Rosalynn Carter, mental health activist, humanitarian and former first lady, dies at 96 Rosalynn Carter, who as first lady worked tirelessly on behalf of mental health reform and professionalized the role of the president’s spouse, died Sunday at the age … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Needs to Buy Cranberries for Thanksgiving

Is Biden Risking 2024 Over No Israel Ceasefire? Some Youth Groups Say Yes Yesterday, when asked about the chances of a ceasefire in Gaza during a press conference, President Joe Biden replied, “None. No possibility.” The statement effectively rejected the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Wondering How This Will Be Bad for Biden

Donald Trump to take the stand: What to know before he testifies in real estate fraud trial Donald Trump is set to take the stand Monday as he fights a New York civil fraud lawsuit seeking $250 million and restrictions … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has Finally Made it To The Fireworks Factory

How the US supreme court and an Idaho couple upended wetlands protection This case, brought by an Idaho couple, Michael and Chantell Sackett, who wanted to fill in a section of wetland to develop a house in Priest Lake without … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Not Ready for Christmas

In 2023, nobody knows how to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 2013, Anthony Bourdain did We’re talking about “what is easily the most contentious piece of real estate in the world. And there’s no hope, none, of ever talking about … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Just Tired

Will Jim Jordan bully his way to the speakership? Jordan once again wants something that a whole lot of his colleagues don’t want to give him. As he makes a final push for the speakership, he faces his own choice: … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Needs the Votes for Speaker of the House

Netanyahu Vows Powerful Vengeance On Hamas After Deadly Attack Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Israel would take “powerful vengeance for this black day” on the terror group Hamas for its surprise attack on Saturday. Zengar Powerful earthquakes kill 2,053 … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Supports Humanity

Fetterman blasts the government shutdown near-miss and says lawmakers can’t ‘allow’ the Freedom Caucus to turn governing into ‘The Steve Wilkos Show’ “Pushing the snooze button solves nothing because these same losers will try to pull the same shit in … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is NOT a Thundering Volcanic Halfwit

Hasan Minhaj plays first show after controversy in Milwaukee. We can’t discuss his jokes. I understand and respect comedians demanding phones get sealed up so videos of jokes don’t leak, as Minhaj did Friday. But for comics like Minhaj, who … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Waiting For Bribes

Wildfires in Canada led to dangerous air quality in parts of the US for the first time. See the affected areas “The increased purple air days that you saw this year, probably 100% of those were attributable to the [Canadian] … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month

The U.S. set the stage for a coup in Chile. It had unintended consequences at home In America, the coup of Sept. 11, 1973, “galvanized public opinion in a way that no other activity, no other coup, no other military … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Remembers Allende

From strikes to new union contracts, Labor Day’s organizing roots are especially strong this year Labor Day is right around the corner, along with the big sales and barbecues that come with it. But the activist roots of the holiday … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Throws Down for Labor Day

On the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary, watch how CBS News covered the Civil Rights protest in 1963 To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, CBS News presents a special, season finale of BET’s “America In Black” … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates the March on Washington

YouTube Has Alex Winter Worried About the 2024 Election Director Alex Winter has been online for a long time. Describing the internet communities he joined in the 1980s – while he was also starring in classics like Bill and Ted’s … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Knows the Answer is 42

Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Monitoring the Lettuce

10 Million Names Project Digs Into History Of Black Families The 10 Million Names Project is a project from American Ancestors that is designed to create a database of names and stories of Black people who were enslaved in the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Still Waiting For That Perp Walk

Sinéad O’Connor Redefined Pop Stardom. It Came At a Cost And so she could stay chaotic; deeply funny; unabashedly serious; mercurial; uncompromising to her values. Teen Vogue On the 75th Anniversary of Armed Forces Desegregation, Republicans Don’t Get to Pretend … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Counts Down to the End of Summer

Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter to ‘X’ and killing the bird logo “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” he tweeted. He later said in a Twitter space that the Twitter logo … Continue reading The Ǻ Is Now The Thread Formerly Known As Monday Politics Thread

Heat waves, poor air quality and severe storms: US experiencing acute weather conditions from coast to coast More than 80 million Americans across 14 states from Washington to Florida are currently under heat alerts. The temperature at Furnace Creek in … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Pro-PT Writers Union

Stymied by the Supreme Court, Biden wants voters to have the final say on his agenda After major blows to his agenda by the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden is intent on making sure voters will have the final say.When … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Gets Back to Work

How to Be an Ally to the LGBTQ Community and Stand Up for LGBTQ Rights Amid a climate of anti-LGBTQ laws and backlash, it’s on all of us to stand up for the queer community during Pride and beyond. Teen … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is One Last Hurrah in June