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  • Ep.118: None Dare Call It Treason (When Republicans Do It)

    Donald Trump has been a Russian asset since the 1980s. Trump has been spewing russian propaganda for over 40 years and has been an obedient lapdog of the murderous dictator Putin every second he’s been in the White House.

    Now, with nothing left to lose, the Traitor-in-Chief has finally dropped any pretense of “America First” and is now openly funneling money to a hostile foreign nation. It won’t be long before Trump is ordering the Pentagon to send Putin weapons and intelligence to help him win his war against Ukraine.

    If (when) that happens, the Republican Party will have a choice: Go along with the treasonous leader of their party and forever be branded as traitors along with him, or finally, for the first time in their useless lives, put country first and remove Donald Trump from power.

    Honestly? I have no idea which way they’ll go, and that says a lot about the GOP. None of it good.

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    Main Stories 2:30 - 25:40

    2:30 - 12:25 Trump finally stops pretending he’s not a Russian asset. How long before he announces he’s sending money and weapons directly to Moscow along with all of our military secrets?

    12:26 - 25:40 Livestreaming an execution is what terrorists do. But then, we already knew who the Trump regime was all along, didn’t we? Fascism embraces violence to show strength. All it ever does is prove how weak it is.

    Midterm Massacre! 25:41

    25:41 - 28:59 Republicans are on the brink of losing multiple gubernatorial races in once-reliably red states. Another victory for Donald Trump!

    29:00 - 34:23 Trump and Musk are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into doomed House and Senate races. Will it have any noticeable effect? What happens to Trump’s clout in the GOP if it doesn’t?

    34:24 - 39:40 The regime killed billions in funding for rural energy programs in Republican-held districts. Guess who is starting to notice?

    39:41 - 42:14 James Talarico is creating a panic so deep on the right, they’ve started to humiliate themselves in really bizarre ways.

    42:15 - 49:00 We have to talk about the growing violence at Trump rallies and why this is very different than the violence in 2016.

    Headlines for Short Attention Spans 49:01

    49:01 - 50:33 Kash Patel, Director of the FBI, is off in Russia hanging out with the FSB/former KGB. I’m sure the easily manipulated moron isn’t doing anything treasonous. Right?

    50:34 - 52:48 ICE tried to murder another migrant last week, shooting into Oscar Belgal’s car while his five-year-old son was in it. #NurembergThemAll

    52:49 - 56:46 The regime conducted a raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home, trying to fabricate a criminal case against the Somali immigrant. This will come back to haunt Republicans…

    56:47 - 59:23 A judge slapped down the regime’s utterly lawless and patently illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda ads. Will the regime comply?

    59:24 - 1:02:15 Ukraine appears to have temporarily crippled Russia’s disinformation bot farms. What impact will that have on the GOP’s midterm strategy, which relies heavily on lies and propaganda amplified by Russia?

    1:02:16 - 1:03:25 Fascism is losing because fascism is dumb. Example #Infinity

    Self-care of the Week 1:03:26 - 1:13:45

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    1 hr 16 min
  • Ep. 117: Toy Soldier Hegseth Hands The Military Over To Idiots

    Toy Soldier Pete Hegseth wants to run for president. He’s already the manliest Secretary of WAR America has ever had, so why not become the manliest president?! But to do that, he’s going to need a billionaire or two on his side.

    So why not put the Pentagon and its $1.5 TRILLION dollar budget in the hands of Elon Musk? After Musk is done stealing directing half of the military’s money to his own businesses, a very grateful Musk will be sure to back the candidate most likely to keep that money spigot open, right?

    We are living through an age of corruption that would make the Robber Barons of the Gilded Age blush with embarrassment.

    When the regime falls, and it will, all of these thieves and grifters have to be dragged out of their bunkers, put on trial, and thrown into a tiny jail cell for the rest of their lives. Send a message to the ultra-rich that no one is above the law, especially not them.

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    Main Stories 1:45 - 12:55

    1:45 - 7:12 Pete Hegseth continues to be the most ridiculous and unqualified imbecile possible to be in charge of America’s military. Now he’s put even more ridiculous and unqualified imbeciles in charge of the military’s future. Yaaaaay…

    7:13 - 12:55 The Ogre went to the Power to the People Festival! It was an incredible day of anti-fascism and making racists sad.

