Stifle was what Archie Bunker said when he wanted someone to shut up. It was usually directed at his garrulous wife, Edith: Stifle, dingbat. It was occasionally aimed at his liberal son-in-law: Stifle, meathead. Donald Trump is a dingbat *and* a meathead. Stifle, Donald.

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We begin the week with a question: Are Team Trump's threats to invade Venezuela real or delusional?

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.

Your mournful Monday matinee with Jamie O.

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We begin the week with a question: Are Team Trump's threats to invade Venezuela real or delusional?

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Happy holidays in color.

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This week: The Undocumented Underground, The Golden Dukes, Down Cemetery Road, and the usual nonsense. Music by Foreigner, John Hiatt, The Rolling Stones, Tom Waits, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie & Joe Williams, The Band, and Cyndi Lauper.

Night Owl Edition.

My First Draft colleague Jamie O makes an offer you can’t refuse.

Cheers to Ivy Jo Hunter and Stevie Wonder. Music by The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Dion, Dionne Warwick, Bryan Ferry, The Band, and Susan Tedeschi

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Cheers to Ivy Jo Hunter and Stevie Wonder. Music by The Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Dion, Dionne Warwick, Bryan Ferry, The Band, and Susan Tedeschi

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My First Draft colleague Jamie O makes an offer you can’t refuse.

Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.

Does Donald Trump have the best words? Musical commentary by The Who, XTC, Wayne Shorter, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Grateful Dead, Kingsman, Taylor Swift, Rodney Crowell, and The Beatles.

Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.

Does Donald Trump have the best words? Musical commentary by The Who, XTC, Wayne Shorter, The Rolling Stones, Steely Dan, Grateful Dead, Kingsman, Taylor Swift, Rodney Crowell, and The Beatles.

Have yourself a weird little Christmas.

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In which I write about the MAGA Supreme Court and its shady use of the shadow docket.

Your Monday matinee with Jamie O.

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.

The tagline says it all: Call them reactionaries, wingnuts, radicals, extremists, right-wingers; call them anything but conservatives.

The latest post from my First Draft colleague Cassandra.

Have yourself a weird little Christmas.

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The incredible grassroots anti-ICE organizing in LA, Chicago, NC, and now New Orleans is probably the most hopeful political thing I’ve seen all year. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/new-orlean...

The latest post from my First Draft colleague Cassandra.

“‘You want some chicken? You ain’t getting it here, bro,’ Wayne Davis can be heard taunting the agents through the door.” “‘Go somewhere else,’ he can be heard saying through the door.” www.wwltv.com/article/news...

The tagline says it all: Call them reactionaries, wingnuts, radicals, extremists, right-wingers; call them anything but conservatives.

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.

If it’s Tuesday, it must be Parenthetical.

Your Monday matinee with Jamie O.

In which I write about the MAGA Supreme Court and its shady use of the shadow docket.

The tagline says it all: Happy holidays in black and white.

A tribute to Steve Cropper who died this week at the age of 84. He co-wrote this song with Otis Redding. Music by Otis Redding, Peggy Lee. Little Richard, Katie Webster, Steve Cropper, Aaron Neville, King Curtis, and Pete Fountain.

This week: Bannon/Epstein, Byers/MLK, and the usual nonsense. Music by Carlene Carter, The Rolling Stones, Crowded House, Booker T & The MG’s, Nina Simone, Tony Bennett & Count Basie, and David Byrne.

Night Owl Edition.

A tribute to Steve Cropper who died this week at the age of 84. He co-wrote this song with Otis Redding. Music by Otis Redding, Peggy Lee. Little Richard, Katie Webster, Steve Cropper, Aaron Neville, King Curtis, and Pete Fountain.

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The latest post from my First Draft colleague Jamie O.

Friday Catblogging: Are You Kidding Me? first-draft.com/2025/12/05/f...

Grifters, Ring-Kissers and Supporting Hatchet Men: It’s Time To Vote for 2025’s Golden Dukes talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/grift...

Your Thursday matinee with Cassandra.

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