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

Morning Politocadoes! The Senate did what we thought it would do. Trump has been acquitted. The lack of moral rectitude on display is frankly staggering. What’s scary is what will be coming down the pipe now. Trump now knows that … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Too Legit To Acquit

Morning Politocadoes!   So, John Bolton should testify. Hot Take, I know. He should testify in the Impeachment Trial. He should have testified before the House during the impeachment hearings. At every possible point, he should have testified. So we … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Should Testify

Good Morning Politocadoes! The Impeached President on Trial  for Crimes seems to think that Thomas Edison invented the wheel. "You have to give [@ElonMusk] credit," President Trump tells @JoeSquawk. "He's one of our great geniuses, and we have to protect … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Invents The Wheel

Morning Politocades! The House voted to send the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate yesterday. While I think we can certainly say that they could’ve added some more. War crimes among the most recent, I would imagine. Ah well, Abuse … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Knew Exactly What Was Going On

Morning Politocadoes! On Wednesday morning, the Stable Genius President walked back his aggressive stance toward Iran. Following the assassination of Suleimani and Iran’s counterattack and we all appeared to be on the precipice of war, Trump appeared to have taken … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Will Not Be Tolerited Any Longer

Morning Politocadoes! The Holidays are dead! Let us return to our regularly scheduled drudgery. Indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested immunity from charges of corruption on Wednesday. The move, if successful, will likely delay his trial for months until after … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Requests Immunity