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TGIF

The news isn’t necessarily good. But it’s always funny with Nellie Bowles.

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TGIF: 👊🇺🇸🔥
A Waltz to remember in Yemen, a date night in Greenland, a meltdown in Australia, Eid al-Fitr in England, Venezuelan grocery stores in New York, Irish…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Passed Peak Intelligence
Trump’s economy is less than golden. Dem polls hit rock bottom. The Teslas are being torched. We’re getting dumber. Harvard offers remedial math. And…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Everything’s Computer
Stock prices go down, tariffs go up, MAHA comes for fast food, ICE comes for Khalil, AOC shrinks interest rates, Rahm and Gavin reach for the vast…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Scam Nation
Trump backs a federal crypto reserve, the Tate brothers come home, Gavin Newsom swings right, RFK Jr. goes pro-vax, ‘carbon fundamentalism’ is the…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Gold Bars, Gold Stars, Gold Cards
BP says drill, baby, drill; measles part II; kids are scared of God again; spy agencies are no longer a sex club; and reverse racism is here to stay.
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: War Games
Trump abandons Ukraine, Elon blanks his baby mamas, the free speech king suggests free speech jail, and Trevor Noah argues for segregation. Plus: ASMR…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Be (My Limestone) Mine?
America’s the new Mexico, cocaine’s the new whiskey, and hospitals are where you go to be killed. Plus: DOGE vendettas, chicken nugget immunity, and…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Mar-a-Gaza
Trump plans the Riviera of the Middle East, and the DOGE boys air the bureaucracy’s dirty laundry. Plus: Pronouns keep dropping, TurboTax gets a MAGA…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: War Room Correspondent
Trump throws the doors to the press room wide open. His administration says ‘nuh-uh’ to MAHA. The Colombian president drops some slam poetry. Britain…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: I Solemnly Swear
Trump took the oath, Biden pardoned Fauci, Ross Ulbricht walked free, China cut the cord, TikTok got more time, Kemi ate lunch, the Constitution got a…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Hard Pivot
Biden bids adieu. Zuckerberg takes the red pill. Poor Meghan Markle can’t catch a break. DEI and the LA fires. A new town just for January 6ers. And…
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TGIF: Hellfire
The policies that broke California. Meta’s fact-checkers head to Texas. David Muir cinches his waist. Jimmy Carter’s cliquey funeral. And much, much…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Three Days In, Two Terrorist Attacks and a Subway Shove
Catching up with the Reality Czars, Barbara Broccoli, the President of the American Egg Board, the Global Engagement Center, the UK’s very effective…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Welcome to America, Greenland
The first MAGA schism, Gaetz exposed, Yahya Sinwar shirts for sale at Walmart, Asma’s healing journey, papal geopolitics, and much, much more.
Nellie Bowles
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…
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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…
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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
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