SOME DISTRACTION FROM DESPAIR, yes folks, it's an ALL-NEW Couples Therapy! Will Joy Sunday adopt *us* or at least become our guru??? On today's ep, Joy shares her wisdom with us as well as growing up on Staten Island, dating in LA, negative self talk and MORE! 🔊 tinyurl.com/CTJoySunday

I have been saying this on book tour: when the right acts rightwing and gets in trouble, the right rewards them with jobs. When leftists act lefty and get in trouble, the left leaves them to starve, become homeless and die.

20th century science: relativity, quantum mechanics, mapping DNA 21st century science: where sun go at night? Is all sickness caused by demons or just certain diseases? Are crops failing because of wizards or because of aliens?

For the entirety of my life, the two most evil things a human could do were commit genocide and make/own child pornography, and within two years, it’s been revealed that pretty much everyone in any position more powerful than Chipotle regional manager is involved in one or the other or both

Along w/ this, the “COVID protections” era was about whether disabled people should be allowed to participate in public life & lots of people decided no & threw their masks away, refused to learn, adapt or clean the air, & went anti-vax. The killing spread to everyone because it stopped for no one 🤷🏾‍♀️

Naomi and I are about to head out to the Riyadh Comedy Festival! We’re not performing, but we couldn’t miss this line-up, probably doing the best sets of their lives! GPS says the drive is 137 hours and “you can’t drive through an ocean; please don’t do this” so we better get going!

Dissipate the MIASMA OF DESPAIR for an hour with a brand-new Patreon episode! Welcome to I Said No Grifts! Here's what happens: Andy & Naomi narrowly avoid being swindled when @bridgerw.bsky.social tries to hoax them out of their life savings. Only on Patreon! 🔊 www.patreon.com/couplesthera...

When white conservatives lost the segregation battle they needed a new cause to rally around. This is where abortion comes in. Misogyny was an easier sell than racism at that point.

Can we talk about this janky ass room he’s in?! Where’d the super PAC money go, boo? Y’all looking like you in Jigsaw’s basement!!!

"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"

To federalize the Guard without the governor’s consent—especially when the state is actively opposing the move—is an overt escalation and a red flag for potential abuse of federal authority.

“When I wear a mask, I'm asserting that my physical health is worth protecting, as is the health of those around me. I'm asserting that I deserve clean air and safety when I step out into the world, and so does everyone else.”— Naomi @naomiekperigin.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DKUx08lOcP...

The U.S. has become so troubled that “if America was a character in a movie… this would be the part in the movie where America coughs into a rag and then pulls it away and sees blood.” — comedian @naomiekperigin.bsky.social as quoted by @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social in “Everything is Tuberculosis”

@naomiekperigin.bsky.social and @andybeckerman.bsky.social join us to discuss Anime! Sparks fly as we roast, drag and celebrate the world of Japanese animation! After listening to this, listen to their show @couplestherapypod.bsky.social. so good it receives the Rebrand Guarantee (copyright pending)

If the administration is cutting everything, can we not pay federal taxes? Like, what am I putting 5 on it for?!

Dems look like they're bidding on fascism at a silent auction

How did everybody on the damn internet who isn't a political strategist understand that the only moves were to not show up altogether or all disrupt en masse, but the party settled on defiant blazer colors (??) and auction paddles

And after that lackluster awards show, an earthquake that shook our home to its core!!!! I’m done with tonight. I’m packing it in!!!!!

This is, like, what THE SUBSTANCE is about

The was I just gasped and not in the fun way

I love when actors show us exactly why they need writers

Colman’s applause is me.

I’m here for The Wiz sung by Queen!!!!!!!

Daniel Blumberg is so real for staring at what he’s written down and not looking up. His energy is relatable to me, right down to the random singing at the end. What I’m saying is, I get him.

I HATE when people get played off. Let them speak!!!!!!!

Pasadena’s fire captain should be hosting a show, I consider what we just watched a self-tape. #oscars

"No Other Land," the Palestinian-Israeli made film showing the destruction of the occupied West Bank's Masafer Yatta by Israeli soldiers, just won the Oscar for Best Documentary. It can't get a distributor in the US. Which tells you everything about censorship in the US.

YES NO OTHER LAND

Mick Jagger is always having the best time no matter what.

From “Center Stage” to OSCAR WINNER!!! anything is possible!!!

They’re making Da’Vine work for another Oscar, the way she’s gotta compliment every queen before announcing the winner!!!! #oscars

The longest movies are nominated for editing awards, this was for Anora’s time. #oscars

Okay Daryl Hannah!!!!!!!! #oscars

I’m an hour late to watching and need to acclimate to Nick Offerman’s VO!!! #theoscars

June Squibb is perfect and in my mind she has won an Oscar for THELMA

I think the best thing to do is continue pretending this is normal and can be solved easily by winning a slim Majority in the house TWO years from now and then be guided by the milquetoast leadership of @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social and centrist Democrats. It’s worked out great so far!

My favorite double feature:

Apparently there’s a “kickoff” meeting between the DOGE people and Department of Labor management planned for tomorrow at 4pm ET. Unrelatedly, the Frances Perkins Building that houses the Dept of Labor is located at 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20210.

Did you know? In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine. The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

Hey Girl Scouts— The mints can be whatever size they want to be, they don’t have to be thin!!!!!!! I’ll take a thicc mint any day of the week!!!!

Where’s the “skip intro” option on 2025??????? Please and THANK YOU

Broad scientific consensus for decades + reports from fossil fuel companies themselves: anthropogenic climate change is the base cause for out-of-control wildfires Whitney Cummings: WhiteKnight1488 told me a reptillian set fire to an adrenochrome factory to cover his tracks

I can’t wait to get up on that stage one day and thank CAA. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

Adrien Brody called him TIMMY 💀

Why the hell would you put my HACKS babes far back, when you KNOW they stay winning!!!!!!

Is Vin wasted?

The way Michael Keaton can get it, keep it, and if he returned it, I’d give him store credit!!!!! #goldenglobes

Let Harrison Ford sit down, please. He’s given us enough, let the man rest!!!! #goldenglobes

Can’t wait to see the photograph of Pilaf next to the golden globe!! #demimoore

These “fun facts” in the bottom of the screen are so weird. Who thought we couldn’t stand to watch people walk without a pop-up video moment to get through it?