    Midterm Massacre!!! 12:56 - 31:30

    12:56 - 17:21 The race in Maine is going poorly for corrupt liar Susan Collins, despite the media’s best efforts not to pay attention to any of it.

    17:22 - 23:50 The Carolinas, BOTH of them, are turning into a giant headache for Republicans. We love that for them.

    24:50 - 26:10 Democrats are targeting even MORE vulnerable House seats because the blue wave is THAT fucking large.

    26:11 - 31:30 The trifecta stranglehold Republicans have on state legislatures is about to be broken.

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    Headlines for Short Attention Span 31:31

    31:31 - 35:35 ProPublica lays out just how lawless ICE is with a litany of racist civil rights abuses.

    35:36 - 40:20 Trump’s latest made-up story is that we’re at war with Iran to stop their massive drug empire. 🙄We’re getting ready to escalate, possibly as cover to declare a “national emergency.”

    40:21 - 42:50 New York State is getting pummeled by measles because the anti-vaxxer movement has set public health back a century.

    42:51 - 44:46 Russian carelessness has let the pneumonic plague loose. That’s not the scary part. Having American healthcare in the hands of a eugenicist death cult who WANT another global pandemic is much more concerning.

    44:47 - 47:34 The most corrupt insurrectionist Supreme Court justice in history, Samuel Alito, says he's NOT retiring. Is he lying?

    47:35 - 56:10 Fake progressive Michael Tracey showed his entire ass again this week by attacking Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case, and he got Big Sad when he was raked over the coals for it. Fuck the alt-left.

    Self-care of the Week 56:11 - 1:06:06

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Ep.116: What Will The Next Two Years Look Like?

    Everything that happens after the midterms will be terrible…for Republicans. It’s not going to be great for the country, but it’s going to be REALLY bad for the GOP.

    Donald Trump will melt down into a puddle of narcissistic injury after being rejected AGAIN by the entire nation. It was his brilliant idea to force himself on the ballot and he will own the massive loss his party of pedophiles, Nazis, and grifters is about to suffer. No matter how many times he says he didn’t lose, everyone will blame him, and Trump will know the vote was a referendum on how much he’s loathed by America.

    That will lead the thin-skinned dictator wannabe to spend two years taking revenge on the people he’s supposed to be governing. Trump’s suicide run will be horrific, and he will drag the entire Republican Party down into the depths of hell with him. But not the rest of us, because no matter what this deranged, treasonous kiddie rapist does, he will never break us. We are about to break him and his regime.

    The ballot is stronger than the bully.

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    What happens after Republicans get nuked from orbit this November? 2:15 - 27:50

    2:15 - 10:55 Democrats are going to investigate every fucking thing and every fucking one. Who’s gonna get impeached? We’re gonna find out!

    10:56 - 15:30 The Trump Temper Tantrum will escalate and become incredibly damaging and dangerous while the economy implodes.

    15:31 - 20:15 Trump will continue his white trash rampage, enshittifying our public lands and monuments.

    20:16 - 23:05 Trump will continue to abuse his power to spread pro-Trump propaganda. This will not work the way he thinks it will.

    23:06 - 27:50 What will Republicans do with their Mad King? Follow him off the cliff or cut their losses?

    Midterm Massacre (new segment!) 28:18 - 33:00

    28:18 - 29:32 Are ANY House seats safe? Maybe. But a lot less than there used to be…

    29:33 - 30:54 The Senate has gone from an uphill fight for Democrats to a long shot for Republicans.

    30:55 - 32:02 Trump is exploring new depths of unpopularity. He’s #1! At being hated!

    32:03 - 33:00 Republican internal polling is even worse than what we’re seeing. Just ask the Iowa GOP…

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    Headlines for Short Attention Spans! 33:01 - 50:30

    33:01 - 37:50 The regime demoted our top Middle Eastern counterterrorism guys because Stephen Miller’s wife pitched a hissy fit. Feel safer yet?

