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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
Jeffrey Epstein has apparently committed suicide. This thread is intended for discussion surrounding that. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49306032 A note on tone and being kind to each other, courtesy of MLA: It appears Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide. We understand that this … Continue reading Jeffrey Epstein Discussion Thread
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
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 … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has Nothing to Say
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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is an Ally
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
The incident as we understand it thus far Eight locations across three cities in Sri Lanka have been struck. The attackers used a combination of suicide bombs and remote IEDs. The initial wave was composed of six attacks, three of … Continue reading Sri Lanka Attacks Discussion Space
UPDATE: Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire earlier today. It appears that it has been contained. The spire was lost and large sections of the roof burned up, but the interior structure and two towers are largely intact. Discuss the … Continue reading The Notre Dame Cathedral Is on Fire
This is your thread for discussing updates in the Jussie Smollett case. Please be kind to your fellow commenters here, we know this case has a lot of personal feelings wrapped up in it and making blanket statements should … Continue reading Jussie Smollett Case Updates
A suspect is in custody after shooting up two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47578798 https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/14/asia/christchurch-mosque-shooting-intl/index.html https://www.buzzfeed.com/richardhjames/serious-firearms-incident-in-christchurch (this one mentions the livestream) Please keep discussion of this to this thread. Please be kind to each other. Please think of … Continue reading Christchurch Mosque Mass Shooting
So, CPAC happened. Trump went off the rails for two hours of his usual, unhinged schtick: everyone hates us, we’re awesome, why does everyone act so mean to me? It isn’t even worth pointing out that he’s clearly lost his … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Rambles for Two Hours
Since the PT thread has been overwhelmed by discussion of the roller coaster ride that is the Jussie Smollett situation, with no clear evidence to this point of exactly what happened and with tempers on the PT occasionally getting heated, … Continue reading Jussie Smollett Case Discussion Thread
Yep, it’s Monday. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Still Doesn’t Have a Budget
Well, this is it; the last day of 2018. Tomorrow is a new year, and a new House, and a new fresh hell as the rotting orange corpse that is our president continues to be a tweeting, moronic dip shit … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is the Last of 2018
So, Stephen Miller is still trying to stay relevant. And trying to convince us he actually has a decent amount of hair on his head by going to Home Depot and picking up some Rustoleum to spray in the rest. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread May be Thinning on Top
