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After a long hard Thursday in the US of eating turkey and trying desperately to not talk about politics with our family we’ve come to the most American of all holidays: Black Friday. Where bargains and worker abuses abound and … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Stuffed
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our ‘Murican Avocadoes! If you’re anything like me, you’re traveling to some misbegotten place in dread and/or anticipation of seeing relatives or friends and having nice, polite conversations about politics. Or sportsball. Or whatever. It’s … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has A Nice, Quiet Dinner With Family & Friends
Yesterday, Trump decided to support Roy Moore over the several (then) underage women that Roy preyed upon…Trump cites Moore’s denial. Most of you will remember that Trump was in a similar situation himself. Several accusers, his solitary denial…as result many people voted for him including women…and some of Moore’s accusers voted for Trump as well. They voted for a man who himself was accused by several women of assault. Did they believed him? Yes/No, it doesn’t matter. The question that is more intriguing to me is did they think that Trump would actually recognize their best interests? As a woman, … Continue reading In this Wednesday political thread, birds of a feather flock together…
Sorry guys, no catchy title or header today. Here is the place to talk about all the political news of the day, so let’s get to it. As always, be excellent to each other, only flag those posts what break … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread
It’s been a year and 10 days since life started feeling a lot hotter around the edges and I started smelling brimstone every time I watch CNN. What fresh hell will this week bring? More sexual predators ousted from their … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is in Hell
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 Turtles Theme (1987) From rattus rattus to sensei to art dealer, Splinter’s biography transcribes a perfect circle.* Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi sold at auction this week for $450.3 million thanks to hucksterism and avarice and obliviousness and indifference to the polity predations of the idle rich. Every single person involved in this crime against art and commerce should feel … 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 inflammatory as the all the media allegations of sexual misconduct (which are deeply disturbing to me in opposite ways of the moderators so I’ve more or less promised not to debate this with them but to fight for those causes on other platforms). This is a topic, I think perhaps we can all discuss and have multiple views on. I … 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 agenda. They took two unpopular pieces of legislation…their tax bill that benefits 1% of the population and their Obamacare repeal that benefits no one. Alone these two would have a hard time passing but together…they’re gangbusters 🙂 Welcome to Wednesday. https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-gop-adds-health-care-twist-to-tax-overhaul-plan-1510710204 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 had been preempted by something called Watergate.” Another network executive estimated that stations lost $400,000 in ad revenue for each preempted show. The best case they could initially make, per The Louisville Courier-Journal, was that the hearings served a public service, highlighting “the point at which obedience to orders becomes a denial of higher and universal laws of civilized behavior.” … 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 from rampant gun violence. Democrat performed well across the board which means winning the 2018 mid term elections is more of a possibility. How will the GOP respond?…my guess is by fervently pushing tax cuts for the rich. And where does that leave Trump? His approval rating is toxically low, his endorsements have little to no effect and Mueller is … 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 had it today, let’s see how the majority of us who could be assed to go to the polls felt about stuff. Keep your eyes peeled on Virginia and New Jersey where two decisive races are underway. But feel free to keep us updated on results from your home districts on various issues and what it means for you and … 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 happening is related to the elections, so please talk about those things with us here! As always, be excellent to each other, only flag those posts what break the rules, Mayor McSquirrel rule is in effect, and if it gets hairy out there, grab ahold of a mod at avocadomods@gmail.com. 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 right now. Besides, it couldn’t happen to a better bunch of dirtbags. Please remember to be kind to your fellow Avocados. ONLY flag posts that are breaking the rules. Email the mods if something is awry that needs our attention. And don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel no matter what awful things he tweets. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread wants to remind you voting time is nigh!
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