There is entirely too much stuff going on! Various political actors are doing political things, like [checks notes] trying to buy other countries. What Do Greenlanders Think Of Trump’s Interest In Buying Greenland? Anyway, sorry about the stub length of … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Can Barely Keep Up

Good morning everyone! It is not a Happy Friday. I can’t get over the Amazon rainforest being on fire. It’s hitting me harder than the usual endless stream of bad news. Anyone who has been around since the Avocado was … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Burns to the Ground

Morning Politocadoes, The President made some interesting remarks on Wednesday both on twitter and in public and with cameras regarding his importance in the world. Also, he doubled down on his attack upon Jewish Americans that choose to vote Democratic. … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Not The Messiah (It’s A Very Naughty Thread)

Trump postpones Denmark trip after Prime Minister refuses to discuss sale of Greenland   Less than two weeks before his scheduled trip to Denmark, President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he has postponed his visit to Copenhagen after the … Continue reading This Wednesday Politics Thread Learns The Art of the Doh

OK, I’m not actually moving anywhere…but Paul Ryan is! My first thought was “yes, leave Wisconsin, never return” but 1) he’s not selling his house here and 2) this only means he wants to be involved again which is bad for pretty … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Moving To Washington

I honestly haven’t kept up much with the political this weekend; I’ve been preparing and waiting for today, because Monday, August 19th, is my first working day as an actual government employee, sucking up all of your tax dollars while … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is a Government Employee Today

What with the UK possibly leaving the European Union soon, it just seemed logical to me that the Avocado take its place as a member state. So I put in an application on our behalf, and long story short, welcome … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Joins the EU

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! In an effort to not scare away people who dislike politics, I’d like to rename this thread “The Friday Thread of Civic Discussion”. Maybe we’ll even get some car enthusiasts to stumble in here … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Rebrands Itself

Morning Politocadoes, The Dow Jones dropped 800 points on Wednesday. The last time this happened it was on the precipice of the Great Recession. So that’s nice. The fun thing is that Millennials have rarely ever known a strong and … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread’s Stocks Take A Plunge

New York Times demotes editor who sparked fury Welcome to Wednesday!!!   Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Owes Me An Enormous Apology

Usually I try to be a little jokey in these but nothing seems very funny to me lately. The Epstein stuff and the jokes around that feel like they’re all in bad taste, everything happening in Hong Kong doesn’t exactly … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread

I think by now we all know what happened this weekend: Epstein committed suicide, in prison, because he wasn’t on suicide watch.  Our idiot president thinks Bill Clinton is responsible, which is totally a normal fucking thing to happen these … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Thoroughly Disgusted

This header is quite short, because your constantly negligent weekend host has decided to unplug his brain from the internet for a while. Discuss news and politics at will. Let’s have no threats against anyone, be they squirrel or human. … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Would Like The Weekend To Be Boring For Once

Who chokes. But at least this is new. Try not to work blue, and only borrow a little. OK. So I got a little married to that comedic conceit. Anyway, here’s something old.     Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Pulls in a Ringer

Morning Politocadoes, The President didn’t alllow the press to cover him going to ‘comfort’ the grieving communities of El Paso and Dayton on Wednesday. During the visit to El Paso he only took one question from a reporter. No, instead … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gives ‘Comfort’ To The Grieving

1. Domino’s Pizza delivers a game-changing case to the US Supreme Court https://qz.com/1681556/dominos-pizza-delivers-a-case-to-the-us-supreme-court/ Dominos thinks ADA only matters in physical locations and they shouldn’t have to cater to disabled people online🤦🏻‍♀️ 2. https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/456452-mcconnell-faces-pressure-to-bring-senate-back-for-gun-legislation McConnell faces pressure to bring Senate back … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Everything Sucks

Hi sorry there’s no fun header text, I am making this on Sunday night because I’ll be out of town, please post about the news and politics goings-on of the day here. As always, be excellent to each other, only … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread

El Paso Community Foundation is accepting donations for the victims of the shooting Saturday. Paso Del Norte Community Foundation is also accepting donations. This site suggests ways to help the Gilroy victims. There’s no real news yet on how to … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is So Very Tired of This