Senate Republicans pan Trump farm relief, call for end to trade wars https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/senate-republicans-pan-trump-farm-relief-call-end-trade-wars-n894241 Also and this rapist is trying to get his rape charge for raping overturned https://jezebel.com/brock-turners-lawyer-insists-to-appeals-court-that-his-1827851598 Discuss Welcome to Wednesday! Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post, Tariffs Have the GOP Peddling Welfare

After what seems like decades of Trump whining about the Obama administration listening in on his personal phone lines, it turns out that the call was coming from inside the lawyer’s office. Keep your friends close, I guess. Meanwhile, I … Continue reading Your Favorite Tuesday Politics Thread Did Nothing Wrong

It’s not that the Monday Politics Thread is paranoid. No, there really are a ton of shady things all connected to each other and to money and to elections and to Russia and it goes all the way to the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Pulls the Sweater

Ian Malcolm: God creates dinosaurs; God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man; man destroys God. Man creates dinosaurs. Ellie Sattler: Dinosaurs eat man. Woman inherits the earth. — Jurassic Park Your increasingly monomaniacal Weekend Politics Thread host devotes yet one more … Continue reading Another Goddamned Weekend Politics Thread

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! We haven’t had a Firing Friday in a while. Are we due for one? Is there anyone left for Trump to fire? Jared? And what the hell is going on with Putin and Trump? … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Nyet Puppet!

Fucking called it. Late last night, the New York Times posted a piece that makes clear that Trump knew from the outset of his presidency that interference occurred, that the intelligence community agreed in the assessment that it was Russia, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Muddies The Message

After Trump deferred to the Russians in #treasonsummit or #summeroftreason or #summitofftherails, someone must have reached out and told him he went too far…it could be anyone at this point. So we are left wondering if he would double down … Continue reading The Wednesday Political Post Misspoke

Greetings, comrades! I’m just practicing for the near future, when Russia annexes Florida or something and Trump praises Putin for the “strong and powerful” move. Everything’s fine! I hope you all like vodka! Da svidania! As always, be excellent to … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Welcomes Our New Russian Overlords

Yes, of all the most terrifying things in the world today the worst have to be… stairs. They are so fearsome that the leader of the United States of America trembles in terror whenever he is forced to go up … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Fears Stairs

♪ ‘Til the man they couldn’t hang Stepped to the mic and sang And their voices rang with that Aryan twang ♪ — “Bobcaygeon,” The Tragically Hip Your seasonally renamed Weekend Politics Thread host, Uvular, Peach Lover, loves to eat … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Remains Unimpeachable

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! This week, Donald has been embarrsing himself and all of us in from of the whole world. Which, I guess, has become a bit of a trend. I guess that mythical presidential pivot is … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Embarasses Itself

Morning Politocadoes! Lotta stuff happening right now. Most of it’s infuriating, but that’s what it’s like living in the Darkest Timeline. We’re gonna take our punches, piss and moan about it, but keep on tickin’. Let’s see, Brett Kavanaugh, new … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Goes To Too Many Nationals Games

There are few potentially big stories: 1. Pence doing damage control in the Midwest. Apparently tariffs aren’t good for farmers. https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/11/pence-republicans-midterms-midwest-708710 2. More tariffs on China https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/10/politics/ustr-new-china-tariffs-trump/index.html I hope you are saving for your 10K iPhone 3. Democrats in disarray … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post is in Disarray

I spent a whole doggone minute coming up with that line up there and never workshopped it further, I hope you all appreciate the effort that I put into these threads. Anyway, that rapacious ol’ Ruggy Trump tried to do … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Wonders, Can We Kavanaught?

I live, I die, I post the Monday Politics Thread again! Witness me by being best to your fellow Avocados, keeping the sex clams to a minimum and not threatening Mayor McSquirrel. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Awaited

♫ Insanity’s everywhere Must be something in the air ♫ — “Killing for Jesus,” Circle Jerks Stretch, hydrate and eat a banana. This one will take a while. Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan (R) spent this past week lying about his … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Believes the Believable Team

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! Can I be happy that that barrel of sentient corruption Scott Pruitt is out of here, and still Sad! that some other incompetent boob will shuffle in to fill his place? Eh, I’m going … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Cares About The Environment

Morning Politocadoes! Hopefully all our American commenters are bright-eyed bushy tailed after  yesterday’s festivities. What did you all do? Cookout with family and friends? Visit important historical sites to renew your faith in this country in the face of the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread 7/5: Mission To Moscow

This 4th, Help take back the country!!! https://swingleft.org/ https://my.democrats.org/ https://action.dccc.org/ https://vademocrats.org/ Welcome to Wednesday!!! Continue reading Today We Celebrate Independence Day in this Wednesday Political Post

I got a kick out of a story that I’m sure has been sex clammed to death already about a woman who confronted EPA Director and bundle of corruption Scott Pruitt at a restaurant, very calmly telling him that he … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Still Being Civil

Another week, another gentle smoldering of American democracy while the rest of the world decides if they want to pick up our metaphorical matches and start some shit of their own. None of us were trained for this, we’ll just … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Just a Little Bit On Fire