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BEND THE KNEE
Watching Vance at the VP debate dodge questions about immigration and smoothly lying about Trump’s economic record made me realize: he has become Reek from “Game of Thrones.”
Michael Ian Black is an actor, comedian, and writer who also thinks the government is lying about UFOs.
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GAME OVER
Donald Trump is not a real American. He’s not even a good American. He is the worst of us enraptured, like Narcissus, with his own mirage.
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PERFECT TIMING
No wonder American life expectancy is declining. These presidential campaigns are killing us. We need a few months off from incessant bickering, name-calling, and fart-sniffing.
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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?
I have tried for nine long years to understand Trump’s appeal. I was assured that I would understand if only I could escape my echo chamber. So I tried. And tried.
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PEOPLE POWER
When my wife got cancer, our financial lives were saved because of my actors’ union health insurance. My union doesn’t hold its members’ hands, but it’s got our backs.
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TALK SOUP
How will Harris handle Trump’s petulance, his interruptions, his lies? Will she go high when he goes low? Or will she reach out and grab him by the covfefe? I hope she does.
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PIZZA & PLAYSTATION
There’s got to be no better job in the world for a middle-aged dude with plenty of disposable income and a jet at his disposal. Best get on with the drum lessons from Dave Grohl!
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TUMBLEWEED
Everything about Trump’s attempt at a stand-up routine has grown stale: the lies, the feeble insults, the meandering riffs that don’t lead to a punchline.
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LUTEFISK FOR EVERYONE!
For a Jersey boy like myself who grew up flipping to anybody who looked at you sideways, Minnesotans’ niceness is inexplicable. But my wife is from there—it is utterly genuine.
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DON’T DISS DOLLY!
OK, J. D. Vance: When did we begin equating fertility with patriotism? And, if Republicans are so keen on people having kids, why would the party cut family assistance programs?