It’s been a goddamn weird week even by our current standards. Since the topics of conversation when I’m writing this on Thursday night are…fraught, here’s a reminder about what’s going to happen today: Let’s go get ’em. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Just Is

Go forth and post! Post like the wind! Post while being nice to your fellow commenters and the mods and not threatening Mayor McSquirrel! You’re fr– well, maybe free is overselling it, but post, post, post! Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is a Little Friday, a Little Politics, a Little Threading

Sure, there’s ‘freedom,’ and ‘equality,’ and ‘racism,’ and ‘fucking over poor people.’ But let’s take this July 4th and remember some forgotten, but no less important, American values using the crown jewel of artistic media: 1980’s music videos. Pat Benatar-Shadows … Continue reading The July 4th Politics Thread Celebrates Forgotten American Values, 80’s Style

Be nice to each other, be nice to the mods, don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Clear eyes, full hearts, fuck MAGA. Let’s do this. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is a Politics Thread on a Friday

Happy Summer Solstice, Politicados! And Happy Winter Solstice to our friends in the Southern Hemisphere! And happy, uh, regular length day if you’re at the equator! Dance around a bonfire! Wear a flower crown! Hang out with your friends and … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Celebrates the Summer Solstice

Well, it’s up. Be nice to each other, be nice to the mods, no threatening Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Up and Running

I’m writing this around 5pm on Thursday so I don’t forget, and I’m super-excited to see what last night held. Was Elon summarily deported? Did he launch a rocket at the White House? How late into the night did the … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Waiting for Last Night

I had an idea yesterday morning for a header I wanted to do today. I have no, like zero, idea of what it was. So here we are. Anyway, be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Needs to Learn to Write Things Down

Who’s responsible for putting this thread up today? I mean, jeez, get it together, right? Be nice to each other today, be nice to the mods, and no threatening Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Wants to Know Who Is In Charge Here

You probably thought this was going to be about the Supreme Court or something, but it’s really about how I have to work again this weekend and will continue to represent this fact with Loverboy’s smash 1981 hit ‘Working for … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Cares Not For Your Correct Interpretations

Huge day for wine yesterday, as the Catholic Church chose a new Pope, and the Trump administration chose Jeanine Pirro to be the interim US attorney in DC. What beverage will be the star today? Gatorade? Pineapple Fanta? The spillage … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Bold and Fruity, Light and Earthy

I don’t even have it in me to speculate. All I know is that we saw what happened yesterday, and Friday afternoon is usually when the really crazy shit goes down. Also, I totally typed ‘polotics’ when searching for the … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Absolutely Can Wait to See What Today Brings

Literally I’m posting this on a phone. They do not make it easy to tag, do they? Anyways, be nice to each other today, and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Hanging on the Telephone

In which a very distinctive, very cruel, very stupid head of state with weird hair is enabled by their equally cruel and stupid but mostly interchangeable sycophants. It even has a mid-dance firing/execution! Sorry it’s not relevant to politics, though. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Dances the Tart Adage

Made it! Barely. Be nice to each other today, and no threatening Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Getting It In Under the Wire

Fun fact: I’m kind of worried that working on my days off is going to make me completely lose my grip on the concept of time. Also, since you’re singing it anyway: Sometimes our leather pants will chafe when we’re … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Working for the Weekend

Yesterday, the winners of the World Press Photo Contest were announced . Some cool, some moving, some beautiful, some startling (CW if you click through: some are also violent), the 42 photos (out of nearly 60,000 submissions) represent ‘an immense … Continue reading The World Press Photo Contest Friday Politics Thread

It’s the day when I’m supposed to post the Friday PT! Have at it kids. Be nice to each other. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Forgot What Day It Is

Typed ‘The Friday Politics Thread,’ watched some of Schumer on Boy Maddow, did some upvoting, typed ‘Keeps Getting Distracted,’ watched more of Schumer, restrained myself from throwing something at the tv, got some juice, took a bathroom break, calculated the … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Keeps Getting Distracted

But it is willing to pretend like it is. Be nice to each other today. Calm blue ocean. If you feel the need to hate on someone, Gavin Newsom is always there. Watching. Waiting. Being a dick. Making sure his … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Not on Vacation

Still sick, still mad about it. Be nice today. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Lingering