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TGIF: A weekly humor column
The news isn’t necessarily good. But it’s always funny with Nellie Bowles.
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TGIF: The Lame Duck
President Biden is sunsetting. President-elect Musk is revving up. The Ayatollah is tweeting like a Tumblr girl. H5N1 hits Louisiana, Ketanji takes…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: It All Comes Out
Janet Yellen admits we’re in the red, immigration is in fact very high, Elizabeth Warren thinks the UHC CEO had it coming, Rudy can’t get a cab home…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Pardon Me?
America’s president, Dr. Jill, pardons Hunter. An executive is shot; people celebrate. Test scores plummet. Pamela Anderson looks great. RFK Jr. bares…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Thankful Edition
Dr. Jill Biden, Kamala’s campaign, and parks. There’s a lot to be grateful for in 2024.
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: The Ten-Pound Brain Administration
The tales of Ann Selzer, Matt Gaetz, Jeff Bezos, Allison Pearson, Ramon Rivera, Gabrielle Union, Bernie Sanders, RFK Jr., and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong.
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Department of Eat My Shorts
Trump’s picks go from normal to weird to weirder. Kamala Harris spent money like a Connecticut horse girl. Elon Musk is president. Biden is finally…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Our Campaign Was Perfect
A night to remember, a campaign to memory-hole, and a rightward shuffle that would make the Electric Slide blush. Plus: a media in mourning, CA’s…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: We’re All Garbage
Panic at WaPo, mystery fires at ballot boxes in Portland, civics class at the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, and much, much more.
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: The McDonald’s Election
Trump works the fries, the USDA refocuses, the national debt balloons, Canada kills, Kamala enlists a Brit, Facebook does some censoring for old times…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Super Heavy Booster
Trump’s latest scheme, Walgreens’ swan song, Russell Brand’s Wi-Fi amulets, J.D.’s dossier, Kamala’s non-plagiarism, and much, much more.
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Yes, They Can Control the Weather
Kamala’s teleprompter bows out, FEMA’s broke, the intifada will be globalized at the Anthropologie by Pear Lane in Palo Alto, Russiagate lives, and…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Justice for Bear 402
Catastrophe in the Southeast, the VP snoozefest, Doug the Dog, and your right to yell ‘fire’ in a crowded theater. Plus: Leave the pornographers alone.
Katie Herzog
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