So. Here we are. Tomorrow, November 03rd, is Election Day in the US. This is the day we’ve waited four miserable, shitty years for, a day that has been led up to by the most absolute ridiculous collapse of norms … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has 24 Hours Before Election Day

A Day-By-Day Guide to What Could Happen If This Election Goes Bad The coronavirus pandemic was always going to make the 2020 election uniquely complicated, and Donald Trump’s norm-busting style was always going to make it tense, but headlines in … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Still Tests Negative

Policy vs. personality: Undecideds torn as election nears Amanda Jaronowski is torn. The lifelong Republican from suburban Cleveland supports President Donald Trump’s policies and fears her business could be gutted if Democrat Joe Biden is elected. But she abhors Trump … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Counting Down the Days

Latinx History Has Always Been Linked to Spooky Culture Indigenous understandings of death are linked with the shared trauma of colonialism. From a historical perspective, many influences might explain why people across Latin America are so captivated by gothic themes, … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Here for Indigenous Peoples’ Day

I’m not even going to try to keep up with what’s happening, seeing as this is being written Sunday night, and gods only know what could happen between now and Monday morning. So, Monday thread. If everything keeps going crazy, … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Can’t Keep Up

With 200K Dead, Trump Spews Lies Then Golfs for the 298th Time During His Presidency The president seemingly does not care about the more than 200,000 Americans who have lost their lives as a result of the coronavirus, but we … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Surging

Majority of Americans, including many Republicans, say wait for election to replace Ginsburg – Reuters poll The national opinion poll, conducted Sept. 19-20 after Ginsburg’s death was announced, suggests that many Americans object to President Donald Trump’s plan, backed by … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Mourns an Icon

In the joy of watching The Princess Bride cast reunion for the Wisconsin Democrats, I basically forgot to do the thread, so this is being done very late, at the last minute. Talk amongst yourselves. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Almost Didn’t Happen

What is Labor Day in the US? “Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Labor Day Sales Weekend

‘Small events add up to a lot’: Limited gatherings quietly emerge as source of coronavirus infections “People don’t think of it in the same way as the (President) Trump rally in Tulsa, a bunch of people on the beach or … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is So Done With 2020

In the (now) 39 years I’ve been alive, I’ve actually lived through some crazy shit. The Challenger explosion when I was four. The fall of the Berlin Wall when I was ten. Parachute pants. 9/11, a major event I was … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is a Year Older, and Not Much Wiser

Trump Held A Training Session For Pennsylvania Campaign Volunteers And Nobody Showed Up In a blue room in the back, beneath an American flag with the words MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN printed in block letters inside the white stripes, a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Not Ready for the DNC

Puerto Rico halts primary voting in centers lacking ballots Puerto Rico on Sunday was forced to partially suspend voting for primaries marred by a lack of ballots as officials called on the president of the U.S. territory’s elections commission to … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Throwing its Hat into the VP Ring

I literally remembered I had to do the thread at… Ten minutes to my bedtime. And since my mom also literally just came in and told me about some weird “Trumpy Bear” commercial, I decided to assure everyone that the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Not Sponsored by Trumpy Bear

Republicans call on Democrats to stop politicizing intelligence on 2020 election meddling Two top Senate Republicans called upon the Democratic leadership to stop “politiciz[ing] intelligence matters” after Democrats criticized the intelligence community’s assessment that Russia, China, and Iran are all … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Going to Keep Politicizing Politics

How John Lewis’s masterful illustrated memoir is a shining torch for the next generation Five summers ago, at San Diego Comic-Con International, Rep. John Lewis donned the type of clothes and gear he was wearing a half-century earlier when he … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Remembers John Lewis

Keep it simple, Democrats. Job One is making sure Americans can cast votes this fall. Democrats and many others are determined to defeat a toxic president and win governing power to beat back the pandemic, root out institutional racism, and … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Looks Sexy in a Mask

Remains of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen identified, lawyer says The Army has identified the remains of missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, her family’s lawyer said in a statement Sunday evening. Guillen, 20, was last seen in a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Nothing, Absolutely Nothing

Sacha Baron Cohen Pranks Far-Right Rally, Fools Crowd With Racist Song According to reports, Baron Cohen first disguised himself as the wealthy head of a political action committee in order to infiltrate the event, then populated the rally with his … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Wearing its Mask

Trump ‘played’ by K-pop fans and TikTok users who disrupted Tulsa rally “He was played by young people and K-pop fans who ordered tickets with no intention of going,” said Joy Reid of MSNBC on air, following Trump’s speech. As … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Refuses to Be Silent