    37:51 - 40:20 Republicans held a private meeting with billionaire Harlan Crow to explain how they plan to kill Social Security and Medicare. The legacy press declined to report on the meeting for some reason…

    40:21 - 42:45 The regime is seriously discussing a diesel export ban, which would absolutely raise the price of gas AND diesel. Brilliant!

    42:46 - 44:25 Good News! The police are reopening the Cornell 7 rape case. Public shaming works.

    44:26 - 46:11 Another prosecutor has resigned from Trump’s Very Serious “grand conspiracy” probe. Womp-womp.

    46:12 - 50:30 Senate Republicans tried to ambush Jack Smith. They shot themselves in the dick instead.

    Self-care of the Week 50:31 - 57:42

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    1 hr
  • Ep. 115: ICE Tries To Murder Another Latino Deliveryman

    ICE was never a good idea. It was always a cesspit filled with racists hoping to cleanse America of the people they hated. Now? It’s a rabid animal that has to be put down. There is no fixing ICE. It cannot be redeemed or returned to its core mission. This IS its core mission. It always was. The only difference is that they’ve stopped pretending to be law enforcement. ICE has become the fascist white nationalist paramilitary weapon it was intended to be from the start.

    Abolish ICE. Fire every agent. Ban them from law enforcement for life. Charge them with crimes against humanity. Lock them up for 25 years. Execute the ones responsible for murder. Send the clear and unambiguous message that America will no longer tolerate lawless fascism. #NurembergThemAll

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    Main Stories

    :30 - 3:50 Trump’s Brownshirts shot a DoorDash deliveryman and may have left him paralyzed. If he survives. Abolish ICE. Nuremberg them all.

    3:51 - 10:45 Trump banned MS Now, CNN, and Politico from the White House. His little fascist temper tantrum immediately bit him in his fascist ass.

    We’re Living in the Stupidest Timeline

    11:20 - 16:20 The EPA is going to manufacture a bullshit excuse about hormones in the water to ban contraceptives and medical care for the trans community

    16:21 - 19:40 MAGAland is crying big, sobby tears about the Canadian national anthem being sung at the Buffalo Bills game last week. Boo fucking hoo.

    Headlines for Short Attention Spans 19:41 -

    19:41 - 22:38 Cornell University puts on a master class of rape culture. These are the seven rapists.

    22:39 - 24:15 The crypto industry is pouring at least $30 million into the Ohio Senate race because Sherrod Brown thinks they’re thieving liars. Spoiler alert: They are.

    24:16 - 25:20 The regime is stealing healthcare from another 750,000 Americans by crying “fraud!” with no evidence. The death cult strikes again.

    25:21 - 27:05 Air Force Maj. Jason Watson is being court-martialed for speaking out against the regime’s illegal wars. Because that’s what fascist governments do to dissenters.

    27:06 - 28:45 America’s first DEI (Didn’t Earn It) Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, is moving forward with mandatory testosterone testing. What a fucking moron.

    28:46 - 29:55 The Senate map is expanding for Democrats as Kansas and Nebraska turn into potential battlegrounds.

    29:56 - 34:25 Just how fucked ARE Republicans? We’re no longer discussing how much they’re going to lose, but rather how much damage the coming bloodbath is going to do to Trump. Ouch…

    Self-care of the Week 34:26 - 37:25

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    39 min
  • Ep. 114: Nuremberg Them All

    Ogre Note: DERP goes the Ogre! Thursday’s upload was broken, and since I was offline the rest of the day except for a few quick notes, I didn’t realize. That was sloppy of me, and I apologize. The full episode has been uploaded, I swear!, and it’s all good now.

    Donald Trump will not be able to use the United States Postal Service to rig the midterm elections. That was his last, best hope to legal steal our votes and keep his party of Nazis and pedophiles in power. The pressure Trump has put on the USPS to act illegally is so intense, his handpicked Postmaster General wants to quit.

    With this last avenue closed to him, Trump will be forced to resort to desperate and ham-fisted measures. They will be so obviously illegal in nature, none of it will work. But everyone involved will be exposed to severe legal jeopardy. Democrats have a window of opportunity to nuke the fascist movement from orbit by having their state Attorney General press charges against every single fascist fuck that dares to touch a ballot or harass a voter.

