Former President Tin Foil Hat is taking the shitshow back on the road.

by Therese Odell, posted in Uncategorized

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OK HI. So you might have noticed that I haven’t devoted nearly as many posts to screaming about Former President Moldy Tangerine recently, really not since he left office. And there are multiple reasons for that: now that he’s out of power — and off of Twitter — he’s no longer newsworthy, his actions no longer carry the same weight or importance in our government or our culture. And honestly, the emotional weight that was lifted from me when President Biden was inaugurated … it was such a relief to not be angry or scared anymore and I didn’t want to go back to that place of constant stress and worry and anxiety. My mental health genuinely benefitted not just from President Biden entering office, but also from actively making the choice to not write about Former President Dingus anymore. But more importantly, I decided that by continuing to write about him and every outrageous thing he was saying or doing, it would just be giving him oxygen that he craves, but doesn’t deserve. Admittedly, very little oxygen considering the very limited reach of this blog, but oxygen nonetheless.

And so I’ve been doing my best to not write about the aftermath of January 6, or the insane recount taking place in Arizona, or the voter suppression efforts in multiple states that are based on The Big Lie and are intended to overthrow the next election, or the schadenfreude-inducing stories about Former President Halitosis’s and his family and business’s growing legal exposure.

But my happy funtimes have come to a (hopefully only temporary) end because Former President Failed Blogger is going to hold his first post-Presidential rally tomorrow. And I’m concerned.

Namely, I’m worried that unlike his fail site, the rally tour he is planning to undertake this summer might actually receive attention from both his followers and the media. While he only attracted a few thousand people to his bad blog, if the networks and cable channels give his rallies attention, if they go and cover them as breathlessly as they did during his campaigns and presidency, it might give him and his lies the oxygen he so desperately seeks. And what worries me is that it will be a hard, if not impossible decision for a news network like CNN or MSNBC to make to NOT turn their cameras towards a former President who is delusional enough to believe he will somehow, magically, be restored to the White House in two months. How do you NOT pay attention to that? But if they do, I fear we will be sucked right back into the Former Deceiver-in-Chief’s vortex of lies and misinformation, and the brief respite our discourse has had from his dangerous bullshit will be over.

There are plenty of commentators and GOP operatives out there who believe the rally tour will only hurt the GOP in the long run, that it will remind Americans of how batshit insane he and by extension the Republican party is as a whole just as we head into 2022 and another round of midterm elections. But I’m old enough to remember that these same people said this exact same thing about his presidential run in 2016 — and we all have the scars (and 600,000 dead fellow Americans) to remember how that turned out.

I’m truly sorry to have broken a nice, almost 5-month run of not making him the star of this blog, but I am afraid it’s once again time to brace ourselves for whatever Former President Unending Nightmare has in store for us next.

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It’s still going to be a little while before we can see Jensen’s beard in action on The Boys, so Starlight’s Season 2 tribute ballad to Translucent, will have to tide you over:

Look, it’s hacky, but I can’t NOT make the “One Degree of Kevin Bacon” joke about this actress from Mare of Easttown. (I had no idea she was Kevin Bacon and Kyria Sedgwick’s daughter until I read this, but now that I know, I can’t unsee it.)

Speaking of Mare, here’s a recipe for a proper Philly cheesesteak, complete with Whiz, that you can make at home if you’re not within driving distance of Philadelphia. (But if you ARE within driving distance, go to Dalessandro’s, not Jim’s … though Jim’s is fine if you’re downtown, I guess.)

There is an alternate universe out there wherein Tobias Fünke was on House, and we will never be able to access it.

Paramount+ is going to launch its cheaper, ad-supported tier next week.

Abby Huntsman has no regrets about leaving The View, and honestly, why would she?

A reminder that the Kennedy Center Honors will air this Sunday:

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We have FX, FXX, and FX on Hulu’s summer premiere dates.

FX dates:

  • American Horror Story: Double Feature: August 25
  • What We Do in the Shadows: September 2
  • Impeachment: American Crime Story: September 7

FX on Hulu dates:

  • American Horror Stories: July 15
  • Reservation Dogs: August 9
  • Y: The Last Man: September 13
  • Untitled B.J. Novak Anthology Series: September 16

FXX:

  • Dave: June 16
  • Archer: August 25

 

  • America: The Motion Picture will premiere on Netflix on June 30.
  • The Legend of the Underground will premiere on HBO and HBO Max on June 29.
  • Full Bloom returns on HBO Max on June 10.
  • Audible will premiere on Netflix on July 1.
  • Crikey! It’s the Irwins will premiere on Animal Planet on June 5.
  • Trevor Noah Presents Josh Johnson: # (Hashtag) will debut on Comedy Central on June 18.
  • So Not Worth It will premiere on Netflix on June 18.
  • Hospital Playlist will debut on Netflix on June 17.
  • Dynasty Warriors will premiere on Netflix on July 1.

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Sweet Tooth: Based on a comic book of the same name, Sweet Tooth takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which part human/part animal hybrid children are suspected as being the cause of the end times, and one boy-deer hybrid sets out to seek answers. Premiere. Netflix

Emergency Call: Harrowing 9-1-1 calls from Austin, Wisconsin, and Alaska. Season premiere. 7 p.m., ABC

SATURDAY

Gone Mom & Beyond the Headlines: The Jennifer Dulos Story: The Lifetime movie and documentary explores the case of a missing woman whose husband claims she Gone Girl-ed him.  7 p.m., Lifetime

Back to the Future trilogy: OK, but when do we get the Doc Brown origin story? 4:30 p.m., Paramount Network

SUNDAY

The U.S. Gymnastics Championships: The Olympics are coming … 6 p.m., NBC

The Kennedy Center Honors: Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Midori, and Dick Van Dyke are honored, and after four years of the President snubbing it, things are returning to normal. 7 p.m., CBS

Pose: Bianca joins ACT UP in the series finale. 9 p.m., FX

The Kings: This documentary explores the four powerhouse boxers of the 80s, Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns, and Sugar Ray Leonard. Series premiere. 7 p.m., Showtime

Little Birds: Based on the stories of Anaïs Nin, Little Birds tells the story of Lucy Savage, a woman discovering herself in 1950’s Tangier. Series premiere. 9 p.m., Starz

Domina: This new series is about the life of Augustus Caesar’s third wife Livia Drusilla, and the couple’s exploits for power. (Or you could just rewatch Rome.) Series premiere. 9 p.m., Epix

War of the Worlds: Second season premiere. 8 p.m., Epix

Celebrity Family Feud: Season premiere. 7 p.m., ABC

The Chase: Season premiere. 8 p.m., ABC

To Tell the Truth: Season premiere. 9 p.m., ABC

The Moodys: Fox brings this doomed series back to run off the remaining episodes. 8 p.m., Fox

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(new)		 20/20
CBS Magnum P.I.
(repeat)		 Magnum P.I.
(repeat)		 Blue Bloods
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CW Charmed
(repeat)		 Dynasty
(new)		 Local
FOX Friday Night Smackdown Local
NBC The Blacklist
(new)		 Dateline

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CBS NCIS: Los Angeles
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NBC Stanley Cup Playoff
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(new)		 To Tell the Truth
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CBS 60 Minutes Kennedy Center Honors
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The CW Local DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
(new)		 Batwoman
(new)		 Local
FOX Duncanville
(repeat)		 Bless the Harts
(new)		 The Simp-sons
(repeat)		 The Great North
(repeat)		 The Moodys
(new)		 Local/News
NBC U.S. Gymnastics Championships
(new)		 America’s Got Talent
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