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The Harris-Walz CNN interview, summarized

In case anyone did not have the hour required to watch CNN’s interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (and also some...

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JD Vance writes a rom-com

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RFK Jr.’s worm here: I guess I’m supporting Trump, too

There clearly is only one logical home for me in the 2024 election. I did not want to say so earlier for fear of alienating my host. My host,...

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Let’s fact-check some historic speeches

What George Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus got wrong. Mostly false: This man shall not be consigned to the mansions of...

21.08.2024 20

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What makes your day? I’m taking your jokes.

More chats from Alexandra Petri HAND CURATED Opinion | Where do bad rainbows go? I’m taking your jokes. 1 hour ago ...

20.08.2024 10

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Take a Donald Trump-style math quiz

He speaks for 60 minutes, then 90 more minutes. How great is that? No looking at your neighbor's paper! (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) ...

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What events need to be added to the Olympics? I was taking your jokes.

More chats from Alexandra Petri HAND CURATED Opinion | Chat with Alexandra Petri and tell her your jokes August 20, 2024 ...

14.08.2024 6

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Trump will gladly debate under the following conditions

That it be held in front of a rally-size crowd of women (all 10s), etc. A combined photo of former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally...

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Tim Walz unleashes hell on Earth

“‘Ope!’ With Abandon, All Ye Who Enter Here” Tim Walz, plotting his next malevolence, no doubt. (Adam Bettcher/AP) By...

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Should Snoop Dogg be a moderator for the presidential debate? I was taking your jokes.

More chats from Alexandra Petri HAND CURATED Opinion | Should Snoop Dogg be a moderator for the presidential debate? I’m taking...

07.08.2024 20

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Your Grace, we’d never suggest you stop talking! Just do it down here!

In fact, here is your microphone! It only appears unplugged! Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at a campaign event in Harrisburg,...

02.08.2024 20

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I hate the Gemini ‘Dear Sydney’ ad more every passing moment

You’re missing it! You’re missing all of it! By Alexandra Petri July 31, 2024 at 8:36 a.m. EDT Let me tell...

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What’s Greek for ‘gobbledygook’? I’m taking your jokes.

Alexandra’s live chat with readers started at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Submit your questions now. By Alexandra Petri July 30,...

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When Trump said we ‘won’t have to vote’ again, he meant something else!

Something bad is definitely coming, but it has to do with magma, not autocracy! Republican presidential nominee at a campaign rally in St....

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After ‘childless cat ladies’ remark, Vance apologizes — to cats

Well, who else would he apologize to? You know what? Cats? I apologize. To you: cats. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) By...

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GOP leadership begs members to stop saying quiet part out loud

25.07.2024 8

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Is it still okay to laugh? I was taking your jokes.

Alexandra’s live chat with readers started at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Read the transcript. By Alexandra Petri July 23, 2024...

23.07.2024 5

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No, wait, Joe! Come back! We on Team Trump need you!

What a nightmare. Please! We didn't mean it like that! (Alex Wroblewski for The Washington Post) By Alexandra Petri ...

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Donald Trump was never going to change

You would think we might stop believing he could. Former president Donald Trump delivers a speech at the Republican National Convention in...

19.07.2024 10

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Stop the extreme rhetoric, Democrats. Now is a time for healing.

Just listen to the unifiers at the Republican National Convention. Former president Donald Trump in Reno, Nev., on Dec. 23. (Jabin...

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Off the record, I am resigned to the Big Bad Wolf

Look, if I lived in a straw house myself, I would be very concerned. The U.S. Capitol on July 15. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post) ...

17.07.2024 7

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Are Democrats doomed?

Post columnists debate the weight of their bags of despair. Delegates cheer at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday....

17.07.2024 10

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What’s your take on the RNC cover band? I’m taking your jokes.

Alexandra's live chat with readers starts at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Submit your questions now. Share Add to your saved stories...

16.07.2024 10

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Don’t worry about the plane landing. The pilot will give it his all.

In the end, isn’t that what counts? President Biden and Vice President Harris speak while watching a fireworks display outside the White...

09.07.2024 10

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What are we going to call it when Britain re-joins the EU? I’m taking your jokes.

Alexandra's live chat with readers starts at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Submit your questions now. Share Add to your saved stories...

