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Question of the Week

Morgan Wallen or Taylor Swift?

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Darla Kopp

Claims to live in Tucson, AZ

"Taylor Swift, obviously. Morgan Wallen only has talent. Taylor has a brand, a legal team, and the kind of emotional precision that turns a breakup into a stadium tour. That is power."

Eugene Fiske

Possibly from Amarillo, TX

"Morgan Wallen. The man drinks on camera and his career gets bigger. Taylor Swift drinks on camera and writes a song about it that your daughter plays on repeat until you consider changing the locks."

Bethany Wirtz

Allegedly of Portland, OR

"I will not choose. Morgan Wallen represents everything wrong with patriarchal country music. Taylor Swift represents everything wrong with capitalist feminism. I listen to neither. I stream whale sounds."

“Satirical portrait of Stephen A. Smith wearing a comically oversized ‘Asshat of the Moment’ hat, styled like buttocks, with bold text and formal suit against parchment background.”

ESPN confirms hat has higher IQ than host.

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Stephen A. Smith Crowned Dunce Cap of the Moment

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Stephen A. Smith has finally done it. He has transcended the realm of hot takes and entered the pantheon of weaponized idiocy. In a recent… Read More

In this Ass Hats of the Moment feature article, crime scene tape against a white background is the illustratio.

It is a crime that some people are allowed to publish.

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Gretchen Felker-Martin Is the Dunce Cap of the Moment

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In the scorched ruins of what was once a DC Comics edgy experiment, Gretchen Felker-Martin, the Dunce Cap of the Moment, stands like a trash-for-brains… Read More

Ass Hat of the moment Nomination: To the self-anointed truth tellers who saw Kirk’s death as a chance to dance — congratulations, you just wrote your own obituaries.

Dancing with the Devils

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Dunce Caps of the Moment: Charlie Kirk Death Dancers

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To every self-styled “truth teller” who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s murder: you are not brave, you are not clever, you are not righteous – you are… Read More

Ass Hat of the moment Mayor Vi Lyles, Black democrat in white robe with a halo over her head.

We must treat black psycho killers with compassion.

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Dunce Cap of the Moment: Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles

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Meet our latest Dunce Cap of the Moment: Charlotte’s black democrat Mayor Vi Lyles, whose first response to the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska… Read More

Celebrity scandals satire illustration of Elon Musk sitting on a Cybertruck throne, wearing an X-shaped crown, holding a flamethrower and Mars globe, with Dogecoin Shiba Inu puppies at his feet.”

Elon Musk, patron saint of overpromising, presides over his Cybertruck court while promising Mars colonies any day now.

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Elon Musk Is the Dunce Cap of the Moment

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Elon Musk is what happens when a Silicon Valley disruptor and a Reddit meme have a baby and raise it in a Tesla factory. He… Read More

The fat singer Lizzo stuffing her fat face with a sandwich

"Eating a lot, if not well, is the best revenge."

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Lizzo Is the Dunce Cap of the Moment

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Historians and anthropologists–and just plain folks with at least half a brain–were left gobsmacked after Lizzo,recently less-fat-but-still-obese, had spoken the stupid part out loud, the… Read More

Celebrity Scandals Satire image of Bob Ross the painter.

"Cultural appropriator."

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Carron J. Phillips of Deadspin is the Dunce Cap of the Moment

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Inspiration, like god, works in mysterious ways. Just the other day we were inspired by a piece we saw on the Deadspin website, not a… Read More

"Dumber than a pile of rocks."

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Whoopi Goldberg Is a Dunce Cap of the Moment

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A gay, British, former friend of mine who was active in the animal rights movement … and, some whispered, active in the animal rights “underground”… Read More

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