The daily thread where ALL politics talk goes
We’re starting with mangoes. Honest to glob, I think that’s part of the problem. You are only a little bit older than me (YES I’m old, shut up), Mr. Walsh, there’s no excuse for you not trying a mango yet … Continue reading Tuesdays are all about the fruits!
Welp, here we fuckin’ go again. 3 shot outside Milwaukee Bucks game. Two hours later, 17 others are shot a few blocks away Seventeen people were shot Friday night in downtown Milwaukee just two hours after three were shot a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Hates This Shit
♫ All the people gather, fly to carry each his burden ♫— Who else believes that Little America deserves some pretty persuasion as wolves lower at a carnival, of sorts? Find those books of stamps, Politicados. Uvular has mailed in … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Feels Young Despite the Years
“I don’t care if Monday’s blue, Tuesday’s gray, and Wednesday too. Thursday I don’t care about you. It’s Friday I’m in love.” —The Cure Welcome to Friday! Aren’t you glad to see me? How was your week? Has that bork … Continue reading The Friday PT Strikes Back
Mornin’ Politocadoes! In a not particularly surprising turn of events, the Senate failed to pass the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA) on Wednesday. The act would have codified the right to an abortion into law that otherwise had been covered … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Fails To Pass Legislation (Again)
In the midst of yet more traveling and having a last-minute realization that it’s time to write another header. Surely something is happening in China — let’s take a look! China Is 3D Printing a Massive 590-Foot-Tall Dam … And … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Digs a Hole
Your gal Sheleeta has a big bowl of bullshit going on right now. But this Tuesday is better than last Tuesday, when we awoke to the brand now horror that Roe v. Wade was about to be overturned. Is it … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread doesn’t have a lot of nice things to say right now
Barrett, Alito Excited To See Forced Birth Increase ‘Domestic Supply Of Infants’ With all of the garbage packed into that leaked Supreme Court decision, there are parts of it that are only getting attention now. Like one particularly gross footnote … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Pro-Choice
♬ Stick ’em up punk, it’s the Fun Lovin’ Criminal, the criminalStick ’em up punk, it’s the Fun Lovin’ Criminal, the criminalStick ’em up punk, it’s the Fun Lovin’ Criminal, the criminalStick ’em up punk, it’s the Fun Lovin’ Criminal, … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Reports Crimes in Progress
It is Friday! Rejoice! You know what this is! I’ve read stuff now I share that stuff. Everybody wants some Soup Emporium is a fun channel! Here’s his newest video on Yellowstone The Death Of Office Snacks by Emily Stewart … Continue reading Oh No! It’s The Friday Politics Thread
Mornin’ Politocadoes!, Blackmail is such an ugly word. Which is why Bender prefers extortion. In either case, it’s the holding of incriminating information over an individual in order to coerce them towards a certain desired course of action. Usually, the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has Dirt On All Of YA
I’m pleased to say that I’ve finally returned home from my trip to Tanzania, and have cooled off significantly both physically and temperamentally. That relief felt short-lived however, as news of the Supreme Court’s intent to overturn Roe v. Wade … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Heated
First, some advice: My rule of three tweets covering various political topics is out the window today. So in case you missed it last night: A thread speculating who leaked it: I’ve heard this technique called “lubing the truth.” Yyyyyyyyup. … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is back from vacation with a bang.
Greetings from the past! I’ve been at a gaming convention all weekend (and if I saw any of you there, hello from the world of [insert day here]), so this is a thread done on Thursday night, sans any of … Continue reading Where In The Monday Politics Thread is Carmen Sandiego?
♪ The night wind blows the window closedIt shatters and leaves quite a viewBut no kind of lie could ever justifyWhat you put me throughI’m not used to thisTo be the fool by your sideIs this my fate?Well, honey, that’s … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Plays the Long Game
It is another Friday my Guacs! Article Roundup! Yeehaw! Zack Beauchamp on DeSantis and American Orbanism Peter Kafka asking what Musk is going to do now that he might own Twitter A Strange Aeons video on Gay Nuns! A Princess … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread!
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Russia is on the receiving end of an unprecedented series of hacking attempts by Ukraine’s “IT Army”. From their channel on Telegram, a new list of targets is generated every day for its volunteer army to attack, wave … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Enters The Cyber-War
Hail, and well-met, my fellow politicados! This wearisome week is half-over but I’m well-done and ready to turn back up on the other side of the world imminently—by which I mean I’m about to fly for what feels like forever … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Fried
Morning, all! Cordyceps subbing in for today’s PT. Instead of getting overwhelmed with current news for the header, I decided to get overwhelmed with old news for the header instead, and looked at previous April 26 PTs. Let’s see what … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Looks Back
Their mom died of COVID. They say conspiracy theories are what really killed her Laurie’s mother, Stephanie, 75, died of COVID-19 in December. “I don’t believe she was supposed to die,” Laurie says. “I blame the misinformation.” Stephanie had been … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Offered to Buy Twitter
♪ I don’t like golfingI don’t like tennisI don’t like anythingJust football ♪— We like sportz, but we love American football. Your tuned-in Weekend Politics Thread host keeps his ear to the ground and his finger on the pulse. He … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Pets Its Peeve
