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Pressured by record migrant crossings, White House weighs tough concession in border talks with Congress While the senators and the White House have reached high-level agreements on tightening asylum interviews, expanding expedited deportations and creating an authority to expel migrants … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Finally Sees Snow
Beyond Times Square: A giant Peep, a wrench, a crab. A look at the weirdest NYE drops. New York’s Times Square may get much of the attention with its ball drop on New Year’s Eve, but there’s some pretty unique … Continue reading The First Monday Politics of the New Year
In their own words, new U.S. citizens look to voting in 2024 New Arizona voters like Nilesh Patel are registering in a state that next year has key congressional races and could play a crucial role in the presidential election. … Continue reading The Happy Holidays Thread
Rudy Giuliani ordered to pay more than $148 million to two Georgia election workers he defamed A Washington, DC, jury has ordered Rudy Giuliani to pay nearly $150 million to two Georgia election workers for the harm caused by defamatory … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Demands a Re-Trial
What to watch when former President Donald Trump returns to testify in New York civil fraud trial Former President Donald Trump is returning Monday to testify at his New York civil fraud trial, this time under questioning from his own … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread 2: The Legend of Trump’s Golden Showers
Exhausted air traffic controllers are making more mistakes on the job amid a stretched workforce doing 10-hour workdays and 6-day workweeks, report says For years, air traffic controllers have seen their ranks diminish, to the point where 10-hour days and … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Not a Representative, But Plays One on SNL
Inside the Historic Lesbian Cafes That Fed the Feminist Movement From Mother Courage’s solidarity with local farmers, to the revolutionary sign-up sheet outside the Brick Hut Cafe, lesbian cafes have a long history of seeding revolution. them People are leaving … Continue reading The Cyber Monday Politics Thread is 30% Off B1G1F
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
