Mornin’ Politocadoes! The final debate before the Iowa Caucuses took place on Wednesday night. Two candidates remain on the field in the Republican primary, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with Chris Christie having suspended his … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Will Get Smoked
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Documents related to Jeffrey Epstein in the case against Ghislaine Maxwell have been unsealed. The documents contain approximately 150 people that had been under redaction during the trial. The case itself had been settled in 2017, but the … Continue reading The Unsealed Thursday Politics Thread
Mornin’ Politocadoes! As the “Holiday Warp Zone” continues, I awake briefly to check in on where we are at in the world. House Republicans need them Hunter Biden Documents Since Hunter Biden is refusing to sit for a closed deposition … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Wakes Briefly
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Rudy Giuliani must pay his $148 million dollar settlement for defaming two Georgia election workers immediately. Judge Beryl Howell determined that there was a significant risk that Giuliani would likely find a way to hide his money if … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Must Pay Immediately
Mornin’ Politocadoes! The House authorized an impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Wednesday. Voting along party lines, the vote happened only hours after the President’s son Hunter refused to sit for a closed door deposition into the GOP’s other weaponized … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Authorizes An Inquiry
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Kevin McCarthy is going to leave Congress presumably because he rose too high, loved too hard, dared too much. He tried to grasp a star, overreached, and fell. So he’s leaving. Nobody’s gonna have him to kick around … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Leaving Congress
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
