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Hello and Welcome back to Fridays! The Midterms Happened and it looks like we kicked ass! Today’s Trans Artist is Brigette Bond! A dancer and singer in Jazz and Ska clubs all around the world she was the inspiration for … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread For The Masses
Mornin’ Politocadoes! For those who have valued their mental health and stay off Twitter, it’s been chaotic, to say the least since Elon Musk took over. His bizarre plan to toss out the old verification system, which helped weed out … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Not Verified By Twitter Blue
Midterm Discussion Thread for the record, but also let me know what happened in the comments below 🍹 Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread After Tuesday
We made it to Election Day people, let’s celebrate!! Now that that’s done, we can collectively wring our hands!! Ok, I listened to the Opening Arguments podcast yesterday (because I’m a patron and got it early) and it helped me … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is trying to remain calm
Achieving Reproductive Justice Is Also a Fight for Citizenship It’s no coincidence that the anti-abortion faction is moving in lock step with detractors of critical race theory, as well as those actively working to erode voting and LGBTQ rights. Whether … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Demands the Blue Checkmark
Hi friends. I have a lot going on, so have a bird and a weekend politics thread, and please be sure to vote on Tuesday, or earlier if possible. Check your voter registration status here: https://www.vote.org/am-i-registered-to-vote/. Happy posting! Continue reading The WPT Urges You to Vote
Hello and Welcome back to Fridays! This is endgame, it’s the last few days before midterms are over and it’s imperative to vote. Today’s Trans Artist is Peach Rings! Her Powerpop shreds and should be up the alley of anyone … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is The Taste
Mornin’ Politocadoes! In a not particularly surprising development, in the e-mails that John Eastman was ordered to hand over to the January 6th Committee, Trump’s lawyers concluded that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas would be the key to overturning the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is The Key To All This
Yesterday was a special day in the SaragossaManuscript household, much fun was had, and this rough beast of a header slouches its way to completion at 7am, its complete non-existence having awoken me in fright several hours earlier. The bed … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Gathers Dust
WE HAVE MADE IT TO NOVEMBER!!! WE ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH!!! Oh I can’t wait for the midterms to be done. Wreaking havoc with my anxiety. Make sure you have a plan to vote if you haven’t voted already! … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread hits the post-Halloween candy sales
The Day of the Dead isn’t Halloween. Here are its roots, from Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican celebration. Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but Mexico’s famous holiday is actually a lively commemoration of the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Halloween
Howdy, friends. Tensions have been running a bit high lately, and understandably so. I wanted to share some advice that I have turned to a lot over the last few years, advice I got right here in the PT. During … Continue reading The WPT Takes a Breath
Hello, and welcome back to Fridays! it’s been raining all week here with no real signs of stopping. I love it most of the time but hoooo it can get real miserable when it comes down hard! Today’s Trans Artist … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread is Back From Underwater
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Well, you win some, you lose some. Senator Lindsay Graham may have gotten a reprieve from testifying (for the moment) in the Electoral Fraud case in Georgia, but it would appear that Mark Meadows is less lucky. A … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Is Ordered To Testify
I’ve been so wrapped up in a photo archival project that I’ve hardly had time to appreciate all of your contributions to the PT lately. These observations of our political moment will surely last for some time to come, so … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread is Gonna Live Forever
I know we did this to death yesterday, but I love this twitter account. Remember Jacob Wohl? Yeah….there are no hipster coffee places in the state penitentiary. Can’t wait to hear how much your fellow inmates love The Idiot, though! … Continue reading Tuesday’s Politics thread is here
Maybe It’s Time To Stop Plagiarizing Mexican Fashion Ralph Lauren is the latest in a seemingly endless series of brands to reportedly appropriate Indigenous Mexican designs. Huffpost The Redstockings: How the First Abortion Speak-Out Revolutionized Activism Fifty years ago, women … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has Outlasted PM Truss
I’ve got to work in the morning, so this is gonna be a brief one, friends. Talk about politics below. Have a good weekend! Continue reading The WPT Doesn’t Have Time to be Clever
Yeah, it’s too easy this week. BoJo might come back. TFG is always lurking. Putin still ain’t gone. But Lula’s on the horizon, right? Give a Hoot, don’t hog poggle. Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread remembers the Salad Days
Mornin’ Politocadoes! Every once in a while I look over the pond to the UK and see what they’re up to. It’s a sad state of affairs when two of the world’s oldest democratic countries seem to be teetering on … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Loses Truss In The System
Nigeria Floods Kill Hundreds and Displace Over a Million Nigeria is suffering its worst flooding in a decade, with vast areas of farmland, infrastructure and 200,000 homes partly or wholly destroyed. At least 603 people have died, more than 2,400 … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Precipitates Change
