While this piece gets a little taken out of context at times in relation to what was being said… Looking back in history today, let’s hope we don’t rhyme too much. There are some significant events, such as in 1520 … Continue reading The Politics Thread Has Unusual Historical Connections

Anna: “Fun” fact: we debated between the Polish election and the Russian one, and it turns out Belarus has accused both countries of election interference in their election. But we’re going with Russia, because nothing says 2020 like extending presidential … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread is smiling, but it’s very fooking furious.

Good Morning Politicadoes. In the event that the Friday Politics Thread gets re-elected, it has many plans for its second term in office. First off, I’ll have talent. And experience. Did you know I only ever went to the Friday … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread looks ahead to a Second Term

Morning Politocadoes! The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the politicization of the Justice Department by Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday. The hearing saw testimonies from Aaron Zelinsky a former prosecutor for the US Attorney’s office in Baltimore, … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Bangs On A Table

Hi everyone, hope you’re doing well. We are a little over four months out from the 2020 United States elections. Elections for President, one third of the Senate, all of the House of Representatives, and some State and local offices. … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Begins Preparations

While we’re going through some big watershed moments right now and likely throughout the year, there are anniversaries of past ones to celebrate as well. Today back in 1960, the first contraceptive pills were made available in the US – … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Celebrates The Pill

Hi all, Anna is predisposed, so I’ll be tackling this alone. Realistically, I should be talking about Serbia’s parliamentary election, which the EU is decrying as a sham, but as someone born in 1989, I do not feel that I … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread goes vertical

Hi Politicadoes. Maybe it’s because the Friday Politics thread is old, or has an inner ear infection or something like that, but it just can’t handle meme spirals like it was younger. So let’s do our best to keep them … Continue reading The Friday Politics thread can’t spiral like it used to.

Morning Politocadoes! Former Ambassador and Former Trump NSA Director John Bolton has a book coming out. Oh cool, good for him. I mean, hey, Reince Preibus got one, so did Omarosa, why not the ‘Stache too? The book, an account … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread in: Return Of The ‘Stache

Hi everyone. I hope you’re doing well. Trigger warning / content warning – descriptions of violence and murder of Black Trans people This past week, the ongoing protests in support of Black lives and against police brutality have been taken … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread – Black Trans Lives Matter

In 1858, Abraham Lincoln is quoted as saying that “A house divided against itself cannot stand” as he accepted Illinois Republican Party’s nomination for the Senate As divided as we feel today, there are so many things going on showing … Continue reading The Politics Thread Descends That Escalator

I would like to go back to covering international events without being in a panic if I look away from US events for more than two minutes. I forget what it feels like. Anyway, I was going to make a … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread

In that I just woke up and realized I forgot to write this last night. Good Morning fellow Politicadoes! So, short and sweet. The world is still chaos. Let’s all remember to be empathetic, have peace, love and understanding, support … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread of Wokeness

Morning Politocadoes, As the world continues to grapple with the global pandemic and the protests against police brutality and systemic racism, a hot new sensation has been sweeping city after city. Statue after statue of various colonizing bastards, racists, and … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread and The Telltale Head

Hi everyone, hope you’re all doing well. So, I think it would still be weird at this moment to try and spotlight another new cause. We’ve all still got pretty much one issue on our mind, for good reason. So … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread Is Persisting

The human mind may not grapple with it well in placing context where it needs to be, but the Memorial Day weekend celebrations are now starting to manifest with incubation periods and indicators are showing some serious increases. CNN says … Continue reading The Politics Thread Sees The Uptick

Anna: Fuuuuuuuuuck this. Like, I could post a graph here of police brutality stats or something to be educational, but nah, we all know the problem. We have probably seen footage of cops using police brutality against people protesting them … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Pleads the Third