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I didn’t see any huge bombshell news from yesterday to talk about, just the same usual collection of bullshit still going on. I guess Fiona Hill’s testimony gave us new insights into just how completely ridiculous our current transnational crime … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Spills The Beans
I’m gone the whole weekend, so this is being done with great haste, low expense, and at the last minute. Don’t forget the Mayor McSquirrel rule. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day
I don’t have much to say this week. There’s a lot of very interesting stuff happening, some of which may contribute to Trump being removed from office. If so, it can’t come soon enough, because he’s using his power as … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread is at a loss for words
Good morning everyone and Happy Friday! I hope at least some of you are ready to enjoy a 3 Day weekend stemming from an old, out of touch holiday I forget even exists until someone reminds me I “have Monday … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Overwhelmed
Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. Today’s Main Topic is Workplace Discrimination. Here is a piece by Anna North on Vox about how the supreme court case about whether sexual discrimiation laws apply to trans people will … Continue reading Longform Political Discussion: This Week’s Topic, Workplace Discrimination
Morning Politocadoes! The President doubled down on his betrayal of our allies in the fight against Isis, th Kurdish people, writing them off as not ‘helping us at Normandy’ or in our fight for independence. This line of reasoning is … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Didn’t Help At Normandy
Montgomery elected its first black mayor in 200 years. This is why it matters Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Has One Piece of Good News
Very cool, the President is now publicly threatening to destroy the economy of a NATO ally (at least, for now?) and saying that he’s done it before (???) but I’m sure it was all Rick Perry’s idea (?????). Anyway thanks … Continue reading The Great And Unmatched Tuesday Politics Thread
Ron Johnson continues to prove rural Wisconsin can’t be trusted to vote for anyone remotely same by getting into a shouting match with Chuck Todd: Johnson—who last week said he was told about a quid pro quo involving Ukrainian investigation … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Not a Whistleblower
Where do we even start? OK, so the President has committed a ton a crimes. Holding Ukraine hostage: How the president and his allies, chasing 2020 ammunition, fanned a political storm Everyone knows this by now, and Trump has two … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Has The Votes For Impeachment
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! The beauty of the Trump administration, and all of their associates, is that there is no mystery whatsoever with any of them. There’s no 4D chess, there’s only a flaming Chutes and Ladders board. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is a Loose Cannom
I have been noticing a lack of participation in the Longform Political Discussion space for the last several weeks. So I want to know how this space can better serve the fine users of the Avocado. Here are some questions … Continue reading The Longform Discussion Thread Needs Your Feedback Please!
Very well, where do we even begin? So, the President, in his attempts to defend himself from his own imminent impeachment, tweeted a picture of Joe Biden to show that he was justified in extorting a foreign country. The thing … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Looks At This Photograph
If we happen to wander into the White House and advise the president about a crime, it’s important to remember we were acting on our own accord. TheHill.com Giuliani says State Department asked him to take call from Ukrainian official … Continue reading In this Wednesday Political Thread, Us Avocados Are Private Citizens Acting on our Accord
Boy, how about that Rudy Giuliani, huh? After months of running around soliciting foreign assistance for Trump’s re-election campaign, and then about as long running his mouth about it on TV, and THEN being sold up the river when Trump … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Can’t Stop Won’t Stop (Incriminating Itself)
I think we all know what’s been happening this weekend. We know it will probably go on for a while until we either actually get the process of impeachment started, or we keep playing “are you fucking serious, you’re still … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Riding the Impeachment Train
Soooooooo, how about those politics lately? (I was also thinking about putting “I Worship Chaos” by Children of Bodom up here, but I suppose death metal with Cookie Monster vocals is more of an acquired taste.) It’s pretty overwhelming – … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Expects The Unexpected
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! Excuse the really stupid title, please. It just seemed to work on a bunch of different levels for a fleeting moment. Night thread, etc. Anywho, we have the rusty gears of democracy turning, the … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Removed From Orifice
Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion. GROUND RULES: Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” or “Oh that’s bad” TLDR Policy: While everyone is heavily encouraged to read the … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion
BREAKING: The whistleblower complaint has been released: https://intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/20190812_-_whistleblower_complaint_unclass.pdf … Let the analysis flow today. Continue reading The Whistleblower Complaint Analysis Discussion
Morning Politocadoes! Boy, what a year its the been these past few days. The Whistleblower scandal has been with us in some form for less than two weeks and it somehow keeps getting worse for the Crime President and coterie … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Releases *A* Transcript
