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It’s Labor Day here in the USA and you know what that means. Remember while you kick back to be best to your fellow Avocados, flag for rule breaking and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Gets Lazy
On April 30, 1973, Richard Nixon announced a shocking political purge. As the Watergate scandal spiraled beyond Nixon’s control, he forced the resignations of his two closest aides, H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, beleaguered Attorney General Richard Kleindienst, and (less … Continue reading How We Got Here: The Saturday Night Massacre
To welcome intrepid Politicados this fine-ish first weekend of September 2018, your unfocused WPT host presents a total of 10 paragraphs on three pressing political topics.[footnote]Twelve, ya doof. Count the tacked-on introductory and concluding graphs. Term-paper rules always apply.[/footnote] And, … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Suffers Succotash
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! This has been a brutal 2 weeks of work for your FPT host, and this 3 day weekend is just what the doctor ordered. That, and boatloads of drugs and political discussions. If I … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has No Dignity
We’re on week #4 of our experimental post for high-quality (or at least, you know, medium-quality) political discussion, emphasizing longer posts with historical context, statistics, and fact-based evidence. This week’s topic: Political Campaigns Since we’re finishing up with primary season, I … Continue reading Long-Form Political Discussion #4: Campaign Season
Morning Politocadoes! Well, just when you think that the US government can’t possibly get more racist against Hispanics something like this happens. The US Passport Agency has begun DENYING US Passports to US citizens of Hispanic descent along the southern … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gets Even Worse
Today’s BIG stories: STORMY DANIELS SAYS TRUMP LASTED ‘MAYBE’ TWO MINUTES IN BED: ‘I’M BEING GENEROUS https://www.newsweek.com/stormy-daniels-says-trump-lasted-maybe-two-minutes-bed-im-being-generous-1093891 What Went Down In Florida, Arizona And Oklahoma https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/august-28-election-results/ Welcome to Wednesday!!! Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread is “Being Generous”
Too many things happen all the time and I can’t keep up no matter how hard I try. Be better than me about keeping up with things here. Have a political cartoon that made me sensibly chuckle: As always, be … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Flies NAFTA At Half-Staff
The Monday thread isn’t going to mourn John McCain, but rather the corpse of American dignity. It died a long, slow, gruesome death over the last few decades and now its corpse is being paraded around Weekend at Bernie’s style … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Mourns
Part Six in a series; see Parts One, Two, Three, Four and Five Franklin Roosevelt fumbled his reelection mandate with a disastrous second term. Starting in 1935, the Supreme Court struck down many of his programs, particularly the National Recovery … Continue reading How We Got Here: The Trials of Sedition
♫ Bring the dear old banner, boys And fling it to the wind; Mother, wife and daughter, Let it shelter and defend. “Equal Rights” our motto is, We’re loyal to the end. Giving the ballot to the mothers. ♫ — … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Equals Things Out
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! The news writes itself nowadays, so I don’t have much to say. Bake em away, toys! Be nice to each other, and don’t threaten Great Leader McSquirrel Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is NO CLOLLUSION WITCH HUNT!
Morning Politocadoes! Wanted to highlight a different story today than the usual fuckery by the most dangerous septuagenarian on the planet. In news that would make European explorers spit their tea and adjust their monacles, a Danish vessel is set … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Charts A Course
For our third week, we’re going to try and take a deep dive into a complex topic that often finds itself lent to over-simplification in the rat-a-tat PT. This week’s topic: Russia What is Russia’s role on the world stage today, … Continue reading Long-Form Political Discussion #3: Russia
A dark day for Trump. The darkest day for the presidency since Watergate https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dark-day-trump-darkest-day-presidency-watergate-n902726 Michael Cohen The counts against Cohen included tax fraud, false statements to a bank and campaign finance violations tied to his work for Trump, including payments … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Is Still Reeling
IMAGE COURTESY OF STINGO THE BANDANA ORIGAMI PRO It wasn’t a very slow news day! Paul Manafort, Trump campaign manager after the first one got fired, was found guilty on 8 of 18 charges today. ( A mistrial was declared … Continue reading Current Events – Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen
Yes yes, the First Lady said that cyberbullying and online harassment is bad while her husband is, well, who he is, and that entire situation remains ridiculous. But let’s see her stop me from cyberbullying all of you, with THIS, … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Bes Best
I actually had a weekend where I forgot about politics for a bit, it was fantastic. But also why I forgot the politics thread last night. Sorry about that! Be best to your fellow avocados, flag for anything that … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Finally!
Part Five in a series; see Parts One, Two, Three and Four. Meyer Lansky had every reason to despise fascism. His family had survived pogroms in Tsarist Russia before emigrating to America; Lansky, as a youth in Manhattan, earned his … Continue reading How We Got Here: The Gentle Art of Nazi Punching
♫ Well a dollar I make Is a buck I owe And a forty-hour week Leaves ten to blow But every game in this town Is just a nickel-and-dime And when the sun goes down It feels like the last … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Does Some Prole-ing
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! Short one today, as I forgot to schedule this last night and I have to get to work. Half assed! Something something everything sucks, Trump is stupid, sex clams, etc. Be kind to each … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Running Out of Things to Say
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