♪ There’s a bedtime story Lovers, war, and kings They belong to yesterday As if it were a dream …. Don’t know why Don’t do that Dry your eyes Don’t look back ♪ — “Don’t Look Back,” Treat Her Right … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Gets Real Upset About Upsetting Reality

Good morning, and Happy Friday! Not much to report today, besides the usual shit tornado spewing out of the White House. It’s Firing Friday, though, so maybe we’ll see some bozo get canned. Who knows?! Do not threaten Mayor McSquirrel! … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Never Surrenders

Morning Politocadoes, House Republicans moved to impeach Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein last night. Led by ‘Freedom’ Caucus member Mark Meadows (R, N.C), and Jim ‘Gym’ Jordan (R-Ohio), it is expected to be showdown with House leaders who have started … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Calls For A Futile & Stupid Gesture

Senate Republicans pan Trump farm relief, call for end to trade wars https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-pan-trump-farm-relief-call-end-trade-wars-n894241 Also and this rapist is trying to get his rape charge for raping overturned https://jezebel.com/brock-turners-lawyer-insists-to-appeals-court-that-his-1827851598 Discuss Welcome to Wednesday! Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post, Tariffs Have the GOP Peddling Welfare

After what seems like decades of Trump whining about the Obama administration listening in on his personal phone lines, it turns out that the call was coming from inside the lawyer’s office. Keep your friends close, I guess. Meanwhile, I … Continue reading Your Favorite Tuesday Politics Thread Did Nothing Wrong

It’s not that the Monday Politics Thread is paranoid. No, there really are a ton of shady things all connected to each other and to money and to elections and to Russia and it goes all the way to the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Pulls the Sweater

Ian Malcolm: God creates dinosaurs; God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man; man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs. Ellie Sattler: Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth. — Jurassic Park Your increasingly monomaniacal Weekend Politics Thread host devotes yet one more … Continue reading Another Goddamned Weekend Politics Thread

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! We haven’t had a Firing Friday in a while. Are we due for one? Is there anyone left for Trump to fire? Jared? And what the hell is going on with Putin and Trump? … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Nyet Puppet!

Fucking called it. Late last night, the New York Times posted a piece that makes clear that Trump knew from the outset of his presidency that interference occurred, that the intelligence community agreed in the assessment that it was Russia, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Muddies The Message

After Trump deferred to the Russians in #treasonsummit or #summeroftreason or #summitofftherails, someone must have reached out and told him he went too far…it could be anyone at this point. So we are left wondering if he would double down … Continue reading The Wednesday Political Post Misspoke

Greetings, comrades! I’m just practicing for the near future, when Russia annexes Florida or something and Trump praises Putin for the “strong and powerful” move. Everything’s fine! I hope you all like vodka! Da svidania! As always, be excellent to … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Welcomes Our New Russian Overlords

Yes, of all the most terrifying things in the world today the worst have to be… stairs. They are so fearsome that the leader of the United States of America trembles in terror whenever he is forced to go up … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Fears Stairs

♪ ‘Til the man they couldn’t hang Stepped to the mic and sang And their voices rang with that Aryan twang ♪ — “Bobcaygeon,” The Tragically Hip Your seasonally renamed Weekend Politics Thread host, Uvular, Peach Lover, loves to eat … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Remains Unimpeachable

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! This week, Donald has been embarrsing himself and all of us in from of the whole world. Which, I guess, has become a bit of a trend. I guess that mythical presidential pivot is … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Embarasses Itself

Morning Politocadoes! Lotta stuff happening right now. Most of it’s infuriating, but that’s what it’s like living in the Darkest Timeline. We’re gonna take our punches, piss and moan about it, but keep on tickin’. Let’s see, Brett Kavanaugh, new … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Goes To Too Many Nationals Games

There are few potentially big stories: 1. Pence doing damage control in the Midwest. Apparently tariffs aren’t good for farmers. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/11/pence-republicans-midterms-midwest-708710 2. More tariffs on China https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/politics/ustr-new-china-tariffs-trump/index.html I hope you are saving for your 10K iPhone 3. Democrats in disarray … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post is in Disarray