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This week on the Leftorium, we take a look at: Democratic lawmakers’ general reluctance to condemn Israel for the latest deadly attacks at the Gaza border (juxtaposed with Chuck Schumer commending Trump on relocating the Embassy to Jerusalem). Gina Haspel … Continue reading The Leftorium for This Week
Sorry, no jokes today, it doesn’t seem right to talk about anything other than the protests connected to the new US embassy in Jerusalem, and not even I’m going to treat that lightly. We sent Jared and Ivanka to smile … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread
May 4, 1970 saw America’s tensions over the Vietnam War explode into violence. Shortly after Richard Nixon authorized an American “incursion” into Cambodia, thus expanding the war he’d pledged to end, backlash erupted on college campuses across the country. Unexpectedly, … Continue reading How We Got Here: The Hard Hats Strike Back
Sometimes it takes all of my metaphorical and a good deal of my actual strength to get up and face another week. Will this be the week we start a new war? Will the economy take a tumble it can’t … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Gets Ready for More
What would “Happy Mother’s Day” mean once free from patriarchy? Continue reading (M)Other’s Day: Removing the Male Gaze
Note: Didn’t have time to research my planned subject this week; here, then, is a post combining two of my old blog posts on everyone’s favorite President. Richard Nixon took office with a bold strategy to end the Vietnam War. … Continue reading How We Got Here: The State Department and the Madman
♪ It took a short walk and a talk To change the rules of engagement While you searched frantically for reverse And them claiming That virtue never tested is no virtue at all And so I lost my ignorance ♪ … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Tells Its Better Angels to Go to Hell
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! Considering how much dirt we as citizens already have on Trump, can you imagine how much Mueller has. I’m starting to think that investigating Trump is easier than winning a game of Clue. “It … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Its Upvotes From Russia
Morning Politocadoes! Well! It certainly has been a wild ride for one Michael ‘Says Who?’ Cohen, longtime lawyer to the President. Details have emerged about Cohen’s ‘consulting’ work with companies eager to learn how to deal with a Dragon Energy … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Crushing It
Republican voters rallied behind candidates aligned with President Trump and party leaders in a trio of pivotal Senate primaries Tuesday, reinvigorating the GOP’s bid to hold and possibly expand on its majority in midterm elections. This is the news I … Continue reading In This Wednesday Political Post, Election News is Still Hot Takes
I really just wanted to say that I woke up the other day and saw a lot of things about John McCain’s funeral and how he didn’t want Trump to attend, and just assumed he had died and wondered why … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Disinvites You to Its Funeral
I know you all heard some nasty things over the weekend, but I want to be clear that what I said was the opposite of what I meant. Not only is it infrastructure week yet again, but it’s also opposite … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Walks Back Some Statements
In 1850, the United States of America stood on the edge of a precipice. The Mexican War added 529,000 square miles to the United States, re-sparking long dormant debates about the future of slavery. Southern slave owners had long maintained … Continue reading How We Got Here: Liberty at Christiana
Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s child has far to go. Friday’s child is loving and giving, Saturday’s child works hard for a living, But the child … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Carries a Parental Advisory
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! What the hell is Trump thinking? What the hell is Rudy Giuliani thinking?! Another day in the life of the most incompetent, ridiculous, offensive clown car sideshow presidency that this nation has ever witnessed. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has The Worst @%$#ing Attorneys
Morning Politocadoes! We say goodbye to Ty Cobb, no not the AL home run leader and base stealer, but his distant relative, the leader of the President’s legal defense in the Russia affair and victor in the White House Mustache … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Strikes Out
Last weekend, the White House Correspondents Association convened on the Washington Hilton for their annual dinner. Michelle Wolf, the invited comedian, told a few jokes, roasting both the press and the administration, both the political right wing and the left. … Continue reading The Leftorium Stands Up for the Sanctity of Access Journalism!
There wasn’t a politics thread for today and I’m stranded so let’s do this. Trump is still President despite being America’s answer to Trujillo, Kanye is still saying dumb shit about slavery, the Middle East continues to fester and 2018 … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Flies Us In!
I’ve been thinking a lot about the White House issuing a statement saying that because John Kelly won’t let staffers swear in front of a lady, he is actually, I don’t know, a feminist ally or something. This would likely … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Will Not Swear In Front of a Lady
It’s come up several times lately so I think it’s time we had a moment to talk about fat-shaming and why it’s not okay here. It’s easy and sometimes satisfying to talk about Trump in terms of his physical inadequacies, … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Gets Serious For Once
On May 12, 1898 American warships appeared off the coast of San Juan, Puerto Rico. After two months of blockade, and several failed attempts by Spanish warships to break it, the Americans prepared a land invasion. On July 25, American … Continue reading How We Got Here: The Ponce Massacre and Contempt for America’s Colony
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