Ocasio-Cortez hired top Hollywood agency, explored possible book deal: report https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ocasio-cortez-top-hollywood-agency-explored-book-deal GOP want nothing to do with Hollywood or so they keep telling us are FINE, FINE, I TELL YOU. They have coal miners so they are good. Welcome to … Continue reading The Wednesday Political Thread Gets a Movie/Book Deal

Sorry folks, this is gonna be short and boring. Got a lot of work to do this morning. I imagine POTUS said something stupid, talk about that I guess. As always, be excellent to each other, only flag those posts … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread

This is being done early, on Thursday, because I’ll be busy all weekend.  So just…insert any news from the weekend here in your mind.   Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Starting a New Week

A man appeared in the empty weekend politics thread, appeared so suddenly and silently you’d have thought he’d just popped out of the ground. Nearby, a cat’s tail twitched and its eyes narrowed. Nothing like this man had ever been … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread and The Dark Triad

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! No matter how bad my life gets, I just remind myself that I could be Julian Assange. There might be some universe with an inverted version of this guy, existing in a solitary cave … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Lives In Its Own Filth

Morning Politocadoes! So William Barr continues to be a Trump toady. I’d love to be wrong. It’d be great if he were secretly holding back the report because people like, say, Devin Nunes (who is still in the Gang of … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Playing For Time

Does Trump or the Department of Treasury have to turn over the President’s Taxes? Ultimately I suspect a federal court will decide but you can read various legal positions https://www.vox.com/2019/4/9/18296806/trump-tax-returns-congress-legal-experts The House passed a bill banning the government from creating … Continue reading The Wednesday Political Thread Way Wonders Why Taxes are so Taxing

DHS Secretary Kirstjen “Superfluous J” Nielsen was fired I mean resigned. (I wish I could do strikethroughs in headers, get it together Disqus.) In her place is some guy whose name I haven’t bothered to learn yet but he sounds … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Totally Resigned Because It Wanted To

Once in a while, a kitten break is needed. Yeah, the world is going to hell in a hand basket, but…..cats. CATS.  Look at him swinging!  So adorable!   Oh, and Nielsen just stepped down as head of DHS. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Needs a Break

You want to talk about cabinets? Sure! It’s a really fascinating topic, in my opinion anyway, and not enough people nowadays really appreciate that kind of craftsmanship. So, cabinets as we think of them today were first made in Renaissance … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Talks Cabinets

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! How are we all doing in this, the twilight of American Democracy? As the oceans boil, the legislature is compromised by special interests, and our presidential figurehead is a complete embarrassment? Fun! Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is [REDACTED]

Morning Politocadoes! I’m sure we’re all still chewing on the avalanche of news. Barr, quelle surprise, did in fact try to cover up the report, which is now being subpoenaed. Jared Kushner, Boy Adventurer and Lil Lady Ivanka were denied … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Goes Whole Hog

I have a confession. I love trashy television. In fact, the trashier the better. To me, the View is the epitome of trashy guilty pleasure television. I mean I’m certainly not watching this show for in depth political analysis or … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post Has a Bird’s Eye View

I’m still stuck on the surely-clammed-to-death story about how a couple dozen people were denied security clearances for various reasons and the White House was like “actually they are all OK”. Seeing that the list includes  “two current senior White House … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Has No Clearance

It’s Monday.  We’ve cut aid to three Mexican countri–oh, wait, I’m being told that’s just Fox and Friends not knowing Central America =/= Mexico.  This isn’t surprised, honestly.  Many people can’t name a country south of the border that ISN’T … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Can’t Get it Together

So, Brexit! The UK, pictured below, on the right. Side note – On April 10, happy 90th birthday to Max von Sydow! I guess his game went better than the one in the movie. Anyway, it’s interesting (read: horrifying) to … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Plays the Game

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! And by “Happy Friday” I mean this is a sad Friday. On one hand, it sounds like the Special Olympics might have been given their budget back. But on the other hand, someone tries … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has Its Funding Cut

Well no, not really. Morning Politocadoes! So I’ve been keeping quiet for the last few days. Yes, it felt like the proper thing to do whilst the AG joined in with Mitch McConnell in his gravedigging of democracy labors. So … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is 700 Pages Long