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Morning politocadoes! As we well know by now, Michael Cohen is pleading the fifth in the Stormy Daniels lawsuit. .This is not uncommon in civil or criminal litigation. I mean, what sort of stable genius could possibly have an issue … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Pleads the Fifth
So uh I’ve never done this before, but I’ve been around it enough that I’ll give it a shot. A few things that have been coming up lately is the importance of primaries, and how they impact the general push … Continue reading The Leftorium Ponders the Primary World
Positive DACA ruling U.S. Must Keep DACA and Accept New Applications, Federal Judge Rules https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/daca-dreamers-trump.html 🙂 Welcome to Wednesday! Continue reading In This Wednesday Political Post, A Huge DACA victory!
I’ve been spoiled, the last few Mondays have had huge bombshells break and they’ve made my Tuesday threads easy. Yesterday brought several big items. They caught the guy who murdered people in a Waffle House, but police tackled and arrested … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Will Be Confirmed by the Senate
Not music, mind you, just musicians. They can be insightful and interesting, but they’re not exactly the political masterminds that we expect them to be. If you want to know more, see the recent musings of Shania Twain, Morrissey and … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Stops Listening to Musicians
January 11, 1871 was Victoria Woodhull’s moment to shine. With Congress addressing women’s suffrage for the first time, Woodhull – thirty-three year old, strikingly beautiful and intensely charismatic – received the honor of addressing them. She had the blessing of … Continue reading How We Got Here: Victoria Woodhull’s War
♫ What’s so great about the Barrier Reef? What’s so fine about art? What’s so good ‘bout a good time spent When you’re workin’ on a broken, workin’ on a broken man? ♫ — “Barrier Reef,” Old 97’s Earth Day, … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Grows World-Weary
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! The. Best. People. I think the outflow of Trump news has finally broken the sound barrier. There are probably two new scandals that happened while typing this post, and now I’m behind the curve. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Hires Deflated Lawyers
Greetings, comrades. It has once again fallen to me to put up a belated Leftorium thread. (I never signed up for this!) And that means more political stories you don’t care about. Today I’m spotlighting the current debate over the … Continue reading The Leftorium Puts Up a Pointless Pipeline to Process Polluted Petroleum
Hey folks, Quick thread. Busy at work. NY AG Schneiderman is pushing to change NY state laws so that Trump aides can still be prosecuted in the event of a Presidential pardon. Normally, this would fall under Double Jeopardy since … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Seeks to Avoid Double Jeopardy
There are a lot of big stories happening, so let’s get started: Rankings: 🍾🍾🍾🍾 🍾 5 Pop the champagne, great news 🌊🌊🌊🌊 4 Finally on the right track 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️ 3 What happened here 💰💰 2 Trump team “f” ed up … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post Got Confused 🤷♀️
That’s right, this is breaking news. This thread has also sought legal advice from Michael Cohen in the last year. But don’t worry, it’s not for anything embarrassing or illegal or anything! I just handed the guy a dollar, like … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Is Also A Client of Michael Cohen’s
Seriously. I can’t think of anything amusing right now. I don’t know if I can buckle down and handle another week of this. I’ll give you a topic: Politics. Oh, and: be kind to your fellow Avocados, flag for rule … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Out of Jokes
Note: This week’s planned article, a follow-up on last week’s article about Vladimir Putin, has been postponed. I didn’t have time to write an original piece from scratch, so I’m revising something from my personal archive again. On February 2, … Continue reading How We Got Here: The American Protective League, the Wobblies and the “War on Slackers”
♬ The misdeeds of the Turks have been “spouted” thro’ all lands, But how about the Russians, can they show spotless hands? They slaughtered well at Khiva, in Siberia icy cold, How many subjects done to death will never perhaps … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Threads Marches as to War
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! When will our national nightmare end? Not soon enough, evidently. Also, it’s Firing Friday, so place your bets! Do not threaten Mayor McSquirrel, and please flag any spam or harassment you witness Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Colludes With Everybody
Morning Politocadoes! We say goodbye to Speaker Paul D. Ryan. Yes, the House Speaker and erstwhile Randian Policy “Wonk” has decided not to seek a new term. Yet, much like that Planet Fitness membership your significant other got you, it’s … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Totally Plateaus On Its Delts
I think a lot of us have brands and companies we just won’t use for various moral/social reasons. What are yours, and why? Please note this isn’t a space to nitpick people for their boycotting choices, or tell them why … Continue reading Brands You Boycott and Why
Democracy is arguably the best political system we have. As the world scarily reverts to authoritarianism (see: Turkey, The Philippines, Venezuela, and most recently, Hungary), those of us who live in advanced Western democracies should feel fortunate that our civil … Continue reading The Leftorium Buys Your Vote
1. The List: A Week-by-Week Reckoning of Trump’s First Year Compiled in one volume for the first time, The List is a first draft history and a comprehensive accounting of Donald Trump’s first year. Beginning with Trump’s acceptance of white … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post The Wagons Are Circling
I used to try to make a current political cartoon the header image, I thought it was a fun way to introduce the thread. But these days, news is coming at us so fast the cartoonists can’t keep up. Won’t … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Has A Warrant
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