registrations, shutting down over 200 polling places, and hiding electronic voting booths to discourage voters in order to win the 2018 Georgia Governor elections, Brian Kemp, with much glee under the portrait … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Refuses To Be Suppressed

How do you express your condolences to a country that has suffered so much already. A country that has gone through four years of intentionally unabashed cruelty under the rule of a ruthless dictator wannabe and his shameless sycophants. A country left to be decimated by a pandemic. A country still grappling with the aftershock of an insurrection. How can you express to America how sorry you are for her loss when she keeps losing so much, so many, so often. Before you can even extend your condolences she’s already suffering the next loss, because time to mourn the victims … Continue reading I Can’t Find The Words Anymore – Wednesday Politics Thread