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Sep 14

Spartacus Has Left the Building

Mitt Romney announced his plans to retire from the Senate, and he’ll take one of the last vestiges of GOP norms with him. To mark the occasion, let’s recall the moment Mitt stood, and stood alone, for what was right during Trump’s first impeachment. The following is an excerpt from…

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Spartacus Has Left the Building
Spartacus Has Left the Building
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Apr 25

Drunk History

The Next Culture War Has Arrived and It Will Drive You to Drink Bud Light recently sent some beers to a transgender influencer named Dylan Mulvaney. Since this is America in 2023, when ethics and intellect are as watered-down as the beer in question, all hell broke loose. Vox: The…

Drinking

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Drunk History
Drunk History
Drinking

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Apr 25

Tuck Off

In a move that has everyone from viewers to industry insiders asking, What the actual Tuck?, Fox News has parted ways with Tucker Carlson. The move is obviously connected to the tuck-load of cash Fox just lost in the Dominion lawsuit. Even with that tuck-ton payout, it’s a total mindtuck…

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Tuck Off
Tuck Off
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Apr 8

Tennessee Ya Later, Agitator

Here’s how it’s supposed to work. People vote for the representatives they want to see in government and then those elected officials serve their terms. The party with control of a political body is not supposed to expel other electees. Of course, we absolutely need some exceptions to this integral…

Tennessee

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Tennessee Ya Later, Agitator
Tennessee Ya Later, Agitator
Tennessee

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Apr 6

The Clarence Thomas Playlist

Two Tickets To Paradise by Eddie Money Holiday by Madonna Travelin’ Man 1961 by Ricky Nelson Come Fly With Me by Frank Sinatra The Passenger by Iggy Pop Come Away With Me by Norah Jones Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter Paul and Mary Road to Nowhere by Talking…

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The Clarence Thomas Playlist
The Clarence Thomas Playlist
Law

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Apr 4

Arraign Drops Keep Falling on My Head

We are in the same tent as the clowns and the freaks — that’s show business. — Edward R. Murrow You’re under arrest. And unlike the former president arraigned on Tuesday, you are not free to return to your normal life until proven guilty. The handcuffs the media shackled on…

Politics

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Arraign Drops Keep Falling on My Head
Arraign Drops Keep Falling on My Head
Politics

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Mar 31

Teflon Gone

Trump is Indicted. Which Means We’ll Be Doing More Hard Time. — The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward Rikers. Teflon Don has finally shown a crack in the protective layer that prevented him from being forced to answer for his misdoings. Sadly, so too has cracked the much more porous layer that partially sealed our consciousness…

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Teflon Gone
Teflon Gone
Trump

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Mar 18

We All Come Crumblin’ Down

I saw John Mellencamp in SF last night. He’s 71 now, but the smoking has added a few years to that number. He’s always been a hit machine and a song writing savant, but what makes seeing him at this stage especially interesting is that so much of his early…

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Oct 28, 2022

The Bird Is Fried

Oh, what Elon strange trip it’s been. After months of top of the news wrangling, Elon Musk celebrated the purchase of the company he was essentially forced to buy with the tweet, “The bird is freed.” So why do I feel like our goose is cooked? Journalists make up a…

Elon Musk

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The Bird Is Fried
The Bird Is Fried
Elon Musk

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Sep 19, 2022

The Tears of a Crown

What’s the big deal about the Queen? Here’s an idea. In History of the World, Part 1, Mel Brooks famously states, “It’s good to be the king.” After watching fictional shows like Game of Thrones and the coverage of the real life monarchy, it seems to me that royalty is…

Queen

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The Tears of a Crown
The Tears of a Crown
Queen

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