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The "What happened in your state last year?" Megathread, 2020
Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread
Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Louisville Home Vandalized
Pro-Trump lawyer Lin Wood insists he is not insane after tweeting that Mike Pence should face execution by firing squad
Why is President Trump not facing charges for trying to subvert the election?
Why we can't just "move on": We need accountability for Donald Trump's misdeeds. We can't repeat President Obama's mistakes: There's no way to move forward without addressing the damage done
Mitch McConnell's Louisville home vandalized following his blockage of $2,000 checks
Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, Profiting Off Pandemic Pain, Are the Ugly Faces of GOP Corruption
U.S. government checks constituted 40% of farmers’ income in 2020: USDA
Lindsay Graham slammed Mitch McConnell for delaying $2,000 stimulus payments: 'Going from $600 to $2,000 doesn't make you a socialist'
62 percent of Americans blame GOP, Trump for $2K stimulus checks stalemate: poll
Congress should pass Puerto Rico statehood bill
Trump's Flagship Golf Resort Has Now Lost $61 million in Six Years
Trump Trouble For The GOP: President Declares Georgia Senate Races ‘Illegal And Invalid’
Citing the Pandemic, CBP Has Expelled Newborn U.S. Citizens With Their Migrant Mothers
US passes ‘historic’ anti-corruption law that effectively bans anonymous shell companies
McConnell blocks vote on $2,000 stimulus payments
‘Grace and humor’: The vice presidents who certified their own election losses
AOC says women are disproportionately scrutinized after Biden's Treasury pick Janet Yellen reveals she was paid $7 million in speaking fees
Opinion | The scary connection between Christian nationalism and Covid vaccine skepticism
Illinois starts new year by expunging nearly 500,000 marijuana arrest records
Trump rips ‘Pathetic!!!’ Senate GOP for blocking $2,000 checks
Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows ultimately convinced the President a mask mandate was a bad idea
Senate Democrats push for $2,000 stimulus checks as clock winds down on 116th Congress
Trump calls Georgia runoffs "invalid" as polls tighten, 3 Million Vote Early
Oceana report says Amazon has a ‘plastic problem’, pollutes oceans with 22 million pounds of plastics per year
Lindsey Graham criticizes McConnell over $2,000 stimulus checks, says it's "not socialism"

The "What happened in your state last year?" Megathread, 2020

Posted: 01 Jan 2021 02:20 PM PST

Hi there, /r/politics. Happy New Year!

Over the last year, you had the opportunity to discuss local political news in the "What happened in your state last week?" megathreads every Monday. I would like to give you all the opportunity to give /r/politics an insight into your state's most important political news stories of last year. What was in your opinion the most important story coming from your state? What happened in your state's downballot elections? Were there important votes passed, political events or other news? Feel free to tell us in the comments!

Since this is a thread intended for local politics, national news stories are not considered on topic, just like in the weekly threads. This means no news about national politicians, and especially means no news about Trump and/or Biden. Comments about national news stories will therefore be removed. If you see a comment from your state, but you think another news story was important as well, feel free to reply to that comment with that news story. Also, please review our civility guidelines before engaging with others.

That's all. On behalf of the /r/politics modteam I'd like to wish you all a happy new year, and I hope to see you all next Monday, in the first "What happened in your state last week?" megathread of 2021.

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Saturday Morning Political Cartoon Thread

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 08:00 AM PST

It's Saturday, folks. Let's all kick back with a cup of coffee and share some cartoons!

Feel free to share political cartoons in this thread. Besides our usual civility policy, there are three rules to follow:

Every top-level comment must contain a political cartoon. This means no text-only top-level comments.
It must be an original cartoon. This means no photographs, no edited cartoons, no memes and no image macros. OC is allowed, as is animation.
Each top-level comment should only have a maximum of 3 cartoons.

That's all. Enjoy your weekend!

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Sen. Mitch McConnell’s Louisville Home Vandalized

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 07:39 AM PST