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I live, I die, I post the Monday Politics Thread again! Witness me by being best to your fellow Avocados, keeping the sex clams to a minimum and not threatening Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Awaited
Throughout the spring of 1850, New Orleans and other southern ports bustled with activity. Two sailing vessels and two ships were purchased and outfitted; a force of about 500 armed men began organizing throughout the Mississippi Valley, awaiting signals to … Continue reading How We Got Here: Narciso Lopez Dreams of Cuba
♫ Insanity’s everywhere Must be something in the air ♫ — “Killing for Jesus,” Circle Jerks Stretch, hydrate and eat a banana. This one will take a while. Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan (R) spent this past week lying about his … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Believes the Believable Team
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! Can I be happy that that barrel of sentient corruption Scott Pruitt is out of here, and still Sad! that some other incompetent boob will shuffle in to fill his place? Eh, I’m going … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Cares About The Environment
Morning Politocadoes! Hopefully all our American commenters are bright-eyed bushy tailed after yesterday’s festivities. What did you all do? Cookout with family and friends? Visit important historical sites to renew your faith in this country in the face of the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread 7/5: Mission To Moscow
This 4th, Help take back the country!!! https://swingleft.org/ https://my.democrats.org/ https://action.dccc.org/ https://vademocrats.org/ Welcome to Wednesday!!! Continue reading Today We Celebrate Independence Day in this Wednesday Political Post
A left populist wins in NY-14. A left populist wins in Mexico. A left populist won seats in the UK. A left populist won in Spain. Left populists won big in PA. Repeating this again for those still lamenting that … Continue reading The Leftorium Votes Bernie-Bros into Office
I got a kick out of a story that I’m sure has been sex clammed to death already about a woman who confronted EPA Director and bundle of corruption Scott Pruitt at a restaurant, very calmly telling him that he … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Still Being Civil
Another week, another gentle smoldering of American democracy while the rest of the world decides if they want to pick up our metaphorical matches and start some shit of their own. None of us were trained for this, we’ll just … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Just a Little Bit On Fire
♫ I’m out in Pittsylvania County On Highway seven-one-eight Middle of a cornfield Know I’m not too late There’s about 13 Thirteen ’67 Chevy Malibus in a circle In the cornfield, with their headlights on And I can feel it … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Opens Up
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! I don’t have much to say here today. Just try and be kind and supportive to each other. Let’s do our best to be positive and continue the good fight. Do not threaten Mayor … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread: A New Hope
This has been a rough week. I won’t pretend otherwise. On the one hand, we are dealing with an embarrassingly corrupt and inept administration, but also one that’s needlessly cruel and dangerous.It is being shamelessly encouraged by its enablers in … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Didn’t Hear No Bell
What Went Down In The June 26 Primaries https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/june-26-election-results/ Here all the primary winners from last night. Welcome to Wednesday!!! Continue reading This Wednesday Political post is one step closer to getting the GOP out of the house
This week, democratic party leadership threw Rep. Maxine Waters under the bus in less time than it took them to rebuke Al Franken. In one insanely ‘I should probably not be in a leadership position anymore’ tweet, Nancy Pelosi managed … Continue reading The Leftorium Treats Civility to a Nice TV Dinner
People are gettin’ kicked out of restaurants and the President is holding rallies ostensibly to support Republican candidates but he just rambles on about himself and it’s very important when talking to people who think it’s cool to … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Politely Asks You To Leave
Since I will be sans internet at home for a few days I won’t be able to hear the latest horrible thing that’s happening in the world and mildly make fun of it. But I’m going to take a wild … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Guesses It’s Not Better Yet
On June 20, 1949, Paul Robeson gave a speech at the so-called Paris Peace Conference, sponsored by the USSR. The American actor and singer, a leading black activist, was long associated with progressive causes, yet emerged from World War II … Continue reading How We Got Here: Paul Robeson’s Road to Peekskill
♪ Somewhere way under the rainbow Dragging round an empty pot of glue Bruised and confused it could happen to you Seeing for the first time that dreams can come true …. When childish habits are slow to die You … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Visits Planet Dearth
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! What a rollercoaster of a week it’s been, huh? We’ve seen cell numbers get stolen, we’ve seen villain Trump imprisoning kids, then hero Trump rescuing them from Evil Trump’s cold, tiny fingers. We’ve seen … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Really Doesn’t Care, Do U?
I’m going to do a short write-up this week, because in keeping with the spirit of the Leftorium, it’s the people who should set the terms of discussion, not me. (Also I’m lazy, but don’t tell anyone that.) What I … Continue reading The Leftorium Harnesses the Power of Political Art
Morning politocadoes, Trump once again proved that our country is being run by a megalomaniacal old man who watches too much TV. Reportedly, the Department of Justice has requested several JAGs from the Department of Defense to assist in prosecuting … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Watches JAG for Policy Advice
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