Pictured: Melanie Trump smiling like she never has before at her own husband, the President. Morning Politocadoes! Yaaaaayyyy!!!!!!!!!!! He didn’t shit himself in the pew or knock over the casket! He’s Presidential! He deserves a cookie! Nah fam, when even … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Well Behaved in Bereavement
Morning Politocadoes! So, Paul Manafort, lover of crimes and ostrich sports jackets, is in jail. Yes, he’s in jail for crimes. Jail is a place reserved for crime-doers meant to prevent them from doing more crimes. Paul, of course, loves … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Colludes With A Convicted Felon!
Morning Politocadoes, Today is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. I don’t expect much activity but with a senile mobster crook in the White House who really knows? Regardless, think of it as an exciting opportunity for a day off … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gives Thanks
Morning Politocadoes! Well, with a Guy Trump Found At The Bus Stop currently the acting Attorney General it was only a matter of time before Congress took action. Yes, Feckless Mimbo and Lame Duck Senator Jeff Flake showed some spine … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Eyes The Football
Header Credit goes to the beloved comedy institution “The Pixelated Boat” twitter account c Morning Politocadoes! We gather here today to say goodbye the world’s most racist Keebler Elf, Jeffuhson Beauregahd Sesssion duh Toid. He’s not dead. Well, politically, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Says So Long To Sessions
Morning Politocadoes! We’re in the final days before the midterms and I’m coming into it feeling like Not sure if we can prevent a post apocalyptic future, but I’m damn sure gonna try. What about the rest of you? Things … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gears Up
Morning Politocadoes! Been out of the newscycle for a bit and boy, thngs are escalating rather quickly. Shockingly, when the President of the United States attacks his political opponents as evil and corrupt and endorses physical violence, his most loyal … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gets A Package
Morning Politocadoes! Released last night was Journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s final column ever for the Washington Post, “What the Arab world needs most is free expression” Read it here. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/jamal-khashoggi-what-the-arab-world-needs-most-is-free-expression/2018/10/17/adfc8c44-d21d-11e8-8c22-fa2ef74bd6d6_story.html?noredirect=on It reads like a eulogy for Freedom of Expression. He is … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Pleads For Free Expression
Morning Politocadoes! Hurricane Michael was downgraded to a Tropical Storm, but wind and rain continue to pour down on states in its wake. While the winds have decreased to 50 -60 mph, winds have picked up in certain parts of … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Battens Down The Hatches
Morning Politocadoes! The test of the Presidential Alert system went off without a hook yesterday. As Vox points out, the system is essentially a wireless version of the Emergency Broadcast System. Meant to clue us into any potential disasters, natural … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Sends A Message
Morning Politocadoes! Well, here we are. On the eve of the committee vote for what’s shaping up to be one of the most wildly unsuitable appointments to Supreme Court and the President is still finding ways to somehow make it … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Helping
Morning Politocadoes! A brief post for the sake of expediency today. So! President Moon Jae-In of the Republic of Korea claims that Kim Jong-Un wants another summit with Trump to continue de-nuclearization. The de-nuclearization process that so far has not … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Wants Another Summit
Morning Politocadoes! As a terrifying hurricane bears down on the Carolinas (that may or may not have scotched a trip this weekend for your humble Lupin), it’s been discovered that the Trump Administration has been diverting fundng from FEMA to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Diverts Disaster Relief Funding (again)
Morning Politocadoes! Well, Infrastructure Week’s been a rip-roaring success so far. Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings have been marked by protests (which Trump now says should be illegal. Fun!) and abuses of the process by the majority party. Congressional leaders have … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Commits TREASON Skeptical Question Mark?
Morning Politocadoes! Well, just when you think that the US government can’t possibly get more racist against Hispanics something like this happens. The US Passport Agency has begun DENYING US Passports to US citizens of Hispanic descent along the southern … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gets Even Worse
Morning Politocadoes! Wanted to highlight a different story today than the usual fuckery by the most dangerous septuagenarian on the planet. In news that would make European explorers spit their tea and adjust their monacles, a Danish vessel is set … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Charts A Course
Morning Politocadoes! Well, better late than never, the FCC has shut down Alex Jones’ flagship radio station. Liberty Radio, has been, albeit temporarily, pulled from the airwaves. It’s also been hit with a $15,000 fine for operating without a … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Off The Air
Morning Politcadoes, Coming in late last night on The Rachel Maddow Show, it was revealed that they had obtained secret tapes of Devin Nunes speaking at a fundraiser for Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, essentially admitting that the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Says The Quiet Part Loud
Morning Politiocadoes! As the Manafort Trail churns along, President Good Brain seems to be going off the rails. In a series of tweets, the Leader of the Free World intimated that the Mueller investigation was illegal and that Jeff Sessions … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Commits A Smocking Obstruction
Morning Politocadoes, House Republicans moved to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last night. Led by ‘Freedom’ Caucus member Mark Meadows (R, N.C), and Jim ‘Gym’ Jordan (R-Ohio), it is expected to be showdown with House leaders who have started … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Calls For A Futile & Stupid Gesture
Fucking called it. Late last night, the New York Times posted a piece that makes clear that Trump knew from the outset of his presidency that interference occurred, that the intelligence community agreed in the assessment that it was Russia, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Muddies The Message
