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Thursday November 13, 2025 · 5:45 AM PST

2025/11/13 · 05:45

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It’s Thursday. Adelita Grijalva is a Member of Congress!

And she signed the Epstein files discharge petition! And they accepted it! And nobody has removed their name from it, as far as we know!

Greg Dworkin is also set to be here. Maybe we should get an oath ready for him, too! It’s a step up from just a fanfare, right?

Today’s countdown numbers:

Restart the clock! It’s 78 days until funding for most of the government ends again, and we face another shutdown
1,164 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
355 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
416 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: China!

Wow, that’s a tall order! How has that not come up before?

I’m pretty sure even Trump is looking to avoid this one. Normal people recognize the disaster that would come of this. Trump would probably be more worried about never getting to eat Xi Jinping’s answer to the World’s Most Beautiful Chocolate Cake.™

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Wednesday November 12, 2025 · 5:45 AM PST

2025/11/12 · 05:45

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It’s Wednesday. The U.S. House of Representatives—remember them?—is said to be convening in working session today for the first time since mid-September!

Adelita Grijalva is set to be sworn in! Many people don’t actually believe it, but there’s really no reason for Speaker Johnson to avoid it any longer. There are plenty of other things they can do to try to suppress whatever version of the Epstein Files they’ve got over at the DoJ.

Greg Dworkin is also set to be here. Maybe we should get an oath ready for him, too! It’s a step up from just a fanfare, right?

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 43 of the shutdown. We’re almost done, allegedly. The House will take up the work of moving the Senate-amended bill today. We’ll see how they move it.
1,165 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
356 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
417 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Cambodia!

Cambodia? No problem! We’ve invaded them before.

Though as I recall, Trump made himself scarce at the time.

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Tuesday November 11, 2025 · 5:45 AM PST

2025/11/11 · 05:45

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It’s Tuesday—and Veterans Day—and things are escalating rapidly in the shutdown department.

The Senate raced with uncharacteristic speed to hand over its now-ratified appropriations package to reopen the government as we approach 45 days of shutdown. Another normally sclerotic institution of government that occasionally rediscovers its vigor. When it wants to!

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 42 of the shutdown. It ain’t over yet! The House still has to act. And act “responsibly!”
1,166 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
357 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
418 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Egypt!

I’ve got to assume that any desire Trump might have to invade Egypt comes from thinking it will give him ownership of the world’s most lucrative pyramid schemes.

What else could he possibly know about the place, other than that it’s been the source of some of his more memorable bribes of his early political days?

Which is to say that they would look, to him, exactly like he figures pyramid schemes would work. With him always winning.

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Monday November 10, 2025 · 5:45 AM PST

2025/11/10 · 05:45

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It’s Monday, and Trump’s back from yet another wild Perv-A-Lago party weekend!

Oh, and the post-election party is over. Everyone’s big mad at Senate Democrats now. Except, I guess, for the gigantic swath of the DC area that might actually see some income again for the first time in a month and a half.

It’s a good thing Greg Dworkin is scheduled to come by. I’m not up for doing this one on my own!

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 41 of the shutdown. It ain’t over yet! But we’ve been closed for over 11% of the calendar year! And 14% of Trump’s second “administration!”
1,167 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
358 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
419 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Fiji!

Well, that’s the end of our mini-streak of landlocked targets, anyway.

Are we invading for the famous upscale spring water? To steal PGA Champion Vijay Singh’s trophy collection? To challenge former WWE Heavyweight Champion “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka to a no-holds-barred cage match?

Or maybe Trump just loves it because every other letter is “I.”

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Friday November 07, 2025 · 5:45 AM PST

2025/11/07 · 05:45

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It’s Friday chaos time, as Trump buggers off to Perv-A-Lago once again.

But first, lunch with Viktor Orbán. There’s always a meal.

We’ll see whether that gives us the chance to catch up on some of the other stories and sidebars that have been waiting patiently for us to wind down from our post-election party.

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 38 of the shutdown. We’ve broken the record, like no one’s ever seen before!
1,170 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
361 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
422 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Slovakia!

Another landlocked target, the invasion of which would require entry via Poland or Ukraine. Unlikely! Unless you’d rather roll over other landlocked neighbors, too. Like Czechia, Austria, and Hungary, plus some of their neighbors.

Hey, Orbán is in town for lunch! When he asks you to pass the ketchup, hit him up for use of his airspace!

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Thursday November 06, 2025 · 5:45 AM PST

2025/11/06 · 05:45

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It’s Thursday! Because there wasn’t enough Wednesday!

That’s why Greg Dworkin has to come back for a second bite at Wednesday’s news.

I enjoyed yesterday well enough to do it again! How about you?

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 37 of the shutdown. We’ve broken the record, like no one’s ever seen before!
1,171 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
362 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
423 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: North Macedonia!

Have you been thinking about invading North Macedonia? Trump may end up invading, but I can guarantee you he hasn’t been thinking about it. That’ll be up to you.

It’ll take some thinking, too! Because it’s landlocked. Which neighboring country do you think you could talk into letting you use their airspace for the operation?

Greece? Bulgaria? Albania? Serbia? Kosovo?

If it’s either of the last two, you’ll need permission from their neighbors just to get there. Montenegro, perhaps? That’s the one whose Prime Minister Trump once shoved out of the way for a photo op.

So that’ll probably work!

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Wednesday November 05, 2025 · 5:45 AM PST

2025/11/05 · 05:45

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It’s Wednesday! Does that mean anything in particular?

