Happy Friday everyone! Did I say winning? My bad, I meant losing. The United States will take a generation to fix all of the damage that the Trump administration has done. And then the ice caps will just melt anyway. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Tired of Winning

TRADE WARS Episode I The Phantom Hand of The Market Turmoil has engulfed the United States! The arbitrary imposition of tarriffs of certain goods by President Stable Genius,  to Europe and China is in dispute. Hoping to resolve the matter … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Goes To See A Trade War

We have a lot of big news stories to cover. 1. YouTube Active Shooter does not fit stereotypes https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/03/us/youtube-shooting.html A women shot three people and then killed herself at YouTube. It’s interesting that the reporting on this was first she … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Offers Our Thoughts and Prayers

I couldn’t come up with a snappy relevant title today. Something about how the President of these United States is in a pissing contest with Jeff Bezos because Bezos owns the Washington Post and the Post writes things critical of … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread

Yesterday was April Fool’s Day which meant you had to be extra suspect of everything you read on the internet. Now that the darkness has passed we can get back to the actual real stories of the President of the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Comes Back to Reality

♫ And now she walks as though she was Now she walks again with us Now she walks as though she was Newborn ♫ — “Newborn,” Guadalcanal Diary, 2×4 Happy Easter, Passover,* Opening Day, and belated Nowruz. Speaking of things … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Schools Some Fools

Happy Friday! Go for it. Do not threaten Mayor McSquirrel, please flag any harassment or spam you witness! Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Probes Sex Clams

Shulkin is out! In the latest game of Trump Administration Apprentice, the beleaguered, corrupt VA secretary was tossed out by President Stable Genius using his preferred method, Twitter. His replacement is everyone’s favorite “doctor” (well no, not the one that … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Chooses Personal Chemistry Over Traditional Qualifications

It’s no secret, I am not a Trump fan or even a GOP fan for that matter. However after two women that had consensual sexual relations with Trump have come forward, I find myself asking what is the point? Now … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post Files A Motion

My favorite — and by that I mean the thing that has left me shaking my head the hardest — thing from this past weekend was Rick Santorum’s assertion that marching to demand stricter gun control is not “doing something”, … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Takes a CPR Class

I considered making this about Stormy Daniels, and the truly depressing story of her relationship with the Spineless One running America right now, but as I sat there last night, wishing for death, I realized that this prurient examination of … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Ready For Its Close Up With President Mojo

♫ Building up to the larger point With an arrogance not rare or pretty We don’t declare the war on idleness When outside it’s cold and shitty ♫ — “Titanic Terrarium,” The Tragically Hip Your humble WPT host will do … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Takes ‘March’ Literally

  Keep in mind the Mayor McSquirrel rule and enjoy. Continue reading The Friday Political Thread Promises Not to Start a War

Morning Politocadoes! Here’s to Mark Zuckerberg, Silicon Valley wunderkind, noted grey t-shirt haver, Michael Cera impersonator, and  the man who thought he would be President. Remember that, folks? When he was just wandering around the Midwest just because he really … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Will Be Happy To Testify

Fox News (entertainment news according to Shepard Smith) has not been referred to a propaganda machine by Ralph Peters, a Fox News strategic analyst. Whatever you phrase you think accurately describes it, let’s be clear Fox is not real news. … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread is Just Entertainment News

I, for one, am shocked — SHOCKED — to hear that Facebook has known about the data breach for two years and basically said “oh yeah, we were totally gonna delete that, you guys, weird that it never happened”. I am … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread Wants Your Sweet, Sweet Data

Full pension, time to spend on my boat, the whole thing. Pretty sweet. It sure would be awful to be fired right now… If I die, remember to be kind to your fellow Avocados, flag for rule breaking and don’t … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Was Just 2 Days From Retirement

♪ A curse upon you Oliver Cromwell You who raped our Motherland I hope you’re rotting down in hell For the horrors that you sent To our misfortunate forefathers Whom you robbed of their birthright “To hell or Connaught” may … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Gets Its Irish Up

Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! There’s not much more to say about Trump’s administration at this point, except that it’s probably going to destroy us all through sheer incompetence. We’re losing one “level headed” General away from Trump pushing … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Has No Staff Turnovers

Sorry for the late post, busy at work. The US Senate has rolled back banking rules set in place after the 2008 financial crisis. Why anyone, particularly a certain subset of Democratic senators voted for this, is beyond me. I … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Makes It 2008 All Over Again

In a typical day for the Trump administration, key players were fired via tweets while the media and country tried to make sense of Trump’s irrational decisions. All the while, the Pennsylvania special election was looming in a district about … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post The Working Class Realizes Trump Isn’t Working