Morning Politocadoes, It is with a heavy heart that I report on the overnight passing of Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings, Chair of the Congressional Oversight Committee. A long time legislator, having previously served with the Maryland House of Delegates, as … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Can’t Stop The News
Morning Politocadoes! The President doubled down on his betrayal of our allies in the fight against Isis, th Kurdish people, writing them off as not ‘helping us at Normandy’ or in our fight for independence. This line of reasoning is … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Didn’t Help At Normandy
Very well, where do we even begin? So, the President, in his attempts to defend himself from his own imminent impeachment, tweeted a picture of Joe Biden to show that he was justified in extorting a foreign country. The thing … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Looks At This Photograph
Morning Politocadoes! Boy, what a year its the been these past few days. The Whistleblower scandal has been with us in some form for less than two weeks and it somehow keeps getting worse for the Crime President and coterie … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Releases *A* Transcript
Morning Politocadoes! Congress is currently in a tense battle with the acting Director of National Intelligence whom has refused to share certain details of a whistleblower’s account of Trump’s discussion with a foreign leader. Why? Well, let’s set the mood … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Makes A Promise
Morning Politocadoes! With the ouster of John Bolton, the United States is once again without an NSA Director. The third in as many years, John “Mustache Rides For Dayz” Bolton, was a warmonger of the highest degree and its good … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has Got The Moves Like Kissinger
Morning Politocadoes! President Crime President did a dumb, dangerous, and also illegal thing in response to Hurricane Dorian. For some reason, Trump came to believe that Alabama would be impacted by the storm, despite no evidence and promptly tweeted it. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Brought To You By Sharpie
Morning Politocadoes, So I woke up on Wednesday hearing that Boris Johnson, former Boy-Mayor of Londontown, and current Prime Minister (?) of the United Kingdom was asking the Queen to suspend Parliament in order to, essentially, force a hard Brexit. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is At It Again
Morning Politocadoes, The President made some interesting remarks on Wednesday both on twitter and in public and with cameras regarding his importance in the world. Also, he doubled down on his attack upon Jewish Americans that choose to vote Democratic. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Not The Messiah (It’s A Very Naughty Thread)
Morning Politocadoes, The Dow Jones dropped 800 points on Wednesday. The last time this happened it was on the precipice of the Great Recession. So that’s nice. The fun thing is that Millennials have rarely ever known a strong and … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread’s Stocks Take A Plunge
Morning Politocadoes, The President didn’t alllow the press to cover him going to ‘comfort’ the grieving communities of El Paso and Dayton on Wednesday. During the visit to El Paso he only took one question from a reporter. No, instead … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gives ‘Comfort’ To The Grieving
Morning Politocadoes! The US had the second round of the second Democratic presidential debate last night. Hosted on CNN, there was a clear intent to the proceedings namely; to have the candidates fight each other in a vicious battle royale. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Goes To A Battle Royale
Morning Politocadoes, Soooo Wednesday saw the testimony of one Robert Swan Mueller III before the House subcommittees on Intelligence and Justice respectively on the subject of the Russian attack on the 2016 election and the actions of the desperate criminals … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Repeats The Question
Morning Politocadoes! The House of Representatives voted to find Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for refusing to obey subpoenas issued by the House. Despite a last minute call from both Barr and Ross’ offices, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is In Contempt
Morning Politocadoes! Embattled Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta held a press conference on Wednesday in an attempt to defend his actions regarding his handling of one Jeffrey Epstein. The press conference was completely bizarre. His justifications were mostly specious if … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Somehow Makes It Worse
Morning Politocadoes! Those in the US are celebrating the Fourth of July like a bunch of Yankee Doodle Dandies. Barbeques, fireworks, uh tanks apparently? Fortunately, certain bloated celebrations of egotistic excess that borders on fascism being held on the National … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Puts A Feather In Its Cap
Morning Politocadoes! The first Democratic primary debates occurred last night. A battle royale of candidates, some who will definitely have a chance at the White House and some who will most certainly not. I’d say something about participation trophies but … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Hits the Stage
Morning Politocadoes! Well, the testimonies on Capitol Hill seem to be going as well as expected. Hope Hicks, somehow former Communications Director for the White House and Regina George All Grown Up, spoke before the House Committee on, well, nothing. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Doesn’t Have To Answer That
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
