I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve spent the weekend pretty much doing nothing but playing Animal Crossing, and downloading QR codes like crazy to make things look cool.  The news is still kind of miserable, and I just … Continue reading The Monday Polytixs Thread is Going Stir Crazy

I don’t think we need more depressing news, so here are some cute kittens on a live stream.     Continue reading The Monday Polyticks Thread Love Kitties

Coronavirus is revealing ugly truths about social structure in the US The coronavirus pandemic is affecting every possible aspect of life—and thus confronting Americans with ugly truths about the way US society functions. Any crisis or emergency throws into sharp … Continue reading The Monday Palotix Thread is in Quarantine After This Last Bar Run

Ofelia Alonso, 24, thinks there’s a big misconception that most Latinos are “part of an older generation who doesn’t care about politics.”That’s why she’s wasn’t surprised that 75 percent of young Latinos in Texas had not heard from any presidential … Continue reading The Monday Poleteks Thread is Still Waiting for Super Tuesday

Nev. Union Support for Sanders Shows Limits of Labor Warning Members of Nevada’s most politically powerful labor group were warned by union leaders that Bernie Sanders’ plan would doom their prized health care, but they voted for him anyway. Funny … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Waiting for Super Tuesday

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Sunday said he isn’t going to take “lectures on family values” from conservative media personality Rush Limbaugh, who recently made comments about the former South Bend, Ind., mayor’s sexuality. “I love my husband. I’m … Continue reading The Monday Polotics Thread Celebrates President’s Day

I’m gone for work training, so this Monday is being done ahead of time, at very low expense. [insert crazy political events here] [insert more crazy political events here] [insert even more crazy political events here] Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Out of the Office

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo escalated his clash with a respected NPR journalist on Saturday, lashing out at her and what he called the “unhinged” news media in an extraordinary statement. A day earlier, he abruptly ended an interview with … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still at It

Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., on Sunday downplayed President Donald Trump’s calls for Ukraine and China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, saying that “things happen.” During an interview with ABC’s “This Week”, host George … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Bernie Sanders found himself on the receiving end of attacks from both President Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren on Sunday, a reflection of his rising status in the Democratic presidential race and perceived momentum just three weeks out from the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Forgot to Title This

Apparently, shit just keeps happening, and Australia is burning.  Also, Lindsay Graham wants to change the rules of the Senate just to get around Pelosi, so we have that going on.   Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Being Lazy

‘Nothing Less Than a Civil War’: These White Voters on the Far Right See Doom Without Trump Deeply conservative, they organize online and outside the Republican Party apparatus, engaging in more explicit versions of the chest-beating seen at the president’s … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Between Holidays

So, the Democrats have lost a freshman representative who couldn’t resist the dumptruck of money driven up to his house: New Jersey rep Jeff Van Drew has proven to be a spineless weakling who we can all wave goodbye to. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Counting Down