Hicks is probably the most overrated comic of his generation. Interesting to wonder if heโd have mellowed and actually gotten wiser with age, but I suspect your instinct is correct.
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Hicks is probably the most overrated comic of his generation. Interesting to wonder if heโd have mellowed and actually gotten wiser with age, but I suspect your instinct is correct.
27.07.2025 20:24 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Iโll be live on the radio this Thursday morning! ๐๏ธ Talking about #AnAmericanSongline, the power of history through music, and how Iโm preparing for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. ๐บ๐ธ
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The first few seasons of that show were brilliant. It deserves to be wider known.
13.04.2025 18:04 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0No, heโs just lying about it, knowing there will be no consequences.
22.03.2025 13:47 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0These โwonโt someone PLEEEASE think of the children?!โ pols always have skeletons in their closet and they are ALWAYS Republican. Itโs long past time for the left/Democrats to point that out, directly and often.
18.03.2025 19:29 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Good news as far as the oligarchs are concerned... high unemployment gives the managers/owners more leverage and keeps wages lower.
27.02.2025 14:56 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My #5accomplishments:
1) Prevented the earth from spinning into the sun
2) Reconciled quantum theory with general relativity
3) Gave flowers to Maddie in HR, she seemed a little down
4) Fought fascism wherever I encountered it
5) Baked cookies
Itโs not about winning over MAGA, itโs about turning out our own fucking voters. I donโt know if it really is a โbrandingโ issue or weโre just doomed to have the most feckless supporters, but *something* needs to change
15.02.2025 15:31 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Republicans have hated the NEA forever ... if they can't abolish it, they'll turn it into an instrument of white male supremacy:
07.02.2025 23:03 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0In ways large and small, the administration is trying to erase women, POC and LGBTQ people.
07.02.2025 18:45 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I honestly donโt think Trump cares. His main goal was to keep out of prison and heโs done that. As long as he can play golf and act like a big shot heโs fine with whatever.
03.02.2025 14:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Iโve heard this view and never got it โฆ Earn Enough for Us, Another Satellite, Man Who Sailed are all classic XTC, and Colinโs album-ending pair is stellar.
02.02.2025 20:58 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This Reddit post has really stuck with me. We are all of us on war footing, not just the brave governmental workers on the front lines. We all have to stand firm. www.reddit.com/r/fednews/co...
30.01.2025 14:12 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Seriously, fuck this guy and fuck the people who voted for him. Even the ones I know and/or am related to.
28.01.2025 13:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I was just settling in on Threads and now apparently we're all over here? Whatever, just glad to be among the sane and rational. We are all sane and rational, yes?
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