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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
Well, we’ve been talking about this, in both the Day and Night Threads. I’m not putting some fun image or pithy comment in the header. Some of us caught this as developing adults (me), some of us are too young … Continue reading September 11, 2001
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
I brought this up in the Seriousness Thread, but I know we’ve got some Southeastern Avocados who will be affected by the storm (even if it doesn’t make direct landfall). If that’s you, check in here, rant a bit if … Continue reading Hurricane Dorian Check-In Thread
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
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
