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Sometimes you have to buck the trend — in a good way! Faced with rising cases of COVID, North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County decided to stop waiting for state governor Roy Cooper to issue more stringent warnings and announced their own … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Goes Rogue
Fuck Nazis. Fuck Trump. Hail Satan. Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread
Really good header here:https://the-avocado.org/2021/01/11/how-to-lose-friends-and-piss-off-congress-a-monday-polotics-thread/ But comments messed up so new PT time. Continue reading Politics Thread 2: The Return!
Trump’s demoralized staff count down the final days President Donald Trump has lost the support of many former loyalists in his administration after a riot at the U.S. Capitol that he helped provoke, and his White House is in “meltdown” … Continue reading How to Lose Friends and Piss Off Congress: a Monday Polotics Thread
Welcome to the end of what feels like the end of a year that fit into a week, everyone. Monday was the President of the United States pressuring a state to overturn its election in his favor, Wednesday was the … Continue reading The Replacement Weekend Politics Thread Waits For What’s Next
Well, the first week of 2021 has been a doozy, eh? I would like to congratulate the state of Georgia on voting for 2 fine senate candidates and getting rid of 2 criminal ones. And yay, Biden and Harris are … Continue reading Friday Politics Thread: Insurrection
Morning Politocadoes, In what should have been a pro forma joint session of Congress on Wednesday, the Capitol was overtaken by seditious thugs set loose by the sitting President. Unable and unwilling to concede defeat, he has once again ginned … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread After The Attempted Coup
It’s not a slow news day, and here’s a new PT to prevent Disqus from borking. There’s a bunch of seditious terrorists who’ve been storming the capitol all day and one woman has died. Trump gave a really shitty speech … Continue reading Jan 6, 2021 Overnight Politics Thread: The Coup of the Epiphany
It is a Friday evening and I find myself on an agency assist and in front of a house patrolled by the university police. I responded for a report of shooting at this residence. What I see is several cars … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread: Behold A Pale Idiot…And Stupid Followed With Him
Honestly, I’m sick of thinking of time as a line. I’m more interested in flat circles. Speaking of: Y’all been following what’s been happening in Belarus? I’ll let NPR explain in succinct (if gentle) terms: “Women have been at the … Continue reading The Tuesday PT Says Happy New Year I Guess
Paul Ryan excoriates planned GOP effort to challenge Biden’s Electoral College win as ‘anti-democratic and anti-conservative’ Former House Speaker Paul Ryan excoriated fellow Republicans Sunday in a rare statement that called planned GOP efforts to challenge President-elect Joe Biden’s win “anti-democratic … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Wants its 11,780 Votes
Here are some recent political headlines: Ontario’s finance minister resigns after returning from Caribbean vacation Kenney orders MLAs not to leave Canada unless on government business after minister’s vacation Despite premier’s calls for Quebecers to stay home, Liberal MNA Pierre … Continue reading The First Weekend Politics Thread of 2021
Happy New Year Politicadoes! Let’s try to fit all the 2021 political news into this one thread. Think of the time savings. There aren’t even any big elections this year, just VA and NJ gov and NYC Mayor (NY Yangkees!) … Continue reading The 2021 Politics Thread (or just Friday)
Happy New Year Politocadoes! We made it to the end. Here’s to hoping that things will be better. Which is really all we can do. The coronavirus is still ravaging the world, with a new variant having appeared in not … Continue reading The Last Thursday Politics Thread of 2020
I have a lot going on this week, so much of it unknown and that is the troubling part. It will all work out the way it is supposed to, I believe this much is true. I wish you all … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread: Waiting For The Light
Soon and very soon, we are going to see the Joe. Have at it, Politicadoes. Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread twiddles its fingers, waiting
The essential COVID-19 vaccine FAQ The largest vaccination campaign in United States history has begun protecting its first recipients against the novel coronavirus. Yet there are a number of logistics to be mapped out and questions answered before the country … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Averts a Shutdown, But is Still Being Cheap
The Trumps are the first First Family in over 100 years not to have a pet (in fact they’re the only presidential family without a pet besides Andrew Johnson and James K. Polk (and at least Polk was a “dark … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Welcomes Pets Back to the White House
The Friday Politics thread wishes you and yours a Happy Holiday season. And now, a present for you all. RoRo wants to remind you that this is still the PT, so be loving and don’t threaten violence on anyone. But … Continue reading The Christmas Day Politics Thread
Morning Politicadoes! It’s Christmas Eve! And that means all of the good boys and girls wait anxiously to see what Santa will bring them. But what if you’re a naughty child BUT you colluded in various shady dealings with the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Before Christmas
A few months back I mentioned that some of my fellow officers would get on me for having too much heart. That I was too kind for the line of work we were in. It seemed difficult for them to … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread: Letting Go Or Reaching Out
