The Picayune Sentinel’s annual “Quip Madness” bracket poll (formerly “Tweet Madness” is live here. ericzorn.substack.com/i/190394786/... Please share!

How's that makey greaty stuff working out for ya? A look at the numbers. ericzorn.substack.com/i/190394786/...

The Picayune Sentinel’s annual “Quip Madness” bracket poll is live ericzorn.substack.com/i/190394786/... Finalists include: @lacroixboi.dadguy.online @wheeltod.bsky.social‬ @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬ @johnlyon.bsky.social @deelomas.bsky.social

The Picayune Sentinel’s annual “Quip Madness” bracket poll (formerly “Tweet Madness” is live here. ericzorn.substack.com/i/190394786/... Please share! Round of 64 entrants include: @jackboot.bsky.social‬ @stevesuckington.bsky.social‬ @jakevig.bsky.social‬ @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social

Otherwise, though, this is fine.

Hegseth reads from the Bible at his update today, reinforcing the impression that the illegal war is a Christian nationalist crusade.

Gather your family around the Atwater Kent and listen to my conversation on WGN-AM 720 with host John Williams at 11:33 a.m. Chicago time. . Listen live link: wgnradio.com/on-air/

My thoughts on the "Let them eat liver" sentinement of RFK Jr. ericzorn.substack.com/i/189594831/...

Fill out the quip of the week poll? No problem! ericzorn.substack.com/i/189594831/... Finalists include: @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social @jakevig.bsky.social @frovo.bsky.social Please share. Get out the vote!

Madness looms! Happy March.

I have bad news for the "Board of Peace"

New today! No paywall.

"Abortion is murder" is what the anti-choice activists often proclaim, but now there are bills to treat women who obtain abortions as actual murderers, and suddenly it's homina-homina-homina. ericzorn.substack.com/i/172798597/...

Trump's "stand up if ..." gambit may have worked during the State of the Union speech, but in this item in today's Picayune Sentinel I imagine how that can and I hope will be turned back on Republicans. ericzorn.substack.com/i/172798597/...

Easy answers! Click on all the jokes you find amusing in the Picayune Sentinel Quip of the Week poll, out today. Then share this link: ericzorn.substack.com/i/172798597/... Finalists include @jackboot.bsky.social‬ & @frovo.bsky.social‬

A reminder that white nationalism isn't just abhorrent, it's stupid.

EP just dropped from Stockyard Drawl, one of Benjamin Zorn's bands. He wrote two of the fiddle tunes open.spotify.com/album/0KFeCk...

Thanks to @ericzorn.bsky.social for his shout-out to the Sun-Times coverage of the death of Rev. Jesse Jackson. The paper certainly did shine. I was amazed how my obit meshed with Fran Spielman's piece on Jackson and Chicago mayors and Lee Bey's on pop culture. ericzorn.substack.com/p/chicago-me...

The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer / Cleveland.com has caused a stir with his columns extolling the use of AI in his newsrooms. I look at what he wrote and offer some thoughts about it ericzorn.substack.com/i/187899566/...

Register your public admiration for these finalists in the Picayune Sentinel’s Quip of the Week poll ericzorn.substack.com/i/187899566/... @dumbbeezie.bsky.social @pixelatedboat.bsky.social @jackboot.bsky.social @jakevig.bsky.social

I’ll be chatting with host John Williams on WGN-AM 720 at 11:33 am Chicago time. Listen live link: wgnradio.com/on-air/

Rank the members of Trump's inner circle from most to least loathsome surveymars.com/q/luh0qMirl

The Trump administration’s sole unifying message is white supremacy. They are constantly looking for ways to express it.

You will do a happy dance reading the Quip of the Week contest. ericzorn.substack.com/i/187204386/... Nominees include: @kimmymonte.bsky.social @jakevig.bsky.social @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social @itsabbyyep.bsky.social @greenevillezoo.bsky.social @frovo.bsky.social @wheeltod.bsky.social

Can computers sniff out prose written by computers? ericzorn.substack.com/i/187204386/...

You will do a happy dance reading the Quip of the Week contest. ericzorn.substack.com/i/187204386/... Nominees include: @kimmymonte.bsky.social @jakevig.bsky.social @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social @itsabbyyep.bsky.social @greenevillezoo.bsky.social @frovo.bsky.social @wheeltod.bsky.social

Occupy Democrats has always been trash but this is especially gross. Why mention the fact that he’s Jewish at all? Hmmm

Gather your family around the Atwater Kent and listen to my conversation on WGN-AM 720 with host John Williams at 11:33 a.m. Chicago time. . Listen live link: wgnradio.com/on-air/

The purpose of the "alternative" Super Bowl halftime show is a celebration of racism. That's it. It's "revenge" for a Puerto Rican man being selected to perform. Any excuse or fake explanation by any performer participating in it is utter bullshit.

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You'll love entries in the new Quip of the Week poll as much as seagulls love fries. ericzorn.substack.com/i/186151047/... Finalists include @stevesuckington.bsky.social‬ @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social‬ @saltymactavish.bsky.social‬ @donni.bsky.social‬ @jakevig.bsky.social‬ @KimmyMonte.bsky.social

If Trump won't dignify other leaders with their proper titles, shall we stop using his title as well? Survey is here: ericzorn.substack.com/i/186151047/...

Just out this morning. No paywall.

Is it a "hissy fit" to point out a flagrant error on the website of a partisan hack? The hack says so. I report, you decide ericzorn.substack.com/i/186151047/...

Is it a "hissy fit" to point out a flagrant error on the website of a partisan hack? The hack says so. I report, you decide ericzorn.substack.com/i/186151047/...

Just out this morning. No paywall.

If Trump won't dignify other leaders with their proper titles, shall we stop using his title as well? Survey is here: ericzorn.substack.com/i/186151047/...

You'll love entries in the new Quip of the Week poll as much as seagulls love fries. ericzorn.substack.com/i/186151047/... Finalists include @stevesuckington.bsky.social‬ @viktorwinetrout.bsky.social‬ @saltymactavish.bsky.social‬ @donni.bsky.social‬ @jakevig.bsky.social‬ @KimmyMonte.bsky.social

I’ll be chatting with host John Williams on WGN-AM 720 at 11:33 am Chicago time. Listen live link: wgnradio.com/on-air/

January was the longest month in history. So happy February, everyone.

Mincing Rascals podcast now also on video! youtu.be/79OXwiSAuBI?...

But you will not believe how funny the quips are in this week's Picayune Sentinel Quip of the Week poll. 👇 Fnalistist include: @jakevig.bsky.social @itsabbyyep.bsky.social @cheygoulet.bsky.social @deelomas.bsky.social @mindflakes.bsky.social

I have a question about Sophie Rain and all the money she's supposedly raking in on OnlyFans. Can you answer it for me? ericzorn.substack.com/i/185566542/...

What? The Winter Olympics are upon us again? The quadrennial fortnight of frozen frivolity is basically Cirque du Soleil in snow pants I'm team ho-hum. You? (Vote in my click poll on this topic at the Picayune Sentinel: ericzorn.substack.com/i/185566542/... )