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      <title>Nolan's Heroes Fight the Trojan War and the Culture Wars</title>
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      <description>It would not be summer without right-wing culture warriors soiling themselves over at least one of the blockbuster films of the season.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 15:33:48 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>A Witness to History, in a Small Way</title>
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      <description>This is a nice little story.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:49:59 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Trump's Big Lie. Trump's Big Myth.</title>
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      <description>Plus: Another rant about the WHCD</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:04:40 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Want a Trad Wife? Here's Your Trad-Husband Checklist</title>
      <link>https://drudge.com/news/293431/want-trad-wife-heres-your-trad-husband</link>
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      <description>Modern men are demanding a job they're not qualified for.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:56:39 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>This Week in Schadenfreude: $3 Million, Up in Smoke?</title>
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      <description>Some, maybe many, people on the right have indulged in the fantasy that universities are left-wing brainwashing operations, and that professors have the power to turn students into wild-eyed radicals who are left of Marx and Trotsky.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:07:04 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>The Donnerboy Rule Goes National</title>
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      <description>The &lt;i&gt;Donnerboy&lt;/i&gt; Rule</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:30:06 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Black Lawmakers Feel Democrats Have Abandoned Them</title>
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      <description>&lt;b&gt;As an example of the fine line Democratic leaders have to walk&lt;/b&gt;...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:37:18 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Why Are Democratic Leaders So Milquetoasty?</title>
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      <description>For the Democrats, the situation is very different ...</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:27:18 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Scriptural Evidence That Trump Is Set Apart by God</title>
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      <description>Biblical Proof that Trump Will Save America</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 16:12:11 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Are You Not Entertained?</title>
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      <description>Emperor Donald's Gladiator Spectacle</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>&lt;blockquote class=&quot;bluesky-embed&quot; data-bluesky-uri=&quot;at://did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4i2jvyoo2o&quot; data-bluesky-cid=&quot;bafyreihhmtcles7xlcs7abxuguh3iqfsgnojzqc7pfw27lcw2g7qj5or6m&quot; data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=&quot;system&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=&quot;&quot;&gt;US judge refuses to block UFC fight at White House event https://aje.news/to33r6&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/post/3mo4i2jvyoo2o?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;[image or embed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; -- Al Jazeera English (&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;@aljazeera.com&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2/post/3mo4i2jvyoo2o?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;3:30 PM &amp;Acirc;&amp;middot; Jun 12, 2026&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;script async src=&quot;https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 20:32:21 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>A_Friend</dc:creator>
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      <title>The Democrats who Can Win Red America</title>
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      <description>Tim Miller's candidates to watch (and maybe even donate to).</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>&lt;blockquote class=&quot;bluesky-embed&quot; data-bluesky-uri=&quot;at://did:plc:wwbpna4jtw66gj6c3pksbiad/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrh7oifto2k&quot; data-bluesky-cid=&quot;bafyreidryrgdza7vuju2maxgvex6aihw7wgvlsdpntthb7xubg5wikffim&quot; data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=&quot;system&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=&quot;&quot;&gt;A long conversation with Tim Miller, the anti-Trump Republican apostate who is now The Bulwark's most recognizable personality.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wwbpna4jtw66gj6c3pksbiad/post/3mnrh7oifto2k?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;[image or embed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; -- New York Magazine (&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wwbpna4jtw66gj6c3pksbiad?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;@nymag.com&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wwbpna4jtw66gj6c3pksbiad/post/3mnrh7oifto2k?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;6:15 AM &amp;Acirc;&amp;middot; Jun 8, 2026&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;script async src=&quot;https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 16:32:54 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>A_Friend</dc:creator>
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      <title>Iranian Navy Humiliates Trump by Closing Reflecting Pool</title>
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      <description>WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)&quot;Donald J. Trump's claim that a peace deal with Iran was imminent suffered a stunning rebuke on Thursday when a flotilla of warships from the Iranian navy blockaded The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:02:19 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>A_Friend</dc:creator>
      <comments>https://drudge.com/news/292627/iranian-navy-humiliates-trump-closing#discuss</comments>
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      <title>The Real Reason People Keep Believing Proven Liars</title>
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      <wordzilla:destination>https://www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/the-real-reason-people-keep-believing</wordzilla:destination>
      <description>Trust isn't destroyed by evidence. It's destroyed when identity becomes more important than reality.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 18:48:17 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>A_Friend</dc:creator>
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      <title>Why MAGA's Hit Job On Platner Failed</title>
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      <description>Rick Wilson: I know a hit job when I read one. I should. I used to build them.</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>&lt;blockquote class=&quot;bluesky-embed&quot; data-bluesky-uri=&quot;at://did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxlirgi622h&quot; data-bluesky-cid=&quot;bafyreihkw2uat2px7gami74p43lm2fdptmtdt6hzjmq5cxhiwkai6c2j5m&quot; data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=&quot;system&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;For those who object, justifiably, to Platner, you can nevertheless have fun noting that Kavanaugh has most if not all of the shortcomings Platner does. 

Replace the Nazi tattoo with Kavanaugh stops.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3mnxlirgi622h?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;[image or embed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; -- emptywheel (&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;@emptywheel.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/post/3mnxlirgi622h?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;4:48 PM &amp;Acirc;&amp;middot; Jun 10, 2026&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;script async src=&quot;https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:31:20 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>A_Friend</dc:creator>
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      <title>Cruel and Crazy Defeated in South Carolina</title>
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      <description>Steve Schmidt: In the case of Nancy Mace the expiry of an attention-grabbing crackpot's political career is both cause to sing a joyful ballad of good riddance ...</description>
      <wordzilla:extended>&lt;blockquote class=&quot;bluesky-embed&quot; data-bluesky-uri=&quot;at://did:plc:t57zckxuo4v6t53fjp7j7mcv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnzgqyowl224&quot; data-bluesky-cid=&quot;bafyreiatx4q6kb5zh7oy3ooqquuwpjr4rspthdih75pnnbz6iwf3dtgipq&quot; data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=&quot;system&quot;&gt;&lt;p lang=&quot;en&quot;&gt;Nancy Mace built her whole career on humiliating people for the cameras.

Tuesday night, South Carolina Republicans put her in FIFTH place in her own primary.

She&amp;#x27;s gone. And she left us a gift. 
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/trumps-whi ... &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t57zckxuo4v6t53fjp7j7mcv/post/3mnzgqyowl224?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;[image or embed]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; -- Scott Dworkin (&lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t57zckxuo4v6t53fjp7j7mcv?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;@dworkin.bsky.social&lt;/a&gt;) &lt;a href=&quot;https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:t57zckxuo4v6t53fjp7j7mcv/post/3mnzgqyowl224?ref_src=embed&quot;&gt;10:29 AM &amp;Acirc;&amp;middot; Jun 11, 2026&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;script async src=&quot;https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js&quot; charset=&quot;utf-8&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</wordzilla:extended>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:31:12 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>A_Friend</dc:creator>
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