Morning Politocadoes! Well, Infrastructure Week’s been a rip-roaring success so far. Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings have been marked by protests (which Trump now says should be illegal. Fun!) and abuses of the process by the majority party. Congressional leaders have … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Commits TREASON Skeptical Question Mark?

These are the top stories for Wednesday!!! https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/05/politics/trump-approval-drop-midterms/index.html Trump’s approval rating drop looks real, and it could be a disaster for the GOP in 2018 A new ABC News/Washington Post poll puts President Donald Trump’s approval rating at just 36%. … Continue reading The Wednesday Political Thread Is Tanking

Sorry, I’m a little under the weather and very busy at work this morning, so you don’t get the thing about being dis-invited to the New Yorker Ideas whatever that I was going to work up. Instead I will leave … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Here

It’s Labor Day here in the USA and you know what that means. Remember while you kick back to be best to your fellow Avocados, flag for rule breaking and don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Gets Lazy

To welcome intrepid Politicados this fine-ish first weekend of September 2018, your unfocused WPT host presents a total of 10 paragraphs on three pressing political topics. And, as scattered as this thin gruel of galumphing gadflying gets, it manages to … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Suffers Succotash

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! This has been a brutal 2 weeks of work for your FPT host, and this 3 day weekend is just what the doctor ordered. That, and boatloads of drugs and political discussions. If I … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has No Dignity

Morning Politocadoes! Well, just when you think that the US government can’t possibly get more racist against Hispanics something like this happens. The US Passport Agency has begun DENYING US Passports to US citizens of Hispanic descent along the southern … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gets Even Worse

Today’s BIG stories: STORMY DANIELS SAYS TRUMP LASTED ‘MAYBE’ TWO MINUTES IN BED: ‘I’M BEING GENEROUS https://www.newsweek.com/stormy-daniels-says-trump-lasted-maybe-two-minutes-bed-im-being-generous-1093891 What Went Down In Florida, Arizona And Oklahoma https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/august-28-election-results/ Welcome to Wednesday!!! Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread is “Being Generous”

Too many things happen all the time and I can’t keep up no matter how hard I try. Be better than me about keeping up with things here. Have a political cartoon that made me sensibly chuckle: As always, be … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Flies NAFTA At Half-Staff

The Monday thread isn’t going to mourn John McCain, but rather the corpse of American dignity. It died a long, slow, gruesome death over the last few decades and now its corpse is being paraded around Weekend at Bernie’s style … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Mourns

♫ Bring the dear old banner, boys And fling it to the wind; Mother, wife and daughter, Let it shelter and defend. “Equal Rights” our motto is, We’re loyal to the end. Giving the ballot to the mothers. ♫ — … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Equals Things Out

Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! The news writes itself nowadays, so I don’t have much to say. Bake em away, toys! Be nice to each other, and don’t threaten Great Leader McSquirrel Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is NO CLOLLUSION WITCH HUNT!

Morning Politocadoes! Wanted to highlight a different story today than the usual fuckery by the most dangerous septuagenarian on the planet. In news that would make European explorers spit their tea and adjust their monacles, a Danish vessel is set … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Charts A Course

A dark day for Trump. The darkest day for the presidency since Watergate https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/dark-day-trump-darkest-day-presidency-watergate-n902726 Michael Cohen The counts against Cohen included tax fraud, false statements to a bank and campaign finance violations tied to his work for Trump, including payments … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Is Still Reeling

Yes yes, the First Lady said that cyberbullying and online harassment is bad while her husband is, well, who he is, and that entire situation remains ridiculous. But let’s see her stop me from cyberbullying all of you, with THIS, … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Bes Best

I actually had a weekend where I forgot about politics for a bit, it was fantastic. But also why I forgot the politics thread last night. Sorry about that!   Be best to your fellow avocados, flag for anything that … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Finally!

♫ Well a dollar I make Is a buck I owe And a forty-hour week Leaves ten to blow But every game in this town Is just a nickel-and-dime And when the sun goes down It feels like the last … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Does Some Prole-ing

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! Short one today, as I forgot to schedule this last night and I have to get to work. Half assed! Something something everything sucks, Trump is stupid, sex clams, etc. Be kind to each … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Running Out of Things to Say

Morning Politocadoes!   Well, better late than never, the FCC has shut down Alex Jones’ flagship radio station. Liberty Radio, has been, albeit temporarily, pulled from the airwaves. It’s also been hit with a $15,000 fine for operating without a … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Off The Air

1. Yesterday, my assistant told me about Green books which are books that used to let African Americans know which towns they are allowed to to travel to without issue on road trips. It led me to this phenomenal book … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post is full of information

There is the, sadly, usual amount of stupid happening in US politics — the President’s lawyers are hosting de facto state media radio shows, the White House is in a rather petty feud with a former game show person, etc … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Hosts A Radio Show For Some Reason?