    Make the fascists absolutely paranoid that coming within 30 miles of the 2028 election will land them in prison for 20 years. Make the lawless afraid of the rule of law again. That’s how we start to take our country back.

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    Main Stories

    3:44 - 15:00 Florida’s illegal concentration camp was far worse than we thought it was, yet somehow exactly what we expected.

    15:01 - 22:40 SCOTUS shoots down Trump’s plan to use the Post Office to rig the midterms. Now the regime is desperate.

    Scenes from a Crashing Economy

    22:41 - 31:45 The oil crunch just got a lot worse. Here comes the pain.

    31:46 - 35:05 The Bond Market is getting ugly. This stuff is nerdy and confusing, but will still hit your wallet like a sledgehammer.

    35:06 - 41:05 The real reason for the “AI will kill us all!” hype. Hint: A trillion-dollar bailout is coming.

    Headlines for Short Attention Spans

    41:06 - 45:00 Failson Trump Jr. had a Putin-connected Russian oligarch (is there any other kind?) pay for two days of after-wedding parties. The press is curiously incurious after YEARS of screaming about Hunter Biden’s “corruption.”

    45:01 - 46:40 Joe Manchin and John Fetterman continue to prove the saying, “With friends like these, who needs enemies?”

    46:41 - 48:20 Trump is murdering the Kennedy Center because he can’t put his name on it. What fascism cannot control, it destroys.

    48:21 - 50:57 The Very Serious Anti-Trump Conspiracy Investigation is falling apart. We’re shocked.

    50:58 - 54:00 Democrats are planning to train 100,000 volunteers to watch and report on Republican interference at the polls.

    54:01 - 1:00:50 Trump is pushing a very VERY unpopular pro-Flock camera message right before the midterms. What a political savant@!

    Self-care of the Week! 1:00:51 -1:07:50

    1:07:51 - 1:11:45 A short additional discussion about Hayden Panettiere and postpartum depression.

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    1 hr 14 min
  • Ep. 113: Happy $100/Barrel of Oil Day, America!

    Are you wondering why gas is getting more expensive again? Have you, perhaps, noticed that the price of diesel is higher than you’ve ever seen it? Why is it going back up if the Strait of Hormuz has been closed this entire time?

    Well, a little bit of oil was trickling through, but that’s over for now. But more importantly, the mitigation efforts we had in place have been used up, and now there’s jackshit we can do to stop the death spiral of energy prices, especially now that the cold weather is moving in and people will be heating their homes soon.

    Donald Trump and his regime of incompetent imbeciles started a war they can’t end, and now we’re all going to pay the (higher) price. The only upside is that the strategic geniuses at the White House managed to use up all of their gimmicks to hold down the price of gas before the midterms. That lack of planning is going to punch them right in their stupid fucking faces. Ha. Ha. Ha.

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    Ogre Nation News Update!

    :45 - 5:00 Happy $100+ Per Barrel of Oil Day! Trump’s moronic war of choice is pushing energy prices back up, and we’ve used up our mitigation efforts! Right before the midterms! Masterful electoral gambit, sir!

    5:25 - 19:05 It’s been 25 years since 9/11, and Republicans are still trying to recapture the high of crushing our civil liberties under the guise of “national security” and toxic patriotism.

    A Republican tried to murder a Democratic candidate this week. But it’s not domestic terrorism, and the GOP’s nonstop violent rhetoric isn’t repsonsible. Sure is weird how that works…

    We Live in the Stupidest Timeline

    24:07 - 28:31 RFK Jr. is a fucking monster, and he’s trying to cover up the child deaths from his ongoing measles outbreak.

    28:32 - 41:05 Pennsylvania is struggling with a local outbreak of the deadly disease. Except instead of taking precautions to protect its most vulnerable, babies in the neonatal ICU, one hospital is shrugging its shoulders and shouting “YOLO!” We really do live in the stupidest timeline. Florida Woman Rants and I go into a full-on “Fuck the anti-vaxxer!” rant here.

