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No snappy header today, as I’m still shaking my head (I know, I know, it shouldn’t surprise me) over POTUS spending his MLK Day by giving back to his community through service. Wait, I meant he was golfing. He went … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread
Few moments in the Civil Rights Movement – not even the Birmingham Bus Boycott or the March on Washington – encapsulate the stark moral drama embodied by Martin Luther King and his allies than “Bloody Sunday.” On March 7th, 1965, … Continue reading How We Got Here: Martin Luther King and the “Right Way to Protest”
The Monday politics thread knows beyond a shadow of a doubt that Trump is racist. This has concluded your regularly scheduled reminder that in this time of Hot Takes to not take headlines at face value. (Reminder brought to you … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Doesn’t Think Trump is Racist
Part Five in a series; see Parts One, Two, Three and Four. The Nativist movement’s violence exploded exponentially at the same time it became most respectable. In the mid-1850s, decades of anti-Catholic nationalism, confined to the baying of mobs, the … Continue reading How We Got Here: The Brief, Unhappy Reign of Citizen Know-Nothing
♫ He said, “Fuck this!” and “Fuck that!” And this guy’s the diplomat ♫ — The Tragically Hip, “It Can’t Be Nashville Every Night,” In Between Evolution Famous Prussian Otto von Bismarck formulated the foreign policy principle of Realpolitik, a … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Plays the Game of Global Diminution
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! I had a totally different thread planned until our Tweeter-in-Chief decided to blow up the news cycle with his ham handed comments. Which, of course he did. I’m pretty busy this morning, so … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is A Total Sh*thole
Morning Politocadoes! The Republican strategy for the 2018 midterms has been a curious one. After a spate of special elections that have demonstrated a re-energized left and a dissatisfied voter base, several GOP congressmen have opted to not seek re-election … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has Just One Term Until Retirement
I was trying to pick a morning lead story but they are all SO batshit…here’s a roundup 1. Tucker Carlson finally turns on Trump hopefully this leads to his disgrace, stepping down from Fox and being forced to eat nothing … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post is Bizarro World
Happy Tuesday, Avocados, and welcome to the 7th weekly installment of The Leftorium – the Avocado’s dedicated space for in-depth discussion of leftist views and politics in the US and worldwide. Of interest this week: – The searing tell-all that … Continue reading The Leftorium Forms The Oprah for America Exploratory Committee
I’m still chuckling/shaking my head/rolling my eyes at Stephen Miller’s rather transparent attempt to curry favor with his boss, and Jake Tapper refusing to let it continue. And the reports of the aftermath are even funnier. “This is why they … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread is for Obsequious Factotums
Welcome to a special edition of How We Got Here! This is a significantly expanded version of an article originally posted on my blog in November 2016. On April 4th, 1974, Indiana Congressman Earl Landgrebe delivered a defiant speech to … Continue reading How We Got Here: Richard Nixon’s Deplorables
What do you mean that’s not the tweet quote? You’re not the tweet quote! Fake comments! (Waffle later returned to remind you to be kind to your fellow Avocados, flag comments that break the rules and if things get … Continue reading The Sanest, Most Brilliant Monday Politics Thread
Part four in a series on Nativism and the Know-Nothings; see part one, part two and part three. In the short term, the Nativist riots in Philadelphia and New York inspired outrage rather than copycats. Besides the general disgust over … Continue reading How We Got Here: The Cardinal’s Progress
♬ The fiddler watches you Wondering when You’re gonna slow down or speed up Finally, he just shuts his eyes again He turns around once And gives up But me? I’ve been coming here much too long To fall out … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Rides the Cyclone
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! I’m going to keep this extra short today, since I’m learning a new job at my job, and I’m worried about spending too much time here. Just talk about the Bannon / Trump … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Too Sloppy
Good Morning politocadoes! So, let’s recap what’s happened thus far in the New Year. January 2nd Trump has a dick-waving contest over the size of his Nuclear Button with North Korea threatening the doom of us all like it’s some … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Hit By A Bomb Cyclone (not just metaphorically!)
The GOP are obviously the Bolivian soldiers. Nancy and Chuck are going out blazing with a list of pretty daunting list demands to avoid a government shutdown. Even I am wondering what they will manage to make it out with … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Yes, you heard right. The Leftorium has decided finally to quit fucking around and focus all its attention on the monster in the White House. What does this mean, you ask? For starters, attacking #nevertrumpers is no longer okay. David … Continue reading The Leftorium Turns Over A New Leaf in 2018
2017…it’s finally over. It was, to put it lightly, kinda rough, politically. The American President has made his country an international laughingstock just by being himself. I don’t know how much more I even need to bring up — we … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Is Looking Ahead
2017 felt like it was about 10 years long, and 2018 may be no better. But the left built 8 years on being the party of hope and change and there’s still time to step up and live it. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Welcomes a New Year
Part three in a series; see Part I and Part II Nineteenth Century Nativism didn’t always take on the forms of Catholic hatred. Antebellum America’s bloodiest riot wasn’t caused by cloistered convents, school Bibles or papal nuncios. While inflamed and exploited … Continue reading How We Got Here: New York’s Fanboy Riots
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