It does this Wednesday. Because yesterday was ~~“Election Day”~~ the last day of balloting!

In other words, it was content creation day for Greg Dworkin, who’ll now join us to round up the results. Even though you probably know most of them already.

It’s been a while since we didn’t have to suppress nausea during a post-election Wednesday! This is gonna be a good one!

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 36 of the shutdown. We’ve broken the record for longest shutdown in history! (And that probably had something to do with those election results.)
1,172 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
363 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
424 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Yemen!

Well, that could easily be true. It could be happening right now! Although I’ll be we’re not calling it an invasion.

I don't think we’ve actually given any thought to what we’d do if a country came up and Trump ordered or threatened a “kinetic action” there, but refused to acknowledge it as an invasion.

I assume we’d just assume he was wrong and/or lying, and declare the “prediction” a “success.”

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Tuesday November 04, 2025 · 5:45 AM PST

2025/11/04 · 05:45

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It’s Tuesday! And, well, that’s nice.

I liked it better last week, when it was somebody else’s turn to babysit our president. But now he’s here, and he’s going to spend all day grumbling about the elections he’s going to lose.

Yes, today is all about generating the news that will become tomorrow’s content for Greg. Plus a variety of stories about why Trump is losing all these elections, and which “lawyers” he’s hiring to sue you for making that happen.

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 35 of the shutdown. We’ve tied the record!
1,173 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
364 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
425 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Turkey!

That Erdogan, he’s a strongly strong guy! But we’ll invade his country like, well, plenty of people have invaded it before.

If you need a reason, just say Trump saw something on Fox News about, um, a bad thing they did. Or whatever.

Maybe say it was Turkmenistan, but he got confused. That’s believable!

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Monday November 03, 2025 · 5:45 AM PST

2025/11/03 · 05:45

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Happy November! We made it!

I mean, it’s no November 2028. But it’ll do.

Time for a Monday chaos roundup. Cue Greg Dworkin!

In addition to our regular weekend chaos, Trump sat for a 60 Minutes interview, which I can only assume he thought made him look great, now that he’s sued CBS and had Bari Weiss installed as Editor in Chief there.

Which would be astonishing! But also very Trumpian.

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 34 of the shutdown. One day shy of the record!
1,174 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
365 days until the midterm elections, if we have them. One year to go!
426 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Mozambique!

Home of “the other Gaza!”

And that could very well be all Trump needs to hear about it.

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Friday October 31, 2025 · 5:45 AM PDT

2025/10/31 · 05:45

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It’s Halloween! Boo!

Trump is back in the United States! Boo!

And it’s Friday, which means it’s chaos time, again.

There’s far too much news not to at least try to make it through the show today. But without Greg to lean on, it could be something of a struggle. A metaphor for everything that’s actually going on in the world, perhaps.

Whoa, deep, man!

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 31 of the shutdown. Four days shy of the record!
1,177 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
368 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
429 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Macau China!

Yes, “Macau China.” That’s the way it’s listed on the Country Picker Wheel.

Why would Trump threaten to invade it? Who knows? Perhaps they have the Second Most Beautiful Chocolate Cake™ you’ve ever seen. Or perhaps he just wants a piece of the action from the world’s largest gambling market.

There’s only one man in the world who could ruin and bankrupt that!

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Thursday October 30, 2025 · 5:45 AM PDT

2025/10/30 · 05:45

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It’s Thursday! Can I make it through another show?

It’s a crap shoot! It says “crap” right up front!

Speaking of which, Trump is on his way back to the United States, for some reason.

Anyhoo, Greg Dworkin will help me limp to the 10 o’clock mark, at least. And right now, I think I can take it from there. But Friday may be another story.

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 30 of the shutdown. Five days shy of the record!
1,178 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
369 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
430 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Ethiopia!

Frozen in the 80s as Trump’s mind is, it’s a good bet he thinks primarily of that era’s famine-stricken Ethiopia. And nothing’s less enticing to Donald Trump than a place where he thinks he can’t get a decent meal.

Of course, it’s also likely the case that Trump wouldn’t consider anything but hamberders and ketchup to be a decent meal, so even under the best of circumstances, he’s probably not all that enthused about Ethiopia.

By the way, I’m not even kidding. The Koreans had to think of a way to incorporate hamberders and ketchup into their “working lunch” menu held in his honor.

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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Wednesday October 29, 2025 · 5:45 AM PDT

2025/10/29 · 05:45

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It’s Wednesday! The longest day name of the week!

Trump moves on to Korea, without even mounting a challenge to the all-time presidential vomit record. Although we can’t be certain no one vomited because of him.

Meanwhile, the country he left behind suffers ever more absurdities. Luckily, Greg Dworkin will be able to help us round at least some of them up.

Today’s countdown numbers:

It’s Day 29 of the shutdown. One week until we break the record!
1,179 days remaining in Trump’s legal term of office
370 days until the midterm elections, if we have them
431 days—if we have those elections—until we seat that new Congress.

Our random country generator says, today’s an unlucky day for: Spain!

We know this much: the rain in Spain stays mainly on the plain. And that pisses Donald Trump off!

I don’t know for sure where the rain in Spain stays, in the main. There was a time when I could ask Google that, but now it will just give me AI slop for an answer.

That second part, though, is just a guess. There’s no telling what does and doesn’t piss Donald Trump off, and if you think you know, wait an hour.

But I had to come up with something that might motivate an invasion threat.

Maybe it just makes him mad that they speak Spanish.

Ha ha! Oh, well. That’s Our Trump!™

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