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Certain Thoughts

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Trump's UFC Spectacle Isn't 'Idiocracy'. It's 'When We Were Kings'.
Bread, circuses, and concentration camps
 • Evan Stern
Trader Joe's Tuesday Treats: Detroit Style Uncured Pepperoni Pizza
One need not be invested in mega-corporate media intrigue to know CBS cancelled Stephen Colbert effective this week.
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Insanity-Maxxing and the Trans King of Comedy
Clavicular is mad as hell
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Hasan Piker & The Bulwark: Fissures in the Democratic Coalition
Sarah Longwell has somehow made herself the main character
 • Evan Stern and Deuce Davis
1:29:21
Trader Joe's Tuesday Treats: Ridge Cut Potato Chips with Salt & Pepper
Great snacks for the end times
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Trader Joe's Tuesday Treats: Rwanda Small Lot Coffee
Life is a limited edition
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Declaration of Dissent w/ your weirdo friend
On the importance of accessing anger, alchemizing it into action, and setting boundaries
 • Evan Stern and ✨your weirdo friend✨
1:08:06
Democracy Draft: Round 1
Watch now | A ten-category fantasy draft for the pro-democracy movement
 • Evan Stern and Deuce Davis
2:17:07
Reality Checking the Bulwark - Episode 1
Our new series course-correcting the Bulwark
 • Evan Stern and Deuce Davis
1:24:59
Our Favorite Weezer Songs: Everyone Weighs In.
A multi-generational celebration of the iconic alternative 90s pop-rock band
 • Evan Stern, The Floating Eye, Mom Jorts [Pulte Slander 2.0], and sanrioargento
Marty Supreme, Uncut Gems, and the Jewish Action Antihero with Michael Ian Black
Jewsploitation and Josh Safdie's innovative new sub-genre
 • Evan Stern and Michael Ian Black
1:03:49
Taking Out the Trash: David Grutman feat. Clavicular
This is so fucking antisemitic
 • Evan Stern
18:30
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