09.07.2024 20

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The 8 best songs of the summer that I didn’t just make up, no way

02.07.2024 10

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What is the king doing tonight? I’m taking your jokes.

Alexandra's live chat with readers starts at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Submit your questions now. Share Add to your saved stories...

02.07.2024 10

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The Supreme Court rules to restore the monarchy

Why should ruling the country in robes, unaccountable to anyone, be solely the province of justices? Donald Trump speaks during the People’s...

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What I think happened at the debate that was maybe a nightmare

We do have a fact-checker! His name is Joe Biden, but he seems to have something else going on tonight. (Kevin D. Liles for The Washington...

28.06.2024 10

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Are you ready for Christmas? I was taking your jokes.

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What’s your spending splurge? I’m taking your jokes.

Alexandra's live chat with readers starts at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Submit your questions now. Share Add to your saved stories...

18.06.2024 10

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Want to be Trump’s VP? Let these stingrays swarm your mother.

To … save Trump? No! Just because! Your political future is there, in the water! It's fine! Jump in! (Schalk van Zuydam/AP) ...

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Signs your Sinclair station is injecting propaganda into local news

Traffic reporter keeps blaming gridlock on ‘the deep state.’ (Jeenah Moon/AP) Listen 2 min Share Comment...

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Alito worries leaked remarks will undermine hard-won vindictive image

‘What if I’d said something temperate or reasonable?’ Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. testifies about the court's budget on...

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What’s a dog’s favorite Shakespeare play? I’m taking your jokes.

Alexandra's live chat with readers starts at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Submit your questions now. Share Add to your saved stories...

11.06.2024 20

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I’m your new AI search assistant! I want you to eat glue and die.

You wanted to review search results yourself? Too bad! Bins filled with bottles of liquid glue are displayed in the school-supplies section of...

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How can you tell if two people will marry? I’m taking your jokes.

Alexandra's live chat with readers starts at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Submit your questions now. Share Add to your saved stories...

04.06.2024 20

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Donald Trump needs YOUR HELP to get vengeance on the evil RULE OF LAW

Any little bit helps toward freeing this nation from the iron thumb of the justice system! A demonstrator is ordered to leave an area reserved...

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Twelve Angry Trump Jurors

Eleven hands go up. All heads swivel to Juror 8. The jury watches a video shown by the prosecution in former president Donald Trump's New York...

30.05.2024 20

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What’s your best nerdy dating advice? I’m taking your jokes.

Alexandra's live chat with readers starts at 11 a.m. ET on Tuesday. Submit your questions now. Share Add to your saved stories...

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What the flag your Supreme Court justice is flying means

Including the Jolly Roger, the rainbow flag and all orientations of the Stars and Stripes. Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. and his...

23.05.2024 30

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I’m the worm that ate part of RFK Jr.’s brain, and I’m asking for your vote

I am brave enough to say: I am a parasite, and I don’t understand what is best for the country! Robert F. Kennedy Jr., center, and me, inset....

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What’s your favorite oxymoron? I’m taking your jokes.

Share Add to your saved stories Save Humor columnist Alexandra Petri is online every Tuesday for a live chat where she’ll offer a...

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‘Kristi, darling, I understand completely,’ by Cruella De Vil

The wretched hounds deserve it! (iStock ) Listen 3 min Share Comment on this story Comment Add to...

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A new Founding Father time-travels to forestall presidential immunity

Former president Donald Trump returns to the courtroom during his civil fraud case at the New York State Supreme Court on Nov. 6. (Jabin Botsford/The...

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Congrats on buying Operation: Post-Roe! Here are the board game FAQs.

Introducing a new patient — Cavity Samantha — plus the chance to play with state legislators! (David J. Phillip/AP) Listen 4 min ...

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Chat with Alexandra Petri and tell her your jokes

Share Add to your saved stories Save Humor columnist Alexandra Petri is online every Tuesday for a live chat where she’ll offer a...

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Tortured poets discuss Taylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’

Bottles of a violet ink named in honor of poet Emily Dickinson in Organics Studio in Brunswick, Md., on Sept. 27. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) ...

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Did Donald Trump dream this?

(Mary Altaffer/AP) Listen 4 min Share Comment on this story Comment Add to your saved stories ...

18.04.2024 20

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