Morning Politocadoes! The President told George Stephanopoulos that he wouldn’t alert the FBI if a foreign country offered him dirt on his opponent in the presidential election. He went on to say that there’s nothing wrong with it, when you’re … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Wouldn’t Call The FBI
Morning Politocadoes! As the Trump European Vacation enters it zenith today with the 75th anniversary of D-Day, let us step back and ruminate on how this man does not belong anywhere near any of this. From his awkward gait, to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Puttin’ On The Ritz
Morning Politocadoes! Mueller speaks! Yes, in a rare appearance from the Special Prosecutor on Wednesday, Robert Swan Mueller III delivered a statement regarding his investigation and subsequently tendered his resignation from the Department of Justice.Mueller told us exactly what we … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Doesn’t Not Call For Impeachment
Morning Politocadoes, Following a devastating milkshake attack in Newcastle, Nigel Farage sheltered in his Brexit Bus on Wednesday when several milkshake-wielding assailants were spotted by supporters. Nevertheless, he remained ‘cautiously close’ to the bus while greeting supporters. When asked by … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Won’t Leave The Bus
Morning Politocadoes, Dark days. Alabama’s governor signed into law one of the most restrictive bans on abortion in the country. It is a felony to give one and it is a felony to get one, and if you live in … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Grants A Pardon
Morning Politocadoes! con·tempt·i·ble /kənˈtem(p)təb(ə)l/ adjective deserving contempt; despicable. Such a cromulent word. Not only does it describe the whole of the Administration but it can also describe individual members of the Administration. Like, say Attorney General William Barr. Yes! The … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Contemptible
Morning Politocadoes! Attorney General William Barr testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday. In response to questions of how the Mueller Report was ultimately released to the public, Barr stated that as soon as Mueller handed it over, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Barr’s Baby
Morning Politicadoes! Crime President gonna Crime President. The administration has chosen to resist all subpoenas being issued by the House Committees.Trump Cabana Boy Barr has instructed senior DOJ officials to not cooperate. As the prospects for a vote on impeachment … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Fights All Of The Subpoenas
Morning Politocadoes! The DOJ will be releasing its redacted version of the Muller Report to Congress at 11:00 AM. To the public? Who knows! Barr, maybe! Barr himself will hold Today at 9:30. He will be there, Rosenstein will be … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is [REDACTED]
Morning Politocadoes! So William Barr continues to be a Trump toady. I’d love to be wrong. It’d be great if he were secretly holding back the report because people like, say, Devin Nunes (who is still in the Gang of … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Playing For Time
Morning Politocadoes! I’m sure we’re all still chewing on the avalanche of news. Barr, quelle surprise, did in fact try to cover up the report, which is now being subpoenaed. Jared Kushner, Boy Adventurer and Lil Lady Ivanka were denied … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Goes Whole Hog
Well no, not really. Morning Politocadoes! So I’ve been keeping quiet for the last few days. Yes, it felt like the proper thing to do whilst the AG joined in with Mitch McConnell in his gravedigging of democracy labors. So … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is 700 Pages Long
Morning Politocadoes The President renewed his beef with a dead man, so that’s fun. Yes, Trump apparently needed to continue attacking John McCain several months after the senator passed away from complications due to brain cancer. Say what you want … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Didn’t Get A Thank You
Morning Politocadoes! Paul Manafort has had another day in court and is currently looking at 7 years in prison. I say currently because after being sentenced in Virginia, then sentenced in DC, the State of NY announced indictments for Good … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Dances To The Jail House Rock
Morning Politicadoes! Among the other impossible things President Lyle Lanley sold to the gullible and racist, was the idea that he could shrink the deficit with tax cuts to the rich and that trade wars are good and easy to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread’s Debt Explodes
Morning Politicadoes! As we all are probably aware, yesterday, the Politics Thread’s attention was diverted to the House Oversight Committee Testimony of Michael Cohen. Cohen, ex-personal lawyer to the President, having previously lied to the House Intelligence committee came forward … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Literally Grasping At Straws
Morning Politocadoes! Infrastructure Week has been more chaotic than usual. The Mueller Probe may (or may not) drop an interim (or maybe final?) report next week. The news comes from CNN and any other articles appear to be sourcing it. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Terminates An Executive Order
Doin’ the Monster Mash! Good morning on this beautiful Valentine’s Day, politocadoes! Big news that came in last night: the judge in the Manafort case has determined that he lied to investigators on at least three separate occasions while ‘cooperating’ … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Does The Monster Mash
Morning Politocadoes! One of the things I’ve been looking forward to for a while now, is the Democrats gaining control of the House committees and subcommittees because of the hearings that they can now call. We’ve just recently had the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Resumes An Investigation
Morning Politocadoes In response to the conclusions the US Intelligence Community made at the Worldwide Threat Assessment hearing on Tuesday(wherein they said Russia was still a threat and North Korea was not denuclearizing, but Iran was complying on international nuclear … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Educates The “President”
Morning Politocadoes! The government shutdown rolls on unimpeded. While the House again passes measures to re-open the government, Mitch McConnell has once again (fourth time!) voiced opposition to voting on the bill. Government employees furloughed or otherwise told not to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Uninvited
