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  • Which part of project 2025 is your favorite

    Dear Friends in Freedom (or what’s left of it), Let’s talk about Project 2025—because what better way to start the day than with a light dose of political dread wrapped in a bureaucratic bow?…

  • Straight out of Dictator’s Playbook

    By Someone Who Still Reads Books and Doesn’t Bow to Golden Statues of Grifters Congratulations, America! If you’ve been losing sleep over whether or not we’re teetering on the edge of authoritarianism, worry no…

  • penguin financial services

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PENGUINS SLAP BACK: PENGUIN FINANCIAL SERVICES LAUNCHES IN RESPONSE TO HISTORICALLY UNFAIR TARIFFS ON UNINHABITED ISLAND “The most unjust tax in the history of taxation, and we’re birds, so we know…

  • history doesn’t repeat itself, but it sure does rhyme

    From Hitler to Trump: What Grievance Politics and Authoritarian Messaging Have in Common. Let’s get one thing straight up front: Donald Trump is not Adolf Hitler. He didn’t start a world war (but is…

  • the cookie cabinet chronicle

    Here’s your extra gooey, sarcasm-drenched newsletter, piping hot from the oven of absurdity: Because nothing says “public service” like fresh-baked emotional support snacks. BREAKING: Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum Needs Warm Chocolate Chip…

  • in praise of libraries and the magic they hold

    There weren’t a lot of luxuries in the small town where I grew up—but we had a library. And let me tell you, that little building held more treasure than any mall, movie theater,…

  • ten reasons to ignore the collapse of our economy and government

    I went to the dentist recently. Nice enough guy—white, late 30s, the kind of man whose golf handicap is probably more important to him than, say, voting rights or the climate crisis. While I…

  • The sack of bricks bulletin

    “Heavy on sarcasm, light on IQ points.” Breaking News: Elon Musk Calls Peter Navarro ‘Dumber Than a Sack of Bricks’ And honestly? The bricks are offended. In a rare moment of clarity (or maybe…

  • ladies, wake the hell up

    I cannot believe I have to say this in 2025, but here we are. While far too many women are obsessing over the perfect shade of gel polish or the latest TikTok contour trend,…