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Humor and commentary from America’s past, present, and future.

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by Nick Butler

Stories, Humor, and Satire since 2015, Including:

3/25/2015Donald Trump is threatening to sue me
5/4/2015The one where Donald Trump cuts me a check
5/13/2015That time a Lord of Parliament offered me a bribe
6/8/2015My Twitter diplomacy with North Korea
6/18/2016Fox News accidentally advertised my fake Trump dating website
4/2/2018A&E almost filmed an episode of “Paranormal State” at my house
2/18/2019Setting the Dress Code for a British Secret Society
8/24/2022My 13-years-too-late apology to Neill Blomkamp, the director of District 9
10/30/2023Fear and Loathing at RFK Jr.’s “Historic Speech”
11/30/2024“Go f*#k yourself” — Roger Stone
12/1/2024Internal Memo on Remaining Agile During an Authoritarian Regime
12/28/202414 Years Later: Questions from 2010
2/2/2025Sometimes Weekly Reacquires Trump.Singles

Coming Soon

On Politics

and Our Very Dumb Time (2022-2024, +2025!)
by Dr. Nick Butler

A Pamphlet of Essays and Observations from the Back Row of History, Including:

12/20/2022Combatting news fatigue and the importance of building community
12/30/2022Where we’ve been and the road ahead
3/16/2023The Questionable Intellect of the ‘Intellectual Dark Web’
3/26/2023The Cult of Trump
10/30/2023Observing an All-American political sideshow – On the Trail ‘24
1/11/2024Abraham Lincoln’s Take on Today’s Republican Cowards
7/14/2024The Riptides of History
7/18/2024Fear and Loathing in the Democratic Party
1/6/2025The WWE-inspired State of Emergency, Coming Soon to an America Near You!
1/13/2025Where is the Democratic Party?

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