Go forth and post! Post like the wind! Post while being nice to your fellow commenters and the mods and not threatening Mayor McSquirrel! You’re fr– well, maybe free is overselling it, but post, post, post! Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is a Little Friday, a Little Politics, a Little Threading

Oopsie! Be kind to each other and yourselves, Avocados, and remember site rules! Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Really Meant to Do a Header This Time! (7/10/25)

Happy Wednesday, y’all. Texas is feeling the impact of major flooding. Consider donating to relief efforts if you’re able. Otherwise, why not disappoint yourself with news before you disappoint yourself with more news? Elon Musk Hired a Dozen Texas Lobbyists … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Does Its Thing

Such as my office is, I’m not in it. I’m in the mountains at a writing retreat. I will probably be lurking a bit. Y’all take care of yourselves and each other. No threatening Mayor McSquirrel or anyone else. Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread is out of the office

Hi everyone.  I hope you’re enjoying your holiday weekend, even if there isn’t a lot to be excited about in terms of this whole United States thing at the moment.   Anyway, as usual, I come bearing some nature pics to … Continue reading The WPT is more of a Goose

Sure, there’s ‘freedom,’ and ‘equality,’ and ‘racism,’ and ‘fucking over poor people.’ But let’s take this July 4th and remember some forgotten, but no less important, American values using the crown jewel of artistic media: 1980’s music videos. Pat Benatar-Shadows … Continue reading The July 4th Politics Thread Celebrates Forgotten American Values, 80’s Style

Wednesday never wanders far from a Politicado’s worldview. Do your thing. Do what you want to do. Continue reading A Thursday Politics Thread Full of Woe

Welcome back to Wednesday. I’ve been doing a bit of traveling and supplementing that by actually doing things in Cordytown. Because of that, I have not been as engaged in the news as much these past few days — and … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Takes a Break

I am currently full of pizza. There are definitely worse ways to be, but I will admit I’m stress eating. So that Big, Beautiful, Bailout For Billionaires…where are we with that? I mean, I know our stance, but as of … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread says welcome to July!

Howdy, friends.  I’m back with some birds for everybody after my trip with family to the Jersey Shore.  I don’t want to be too grumpy about the fact that Ocean City is dry, but an unintended side effect is that … Continue reading The WPT has Got Legs for Miles

Be nice to each other, be nice to the mods, don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel. Clear eyes, full hearts, fuck MAGA. Let’s do this. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is a Politics Thread on a Friday

Take it easy out there today, Avocados! Be kind! Talk politics! Continue reading The Thursday PT Is Here (6/26/25)

It’s Wednesday. I don’t know what’s happening with the NYC mayor election, and honestly I don’t want to, so let’s talk about different things. For today’s header, we’re going to dive into the exciting world of copyright law! In what … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Doesn’t Copy That Floppy… It Transforms It

Ok, I think the problem with the idea is the lack in a way to get people who want a good job to do the same for others. 🤔 Let’s take that energy in to today. WOOO! JD Vance already … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics Thread used predictive text to come up with the next sentence

Its too hot to write. Be good to each other, don’t threaten Mayor McSquirrel, you know the drill. Have a good weekend, everyone. Continue reading The WPT 6-21-25

Happy Summer Solstice, Politicados! And Happy Winter Solstice to our friends in the Southern Hemisphere! And happy, uh, regular length day if you’re at the equator! Dance around a bonfire! Wear a flower crown! Hang out with your friends and … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Celebrates the Summer Solstice

I’ve been stuck for a proper Juneteenth header; luckily, Headphone Princess and Uvular kindly shared some thoughts from a previous year that I’m just going to repeat wholesale. First, some links: Second, Headphone Princess’s thoughts on her experiences with Juneteenth … Continue reading The Juneteenth Politics Thread Borrows Some Thoughts (6/19/25)

Happy Wednesday, all. A couple of months ago, I put out a call to the PT to consider supporting good journalism. And y’all had an incredible response, with your donations to ProPublica. This week, I thought I’d put out the … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Supports Journalism Again