The Oscars Thread Please remember that there is a separate thread for the Oscars over here. If you want to talk about the whole Rock/Smith debacle, go there to do it, por favor. For ‘cados of color, you can also … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Back Again

Ketanji Brown Jackson: A Former Public Defender on the Supreme Court This op-ed celebrates that the Supreme Court nominee possesses identities and perspectives that have long been excluded from the halls of power. Teen Vogue House passes Crown Act banning … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Keeps On Slippin’

Korea’s ‘Incel President’ Is Far From Alone South Korea’s new leader, the conservative Yoon Suk-yeol, used his campaign to draw in young men with repeated rebukes of feminism. It’s the endpoint of a Korean misogynist movement that reflects the same … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Hates Daylight Savings Time

Not my usual thread, I know, but I’m pretty busy all weekend, so this is what I’ve got. How You Can Help the People of Ukraine We reached out to our leaders network to identify the organizations listed below that … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Swamped

This Is How People Around The World Are Helping Ukrainians As Their Country Is Being Attacked By Russia Since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine days ago, more than 150,000 Ukrainian civilians have fled to neighboring countries. The declining … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Supports Ukraine

US lifts ban on Mexican avocados The United States is resuming its avocado inspection program in Mexico’s Michoacán state a week after imposing a temporary ban in response to a US inspector receiving a death threat. CNN Democrats Call On … Continue reading The President’s Day Sales Have Marked the Monday Politics Thread Half Off

It’s not just inflation — corporate greed is also partially to blame for the rising prices you’re paying Our own experience as consumers informs us that prices on various goods and services are rising, and the inflation rate, derived from … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Hitting Up The Valentine’s Day Candy Sales

It’s Tax Time, Americados! I did mine Saturday, and wow, was it fun. For those who don’t live in the US, understand that we, because tax prep companies spent a shit ton of money coercing reps and senators into blocking … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Does Its Taxes

At Pittsburgh bridge collapse site, Biden calls state of U.S. infrastructure “mind-boggling” A Pittsburgh bridge collapsed Friday morning, sending multiple vehicles and a public bus plummeting into a park below, officials said. Ten people suffered minor injuries and four people … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Waiting, Again, For Infrastructure Week

M&M’s characters are getting a new look to become more ‘inclusive’ M&M’s hopes to “create a world where everyone feels they belong and society is inclusive,” one personified candy at a time. USA Today The Feminist Self-Help Movement Helped Women … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Still Likes the Go-Go Boots

And I submit this afternoon that we can end poverty in the United States. Our nation has the resources to do it. The National Gross Product of America will rise to the astounding figure of some $780 billion this year. … Continue reading It’s the MLK Politics Thread

Hollywood Pays Tribute to Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier is remembered as the entertainment world mourns the esteemed actor. The Root Ballroom Culture in Nigeria Is Being Revived By Queer Youth For queer people across the world, seeing LGBTQ folks celebrating … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Makes an Entrance

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter Account Has Been Permanently Suspended Twitter has Greene is the first member of Congress to have her personal political account banned from Twitter. Buzzfeed News With fascism coming, America responds: LOL who cares? Let’s Netflix … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Says Hellllloo, 2022

Boston Starbucks workers ‘inspired’ by Buffalo union, seek votes as movement spreads Employees at two Boston-area Starbucks locations began steps to form a union earlier this month, days after one store in upstate New York became the company’s first union-represented … Continue reading The Moon’s Day Politics Thread is Almost Done With 2021

Let’s get this out of the way first: Joe Manchin, surprising no one, is the worst. Free pre-K, Medicare expansion: What won’t happen with Build Back Better likely dead Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement Sunday that he won’t support President Joe … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Once Again Asking You for Likes

First Starbucks Store Votes to Unionize A Buffalo, New York, Starbucks is the first of the chain’s 9,000 locations to vote to unionize. Teen Vogue California governor says he will use legal tactics of Texas abortion ban to implement gun … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Shopping for X-Mas

Bob Dole, longtime public servant and WWII veteran, dies Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, who will be remembered for the tenacity that defined his career and his work on behalf of fellow military veterans, died in his sleep Sunday morning. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Embellished by an Occasional Saxophone Solo

LGBTQ+ Activist Viktória Radványi Fights for Budapest Pride Amid Anti-Gay Legislation “What’s really crucial for social justice movements, especially for those who work in hostile environments, is not to embrace this idea that your results define you, or your productivity … Continue reading The Cyber Monday Politics Thread is Stimulating the Economy

There’s nothing more frightening in America today than an angry White man It’s not the “radical Islamic terrorist” that I fear the most. Nor is it the brown immigrant or the fiery Black Lives Matter protester, or whatever the latest … Continue reading The Monday Polotics Thread is Waiting for Turkey Day

President Biden to Sign Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Monday On Monday, the President will host a bipartisan bill signing ceremony for his Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The President will be joined by Members of Congress … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Says It’s Infrastructure Week, Garfie Baby