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 as well, because this affects far more than just him. Robert Mugabe is finally dead. Like Francisco Franco, Mugabe has finally left this mortal coil, and not a moment too soon. Good riddance. Hong Kong is still a mess. I don’t think this will end well. 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 with the federal government. I hope they kick down the front door and walk in, daring anyone to stop them. It would be epic and amazing. Also, this : I mean, if there’s a better place to use this meme in the PT, I don’t know where that is. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Appointing a Delegate to the House of Representatives
In 1945, the same year my father was born, Marsha P. Johnson was born as well. A black trans woman who may or may not have been the first to attack the police at Stonewall (others who were there claim … Continue reading August 24th Pays it No Mind
Holy shit, where has the time gone. I know I’m not the only one celebrating today, so speak up, fellow Virgos! There are dozens of us! Dozens! What things do you do to celebrate your birthday? Continue reading August 24th is 38 Years After 1981
I honestly haven’t kept up much with the political this weekend; I’ve been preparing and waiting for today, because Monday, August 19th, is my first working day as an actual government employee, sucking up all of your tax dollars while I sit and do nothing. Or so I’ve heard. I assume I’ll get my big fat check as soon as I walk in the door. It’s the start of a new week! I assume it will suck as it usually does, though perhaps Trump will offer to buy Antarctica this time, because Greenland is off the table. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is a Government Employee Today
I think by now we all know what happened this weekend: Epstein committed suicide, in prison, because he wasn’t on suicide watch. Our idiot president thinks Bill Clinton is responsible, which is totally a normal fucking thing to happen these … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Thoroughly Disgusted
El Paso Community Foundation is accepting donations for the victims of the shooting Saturday. Paso Del Norte Community Foundation is also accepting donations. This site suggests ways to help the Gilroy victims. There’s no real news yet on how to … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is So Very Tired of This
It’s been a busy weekend for me, so this is a half-ass politics thread. Can we dare to dream that this week won’t suck? Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Recovering From the Weekend
So, as you may have heard, Puerto Rico is having a bit of a crisis. You can see it on Twitter, #rickyrenuncia, as people protest the sexist, homophobic remarks of the governor of Puerto Rico. In Hong Kong, protestors are marching for democracy, against a Chinese government trying to corral a city that knew freedom for decades before being handed back. This may not go well. It’s Monday! Remember, this is the Avocado. We have standards here. Sexism, racism, derogatory comments of people’s appearances, and religious intolerance are not allowed. Throw up the Mod Signal if you need to. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Demands a Resignation
What else is there to say after our Vice President went to a concentration camp in the US of A in the year of our Spaghetti Lord 2019? There really is nothing anymore. So, instead, donate to RAICES. You can use PayPal, you can donate a portion when taking Lyft, and you can donate through AmazonSmile when making purchases. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has Nothing to Say
Apparently, one of Biden’s aides has finally gotten it through his thick skull that saying he worked happily with segregationists back in the day was a bad move. But come on, now, does anyone actually believe he honestly understands why … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Not Accepting Biden’s Apology
Only Nixon could go to China, and only a complete idiot who thinks he’s the smartest man in the room could go to North Korea. Sadly, he won’t stay there. On the other hand, the Politics Thread is smart enough not to try to talk to a bunch of world leaders who actually know what their jobs entail. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Refuses to Cross the DMZ
Or rather, disputes the dispute, because screw that shit, they’re goddamn concentration camps. The Salt Lake Tribune’s editorial board on Saturday came to the defense of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), arguing it’s correct to call the Trump administration’s migrant detention facilities “concentration camps.” “They are not work camps. They are not death camps. At least, not on purpose,” the board wrote. “Our government is not building massive gas chambers and industrial crematoria. It is not conducting sick medical experiments on members of an unfavored class.” “But that does not mean that the places into which we are herding tens of thousands … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Disputes the Term “Concentration Camp”
Apparently, this thread didn’t save and publish right, so here’s my very quick posting. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Loves the Flag a Little Too Much
The Day Thread isn’t sending their best, and so, tariffs are the only means of controlling the flood of invaders bringing their memes and gifs and their pet pictures. This is the best idea ever, and it can’t totally blow up in our faces. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Demands Tariffs on the Day Thread
It’s June, and it’s Pride. Stonewall was 50 years ago, and same sex marriage was only legalized in the US in 2015. It’s still legal to fire someone for being transgender in 30 states, and to fire someone for being gay in 28. This needs to change. Welcome back to Monday. Let’s see how far Trump can tank the stock market this week. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is an Ally
It’s Memorial Day in the US, which is basically our Remembrance Day, except with more shopping. So. Much. Shopping. In other news, as we all know, Theresa May finally gave up, gave everyone in the UK the metaphorical finger, dropped the mic, and exited stage right. (In two weeks, anyway.) Not knowing how the UK works when it comes to these things, I can only assume May’s successor must win a trial by bloody combat, eating the smallest in Parliament to prove their dominance, and bring the Queen the head of a Leprechaun. It’s Monday, and the European elections happened … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has Off for Memorial Day
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The only sad thing about this story is that Buttgieg didn’t know who Alfred E. Neuman is, though he did kind of manage to make it snarky in return by calling it a “generational thing.” (Although honestly, how the shit … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Votes for Alfred E. Neuman
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