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Launched in 2000, this free, weekly email collates and reflows news from the past seven days into a satirical chronicle. It’s like the Harper’s Index or Findings, but takes aim at the relentless absurdity of the 24-hour news cycle.
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“Can’t govern, don’t want to govern."
In San Francisco, landlords fought protesters at a cocktail party celebrating the end of the city’s eviction moratorium.
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“He took three White Claws, drank, and left very happy."
Irish police detected more than 860 speeding drivers on “Slow Down Day.”
“We’re very pleased and surprised that there has been such a fuss over us."
Data breaches affected London’s Metropolitan Police Service, Forever 21, and a company that makes chastity cages.
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“I am now doubting if these elections will produce credible results."
Truck crashes caused milk, orange juice, red wine, fuel, and liquid feces to spill on American roadways.
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“There’s probably no one that knows RICO better than I do.”
In Edmonton, Alberta, a soccer for peace event was canceled due to fighting.
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"Our presidential election is not really democracy."
Texas Republicans cited the story of Noah’s ark to defend Governor Greg Abbott’s anti-migrant measures.
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“We have to jump on this trend.”
Also: a zoo in China issued a statement insisting that its Malayan sun bears were real and not humans in disguise.
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