    Headlines for Short Attention Spans

    42:07 - 47:46 Trump’s “New America” tweet is a desperate bid to distract the country from his legion of failures. But it’s not working anymore…

    47:47 - 49:30 The Missouri Supreme Court made Trump cry big, sobby tears of rage

    49:31 - 51:15 Marco Rubio has a piece of shit Nazi as his head speechwriter because of COURSE HE DOES

    51:16 - 56:15 The regime let TPS protections for 170,000 Salvadorans expire so they can push them into illegal status and hunt them like animals.

    56:16 - 1:10:10 MAGA is dying, and we have a way to directly measure it

    1:10:11 - 1:05:54 The GOP’s grand gerrymandering experiment is biting them in their cheating fascist asses.

    Self-care of the Week 1:05:55 - 1:15:00

    The Unedited Hotmess Livestream



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    1 hr 17 min
  • Ep. 112: America’s Greatest Enemy Is...Canada?

    Trump turning on our allies doesn’t make any sense unless his goal is to weaken America. Since he’s a Russian asset and has been since the 80s, yeah, not really a surprise.

    But why the concerted whole-of-government effort to demonize Canada, CANADA, of all places? Does Trump hate hockey? Do moose and Canadian geese offend him? Did Celine Dion give him the cold shoulder once?

    The answer may lie in how Russia views Ukraine: As a threat and a prize to pillage. A threat insofar as Canada is a free and open democracy thriving on our very large shared border while we become a failing autocracy. But also a prize filled with natural resources to plunder, guarded by a vastly inferior military.

    Trump’s fascist America can’t just invade such a country. But after years of deliberate antagonism, and provocation and demagoguery, wouldn’t you know it? 38% of Republicans see Canada, CANADA!, as a hostile threat.

    Crazy and tinfoil hat stuff? So was Project 2025.

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    Ogre Nation News Update! (roar)

    1:10 - 16:26 Oh (WTF) Canada! The legacy press kind of glossed over WHY we’re in a new trade war with Canada. And why, exactly, has the regime decided the greatest threat to the United States is our closest ally? You’re not going to like the answer.

    16:27 - 20:30 The regime is escalating its attack on the elderly and disabled as part of its quiet eugenics programs to cull the herd. #NurembergThemAll. Every last one of these Nazi fucks.

    20:31 - 27:51 America’s food supply is becoming dangerous, and that is by design. We are living through a grand libertarian experiment. And like all libertarian experiments, it’s stupid, doesn’t work, and we’ve already done this before. Time for a history lesson.

    I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream Because of Fucking ICE

    27:52 - 32:11 Nazi cosplayer Greg Bovino is taking the grifter’s road because of COURSE he is.

    32:12 - 39:57 Milo Yiannopolous got deported. Ha. Ha. Fucking Ha.

    Headline for Short Attention Spans!

    39:58 - 42:15 Homeland Security is abusing an obscure law to spy on journalists. Where my free speech advocates at? Greenwald? Taibbi? Nothing?! Fuck you.

    42:16 - 45:41 Trump has ordered a midterm convention where everyone will praise the Dear Leader. There’s just ONE little problem…

    45:42 - 49:04 Texas Republicans are panicking as James Talarico mops the floor with criminal Ken Paxton. Cue the election rigging.

    49:05 - 50:45 HAHAHAHAHA! Pete Hegseth wants to run for president! Oh please, oh please, oh please!

    50:46 - 51:55 Mass Murderer RFK Jr. knows who to blame for kids dying from measles: Doctors and the press.

    51:56 - 55:08 The GOP’s ban on abortion is forcing women to get the care they need later, and it’s hurting women. Just like the “pro-life” party of misogyny planned.

    55:09 - 57:57 Some good news: The wildly unpopular Trump has ordered his cult to praise him as their midterm closing message. Masterful gambit, sir!

    57:28 - 59:47 “Weak” candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leading his Republican opponent despite weeks of the legacy press trying to sabotage him. Teehee!

    Self-care of the Week! 59:48 - 1:09

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    1 hr 11 min
  • Ep. 111: Where’s The Beef?!

    Trump is such a man of the people, he wants to dump cheap, toxic ground beef on the market for the peasants to buy! Everyone celebrate their benevolent overlord and his brilliant plan to lower the cost of groceries! Please ignore the renewed trade war with Canada, which will send the price of toilet paper through the roof.

