Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! The big news this morning is that Michael Flynn has been charged for lying to the FBI.  This is exciting, because it’s hard to believe that only Flynn has anything to do with Russia’s meddling.  … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Charged With Being Too Cool For School

Well, here we are. Let us once again stare into the maw of utter indifference as our ‘leaders’ blithely ignore the common peoples’ concerns or basic human decency.  Men in power in entertainment, politics, and journalism continue to be revealed … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Gazes Into The Abyss (Again)

“Chances for government shutdown rising,” according to the Hill. http://thehill.com/homenews/house/362256-chances-for-government-shutdown-rising What…I thought that basically happened the moment Trump took office. I guess this just makes it official because now it won’t just be a clusterf*ck of poor legislative agenda, gutting … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Thought the Government Had Already Shut Down

If you haven’t watched the video of the Washington Post reporter tearing apart a sloppy attempt to smear the paper yet, you ought to. It’s remarkable how little scrutiny it took to blow their whole angle apart. I’ve never even heard … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread is Being Recorded

Now that our net is no longer neutral it’s time to strap in and enjoy the last of the your cat videos before things start getting worse. Yes, this is the best I’ve got after a long weekend. Everyone get … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Ready For the Cyber

“Thou hast outraged, not insulted me, sir; but for that I ask you not to beware of Starbuck; thou wouldst but laugh; but let Ahab beware of Ahab; beware of thyself, old man.” — Moby-Dick, or The Whale, Herman Melville* … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Harps on a Whale of an Allegory

After a long hard Thursday in the US of eating turkey and trying desperately to not talk about politics with our family we’ve come to the most American of all holidays: Black Friday. Where bargains and worker abuses abound and … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Stuffed

Happy Thanksgiving to all of our ‘Murican Avocadoes! If you’re anything like me, you’re traveling to some misbegotten place in dread and/or anticipation of seeing relatives or friends and having nice, polite conversations about politics. Or sportsball. Or whatever. It’s … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Has A Nice, Quiet Dinner With Family & Friends

Yesterday, Trump decided to support Roy Moore over the several (then) underage women that Roy preyed upon…Trump cites Moore’s denial. Most of you will remember that Trump was in a similar situation himself. Several accusers, his solitary denial…as result many … Continue reading In this Wednesday political thread, birds of a feather flock together…

Sorry guys, no catchy title or header today. Here is the place to talk about all the political news of the day, so let’s get to it. As always, be excellent to each other, only flag those posts what break … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread

It’s been a year and 10 days since life started feeling a lot hotter around the edges and I started smelling brimstone every time I watch CNN. What fresh hell will this week bring? More sexual predators ousted from their … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is in Hell

♪ Splinter taught them to be ninja teens (He’s a radical rat!) Leonardo leads, Donatello does machines (That’s a fact, Jack!) Raphael is cool but crude (Gimme a break!) Michaelangelo is a party dude (Party!) ♪ — Teenage Ninja Mutant … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Answers ‘What Is Art?’

Good morning everyone and Happy Friday! I want to take a moment here to give credit to all of the brave women and men who have come forward to tell their personal stories of assault, and draw attention to those … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Cares About Its Constituents

Come now, there’s no way these people are so clueless they can’t see the optics of this. Million Dollar Man Steven Mnuchin and his wife, Louise Linton, did a photo shoot at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing which was … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Plays The Heel

There is an old television trope…if you have two really unpopular characters…you put them together in a relationship in an effort to cancel out their separate horribleness and boost their popularity. The GOP…has decided to roll this into their legislative … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread is a two for one deal

Boy, yesterday sure was busy! Another woman came forward with even more damning allegations about Roy Moore, people kept smashing their very expensive coffee machines to teach the company some kind of lesson (?), the US President continues to be … Continue reading Let the Tuesday Politics Thread Slide Into Your DMs

It’s only fair since the president of the United States is apparently a Mean Girl now. As Trump’s trip to Asia winds up he’s going to be back in the US to tweet more of his teenage diary out to … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Making Fetch Happen

♪ Well I was smashing rock in the burning sun Ninety-nine years and my work ain’t done Lift a nine-pound hammer high above my head Swing it on down like a ton of lead If I get out I won’t … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Does Some Serene Vetting

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! There’s too much news, and I’m a bit busy at work, so I’ll leave it to you guys to start sharing the crazy amounts of news that we’ve been getting this week. And what … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Six Thumbs Up

The Thursday Politics Thread is here for you to vent your outrage. Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Issued A Gag Order

In the supposedly hotly contested Virginia governor’s race, Northam won +9 decided victory over Ed Gillespie’s Trump-like campaign. Apparently sanctuary cities and confederate statues held a lesser value to Virginians over death from poor healthcare and being shot in church … Continue reading In this Wednesday Political Thread, Virginia is for lovers not for Donald Trump SAD!