I really shouldn’t be surprised at anything he says anymore, but I was still a little taken aback at Trump’s “I’m not saying I was a 9/11 first responder, but…” bullshit. I assume he was down there telling the firefighters … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Was Totally Down There

It’s been a busy weekend for me, so this is a half-ass politics thread. Can we dare to dream that this week won’t suck? Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Recovering From the Weekend

Here’s some stuff that’s been happening! In the UK, Vorbis Boris Johnson has been officially made Patrician Prime Minister, and that’s bad. Boris Johnson To Be Next U.K. Prime Minister “Finally, a leader who can deliver the economic and political … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Politicses It Up

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! I’m feeling pretty worn out. The goings on of our political system have left me at a point where it’s becoming more and more difficult to come up with anything interesting to say in … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Can’t Save The World

Morning Politocadoes, Soooo Wednesday saw the testimony of one Robert Swan Mueller III before the House subcommittees on Intelligence and Justice respectively on the subject of the Russian attack on the 2016 election and the actions of the desperate criminals … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Repeats The Question

How to watch Robert Mueller testify before Congress on Wednesday and what to expect https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/23/mueller-testimony-how-watch-what-time-and-what-expect/1806416001/ Here we go again. Welcome to Wednesday !!! Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Mueller Testifies

This whole “be busy on weekends, don’t follow politics/news very much” is nice in the moment but it makes it difficult to write up early week Politics Thread posts. But, we do our best. Here’s what’s crackin’: Boris Johnson is … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Has A Lot Going On

So, as you may have heard, Puerto Rico is having a bit of a crisis. You can see it on Twitter, #rickyrenuncia, as people protest the sexist, homophobic remarks of the governor of Puerto Rico. In Hong Kong, protestors are … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Demands a Resignation

Statistically speaking, dear reader, you are probably not an elected government official. I’m not either, and sometimes I get this feeling of self-consciousness about being overly engaged with politics. Like, if I don’t work in that field, why do I … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Gets Real

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! The truth is important. Facts are important. Without those two things, we cannot function as a society. We cannot function as a country if our governing principles are that nothing matters anymore. The people … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Lies Lies and Lies

Morning Politocadoes! The House of Representatives voted to find Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for refusing to obey subpoenas issued by the House. Despite a last minute call from both Barr and Ross’ offices, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is In Contempt

House Passes Resolution Condemning Trump Tweets as Racist https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-prepare-vote-condemning-trumps-tweets-about-lawmakers-11563297658 I’m sure this will work. Welcome to Wednesday!!! Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread The House Passes A Resolution

Once again I was away for the weekend, blissfully unaware of whatever political garbage was going on, and as soon as I get back I see the “go back where you came from” thing and that’s all anyone has talked … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Needs Some Good News

What else is there to say after our Vice President went to a concentration camp in the US of A in the year of our Spaghetti Lord 2019? There really is nothing anymore. So, instead, donate to RAICES. You can … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has Nothing to Say

Welcome to the weekend, and welcome to East Asia! Let’s catch up on some headlines from (in alphabetical order): China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China A key component of Xi Jinping’s increasingly totalitarian style of rule … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Takes a Trip

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! I haven’t been keeping up with things much this week. Unfortunately, work has been so busy that I don’t actually have any time to politicize myself. I’m going assume that nothing bad happened and … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Braces For Another Day In Trumpville

Morning Politocadoes! Embattled Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta held a press conference on Wednesday in an attempt to defend his actions regarding his handling of one Jeffrey Epstein. The press conference was completely bizarre. His justifications were mostly specious if … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Somehow Makes It Worse

Morning Avocados: I spent most of last evening corresponding with my mother who is on the same cruise ship as the child that died.  Needless to say, it was unspeakable tragedy.  Both my mother and my sister in law spoke … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Mitch McConnell and Barack Obama’s Families Have The Same Legacy

Your humble author spent the better part of last week on vacation, swimming in a lake and shooting off fireworks and such, and thus missed probably a lot of news. From “looks like it might rain” all the way through … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Catching Up

Apparently, one of Biden’s aides has finally gotten it through his thick skull that saying he worked happily with segregationists back in the day was a bad move.  But come on, now, does anyone actually believe he honestly understands why … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Not Accepting Biden’s Apology

Welcome to the weekend! As you may have heard, the United States recently used its fleet of starships sent from the future to win its independence from the Romulan Star Empire, which is also from the future. Trump blames teleprompter … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Declares Independence From Weekdays