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Leonardfan said:
https://thefederalist.com/2024/11/07/after-trumps-victory-there-can-be-no-unity-without-a-reckoning/

Good article on the way forward.
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That's an excellent article.

I stopped watching SNL decades ago as it stopped being funny decades ago, but tuned in on Saturday as I was curious to hear guest host Bill Burr's opening monologue so soon after the election. Burr can be very "politically incorrect" not to mention funny as hell but knows how to play the other side enough to keep playing big-time venues and keep the money rolling in. Having a black wife with TDS also works in his favor.

Anyway, his opening bit was weak, seemed like he wasn't sure how to play it in front of that NYC audience so he was mostly unfunny, well below his usual standard. And if you watch it it's clear that SNL used a laugh track to help cover up the fact that he bombed. Probably won't affect his popularity but trying to go right down the middle in the aftermath of the election when Kamala provided such a rich vein of jokes comes across to me as cowardice, especially when a strong tide against the radical left and "wokeness" is so clearly underway. Disappointing is my verdict.

 
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Don Wassall said:
That's an excellent article.

I stopped watching SNL decades ago as it stopped being funny decades ago, but tuned in on Saturday as I was curious to hear guest host Bill Burr's opening monologue so soon after the election. Burr can be very "politically incorrect" not to mention funny as hell but knows how to play the other side enough to keep playing big-time venues and keep the money rolling in. Having a black wife with TDS also works in his favor.

Anyway, his opening bit was weak, seemed like he wasn't sure how to play it in front of that NYC audience so he was mostly unfunny, well below his usual standard. And if you watch it it's clear that SNL used a laugh track to help cover up the fact that he bombed. Probably won't affect his popularity but trying to go right down the middle in the aftermath of the election when Kamala provided such a rich vein of jokes comes across to me as cowardice, especially when a strong tide against the radical left and "wokeness" is so clearly underway. Disappointing is my verdict.

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Agreed. Very awkward at times.
 
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Trump's cabinet picks are pretty decent so far.

https://6abc.com/post/trump-cabinet-picks-list/15538044/

Stephen Miller, despite being jewish, was one of his more rightwing advisors last time so I'm glad he's back. Tom Homan is back now as the "Border Czar". He seemed to be a hardliner as Deputy of ICE last time. Zeldin (jewish) and Stefanik are Trump loyalist, who at least will not stab him in the back. Waltz, I'm not familiar with but seems the worst of the bunch so far from what I hear.
 
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