Morning Politocadoes! So William Barr continues to be a Trump toady. I’d love to be wrong. It’d be great if he were secretly holding back the report because people like, say, Devin Nunes (who is still in the Gang of … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Playing For Time

Does Trump or the Department of Treasury have to turn over the President’s Taxes? Ultimately I suspect a federal court will decide but you can read various legal positions https://www.vox.com/2019/4/9/18296806/trump-tax-returns-congress-legal-experts The House passed a bill banning the government from creating … Continue reading The Wednesday Political Thread Way Wonders Why Taxes are so Taxing

DHS Secretary Kirstjen “Superfluous J” Nielsen was fired I mean resigned. (I wish I could do strikethroughs in headers, get it together Disqus.) In her place is some guy whose name I haven’t bothered to learn yet but he sounds … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Totally Resigned Because It Wanted To

Once in a while, a kitten break is needed. Yeah, the world is going to hell in a hand basket, but…..cats. CATS.  Look at him swinging!  So adorable!   Oh, and Nielsen just stepped down as head of DHS. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Needs a Break

You want to talk about cabinets? Sure! It’s a really fascinating topic, in my opinion anyway, and not enough people nowadays really appreciate that kind of craftsmanship. So, cabinets as we think of them today were first made in Renaissance … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Talks Cabinets

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! How are we all doing in this, the twilight of American Democracy? As the oceans boil, the legislature is compromised by special interests, and our presidential figurehead is a complete embarrassment? Fun! Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is [REDACTED]

Morning Politocadoes! I’m sure we’re all still chewing on the avalanche of news. Barr, quelle surprise, did in fact try to cover up the report, which is now being subpoenaed. Jared Kushner, Boy Adventurer and Lil Lady Ivanka were denied … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Goes Whole Hog

I have a confession. I love trashy television. In fact, the trashier the better. To me, the View is the epitome of trashy guilty pleasure television. I mean I’m certainly not watching this show for in depth political analysis or … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post Has a Bird’s Eye View

I’m still stuck on the surely-clammed-to-death story about how a couple dozen people were denied security clearances for various reasons and the White House was like “actually they are all OK”. Seeing that the list includes  “two current senior White House … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Has No Clearance

It’s Monday.  We’ve cut aid to three Mexican countri–oh, wait, I’m being told that’s just Fox and Friends not knowing Central America =/= Mexico.  This isn’t surprised, honestly.  Many people can’t name a country south of the border that ISN’T … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Can’t Get it Together

So, Brexit! The UK, pictured below, on the right. Side note – On April 10, happy 90th birthday to Max von Sydow! I guess his game went better than the one in the movie. Anyway, it’s interesting (read: horrifying) to … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Plays the Game

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! And by “Happy Friday” I mean this is a sad Friday. On one hand, it sounds like the Special Olympics might have been given their budget back. But on the other hand, someone tries … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has Its Funding Cut

Well no, not really. Morning Politocadoes! So I’ve been keeping quiet for the last few days. Yes, it felt like the proper thing to do whilst the AG joined in with Mitch McConnell in his gravedigging of democracy labors. So … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is 700 Pages Long

Here begins the battle against the Night King and White Walkers for the FULL MUELLER REPORT. I am shocked it hasn’t been leaked yet. The Critical Part of Mueller’s Report That Barr Didn’t Mention https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/03/barrs-summary-omits-key-aspect-muellers-report/585703/ Welcome to Wednesday!!!! Continue reading The Wednesday Political Thread Gets the Condensed Version

Despite the title, I’ve actually been searching for non-Mueller-related news because I can’t anymore right now. So, in other US politics happenings, today the House will vote to override Trump’s national emergency veto, which hey, that’s something! In another thing, the Supreme … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Must Be Made Public

It’s Monday again, and you know what that means — The week has begun again.  Mueller finally submitted his report, and, well…..yeah.  So far, seems to have landed like a wet fart. And then there’s this fellow: Yeah, you know … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has a Thing for Bu–Wait a Minute

Hello, this is your guest WPT host Lapalazala. Cajun Clearwater kindly lend me this spot. This Wednesday here in The Netherlands we had our provincial elections*. The results were not great for two reasons. First, the biggest winner is a … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Goes Dutch

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! I’m both tired this morning, and tired in general. Low energy. Sad! Here’s to hoping that nothing terrible happens today, and Trump just shuts up and golfs or something. Always remember: Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Very Tired

Morning Politocadoes The President renewed his beef with a dead man, so that’s fun. Yes, Trump apparently needed to continue attacking John McCain several months after the senator passed away from complications due to brain cancer. Say what you want … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Didn’t Get A Thank You

🙁Disney finally dumped Fox and all Fox got was Paul Ryan.  Click on the sad face for the article.   :(:(:( America First has another fail!!! Click on the three sad faces for the article.   :(:(Gorsuch didn’t get the memo that … Continue reading The Wednesday Political Thread Blows Out Their Candles One At A Time

I just saw this story regarding unsightly blemish on the face of democracy Devin Nunes and Twitter. In case you haven’t heard about this, sometimes people on Twitter make fun of Nunes, and that makes him very sad, so he’s working … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Has Thin Skin