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July 9, 2026
If Other Jobs Were Like U.S. Senator
No one has seen or heard from your dentist in months, but he has been making stock trades.
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July 7, 2026
Fix This Travesty, FIFA!
Why win fair and square when the president can make a call?
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July 1, 2026
A Surreal Day at the Great American State Fair
I drank a can of Phorm Energy Screamin’ Freedom, and I may never sleep again.
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June 25, 2026
One Metaphor to End Them All
The Reflecting Pool is an image so perfect, it feels as though symbolism as a whole gave up and decided to sign off.
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June 17, 2026
Are You There, God? It’s Me, J. D. Vance, and I Have Some Notes.
A convenient conversion story
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June 15, 2026
And Now a Few Words From Our Former Presidents on UFC 250
What would Thomas Jefferson say?
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June 9, 2026
A Helpful Guide to Fair Elections From the Supreme Court Majority
Your congressional maps should be red all over. That’s the color a map turns when it’s healthy.
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June 6, 2026
The First 18 Months
A Cabinet meeting with my son, who is exactly as old as the current administration
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June 5, 2026
Don’t Worry! That Was Almost Certainly the Last Graham Platner Scandal!
A very not-panicked note from the Platner campaign
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