So, right, why the heck is the Weekend PT about Switzerland? Well, because I happen to be Swiss, and despite our reputation generally being as politically very boring, I can promise you that we have our own blood-boiling shit-shows going … Continue reading The Weekend PT Is Angry at Switzerland

Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! So the Tories received something of a mandate in the UK elections yesterday, which is bad. As an American, I’m somewhat confused by how things work, but it sounds like the majority of the … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Does Not Congratulate

Yeah, there’s no debate. Just a bunch of people who are in this moment doing the right thing. Except wait, are there some who aren’t? Those aren’t clowns, Grum! Those are the Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee and … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Debates Impeachment

Donald Trump himself is Democrats’ star witness   Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Donald Trump is finally a star “witness”

Forgot about this thread today, so here’s a quick one. Hey remember when that Republican lawyer man brought his very important serious documents to an impeachment hearing in a grocery bag? There’s probably some good jokes there, huh? We still … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Unpacks Its Grocery Bag

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/-saturday-night-live-reimagines-nato-as-high-school-lunchroom-74733637912 SNL, as usual, has its finger on the pulse of the nation. Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Doesn’t Want to Sit With Trump

Anna: I spent an entire week not noticing I’d invented a new day of the year. November 31st was actual fake news, but a lot of dumb shit is right now. I’d like to think I am decent at detecting … Continue reading The Weekend PT Doesn’t Know Where To Find News

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! I’m going to be serious for a second here when I say that I’m glad to be a part of this community, and genuinely look forward to spending time with you all on a … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Brings You Love

Morning Politocadoes! Yes, it’s the House Judiciary Impeachment Hearing, alright.And as they did for Bill Clinton’s Impeachment and Richard Nixon’s, the House once again consulted the Constitution, as if we hadn’t been doing that since Day 1 of Hellworld. Did … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Consults The Constitution

World leaders caught on camera appearing to joke about Trump     Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread, Three World Leaders Walk Into Bar…

Sorry, no attempt at a clever header from me this time. Not really feeling up to it. Talk about the news and the politics and all that malarkey here. We still need good news, so if something good happens in … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is No Malarkey, You’re the Malarkey

Is it 2020 yet? Cable News Mentioned Michael Bloomberg More This Month Than It Did Andrew Yang The Entire Year Bloomberg reportedly received some 4,486 mentions on cable news in November, compared to Yang’s 2,167 mentions during the entire race. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Already Sick of Bloomberg

11/30-11/31 Anna: Well Monty, I thought for our inaugural header, in honor of the holiday weekend we should maybe say what we’re thankful for, politically. It’s often a dreary, soul-crushing area of interest, but good things happen too. In my … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Announces an Election

Good morning everyone, and Happy F-Ughhhhhhh….too much Turkey and beer….must…go back…to sleep…America… flag… Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Thankful For Advil

Morning Politocadoes! Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day today with a spasm of gluttony so profound it brings a tear to our country’s collective eye. Unless something really stupid happens, I suspect that activity on the thread will be relatively low. Since … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Wishes You A Happy Turkey Day

  Most Americans Think Trump Committed An Impeachable Offense Continue reading The Wednesday Political Thread Never Wants to Dance Again Guilty Feet Ain’t Got No Rhythm

As was clammed yesterday, a federal judge ruled that Don McGahn, former White House counsel, has to comply with a subpoena and testify before the House. Now, the Department of Justice is appealing it, and even if he goes he’ll … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Must Testify

What could possibly go wrong? This was spur of the moment, as all presidential campaigns are, so I’m going to need suggestions from the audience. Should we run on: Kittens gifs for everyone Memes for everyone Destroying Kinja Enslaving the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Joining the 2020 Presidential Race

♬ Spread the word around Guess who’s back in town ♬ — “The Boys Are Back in Town,” Thin Lizzy Two score and fourteen weeks ago, your hortatory Weekend Politics Thread host hung up his quill and sleeve garters. He … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Speculates on Sycophancy

Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! So, what we’ve learned this week is:  As long as you say you’re not committing any crimes while you’re committing a crime, you’re good to go.  As long as the crime fails due to … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Did Not Commit Any Crimes

Morning Politocadoes! The Impeachment Trial continued yesterday with the public hearings of Amb Gordson Sondland, Defense Dept. Official Laura Cooper, and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs David Hale. Cooper’s testimony was damning, through e-mails from her staff it … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread WANTS NOTHING