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Part Three in a series; see parts one and two. Once upon a time, John Mitchell had been Washington’s second-most powerful man. As Attorney General, his jowly, pipe-smoking visage embodied Richard Nixon’s version of “law and order,” a ruthless crackdown … Continue reading How We Got Here: The White House Horrors
♪ Splinter taught them to be ninja teens (He’s a radical rat!) Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines (That’s a fact, Jack!) Raphael is cool but crude (Gimme a break!) Michaelangelo is a party dude (Party!) ♪ — Teenage Ninja Mutant … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Answers ‘What Is Art?’
This post was put up by a banned user. The Avocado does not condone their actions and preserves their threads for the sake of the conversations in the comments. So I thought I’d discuss something current events wise that’s not AS … Continue reading Perhaps, it’s not too late to talk about Halloween/Cultural Appropriation
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
Part one here. June 16th, 1973: nearly a month into the Senate Watergate hearings and America is hooked. Initially, network executives expressed serious reservations. One CBS producer worried about hearing from “200,000 nice little old ladies whose favorite soap opera … Continue reading How We Got Here: John Dean Tells All
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!
Today was Election Day in America, you know, on a Tuesday during working hours just to be as easy as possible on the average voter. Ha! Just kidding! Our elections are kind of a clusterfuck. But they’re OUR clusterfuck and we … Continue reading Election Post: Post Electioning!
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!
Welcome to How We Got Here, what I hope to be a regular Avocado feature chronicling how historical events shaped our current political and cultural climates. I hope you enjoy and please leave any feedback you’d care to share. – … Continue reading How We Got Here: The Ervin Hearings, Watergate and the 24 Hour News Cycle
♪ 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
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