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TGIF: We Live in the World We’re In
Stealing is cool, the scammers got scammed, the public transit is safe, the socialists are rich, and the vaccines are back, baby!
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: The Luddite Party
Tom Steyer goes hard in the paint, the father of SantaCon and the missing SantaBucks, World Liberty Financial gets accused of being an ATM, and Allbirds…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: MMIWG2SLGBTQQIA+
Is J.D. Vance the real bell hooks? Is the Easter Bunny in the cabinet? And are we ready for a new Canada Research Chair in Forestry and Environmental…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: The Truth of the Conspiracy of the Conspiracy
Iran’s supreme leader is AI, the pickleball court is a deathtrap, Cuba’s best ambassadors, and the Cesar Chavez take no one wants to hear.
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Bring Them Back from Palm Beach
Trump grades Macron an 8, Britain shoplifts for revolution, Netflix ghosts Harry and Meghan, the metaverse dies, the White House outs Iran’s maybe-gay…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Smoking Jars of Metal
A tour of the European tech scene, the ‘Grand Theft Auto’ presidency, the UFC Bureau of Investigation, the Great American tax haven, and the brain cells…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Get Them Before They Get Me
The real victims of the war in Iran are the American right, there’s no ‘we’ in Venezuela, 2020 was a bad dream, Bellevue is the new Seattle, and the EU…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: The Situation Has Snowballed
Hockey gold turns into a loyalty test, Dems won’t clap for Iryna’s grieving mom, Kamala ‘might,’ ‘John Barron’ calls C-SPAN, robot vacuums listen in…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Bad for Business Class
OSINT dads monitor the situation, Trump flirts with Paraguay, the right posts ‘I’m not suicidal,’ the UK bans reality in ads, AOC stutters through…
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: MAGA-Coded
Trump course corrects, Kid Rock takes on Bad Bunny, yoga moms revolt, Mamdani lets winter sort it out, WaPo storms its own gates, and so much more.
Nellie Bowles
TGIF: Sorry for all the typos .Sent from my iPhone.
Checking in with jeevacation@gmail.com. Plus: Billie Eilish, Savannah Guthrie, Gavin Newsom, Zohran Mamdani, Tom Homan, Bad Bunny, and many more.
Suzy Weiss and Sascha Seinfeld
TGIF: Wonderful, Gracious, Charming
Plus: Ted Cruz’s hot take, Tucker Carlson’s speaking gig, Bill de Blasio’s field trip, Usha’s destiny, Matt Gaetz’s new bag, and much, much more.
Nellie Bowles
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