Mornin’ Politocadoes! Former Secretary of State, National Security Adviser and War Criminal Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100. Long the subject of questions of whether he was dead, why he wasn’t dead yet, and why he wasn’t … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Was National Security Adviser and Secretary of State At The Same Time

Mornin’ Politocadoes! Today, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, even if my brain continuously defaults to November 27th every year no matter what for no adequately explained reason. Americans are asked to give thanks … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gives Thanks

Mornin’ Politocadoes! In the latest series of protests to hit the US Capitol, the DNC was locked down and lawmakers were evacuated when police clashed with protesters of the Israel-Hamas war. The protesters, led by activist group IfNotNow, pressed for … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Locks Down the DNC

Mornin’ Politocadoes! The prosecution in Ex-President Donald J Trump’s civil fraud trial rested its case on Wednesday, following testimony from Trump’s daughter, Ivanka. Ivanka gave testimony on the valuation of her apartment that appeared to distance herself from her father’s … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Rests Its Case

Mornin’ Politocadoes! Newly empowered Speaker Mike Johnson has gotten off to an ambitious start to his tenure by getting into a fight with one Senate Minority Leader Mitch “Mitchell!” McConnell. The two outlined their approaches to the end of the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Throws Some Elbows

Mornin’ Politocadoes! The US House of Representatives finally has a new Speaker of the House. After 3 weeks of embarrassment, Speaker-delegate after Speaker-delegate, the House Republicans got their act together. And who is this new Speaker? This man who would … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gets A New Speaker

Mornin’ Politocadoes! The US House of Representatives remains without a Speaker. The chaos following the ouster of Kevin McCarthy reigns as House Republicans fail to coalesce around a new leader. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) lost a second round of voting … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Won’t Budge

Mornin’ Politocadoes! A QUICK PSA: If you feel like the news is too much for you right now, you have every right to turn your head off for a bit. You are doing no one any good if news consumption … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Monitoring The Situation

Mornin’ Politocadoes! Hill observers are not confident the House Republican Civil War will be resolved by Wednesday. As we well know at this point, on Tuesday, a handful of GOP congressmen joined with the Democratic Caucus to remove House Speaker … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Can’t Unring That Bell

Mornin’ Politocadoes! Following an uproar from the GOP and Washington elites, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has unanimously passed a resolution formally instituting a dress code in the Senate. Prior to this resolution, there had technically been no formal dress … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Will Not Be Wearing Gym Shorts To The Senate

Mornin’ Politocadoes! The deadline for Congress to fund the government is fast approaching. With 10 days left, the House of Representatives have so far failed to pass any bills that would prevent a government shutdown due to Republican in-fighting. House … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Might Not Avoid A Shutdown

Mornin’ Politocadoes! House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has launched an impeachment inquiry into President Biden, his son, Hunter, and their family finances. McCarthy, feeling pressure from hardline members of the Republican caucus, hoped to gain more votes for passing federal spending … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Unimpeachable!

Mornin’ Politocadoes! House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is under pressure as Congress *deep sigh* once again must pass legislation to avoid a government shutdown. As the deadline rapidly approaches, many members of the Republican caucus find themselves trying to leverage McCarthy’s … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Under The Gun

Mornin’ Politocadoes! I am moving today so I don’t really have time to write something up. Mitch McConnell froze up again, I suppose it would be good to have a thoughtful, hopefully not ageist discussion on mandatory term limits in … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Moving

Mornin’ Politocadoes! Trump is getting arraigned for the fourth time today. The difference is that unlike in New York, Trump will be arraigned in Georgia and be forced to get a mugshot. All of his conspirators already have one, though … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gets Booked

Mornin’ Politocadoes! Trump and 18 of his confederates have been indicted in their attempt to subvert the 2020 election in Georgia.And, thanks to Georgia’s unique take on pardons, a Republican governor couldn’t pardon him even if they wanted to. With … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Wants The Trial To Be Televised

Mornin’ Politocadoes! It’s been a while since we’ve checked in on that whole once-in-a-generation pandemic situation. Covid’s like an old roommate, you haven’t seen or heard from in a while but when you do, you remember just how much they … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has A New Variant

Mornin’ Politocadoes! Former President Trump is scheduled to appear today for attempting to subvert American democracy and overturn the 2020 election. This will in fact mean that Trump has been impeached twice, arrested twice, and indicted three times: the aforementioned … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread IN: Once, Twice, Three Times Indicted

Mornin’ Politicadoes! Early morning issues in the house of remuslupinthethird. Happy Posting, remember the red handle rule and keep an eye on Mayor McSquirrel especially given Mitch McConnell. Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread is Late

Mornin’ Politocadoes! The Republican Party continues to engage in a frankly breathtaking display of projection and hypocrisy in its vendetta against Hunter Biden. Biden, well-known failson of President Biden, concerned owner of laptops, and patron of sex workers the world … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Weaponizes The DOJ

Mornin’ Politocadoes! The UK Government has missed a key deadline to handover text messages sent and received by former PM Boris Johnson prior to May 2021. The government had until 4 PM on Monday to handover all relevant unredacted notebooks, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Misses A Deadline