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That’s right, it’s National Drink Wine Day! Time to get out those wine glasses and drink to excess, because we all need it. Nothing else of importance is going on anyw–what’s that? It’s President’s Day? Oh, well then. Uh. This … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates The Holiday
SCIENCE! It’s all over the news, in one form or another. A number of us right here on the Avocado work in science, and when I’m not ruthlessly suppressing dissent against my dictatorial rule of this thread, I might just … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Goes To Mars
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! President Baby isn’t getting the money he wants for his wall, so he’s going to make a boom boom in his pants and declare a national emergency about it. An emergency to stop….[checks notes] … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Declares an Emergency
Doin’ the Monster Mash! Good morning on this beautiful Valentine’s Day, politocadoes! Big news that came in last night: the judge in the Manafort case has determined that he lied to investigators on at least three separate occasions while ‘cooperating’ … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Does The Monster Mash
This wall deal is still a thing. GOP know it’s dead in the water. Democrats know it’s dead in the water. No one wants to pay for it. Financial responsibility has shifted from “Mexico” to Congress to National Emergency. The … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Presents Wall of Confusion
You, a fool: Climate change is real! Me, smart: It snowed last night and my commute to work was bad this morning! CHECKMATE, LIBS! I will now run for President because evidently this is a thing that it is acceptable … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Very Smart
The Israeli government has called for a general election to take place on April 9, 2019. Accordingly, I’ve decided to continue my series on Israeli politics. It is available as a video below, but if you can’t watch or would … Continue reading Israeli Election Coverage Part IV: Security and Foreign Policy
That’s right, you heard it here first, folks! The Avocado Politics Thread is running for president! We’re throwing our pit in the ring! We’ll be running on miniature flags for some, Leader Beans in every state, and sex clams for … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Running
On February 4, 1919 the Seattle Union Record, a union publication printed by Harry Ault, issued an explosive call to Seattle’s workers. After months of agitation and tensions, it summoned the city’s workers to perform something virtually unknown in the … Continue reading How We Got Here: Revolution Comes to Seattle
I’ve been feeling reflective for a little while now, philosophical, like pondering the meaning of life and shit. It’s been hard for me to focus on big picture stuff though, because I keep getting distracted by a more urgent, pressing … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Shouldn’t Be Shocked, But Kind Of Is Anyway
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! It feels like we’ve been able to actually focus on some non-Trump stories over the last few days. Which is nice. Not that he isn’t omnipresent in the news, but at least we’re getting … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Testifies
Morning Politocadoes! One of the things I’ve been looking forward to for a while now, is the Democrats gaining control of the House committees and subcommittees because of the hearings that they can now call. We’ve just recently had the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Resumes An Investigation
Trump’s speech https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-address/index.html Rebuttal: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/05/politics/stacey-abrams-state-of-the-union-democratic-response/index.html Welcome to Wednesday!!!!! Continue reading In This Wednesday Political Post, the Current State of the Union Is Poor
Of course plenty of people are going to want to livestream this mess, so please keep all discussion of the State of the Union address to this subthread so we don’t crowd the PT or the OT with it. Continue reading State of the Union Address 2019
My fellow Avocados. [applause] I am here today to talk to you about the state of our Politics Thread. [applause] Nothing I say will be new information. [applause] More bland platitudes. [standing ovation for some reason] Please look at the somewhat politically … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Gonna Talk And You’re Gonna Clap
So, how about that Northam, huh? Yes, Democrats, even we can have people in the party who can be super racist, just like Republicans! It’s so weird, isn’t it? Almost as of the South never really released its insidious hold … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Here, Despite Really, Really Needing to Resign
Since there appears to be no end in sight to the Northam Saga, let’s try to move Northam-related news, commentary, mockery, and exasperated despair here to free up the Politics Thread for everything else going on in the world. Continue reading The Adventures of Ralph Northam
Like most politicians, William Warren Scranton disclaimed interest in politics. “I never intended to make public political life a career,” he said, shortly after stepping down as Governor of Pennsylvania in 1967. But Scranton was that rare politician whose reluctance … Continue reading How We Got Here: William Warren Scranton and the Principled Timidity of Moderate Republicans
Lots happening in the world, as always, including some big announcements in American presidential politics. High-profile Democrats are lining up to challenge Trump in 2020, and many of them would be considered favorites to win. But let’s step back for … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Has Had Too Much Caffeine
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! Woke up this morning to news that Cory Booker has thrown his hat into the race for president. He’s my Senator and I’m happy with the job he’s done, for the most part. To … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Joins the Presidential Race
Morning Politocadoes In response to the conclusions the US Intelligence Community made at the Worldwide Threat Assessment hearing on Tuesday(wherein they said Russia was still a threat and North Korea was not denuclearizing, but Iran was complying on international nuclear … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Educates The “President”