    Truly, Trump is a political genius of unparalleled mastery of the economy!

    And if you believe that, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you for a song, buddy…

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    Ogre Nation News Update

    Main Stories (2:51 - 20:35)

    2:51 - 9:40 The bad news (and good!) about the infinitely corrupt SCOTUS ruling on Trump’s infinitely corrupt (and unconstitutional) mail-in ballot executive order.

    9:41 - 20:35 The leopards are eating the faces of Trump-supporting beef farmers! Have a hamburger made from questionable foreign beef to celebrate!

    I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream Because of Fucking ICE (20:36 - 28:53)

    20:36 - 24:10 ICE arrests a mother in front of her 18-month-old baby at a routine immigration hearing. More proof that cruelty is the point.

    24:11 - 27:24 Green card applicants will be placed under increased “public charge” scrutiny, meaning children will go hungry and without medical care. Republicans: The party of “pro-life.”

    27:25 - 28:53 Immigration arrests reach a record high under Markwayne Mullin. So why are Trump and MAGAland still mad at him? We explain.

    Headlines for Short Attention Spans (28:54 - 43:01)

    28:54 - 31:48 In his never-ending quest for self-glorification, Trump insults a Black WWII hero.

    31:49 - 36:14 Trump goes all in on data centers. How will that go over with his base, who absolutely HATE data centers?

    36:15 - 37:39 Republican gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds is blaming immigrants in Florida’s measles outbreak. Guess who is actually the cause?

    37:40 - 38:12 Ed Martin, one of Trump’s legal goons, is ready to litigate the midterms! What could possibly go wrong?!

    38:13 - 40:25 What did Trump know about how badly a war with Iran would go, and when did he know it? We have the answer, and it’s worse than you thought.

    40:26 - 41:37 Trump is wildly unpopular across the country. How unpopular? Come find out!

    41:38 - 43:01 The NYT isn’t sugarcoating it: Republicans are in trouble in the Senate.

    Self-care of the Week (43:02 - 48:40)

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    51 min
  • Ep. 110: Infinite Money For Stupid Trump Shit

    When the history books are written about this blighted period of American history, they will marvel at how a country founded explicitly on the rejection of an unconstrained executive allowed a wannabe tyrant to flush billions of dollars down the drain on nonsensical vanity projects and dementia-fueled whims.

    From mutilating the White House to crippling our modern aircraft carriers by demanding outdated technology, Trump is a dying old man desperate to force everyone to remember him and throwing a temper tantrum until things are back “the way they used to be!”

    I can’t wait until it’s all erased and nothing is left. I hope Trump lives long enough to see his “legacy” vanish so he can die in total despair. Can you think of a better fate for a malignant narcissist than to be forgotten while he’s alive and raging? Ha Ha Ha.

    The Opinionated Ogre is a Stay-at-Home parent first, foul-mouthed hater of fascist Republicans second. He’s been making the most horrible people in the country miserable for over 15 years, and the hate he feels for American Nazis is eternal and without limits. He plans to stop torturing right-wing trash the day the last fascist dies. So, you know, never. Please help support this potty-mouthed newsletter for just $5/month or $50/year (Almost 17% less!)

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    Ogre Nation News Update!

    :01 - 7:15 Preshow banter about data center tattoos and Florida Nazis

    10:13 - 23:26 Trump is a fucking moron, and he is wasting literally BILLIONS of our tax dollars on the dumbest shit imaginable.

    23:27 - 32:27 Uncle Ogre’s Storytime: A tale of the long-predicted alt-left’s war on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and why she’s such a threat to the ratfuckers.

    32:28 - 38:57 The depraved monsters of the GOP are abusing their power to literally steal babies from their biological parents.

    38:58 - 48:10 I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream Because of Fucking ICE

    48:11 - 53:55 Scenes From A Crashing Economy

    53:56 - 1:09:25 Headlines for Short Attention Spans

    1:09:26 - 1:21:16 Self-care of the Week

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I'm a stay-at-home ogre who writes about politics and family. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll leave angry and informed. Welcome to The Ogre Nation!