Last weekend, an irritated woman with a permanently knitted forehead and an ax to grind pushed her way through the crowd at a busy Pennsylvania comedy club and asked me, “How do you sleep at night?”
I braced myself. Normally when someone confronts me like this, the subtext is, “You know, working for Fox News, the evil empire that helped elect the man who is literally Hitler!”
But to my surprise, this girl from Pennsylvania was different.
She was worried Trump supporter who bought a ticket to see my latest comedy performance (usually an outlet to share sordid stories from my 1990s days at MTV) and was deeply concerned about the prospect of a Kamala presidency.
In between the stories of clashing with Rudy Giuliani (you’ll have to buy a ticket to find out) and sharing a casket with Dave Navarro (ditto!), I spiced up the show with some good-natured, bipartisan political comments. to a heavily contested swing state like Pennsylvania.
This Pennsylvania girl was different. She was a concerned Trump supporter who had bought a ticket to see my comedy show and was worried about the prospect of a Kamala presidency.
I seasoned the show with good-natured, bipartisan political ribbing appropriate for a tightly contested swing state like Pennsylvania.
But during the question and answer portion at the end of my set, it was striking how many people in the audience (a spirited mix of Daily Mail and Fox News fans, along with nostalgic Gen-X MTV aficionados) wanted to keep talking about politics – and, most importantly, what they had to say with near-unanimous force.
Everyone who spoke was terrified of the future, as if one of 45’s favorite frothing phrases was haunting their collective minds: “Our country is lost, we are a failing nation.”
To listen to the Harris campaign and its left-wing media lackeys is to believe that the rivers of battlegrounds like Pennsylvania flow royal blue.
But as I drove in from New York on the PA Turnpike, I passed miles of neon signs — unrelated to the campaign — announcing a second Trump presidency.
When they stopped at a McDonald’s outside the Pottstown neighborhood, diners were buzzing with pro-Trump talk.
And it was the same story at a nail salon I visited, and the dive bars, the cafes and shopping centers.
Whisper it – but PA rises to DJT.
Don’t take my word for it. The latest polling average from RealClearPolitics now puts Trump and Harris at a dead end in Pennsylvania — a state where Cackles was virtually deadlocked just weeks ago.
Meanwhile, a surprising New York Times/Siena College survey of the key Sun Belt states (Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina) put Trump ahead last week — by some margin. (Five points in Arizona and four in Georgia).
House Democrat Elissa Slotkin sounded the alarm in Michigan, warning donors that internal polling shows Harris is now “underwater” in her state, according to a clip leaked to Axios this week.
According to the New York Times, Kamala has just a one-point lead among likely voters in the Mitten State, which is a much smaller margin than what both Hillary and Sleepy Joe enjoyed at the same time in their respective races.
With such a close race coming up on the Turnpike, I can’t imagine either candidate will get much sleep at night…
Melania baby bombshell
Former (and perhaps future) FLOTUS Melania Trump has politicians in a frenzy as the Slovenian Sphinx has spoken out in support of… abortion!
“Limiting a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is like denying her control over her own body. I have carried this belief with me throughout my adult life,” Mel writes in her new memoir.
DC Dems are screaming that this pro-choice stance is a slap in the face to her ball-and-chain, who likes to gloat about how he helped overturn Roe v. Wade.
But what if it’s a brilliant presidential stroke that softens a harsh and divisive debate?
Trump has already blocked the evangelical vote (they will never come out for Commie-La), so why not punch the pro-choicers sitting on the fence?
Harry does it alone
Why does Harry shine so brightly when the woman is out of sight?
The Gingerbread Prince graced Gotham last week ahead of the UN General Assembly and dropped his tie And Meghan (reportedly home sick) to sleep with fellow well-wishers.
The King and Queen of Santa Barbara were famously “tailed” by paparazzi during another trip in New York. That “relentless” pursuit was described as “almost catastrophic” by a Sussex spokesperson.
The only thing driving faster than 5 miles per hour in gridlocked Manhattan during UN week is Harry’s mouth when he talks about his latest charity.
The Gingerbread Prince graced Gotham last week ahead of the UN General Assembly, ditching his tie and Meghan (reportedly home sick) to sleep with fellow well-wishers.
Podcast Playoff
When I checked Spotify’s rankings of the best podcasters in America last week, they included: #1 Joe Rogan, #2 Tucker Carlson, #3 Candace Owens, and #4 the Hawk Tuah girl.
If they had to pair boy-girl-boy-girl in an all-out brawl, my money is on Joe and Hawk Tuah destroying Tucker and Candy. A girl can dream!
Poor puppies!
Fake baby Brooklyn Beckham and his bride Nicola Peltz have sued a dog groomer for what their lawsuit describes as “malicious abuse” that led to the death of their beloved Chihuahua.
So why is this talentless couple engaging in a new form of animal cruelty by dyeing the fur of their white Bolognese dogs pink, purple and orange?
So why is this talentless couple engaging in a new form of animal cruelty by dyeing the fur of their white Bolognese dogs pink, purple and orange?
Vogue has gone rogue
Vogue has objected to writer Sally Rooney’s successful new novel, Intermezzo, because its characters are too ‘thin’.
“Thinness is not explicitly glorified, but is ubiquitous enough to feel like a prerequisite for sensuality,” says writer Emma Specter.
What a laughable joke coming from Wintour Palace, an organization that has single-handedly – and proudly – launched millions of eating disorders around the world.
Holding on to youth
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ director Sam Taylor-Johnson, 57, may know a thing or two about softcore porn, but recent vacation photos of the athletic cougar desperately clinging to her much younger husband, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 34, have left I feel quite freezing.
Her claws are dug so deep into his naked torso that you’d think he was about to be carried off and devoured by rabid teenagers.
As for their 23 year age difference, you know what they say: age is nothing but a huge, astonishingly large number.
Her claws are dug so deep into his naked torso that you’d think he was about to be carried off and devoured by rabid teenagers.
Chappell Moan
Drag-tastic synth popper Chappell Roan has been hit out by fans for canceling two festival appearances just hours before she was due to perform due to mental health issues.
“I apologize to the people who have been waiting for me… things have become overwhelming,” she said.
I sympathize with Roan as she succumbs to rapid stardom. But things can also be overwhelming for the cash-strapped normies who spend hundreds of euros on tickets and accommodation, only to be cheated out of a great weekend.