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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
Morning Politocadoes! The government shutdown rolls on unimpeded. While the House again passes measures to re-open the government, Mitch McConnell has once again (fourth time!) voiced opposition to voting on the bill. Government employees furloughed or otherwise told not to … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Uninvited
I’m still fairly ill with pneumonia. Don’t clean snow off your car not wearing the proper apparel. 1. Senate sets votes but U.S. shutdown likely to go on 🤷♀️😮😲 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-shutdown/senate-sets-votes-but-u-s-shutdown-likely-to-go-on-idUSKCN1PH14I?utm_source=applenews 2. What the Fyre Festival Documentaries Reveal About Millennials✈️🍾🥑 https://www.forbes.com/sites/katetalbot/2019/01/21/what-the-fyre-festival-documentaries-revealed-about-millennials/ … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post is still Dumpster Fyre
It’s so easy to just bag on the President in these headers, but today I’ll turn my attention to his “lawyer”, Rudy Giuliani. The Rudester. Rudonovic Giulianski. Rooty Tooty No Colludey. Anyway he keeps walking back all the very damaging … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Didn’t Say Those Things I Said
The government is still shut down, but it’s Martin Luther King Jr day. One can only wonder what he would have thought of such a racist, capitalist blood sucker becoming president forty years after he marched for equality. Probably nothing … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Working Without Pay
What a week! Here’s a rundown of some of the stories we talked about lately. In the nation soon to be formerly known as the UK, all is not well. Theresa May spent all that time negotiating a deal with … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Tries To Sort This All Out
Good morning folks, and….wow. Wouldn’t it be funny if Trump somehow failed to get out of this jam because he lacked the oversight to call Buzzfeed fake news, or “Failing Buzzfeed”? He hasn’t prepared his base for this by lying … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Totally Colluded
Morning Politocadoes! Government is still closed. Blame Mitch! That turtle has my teeth! So Rudy’s at it again. .@ChrisCuomo: “False reporting is saying that there has been no suggestion of any kind of collusion between the campaign and any Russians.”Giuliani: … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Never Said There Was No Collusion
These are the most interesting stories trending this morning: 1. Most voters back Ocasio-Cortez plan to tax richest Americans up to 70 percent: poll https://www.foxnews.com/politics/most-voters-support-70-percent-tax-hike-on-richest-americans-poll 2. The world’s oldest person record stood for decades. Then came a Russian conspiracy theory. … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread is SHUT DOWN
President Wimpy just bought a bunch of cheap hamburgers for the Clemson feetsball team and was so darn proud of himself! How magnanimous of him to buy Burger Kings for the hoi polloi! And why wouldn’t he? After all, that’s their … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Hungry
Monday Having been recently selected for this position by a cabal of evildoers, I think it’s about time I instituted some reforms. Citizens of the Avocado keep telling me that I’m not allowed to do “reforms,” because my authority is … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Has No Leverage
Good morning, and Happy Friday! It is my absolute right to do a state of emergency. It says right here in the Avocado charter, which gives special powers to the Friday PT thread host. This is the only way we … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Declares A State of Emergency
Morning Politocadoes! Another fine day in total chaos begins anew. The partial government shutdown continues unabated edging up to the three-week mark. President Veruca Salt ‘stormed out’ of a meeting with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer after being told ‘no’ … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Wants It NOW
I’m am still on vacation… But I can always take a couple a minutes to talk about prime time television which I abhor. Trump’s speech or address…was what I expected scattered, strange and full of blatant lies. More importantly, it … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post Prime Time TV gets played AGAIN
At some point this evening probably all of the major US TV networks will allow themselves to be taken hostage by some dumb old fart so he can tell brown people to stay off of his lawn. It’s going to … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Wants To Talk To You
Yep, it’s Monday. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Still Doesn’t Have a Budget
What a ghastly sight – Democrats in control of the US House! And instantly, decency and decorum go out the window. For starters, a freshman Democratic representative called the President of the United States a… a… a motherfucker! Republicans would … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Shows Proper Decorum
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! We have a new Congress, and it’s the most diverse one yet! Hopefully we’ll see Trump get run out of town by our fine new majority, especially if they make him release his tax … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Sworn In
Morning Politocadoes Today’s the day that Congress begins functioning again! Yes, all of that work we put into throwing some bums out of office begins today. . Nancy Pelosi returns to the Speakership, Adam Schiff returns to head the House … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Takes Over The House
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