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Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., on Sunday downplayed President Donald Trump’s calls for Ukraine and China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, saying that “things happen.” During an interview with ABC’s “This Week”, host George … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Bernie Sanders found himself on the receiving end of attacks from both President Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren on Sunday, a reflection of his rising status in the Democratic presidential race and perceived momentum just three weeks out from the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Forgot to Title This
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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Yesterday, social media platform and microblogging service Tumblr announced that as of December 17th of this year, adult content would be banned from the site. This news was surprising, as Tumblr has been seen as one of the more permissive … Continue reading Tumblr’s Adult Content Ban
Halloween Comicfest is Sat October 27th, 2018. You can find a full list of the FREE comic books your local comic shop is giving away here. My top 5 picks for Saturday are – A Walk Through Hell Monstrous – … Continue reading Halloween Comicfest is Saturday October 27th
