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

Hey look, everything is still terrible when it comes to the Wisconsin GOP: One of President Donald Trump’s top re-election advisers told influential Republicans in swing state Wisconsin that the party has “traditionally” relied on voter suppression to compete in … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Back in Business

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

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/-saturday-night-live-reimagines-nato-as-high-school-lunchroom-74733637912 SNL, as usual, has its finger on the pulse of the nation. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Doesn’t Want to Sit With Trump

Is it 2020 yet? Cable News Mentioned Michael Bloomberg More This Month Than It Did Andrew Yang The Entire Year Bloomberg reportedly received some 4,486 mentions on cable news in November, compared to Yang’s 2,167 mentions during the entire race. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Already Sick of Bloomberg

What could possibly go wrong? This was spur of the moment, as all presidential campaigns are, so I’m going to need suggestions from the audience. Should we run on: Kittens gifs for everyone Memes for everyone Destroying Kinja Enslaving the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Joining the 2020 Presidential Race

I’m out of town again and doing this quickly, but for fuck’s sake, can we stop this shit?  This should not be normal!  We should not have to mourn kids who aren’t even old enough to drink or vote because … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Tired of Doing Headers About This

I’m on vacation in Minneapolis, so this thread is being done in haste ahead of time. Do what thou wilt. Also, it’s Veterans Day in the US. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Was Recruited to Act Against the President

Trump has now been booed at two sporting events now, this time at a UFC event in the city he no longer calls home. (New York was devastated; they could barely hold back their tears.) You would think UFC would … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Definitely NOT Saying “Boo-urns”

So, apparently al-Baghdadi is dead. While this is probably not a bad thing, listening to Trump do his happy dance about it is just disturbing. But remember when he complained about Obama and Bin Laden? Good times. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is…. [fill in the blank]

You know what’s been really helpful to even attempting to keep up with this bullshit? https://www.impeachment.fyi/ I encourage everyone to sign up for the daily reports, because it summarizes the day in a lot easier to digest bits. Seriously. Hong … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Barely Keeping Up With the News

I’m gone the whole weekend, so this is being done with great haste, low expense, and at the last minute.   Don’t forget the Mayor McSquirrel rule. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Ron Johnson continues to prove rural Wisconsin can’t be trusted to vote for anyone remotely same by getting into a shouting match with Chuck Todd: Johnson—who last week said he was told about a quid pro quo involving Ukrainian investigation … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Not a Whistleblower

I think we all know what’s been happening this weekend. We know it will probably go on for a while until we either actually get the process of impeachment started, or we keep playing “are you fucking serious, you’re still … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Riding the Impeachment Train

Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell’s surprise retirement began with a President Trump tweet. Moments after Trump’s July 14 missive telling four U.S. congresswomen of color to “go back” to their countries of origin, the congressman from Michigan phoned a fellow House … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Full of Petty, Childish Bull***t

Constitution Week is a celebration of the constitution of the United States of America, a quaint little document the country bases its laws on.  It’s sort of important, though you wouldn’t know it from the last three years of it … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Constitution Week

Here’s your Monday thread. Boris Johnson, the UK’s answer to “what if we created Donald Trump in our image?” is not having a good week, and it only promises to get worse. Which is both funny to watch, but depressing … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Demands Another Referendum Vote

Our hearts are with Midland, Odessa, and everyone in West Texas who has to endure this again. More information is forthcoming, but here's what we know: We need to end this epidemic. https://t.co/ytWLcg7y20 — Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 31, 2019 … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Tells You to Shove Your Thoughts and Prayers

The Cherokee Nation is stepping up. The Cherokee Nation announced Thursday that it intends to appoint a delegate to the US House of Representatives, asserting for the first time a right promised to the tribe in a nearly 200-year-old treaty … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Appointing a Delegate to the House of Representatives