And I submit this afternoon that we can end poverty in the United States. Our nation has the resources to do it. The National Gross Product of America will rise to the astounding figure of some $780 billion this year. … Continue reading It’s the MLK Politics Thread

Bonjour Politcadoes! Please pay attention to how Right Wing lies have been finding eager buyers in Left Wing bubbles too often of late. The objective is always voter suppression. Far too many have embraced the Republican strategy of spreading propaganda … Continue reading Adieu – Wednesday Politics Thread

Hollywood Pays Tribute to Sidney Poitier Sidney Poitier is remembered as the entertainment world mourns the esteemed actor. The Root Ballroom Culture in Nigeria Is Being Revived By Queer Youth For queer people across the world, seeing LGBTQ folks celebrating … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Makes an Entrance

Despite many speaking out against Donald Trump’s actions and some even crossing over to the Democratic Party’s side and voting to impeach him, early 2021 witnessed Republicans in the Senate abiding by Mitch McConnell’s specific request for a ‘personal favor’ … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter Account Has Been Permanently Suspended Twitter has Greene is the first member of Congress to have her personal political account banned from Twitter. Buzzfeed News With fascism coming, America responds: LOL who cares? Let’s Netflix … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Says Hellllloo, 2022

“He’s not a dictator. He’s a President. And he has the same power that I do. He individually may have more power. But his branch of government has no more power than mine.” Harry Reid on George W. Bush in … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

Boston Starbucks workers ‘inspired’ by Buffalo union, seek votes as movement spreads Employees at two Boston-area Starbucks locations began steps to form a union earlier this month, days after one store in upstate New York became the company’s first union-represented … Continue reading The Moon’s Day Politics Thread is Almost Done With 2021

One year ago today, America was holding on to its last breath as the usurper in the Oval Office was refusing to acknowledge his defeat and was openly attempting to stoke an insurrection in order to overthrow democracy. December 2020 … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread

Hello everyone! Owen here, substituting for SheleetaHam on this fine Matrix Eve. Current events are awful and terrible, so I’m going to use this time to talk about freedom! Not the Toby Keith/Lee Greenwood kind, but the Amartya Sen type. … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Talks About Freedom

Let’s get this out of the way first: Joe Manchin, surprising no one, is the worst. Free pre-K, Medicare expansion: What won’t happen with Build Back Better likely dead Sen. Joe Manchin’s announcement Sunday that he won’t support President Joe … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Once Again Asking You for Likes

In case you’ve been hiding in a cave like a pathetic mewling child curled up in your mommy’s arms, afraid the light of truth might reach and hurt your myopic sheep eyes, yesterday, in the dead of night, the democrat … Continue reading WITCH-HUNT! – Wednesday Politics Thread

First Starbucks Store Votes to Unionize A Buffalo, New York, Starbucks is the first of the chain’s 9,000 locations to vote to unionize. Teen Vogue California governor says he will use legal tactics of Texas abortion ban to implement gun … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Shopping for X-Mas

Bob Dole, longtime public servant and WWII veteran, dies Former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole, who will be remembered for the tenacity that defined his career and his work on behalf of fellow military veterans, died in his sleep Sunday morning. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Embellished by an Occasional Saxophone Solo

LGBTQ+ Activist Viktória Radványi Fights for Budapest Pride Amid Anti-Gay Legislation “What’s really crucial for social justice movements, especially for those who work in hostile environments, is not to embrace this idea that your results define you, or your productivity … Continue reading The Cyber Monday Politics Thread is Stimulating the Economy

There’s nothing more frightening in America today than an angry White man It’s not the “radical Islamic terrorist” that I fear the most. Nor is it the brown immigrant or the fiery Black Lives Matter protester, or whatever the latest … Continue reading The Monday Polotics Thread is Waiting for Turkey Day

President Biden to Sign Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Monday On Monday, the President will host a bipartisan bill signing ceremony for his Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The President will be joined by Members of Congress … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Says It’s Infrastructure Week, Garfie Baby

‘Finally, infrastructure week!’ Biden says, cheering $1 trillion bill A giddy President Joe Biden on Saturday hailed congressional passage of a long-delayed $1 trillion infrastructure bill as a “once in a generation” investment and predicted a broader social safety net … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Finally Celebrating Infrastructure Week

It’s not just sugar skulls. Dia de los Muertos offers a chance to remember the children Washington lost. But as an adult, whenever the calendar nears Nov. 1 and 2, those post-Halloween days when the Day of the Dead is … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Diá de los Muertos

How Puerto Rico became the most vaccinated place in America The Caribbean island — in recent years pummeled by deadly hurricanes, rocked by earthquakes, beset by political unrest and saddled by debt — has quietly managed to outpace even New … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Continues to Endorse Science