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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
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! What insanity awaits us today? A firing, maybe? Is there even anyone left for Trump to fire? By the way, if you haven’t listened to Trump’s call in to Fox & Friends, it’s a … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Calls In To Fox & Friends
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
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