Good morning everyone and Happy Friday! I want to take a moment here to give credit to all of the brave women and men who have come forward to tell their personal stories of assault, and draw attention to those … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Cares About Its Constituents

Come now, there’s no way these people are so clueless they can’t see the optics of this. Million Dollar Man Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, did a photo shoot at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing which was … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Plays The Heel

There is an old television trope…if you have two really unpopular characters…you put them together in a relationship in an effort to cancel out their separate horribleness and boost their popularity. The GOP…has decided to roll this into their legislative … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread is a two for one deal

Boy, yesterday sure was busy! Another woman came forward with even more damning allegations about Roy Moore, people kept smashing their very expensive coffee machines to teach the company some kind of lesson (?), the US President continues to be … Continue reading Let the Tuesday Politics Thread Slide Into Your DMs

It’s only fair since the president of the United States is apparently a Mean Girl now. As Trump’s trip to Asia winds up he’s going to be back in the US to tweet more of his teenage diary out to … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Making Fetch Happen

♪ Well I was smashing rock in the burning sun Ninety-nine years and my work ain’t done Lift a nine-pound hammer high above my head Swing it on down like a ton of lead If I get out I won’t … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Does Some Serene Vetting

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! There’s too much news, and I’m a bit busy at work, so I’ll leave it to you guys to start sharing the crazy amounts of news that we’ve been getting this week. And what … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Six Thumbs Up

The Thursday Politics Thread is here for you to vent your outrage. Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Issued A Gag Order

In the supposedly hotly contested Virginia governor’s race, Northam won +9 decided victory over Ed Gillespie’s Trump-like campaign. Apparently sanctuary cities and confederate statues held a lesser value to Virginians over death from poor healthcare and being shot in church … Continue reading In this Wednesday Political Thread, Virginia is for lovers not for Donald Trump SAD!

Obviously the big news today is the various elections going on around the country, and there will be a dedicated thread for that, which I will link to here when it’s up. Update: It’s up! https://the-avocado.org/2017/11/07/election-post-post-electioning/ But not everything that’s … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Gets Out The Vote

But until then, hopefully we can enjoy another Mueller Monday where people who have broken the law get indicted in public for all to see. And I think all of us would like to take our joy where we can … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread wants to remind you voting time is nigh!

♪ I turned to him, I said “Abalone, you’re just being shellfish” Well, I knew it was going to be trouble and so did Gil ‘Cause he was already on the phone to the cods The haddock hits me with … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Landed on a Great Hook

Who’s that making the best deals for America and the World?! Why, yes!
It’s Jared Kushner! Boy Adventurer! Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Throws The Kush Under The Bus

I trust we’re all still a-buzz with yesterday’s big news regarding the first indictments from the Muller investigation, so while we continue to enjoy something that almost — dare I say it — feels like a victory, I also want … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Turns Itself In