Mirroring Travis Bickle — Jeffrey Denny Robert De Niro’s antihero protagonist in Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver” has “few friends [and is] suffering from depression, loneliness, existential crises, and severe and chronic insomnia — Wikipedia My distinguished colleague, you powerful sexy devil who runs America, I ask unanimous consent to address myself for one minute…

“At long last, have we lost our goddamned f — ing minds?!” — Jeffrey Denny It defies conventional wisdom: With the GOP wrapped tightly around Donald Trump’s tiny yet powerful pinky, you might think every House Republican would be a craven, spineless, button-eyed sock puppet for ridiculous MAGAs and their bloodthirsty demand for vengeance after Democrats wrongfully impeached Trump twice and then stole…

Forget the climate-woke snacks — Jeffrey Denny Millennial and Gen Z workers warn the U.S. economy will remain depressed and anxious if employers make them come back to the office. Top companies are struggling to lure young, indispensable knowledge talent to come in. Many Zillennials insist that working from home is better for their healthy…

A climate crisis update on an old forbidden song — Jeffrey Denny I really can’t stay (But baby it’s hot outside) I’ve got to away (But baby it’s fire outside) This evening has been (Hoping you’d drop in for my central air) So very nice (I’ll hold your hands, they’re just like ice, stop blocking the vent) My MAGA mom’s…

Incumbent shrugs off indictments, remains clear ’24 frontrunner — Jeffrey Denny Even as the disputed President Joe Biden faces four criminal indictments with 91 counts of wrongdoing, most Democrats would still reelect him. Biden maintains a commanding 51% lead over his challengers for the 2024 Democratic nomination next August, according to the latest average of leading national polls. The…

You freed the GOP to be real — Jeffrey Denny The 1950s Republican politician Lewis Strauss comes off poorly in the biography and biopic of J. Robert Oppenheimer. As President Eisenhower’s chair of the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1950s, Strauss did everything to destroy the renowned physicist. Oppenheimer was a national hero for beating the Nazis to…

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The baddest dude on Cellblock T — Jeffrey Denny A new convict enters his jail cell for the first time and meets his cellmate. “Hi. I’m President Trump. I’m a political prisoner. The innocent victim of a liberal Deep State witch hunt conspiracy against the American people. You probably heard about me. I’m bunking here.” “Ooh, lookee…

5 lessons from “Barbie” — Jeffrey Denny Truism: Dudes who hate the “Barbie” movie need it most. Elon Musk, Ben Shapiro, and other whiney, fragile Cro-Magnon misogynists should be strapped into uncomfortable movie theater seats and subjected to the “Clockwork Orange” Ludovico Technique. That is, they should be forced to watch “Barbie” repeatedly until the…