National Archives Calls Out Trump’s False Accusation That Obama Snatched Documents The government agency “assumed exclusive legal and physical custody” of Obama’s presidential records when he left office, unlike in Trump’s case. HuffPost Inside Ms. Marvel’s Partition Storyline With Co-Creator … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Holds Secret Clearance

The Oak Creek Temple Shooting Forever Changed America’s Sikh Communities On August 5, 2012, a white supremacist gunman stormed the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in the town of Oak Creek, opening fire on worshippers preparing for Sunday morning services. Six … Continue reading It’s the Monday Politics Thread, With Your Host, The Avocado

Column: The new generation of smug American expats in Mexico needs to face the truth I tell my friends to not succumb to this most American of religions, one seemingly more popular than ever, its figurative pews filled with disciples both … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Rockin’ Out

Why Are Haitian Immigrants not Treated like Ukrainians? The U.S. Needs to Extend the Same Generosity to the Haitian Immigrants The Root The New York Times, The Atlantic, More Keep Publishing Transphobia. Why? In this op-ed, News & Politics Editor … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Needs a Unicorn

Religions don’t agree on abortion. That’s why some faiths plan to take their case to court. Some activists devastated by the Supreme Court’s decision ending a constitutional right to abortion are turning to a new tactic: Bring God on to … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Cranking the A/C

How Abortion Is Sundering Amy Coney Barrett’s Hometown South Bend, Indiana, is a blue city home to a conservative Catholic University. And both sides are taking their former neighbor’s vote on Dobbs very personally. Politico Democrats get bounce in polls … Continue reading It’s The Monday Politics Thread: The Legend of Curly’s Gold

This 4th of July, let’s extinguish fireworks for good Traumatic to pets, kids, people with PTSD and survivors, the time for bombs bursting in the air has come and gone Salon Undocumented People Seeking an Abortion After Roe Face Double … Continue reading The Fourth of July Politics Thread Blows Up The Fireworks Factory For The Holiday

Sorry, but this thread post is going to be pretty much one topic only, because fuck the Supreme Court, fuck Manchin, fuck Sinema, fuck Collins, and fuck every single one of the fuckers who claimed Hilary Clinton’s emails were more … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Sick of This Shit

Black Americans living abroad reflect on Juneteenth As the United States marks only the second federally recognized Juneteenth, Black Americans living overseas have embraced the holiday as a day of reflection and an opportunity to educate people in their host … Continue reading The Juneteenth Federally-Recognized-Holiday-Monday Politics Thread

Senators strike bipartisan gun safety agreement The emerging framework is a major breakthrough in talks following back-to-back mass shootings. Negotiators’ next challenge: writing legislation that can get 60 votes. Politico This Pride Month, We Must Remember the LGBTQ Youth Who … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Supports Gun Control and Kittens

As California’s big cities fail to rein in their water use, rural communities are already tapped out As cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco struggle to cut their water use — water that overwhelmingly comes from the state’s reservoirs … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Wants a Dedicated Trifle Recipe, Get On That

Laverne Cox Inspires First Transgender Barbie Doll “I hope that people can look at this Barbie and dream big like I have in my career.” Teen Vogue Shootings Have Surged — and Gun Companies Have Made Billions Publicly traded gun … Continue reading The Mattress Day Sale Politics Thread

Fans At John Mulaney’s Show Said They Felt “Ambushed” When Dave Chappelle Opened It With Anti-Trans Jokes “I have a lot of trans friends and I’m gay myself, so I was really disappointed that Dave was allowed to perform, given … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Wants a Decade Do-Over

Welp, here we fuckin’ go again. 3 shot outside Milwaukee Bucks game. Two hours later, 17 others are shot a few blocks away Seventeen people were shot Friday night in downtown Milwaukee just two hours after three were shot a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Hates This Shit

Barrett, Alito Excited To See Forced Birth Increase ‘Domestic Supply Of Infants’ With all of the garbage packed into that leaked Supreme Court decision, there are parts of it that are only getting attention now. Like one particularly gross footnote … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Pro-Choice

Greetings from the past! I’ve been at a gaming convention all weekend (and if I saw any of you there, hello from the world of [insert day here]), so this is a thread done on Thursday night, sans any of … Continue reading Where In The Monday Politics Thread is Carmen Sandiego?

Their mom died of COVID. They say conspiracy theories are what really killed her Laurie’s mother, Stephanie, 75, died of COVID-19 in December. “I don’t believe she was supposed to die,” Laurie says. “I blame the misinformation.” Stephanie had been … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Offered to Buy Twitter

“If You’re Getting a W-2, You’re a Sucker” There are many differences between the rich and the rest of us, but one of the most consequential for your taxes is whether most of your income comes from wages. ProPublica Crypto … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has Risen Again…