Morning Politocadoes! President Trump discussed mask policy in an interview with Fox Business News. The President lied that he was in ‘all in on masks’, preferred masks to social distancing measures, and that he wore a black one the other … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Looks Like The Lone Ranger
Morning Politocadoes! The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the politicization of the Justice Department by Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday. The hearing saw testimonies from Aaron Zelinsky a former prosecutor for the US Attorney’s office in Baltimore, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Bangs On A Table
Morning Politocadoes! Former Ambassador and Former Trump NSA Director John Bolton has a book coming out. Oh cool, good for him. I mean, hey, Reince Preibus got one, so did Omarosa, why not the ‘Stache too? The book, an account … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread in: Return Of The ‘Stache
Morning Politocadoes, As the world continues to grapple with the global pandemic and the protests against police brutality and systemic racism, a hot new sensation has been sweeping city after city. Statue after statue of various colonizing bastards, racists, and … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread and The Telltale Head
Morning folks, I have nothing to say today. I just don’t. This week was always going to be the end result of this sociopath being in the Oval Office. Like, Mad Dog Mattis wrote an op-ed decrying the President as … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread
Morning folks, I feel, frankly, that I am ill-equipped to really cover what’s been happening in Minnesota. So I’ll summarize briefly, the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer has ignited a fresh wave of Black Lives Matter … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Protests Injustice
Morning Politocadoes! As states across the country enter varying phases of re-opening (even if they probably shouldn’t), parts of the country are still seeing an increase in coronavirus cases. Although the federal guidelines for re-opening require a downward trend in … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Reopens
Morning Politocadoes! An amendment to H.R. 6172, a bill that will re-authorize lapsed surveillance powers under FISA would have forced the government to get a warrant before compelling a telecommunication company to hand over browser or internet search history deemed … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has Its Browser History Seized
Morning Politocadoes! Pretty concise appraisal of the last week or whatever Simpsons from 27 years ago. Data: The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins; Chart: Naema Ahmed/Axios Try and guess which line is the US (excluding New York) … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Needs A Cure
Morning Politocadoes! It’s been a challenging beginning of the year, to say the least. Between an economy plummeting, a plague not being taken seriously, and the country constantly on the precipice of another war, it’s hard not to think ‘oh … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Leaks WHO?
Morning Politocadoes! The President is getting antsy. He hasn’t been golfing in weeks, he can’t go to his rallies, and he’s been cooped up in a house that we all know he hates. His daily press briefings on the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Rocks You Like A Hurricane
Morning Politocadoes! As the Coronavirus pandemic battens down the country, the President declared that his authority is total and threatened to adjourn Congress. Well, that’s a sentence. The dumb, mobbed-up, criminal, impeached President of the United States once again threatened … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread’s Authority Is Total
Morning Politocadoes! Sobering news for the Presidential Race. He was an outsider, a long shot, he had tried before, an Independent, but that hadn’t stopped him from his trying to realize his dream of becoming President one day. Yes, Lincoln … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Drops Out
Morning Politocadoes! I hope everyone is doing well. The world is scarier and even more uncertain than it was a month ago. Be sure to check in with friends and family when you can. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis finally, finally, issued … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Remains Indoors
Morning Politocadoes! The Coronavirus Stimulus package has passed the Senate 96-0. The four nays were Republicans, of course, and of course, they objected because they felt it would encourage workers to stay on unemployment. So fuck those particular jerks. The … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gets Stimulated
Morning Politocadoes! The Coronavirus continues its disruptions to the daily lives of people around the world. After a considerable amount of dawdling, the US has passed it’s first significant legislation to provide some relief to scared US citizens and residents. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gets Some Relief
Morning Politocadoes! It has been an eventful Infrastructure Week. With a surging Joe Biden likely on the path to the nomination, voters around the country have swallowed their pride and mouthed words they remember from that one superhero movie … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Suspends Its Season
Morning Politocadoes! The Crime President continues to not take the threat of the Coronavirus seriously. Fearful that it makes him look bad. The Vice President may or may not have been infected. California had it’s first reported death. The first … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Always Wanted To Be A Lumberjack
Morning Politocadoes! The President* attempted to assuage fears on Wednesday about a potential outbreak of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. Did he do so with a thoughtful, measured speech that stayed on topic that he then let more knowledgeable officials speak … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Puts Pence In Charge
Morning Politocadoes! Our world is fire. The President is busily doing as much criming as he can because that now he has been acquitted, he believes he is untouchable. Apart from pardoning and commuting the sentences other fellow mobster politicians … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread: Fury Road
Morning Politocadoes! The results of the NH primary have put the progressive side of the party squarely in the front of the race. With Sanders in the lead, he stands to shape the race going forward. Nipping at his heels … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Still Has Too Many Candidates
