That’s right, it’s National Drink Wine Day! Time to get out those wine glasses and drink to excess, because we all need it. Nothing else of importance is going on anyw–what’s that? It’s President’s Day? Oh, well then. Uh. This … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates The Holiday

SCIENCE! It’s all over the news, in one form or another. A number of us right here on the Avocado work in science, and when I’m not ruthlessly suppressing dissent against my dictatorial rule of this thread, I might just … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Goes To Mars

Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! President Baby isn’t getting the money he wants for his wall, so he’s going to make a boom boom in his pants and declare a national emergency about it. An emergency to stop….[checks notes] … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Declares an Emergency

Doin’ the Monster Mash! Good morning on this beautiful Valentine’s Day, politocadoes! Big news that came in last night: the judge in the Manafort case has determined that he lied to investigators on at least three separate occasions while ‘cooperating’ … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Does The Monster Mash

This wall deal is still a thing. GOP know it’s dead in the water. Democrats know it’s dead in the water. No one wants to pay for it. Financial responsibility has shifted from “Mexico” to Congress to National Emergency. The … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Presents Wall of Confusion

You, a fool: Climate change is real! Me, smart: It snowed last night and my commute to work was bad this morning! CHECKMATE, LIBS! I will now run for President because evidently this is a thing that it is acceptable … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Very Smart

That’s right, you heard it here first, folks!  The Avocado Politics Thread is running for president!  We’re throwing our pit in the ring! We’ll be running on miniature flags for some, Leader Beans in every state, and sex clams for … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Running

I’ve been feeling reflective for a little while now, philosophical, like pondering the meaning of life and shit. It’s been hard for me to focus on big picture stuff though, because I keep getting distracted by a more urgent, pressing … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Shouldn’t Be Shocked, But Kind Of Is Anyway

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! It feels like we’ve been able to actually focus on some non-Trump stories over the last few days. Which is nice. Not that he isn’t omnipresent in the news, but at least we’re getting … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Testifies

Morning Politocadoes! One of the things I’ve been looking forward to for a while now, is the Democrats gaining control of the House committees and subcommittees because of the hearings that they can now call. We’ve just recently had the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Resumes An Investigation

Trump’s speech https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/06/politics/donald-trump-state-of-the-union-address/index.html Rebuttal: https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/05/politics/stacey-abrams-state-of-the-union-democratic-response/index.html Welcome to Wednesday!!!!! Continue reading In This Wednesday Political Post, the Current State of the Union Is Poor

My fellow Avocados. [applause] I am here today to talk to you about the state of our Politics Thread. [applause] Nothing I say will be new information. [applause] More bland platitudes. [standing ovation for some reason] Please look at the somewhat politically … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Gonna Talk And You’re Gonna Clap

So, how about that Northam, huh? Yes, Democrats, even we can have people in the party who can be super racist, just like Republicans! It’s so weird, isn’t it? Almost as of the South never really released its insidious hold … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Still Here, Despite Really, Really Needing to Resign

Lots happening in the world, as always, including some big announcements in American presidential politics. High-profile Democrats are lining up to challenge Trump in 2020, and many of them would be considered favorites to win. But let’s step back for … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Has Had Too Much Caffeine

Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! Woke up this morning to news that Cory Booker has thrown his hat into the race for president. He’s my Senator and I’m happy with the job he’s done, for the most part. To … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Joins the Presidential Race

Morning Politocadoes In response to the conclusions the US Intelligence Community made at the Worldwide Threat Assessment hearing on Tuesday(wherein they said Russia was still a threat and North Korea was not denuclearizing, but Iran was complying on international nuclear … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Educates The “President”

Team of Vipers by Cliff Sims 1. “Only a few weeks in, it “was clear Ryan had power that he seemed either uncomfortable with or incapable of wielding. That was a sign of weakness to a man like Donald Trump, … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post…an assortment of Ralphs, Jacks, and Piggies work in the White

Sorry guys, phoning this one in, I was out of the loop yesterday and I don’t have time at work this morning to catch up on things to write a snappy header. Boy that Howard Schultz guy, huh? What a … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread

Celebration!  The government is open, for another three weeks at the very least, until the diaper baby in charge decides to throw another temper tantrum.  I’m sure the Senate and the House will happily figure out a budget by then … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Back to Work For Three Weeks

The longest government in American history has come to an end. It’s architect, one Donald Trump, has caved on his demands for a border wall. In honor of this occasion, I present to you several lovely photos of caves. The … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Is Back In Business

Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! I’m running out of snappy header names. I can’t think of anything clever to describe the crippling stupidity of what is going on with our government right now with Trumpy in charge. I’m also … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Something Something