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Can Anyone Tell Me Why Sales of Our Signature Terrifying Yellow Wallpaper Are Down?
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The Dread Lord Nyarlathotep Presidential Library
Please Remain Civil While Resisting President Nyarlathotep’s Orgy of Nullification
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My Birthday Military Parade“I’m excited to announce that I’ll be celebrating another turn around the sun with a military parade through our neighborhood. You and your families are all invited. If you can’t make it, no worries. Not a big deal! Just RSVP ‘no,’ and I will simply have you arrested.”
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June 3, 2025New York Times’ Style Guide Substitutions for “The President Violated the Constitution”
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June 6, 2025I, Saruman, Have Ended My Alliance with the Dark Lord Sauron
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February 10, 2015What a Straight Man’s Favorite Musical Says About Him
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June 9, 2025It’s Not Going Great, but Imagine How Much Worse Things Would Be with a Woman President
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June 11, 2025You’re Invited to My Birthday Military Parade
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June 13, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: What Does the AuraCamera 6000 See?
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June 10, 2025My Season Pass to Burnout Land
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June 6, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: Queer Liberation
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June 1, 2025Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: May 2025: Atrocities 207-272
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May 30, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: Sisyphus in the Capital
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May 28, 2025Reviews of New Food: Skittles POP’d Freeze Dried Candy
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May 23, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: Object: Joey Lawrence’s Flannel
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June 10, 2025Memo from the DHS: Deploy Megatron Before the LA Protesters Start Thinking They Have Rights
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