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Quincy Wagstaff
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Whatever it is, I'm against it.
A man or, in this case, a pathetically needy toddler occupying a decaying proto-corpse.
People think tyrants rage because they're strong.

But the truth is they only rage when they know the room will absorb it.

Mamdani didn't absorb it.
So Trump didn't rage.

Fear is the oxygen of authoritarianism.

Take it away, and even a strongman starts to sound like a man.

~ Bruce Fanger ~
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
So, class, any guesses as to which drug the Grubernor is on? Place your bets, ladies and gents! "Nacodoches is full of roaches / Deep in the heart of Techs-ass". Yee-hah! www.thedailybeast.com/maga-governo...
MAGA Governor Threatens Tariffs on ‘Fleeing’ New Yorkers
The Texas governor fears that people will move into the state after the city’s mayoral election.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
So, how's the Old Time Pro-Family and Pro-Life Religion going for y'all down thar in "The land of the boll weevil / Where the laws are medieval"? People are asking. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Louisiana officials waited months to warn public of whooping cough outbreak
After a whooping cough outbreak killed two infants, Louisiana health officials waited months to officially alert physicians or do public outreach. That's not the typical public health response.
www.npr.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
So, students, how dead does irony have to be before it's actually dead? This is an essay question. www.facebook.com/share/v/1A9B...
October 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I abso-fraggin-loutely assure you that this is satire. Maybe. For now, anyway. open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Mike Johnson Has no Comment After Trump Demolishes His Home
Johnson had reportedly been asleep when a backhoe came crashing through the wall of his master bedroom.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Oh, look, class: a "mishap." Bits of Howitzer on a public highway. Just a li'l ol' boo-boo. Or maybe a Series of Unfortunate Events. Darn that ol' Newsom guy for closing the freeway; no sense of fun. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
October 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The ol' professor hates to harsh your marshmellow today, but this is where we are now. "We have assumed for some time that the Confederacy never really went away; it just switched parties. We should carry no doubts going forward about this difficult truth." open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
Keystone Klansmen
Another day, another bombshell of a leaked private GOP group chat
open.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Make sure you watch the whole thing, class. And put down your phones, gol darn it. xcancel.com/merriamwebst...
xcancel.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"The next war will be fought with a green screen! And AI!"
October 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Kegsbreth will deliver a lecture on the guitar warrior ethos. People are saying, substack.com/app-link/pos...
Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands
Military personnel were seen trading in automatic weapons for mandolins and zithers.
substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Now, obviously, everybody watching is only thinking about my mustache right now" Nah. They were thinking of this guy. He also knows nothing! www.rawstory.com/alex-jones-2...
September 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"You don't pull on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask of that ol' Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Kyle's Mom" #southpark @southparkwiki.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Also bourbon and some minor hallucinogens. People are saying. www.borowitzreport.com/p/study-link...
Study Links Trump Being President to Increased Use of Tylenol
News from Medicine
www.borowitzreport.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
"Soon, the only comedian left on TV will be Karoline Leavitt." - Andy Borowitz. And most of her material sounds better in the original German. Or Chinese. Or Russian, as the case may be.

And, hey: who spells "Caroline" with a "K," anyway? I mean, was the idea to make it fit better with Klan?
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"Don't step on my blue suede shoes, or you'll disappear to a concentration camp in Uganda" www.borowitzreport.com/p/ice-goes-u...
ICE Goes Undercover in Memphis
An exclusive first look at their latest operation.
www.borowitzreport.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On today's episode of "I'm Not Making this Up, You Know": Putin's poop police and life with a knife. open.substack.com/pub/davebarr...
Men and Medical Care
Good luck with that.
open.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I have a dream: some day people will be able to tell the difference between science fantasy movies and science. I mean, heck, a professor can dream, can't I? (Link to non-paywalled version of article from MIT Technology Review) archive.today/7hnUL
archive.today
September 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
But, hey, the Genetically Fit will survive, amirite? Also, of course, anybody with lots of money because only Genetically Superior people can become rich. Too bad there's not a Sanity Clause. www.livescience.com/health/virus...
'We have basically destroyed what capacity we had to respond to a pandemic,' says leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm
Live Science spoke with leading epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about his new book, "The Big One," which discusses the next pandemic and how to mitigate its harm.
www.livescience.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Final speech from Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," 1940. 'Nuff said. youtu.be/J7GY1Xg6X20?...
Charlie Chaplin - Final Speech from The Great Dictator
YouTube video by Charlie Chaplin
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I think he meant to say "“If they confirmed Hegseth they’ll confirm a big of dog poop.” 'Couse, you could say they already have. More than once. www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-name...
Trump Names Ghislaine Maxwell Attorney General
"Pam said there’s a client list, and Ghislaine said there isn't. So I have decided Ghislaine would be better at this job than Pam."
www.borowitzreport.com
August 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
By George Y. Wells, I will stand firm on the conviction that fish are not pets. Also yeast, unless you use it to make beer. davebarry.substack.com/p/pets?publi...
Pets
They are not all created equal.
davebarry.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"he’s a feeble old man who likes to wander around on top of buildings, and the Russian likes pushing people off them.” Pfui, say I. Putin doesn't like pushing people off buildings.

He likes pushing them out of windows. So there. open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...
Russian Lures Confused Old Man to Alaska in Elder Scam
“We’re afraid the Russian will trick him into signing something away," said an associate of the geriatric dupe.
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Don't ya just hate it when they don't listen to ya? Sheesh. xcancel.com/mrmichaelspi...
Michael Spicer (@MrMichaelSpicer)
the room next door - When Donald Trump was Called Out
xcancel.com
August 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM