Trump’s speech https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-address/index.html Rebuttal: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/05/politics/stacey-abrams-state-of-the-union-democratic-response/index.html Welcome to Wednesday!!!!! Continue reading In This Wednesday Political Post, the Current State of the Union Is Poor

My fellow Avocados. [applause] I am here today to talk to you about the state of our Politics Thread. [applause] Nothing I say will be new information. [applause] More bland platitudes. [standing ovation for some reason] Please look at the somewhat politically … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Gonna Talk And You’re Gonna Clap

So, how about that Northam, huh? Yes, Democrats, even we can have people in the party who can be super racist, just like Republicans! It’s so weird, isn’t it? Almost as of the South never really released its insidious hold … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Here, Despite Really, Really Needing to Resign

Lots happening in the world, as always, including some big announcements in American presidential politics. High-profile Democrats are lining up to challenge Trump in 2020, and many of them would be considered favorites to win. But let’s step back for … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Has Had Too Much Caffeine

Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! Woke up this morning to news that Cory Booker has thrown his hat into the race for president. He’s my Senator and I’m happy with the job he’s done, for the most part. To … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Joins the Presidential Race

Morning Politocadoes In response to the conclusions the US Intelligence Community made at the Worldwide Threat Assessment hearing on Tuesday(wherein they said Russia was still a threat and North Korea was not denuclearizing, but Iran was complying on international nuclear … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Educates The “President”

Team of Vipers by Cliff Sims 1. “Only a few weeks in, it “was clear Ryan had power that he seemed either uncomfortable with or incapable of wielding. That was a sign of weakness to a man like Donald Trump, … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post…an assortment of Ralphs, Jacks, and Piggies work in the White

Sorry guys, phoning this one in, I was out of the loop yesterday and I don’t have time at work this morning to catch up on things to write a snappy header. Boy that Howard Schultz guy, huh? What a … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread

Celebration!  The government is open, for another three weeks at the very least, until the diaper baby in charge decides to throw another temper tantrum.  I’m sure the Senate and the House will happily figure out a budget by then … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Back to Work For Three Weeks

The longest government in American history has come to an end. It’s architect, one Donald Trump, has caved on his demands for a border wall. In honor of this occasion, I present to you several lovely photos of caves. The … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Is Back In Business

Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! I’m running out of snappy header names. I can’t think of anything clever to describe the crippling stupidity of what is going on with our government right now with Trumpy in charge. I’m also … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Something Something

Morning Politocadoes! The government shutdown rolls on unimpeded. While the House again passes measures to re-open the government, Mitch McConnell has once again (fourth time!) voiced opposition to voting on the bill. Government employees furloughed or otherwise told not to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Uninvited

I’m still fairly ill with pneumonia. Don’t clean snow off your car not wearing the proper apparel. 1. Senate sets votes but U.S. shutdown likely to go on 🤷‍♀️😮😲 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown/senate-sets-votes-but-u-s-shutdown-likely-to-go-on-idUSKCN1PH14I?utm_source=applenews 2. What the Fyre Festival Documentaries Reveal About Millennials✈️🍾🥑 https://www.forbes.com/sites/katetalbot/2019/01/21/what-the-fyre-festival-documentaries-revealed-about-millennials/ … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post is still Dumpster Fyre

It’s so easy to just bag on the President in these headers, but today I’ll turn my attention to his “lawyer”, Rudy Giuliani. The Rudester. Rudonovic Giulianski. Rooty Tooty No Colludey. Anyway he keeps walking back all the very damaging … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Didn’t Say Those Things I Said

The government is still shut down, but it’s Martin Luther King Jr day.  One can only wonder what he would have thought of such a racist, capitalist blood sucker becoming president forty years after he marched for equality.  Probably nothing … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Working Without Pay

What a week! Here’s a rundown of some of the stories we talked about lately. In the nation soon to be formerly known as the UK, all is not well. Theresa May spent all that time negotiating a deal with … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Tries To Sort This All Out

Good morning folks, and….wow. Wouldn’t it be funny if Trump somehow failed to get out of this jam because he lacked the oversight to call Buzzfeed fake news, or “Failing Buzzfeed”? He hasn’t prepared his base for this by lying … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Totally Colluded

Morning Politocadoes! Government is still closed. Blame Mitch! That turtle has my teeth! So Rudy’s at it again. .@ChrisCuomo: “False reporting is saying that there has been no suggestion of any kind of collusion between the campaign and any Russians.”Giuliani: … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Never Said There Was No Collusion