Morning Politocadoes! The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act’s passage was expedited by the US House of Representatives last night. Due to threats of another takeover attempt of the Capitol, all voting for today has been canceled and the House … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Threatened Again
Morning Politocadoes! It’s February and the Biden Administration is assiduously attempting to to build it’s Executive Cabinet. Tom Vilsack was recently confirmed and sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris, Merrick Garland is facing the Senate in his confirmation process … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Tries To Build A Cabinet
Morning Politicadoes! Australia is in the process of passing a new law that would force social media companies to pay the publishers for the links and headlines users share. Almost certain to pass, Google and Facebook have taken opposite paths … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Bans Australia
Morning Politocadoes! The Second Senate Impeachment Trial of former President Donald Trump is not going away despite the best efforts of Republicans to ignore it. The House Managers brought forth powerful testimony and newly released video evidence that showed how … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread…And The Impeachment Continues
Morning Politocadoes! The US House of Representatives agreed to hold a vote for today on removing Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Georgia) from her committee assignments. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had placed her on the committees for labor, education, and budget … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread in: Q Who?
Morning Politicadoes! Wall Street has been dealing with some interesting problems lately. As best as I can summarize it, users on the reddit board r/WallStreetBets have taken it upon themselves to artificially increase the value in companies like GameStop and … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Invests In Canned Food and Shotguns
Morning Politicadoes! With Joe Biden and Kamala Harris safely inaugurated as the new President and Vice President the country has gotten a small taste of competency again. Harris was welcomed back to the Senate to preside over the body as … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Returns To Normal
Morning Politocadoes! The President was impeached for the second time in his first (and only) term. Trump often claimed that his administration would win so much that we would be tired from all of the winning. And well, he certainly … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is The Biggest Loser Ever
Morning Politocadoes, In what should have been a pro forma joint session of Congress on Wednesday, the Capitol was overtaken by seditious thugs set loose by the sitting President. Unable and unwilling to concede defeat, he has once again ginned … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread After The Attempted Coup
Happy New Year Politocadoes! We made it to the end. Here’s to hoping that things will be better. Which is really all we can do. The coronavirus is still ravaging the world, with a new variant having appeared in not … Continue reading The Last Thursday Politics Thread of 2020
Morning Politicadoes! It’s Christmas Eve! And that means all of the good boys and girls wait anxiously to see what Santa will bring them. But what if you’re a naughty child BUT you colluded in various shady dealings with the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Before Christmas
Morning Politocadoes! Multiple government agencies and Fortune 500 companies have been compromised by Russian hackers for the past 6 to 9 months, according to former Trump Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert. According to his NYT op-ed, the cybersecurity firm FireEye, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gets Hacked
Morning Politocadoes! The Republicans continue to deny reality. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won the US Presidential election. Lawsuits brought in an attempt to overturn the election have either been dropped or dismissed by the court for lack of credible … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is In For A Long December
Morning Politocadoes! The soon-to-be former President Trump went on facebook live yesterday with a typically insane litany of complaints and grievances. The 46 minute press conference? rant? Screed? We’ll go with screed, was littered with many of the conspiracies we … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Deals With Disinformation
Morning Politocadoes! Thanksgiving Day is being celebrated in the US and everyone needs to acknowledge what they’re thankful for: a coup being narrowly averted by a handful of judges and politicians momentarily thinking of the rule of law and their … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Pardons Some Turkeys
Morning Politocadoes! Senator Kelly Loeffler, who is heading into a runoff election in Georgia in January, has been accused of ethics rules when she encouraged Fox News viewers to chip in to her campaign. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kelly-loeffler-fundraising-ethics-violation_n_5fb56841c5b695be82ff618f Welcome to Thursday! Please be … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Violates Ethics Rules
Morning Politocadoes! It’s been a little over a week since the election and most people would agree that Joe Biden will be the 46th US President. Indeed, eight foreign leaders have offered their congratulations as have several establishment politicians such … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Waiting To Exhale
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Didja sleep? The US Presidential election is on the cusp of being won by Democratic candidate Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. With votes still being counted as of the time of this writing, there seem to be multiple paths … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Holds Its’ Breath
Morning Politocadoes! The election is five days away. Tucker Carlson scrambles to find the “damning documents” that prove Hunter Biden’s guilt. Some guy finally copped to being the author of the Anonymous op-ed that claimed to be part of the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Takes The Country Back From The Doctors
Morning Politocadoes! The final Presidential debate will take place tonight in Cleveland, Ohio at Case Western Reserve University. The second debate was scuttled because the President caught the virus that he’s been downplaying and refused to have a virtual one. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Mutes The Mic
Morning Politicadoes! Voting season in the US continues with reporting showing that 16 million Americans have already voted in the Presidential election. High turnout and highly motivated voters of a party are usually strong determinants in elections, so absent the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is In Search of An October Surprise
