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TGIF: Vladimir, STOP!
We bid adieu to the woke pope. Trump embraces Deportation Nation. Young’uns fall in love with the right. RFK Jr. gets a win. Harvard teaches Chinese…
April 25, 2025
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Homegrown Criminals
Republicans head to El Salvador, Bernie goes to Coachella, Trump sets his sights on Harvard, the White House hosts Holy Week, RFK Jr. gets to the bottom…
April 18, 2025
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TGIF: Yippy and Afraid
Americans are sent to sweatshops, Gen Z goes to church, Mississippi becomes the education capital of the world, real showers are back, our military is…
April 11, 2025
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Our Beef Is Beautiful
Trump tariffs the world. Elon’s baby mama demands more. Mike Waltz doesn’t learn his lesson. Gayle King goes to space. Merit-based admissions are back…
April 4, 2025
Nellie Bowles
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…
March 28, 2025
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…
March 21, 2025
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…
March 14, 2025
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…
March 7, 2025
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.
February 28, 2025
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…
February 21, 2025
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…
February 14, 2025
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…
February 7, 2025
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…
January 31, 2025
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…
January 24, 2025
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…
January 17, 2025
Nellie Bowles
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…
January 10, 2025
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…
January 3, 2025
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.
December 27, 2024
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…
December 20, 2024
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…
December 13, 2024
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…
December 6, 2024
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Thankful Edition
Dr. Jill Biden, Kamala’s campaign, and parks. There’s a lot to be grateful for in 2024.
November 29, 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.
November 22, 2024
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…
November 15, 2024
Nellie Bowles
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