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The Impeachment of the 45th President, Donald J. Trump, formally began this week and today is the third day of it. We’re in the midst of the House Managers working through their presentation as they lay out what has happened, … Continue reading Trump Impeachment: Day 3
Good Morning Politocadoes! The Impeached President on Trial for Crimes seems to think that Thomas Edison invented the wheel. "You have to give [@ElonMusk] credit," President Trump tells @JoeSquawk. "He's one of our great geniuses, and we have to protect … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Invents The Wheel
Fact check: 65 ways Trump has been dishonest about Ukraine and impeachment Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread the sh*t hits the fan
The Impeachment of the 45th President, Donald J. Trump, formally began this week and today is the second. With the Articles of Impeachment brought to the Senate last week, trial briefs brought in over the weekend, and the Senate rules … Continue reading Trump Impeachment: Day 2
The Impeachment of the 45th President, Donald J. Trump, formally begins today. With the Articles of Impeachment brought to the Senate last week, trial briefs brought in over the weekend, and the Senate rules for it brought out this morning … Continue reading Trump Impeachment: Day 1
Friends, we made it. This far, at least. I’m sure we’ll all be abuzz with the impeachment stuff, even though other things will undoubtedly happen, and we’ll talk about them. But as far as US politics goes, it’s all impeachment … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread — IT BEGINS
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., on Sunday downplayed President Donald Trump’s calls for Ukraine and China to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden, saying that “things happen.” During an interview with ABC’s “This Week”, host George … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Anna: IS IT #MEGXIT TIME NOW MONTY Alright get in cados, let’s disband a monarchy. So, I realize not all of you went through a “wanting to marry Harry” phase (remember the dating show?) And thus have not been personally … Continue reading The Weekend PT is Mostly Anna Going On About Megxit
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! What a week! After a tumultuous first half, it seems to be settling down a bit as everything returns to normal. Which is always a perfect time for Trump to do something totally off … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Cares About Its Constituents
Morning Politocades! The House voted to send the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate yesterday. While I think we can certainly say that they could’ve added some more. War crimes among the most recent, I would imagine. Ah well, Abuse … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Knew Exactly What Was Going On
The dramatic final act of impeachment is here Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread There Will Finally Be a Senate Impeachment Trial
This is it. The end is nigh. We got 6 people debating tonight, Joe Biden, Bernard Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Amy Klobuchar. Several including Cory Booker and Marianne Williamson have dropped from the race. Yang, despite … Continue reading The Debates: This is it. This is the Beginning of the End
Tonight we’ll have ourselves yet another Democrat debate, and if you’ve been around here the past few hours, you’ll probably be expecting to see some sparks fly. Some candidates have lately been lightly disagreeing with each other! Let’s hope for … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Wants A Clean Fight
Bernie Sanders found himself on the receiving end of attacks from both President Donald Trump and Elizabeth Warren on Sunday, a reflection of his rising status in the Democratic presidential race and perceived momentum just three weeks out from the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Forgot to Title This
1/11-1/12 Monty: Here we are, back at the WPT. Anna: Back on my bullshit, as it were. Now you’ve been excited as hell for this weekend’s topic, meaning we’re going to do it EVEN THOUGH the Sussex thing happened yesterday … Continue reading The Weekend PT Hosts Spent 3 Days Writing This And Forgot To Come Up With A Title
We’re expecting articles of impeachment to reach the senate next week. Trump will be speaking to the nation in less than a month. What else could go on? Nothing can distract us from paying attention to polit… Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Will Not Be Distracted
Morning Politocadoes! On Wednesday morning, the Stable Genius President walked back his aggressive stance toward Iran. Following the assassination of Suleimani and Iran’s counterattack and we all appeared to be on the precipice of war, Trump appeared to have taken … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Will Not Be Tolerited Any Longer
Uproar and consequences mount for Trump after Soleimani killing Apparently the biggest uproar on this was it was done to make Americans feel more “safe.” Even if you are a Trump enthusiast (it’s okay if you want to duck down … Continue reading The Wednesday Political Thread Feels More “Safe”
Come on, world, work with me here! Nothing is happening anywhere! There’s no news, nothing is going on with oh let’s pick a country at random Iran and that whole region that’s interesting to talk about, there are no fires … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Wishes Something Would Happen
Apparently, shit just keeps happening, and Australia is burning. Also, Lindsay Graham wants to change the rules of the Senate just to get around Pelosi, so we have that going on. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Being Lazy
Look…. as an American I really don’t want to acknowledge to the rest of you what a shitshow this week has been. USA! USA! USA! Australia is on fire, never great, and any other weekend that would be the top … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Is Transparent About Its Strategies
