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Trump Admin: 'Nearly Dead' No Excuse For Not Working For Your Medicaid

Under a new rule, even being under hospice care won't automatically exempt you from the new Medicaid work requirements.

2 hrs ago • Robyn Pennacchia

Trump Blanches At Blanche Confirmation Impasse, Will Take His Blanche And Go Home

He might try again after the two Republican Senate holdouts retire ... let's elect Democrats to their seats instead!

4 hrs ago • Doktor Zoom

Trump State Department Can’t Find [YOUR COUNTRY HERE] On Map

Yes, we said State Department.

5 hrs ago • Evan Hurst

Cocktober Comes Earlier Every Year. Tabs, Fri., July 31, 2026

Morning news roundup and things to read!

7 hrs ago • Rebecca Schoenkopf

Elon Musk's War On 'The Odyssey' Going As Well As All Musk's Other Endeavors

Even Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro have defected.

21 hrs ago • Robyn Pennacchia

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Suck it, losers.

23 hrs ago • Gary Legum

Trump Regime Having Big Hissy Over French Calling Human Rights Abuser A Human Rights Abuser

Quelle horreur !

Jul 30 • Evan Hurst

Just Ahead Of Midterms, Trump Raises $$$ Of Medicare Drugs. Say, Do Old People Vote?

They don't if he won't let them. Problem solved.

Jul 30 • Doktor Zoom

Republicans Spend Day Having Angry Ivermectin Orgasms At Dr. Fauci

To be fair, some of them were hydroxychloroquine orgasms.

Jul 30 • Evan Hurst

And Verily Diddeth They Find Out. Tabs, Thurs., July 30, 2026

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Jul 30 • Rebecca Schoenkopf

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Do-Do-Do-DOOOO! Announcing The 2026 Wonkette Friends And Family (That's You, Dummies) Tour For 2026!

HAWAII, MONTANA, SAN FRAN! Just added, MONTREAL!

Apr 2 • Rebecca Schoenkopf

Special Elections Pressing In On Donald Trump. The Horror.

The Special Elections Special rolls on!

Mar 25 • Doktor Zoom

Is Wonkette Dead Yet? A Wonkvestigation!

Mar 25 • Marcie Jones

If You're Still Nothing But Incandescent Rage Over Minneapolis ICE Murder, Come Sit By Us

Let's talk about channeling that rage!

Jan 8 • Evan Hurst

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Montana Dem Candidate Sam Forstag Is Scaring Wingnuts, And It's Beautiful

Blue-collar progressive populist, no Nazi tattoos.

Jul 29 • Doktor Zoom

New Koch Daughter Just Dropped To Teach Us That Socialist Nordic Countries Totally Capitalist Actually!

Fine, then we'll take whatever flavor of 'capitalism' that is, please and thank you.

Jul 29 • Robyn Pennacchia

So Ohio Gonna Find Its Mind Again Or What?

If Texas and Montana (!) have hope, surely Ohio's not too far gone?

Jul 29 • Doktor Zoom

Is Calling James Talarico A Gay Vegan Who Eats The Wrong Breakfast Tacos Somehow Not Working?

Poll porn time!

Jul 29 • Evan Hurst

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Feb 14, 2025 • Evan Hurst

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Jared Moskowitz Helps Republicans Accept That James Comer Might Not Never Find Hunter Biden's Dang-A-Lang

Mar 21, 2024 • Evan Hurst

Oh This Poor Dumb Trump Lawyer Trying To Defend Military Trans Ban In Court!

Mar 15, 2025 • Marcie Jones

Unfortunately For Us All, A Lot Of Trump Voters Do Actually Want This.

Feb 27, 2025 • Robyn Pennacchia

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Ross Douthat Will F*ck You All Night Long, With His Throbbing Neckbeard

In the '60 Minutes' studios maybe even!

Jul 29 • Evan Hurst

Montana Field Trip Report! Tabs, Wed., July 29, 2026

Morning news roundup and pretty pictures!

Jul 29 • Rebecca Schoenkopf

Wonkette Endorses Abdul El-Sayed In Michigan, We Think We Said That Already Right?

May this goddamn fucking primary please end *correctly*.

Jul 28 • Doktor Zoom

What Fauci's Diary Probably Says, According To A Rand Paul Superfan

I'm grateful to the senator for exposing this criminal.

Jul 28 • Gary Legum

Nice Time

Hey Dems! Swing Voters Want You To Tax The Rich And Get Them Medicare For All! Isn't That Nice?

They'd also like you to stop AI from screwing with prices and salaries, please and thank you.

Jul 10 • Robyn Pennacchia

Let's All Thank Donald Trump For Speeding Up The Clean Energy Transition. He'll HATE That!

Be sure to remind him every chance you get.

May 6 • Doktor Zoom

Congressional Progressives Ready To Shower Us With Reasonable Policies That Make Life More Affordable

Apr 30 • Robyn Pennacchia

Alex Jones Handling The Onion's Infowars Hostile Takeover About As Well As You'd Expect

Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of schadenfreude.

Apr 25 • Doktor Zoom

Trump Demands RFK Jr. Gin Up Some Proof That Vaccines Cause Autism, Which They Don't

And he wants it to be GOLD.

Jul 28 • Robyn Pennacchia

Trump DOJ Cases Against Reflecting Pool Touchers/Seashell Photographers Not Going So Hot

Huh, and they seemed like such serious lawyers.

Jul 28 • Evan Hurst

RFK Jr. Continues To Fail To Do The One Good Thing He Said He Was Going To Do

We remain a nation plagued by extremely annoying pharmaceutical ads.

Jul 28 • Robyn Pennacchia

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The perfect place, the perfect time, the perfect drink.

Jul 24 • Matthew Hooper

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A big strawberry kiss before Tales of the Cocktail.

Jul 17 • Matthew Hooper

Welcome To Wonkette Happy Hour, With This Week's Cocktail, The Silly Wabbit!

This just in: Tricks are no longer just for kids.

Jul 10 • Matthew Hooper

Those Cakes We Like... Have The Royal Seal Of Approval

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Celebrate a little freedom on the Fourth of July.

Jul 3 • Matthew Hooper

Welcome To Wonkette Happy Hour, With This Week's Cocktail, The Gorilla Monsoon!

Welcome to the jungle. We've got fun and games.

Jun 26 • Matthew Hooper

Welcome To Wonkette Happy Hour, With This Week's Cocktail, The Dry Margarita!

Written after 12 hours at work behind the bar and three shots of Fernet-Branca. Be gentle.

Jun 19 • Matthew Hooper

Those Cakes We Like ... Are Getting Messy This Summer

I could have made a joke about horns, but I do have some restraint.

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2025 Hero Of The Year: Zohran Kwame Mamdani!

Hope and glamor are back in New York City, baby!

Jan 1 • Marcie Jones

2025 Shitheels Of The Year: Trump’s Clown Car Cabinet

How can you pick just one?

Jan 1 • Marcie Jones

Who Are The Heroes Of 2025? It's A LONG F*CKIN' LIST.

If you're doing anything tiny to fight fascism, you're on it.

Jan 1 • Evan Hurst

2025 In Hungry, Hungry Leopards

Here, have some schadenfreude.

Jan 1 • Robyn Pennacchia

A Sober [Hic!] Assessment Of Pete Hegseth’s First (Last?) Year As Defense Secretary

WARFIGHTER! WARFIGHTER! WARFIGHTER!

Jan 1 • Evan Hurst

Five Things That Didn't Suck In 2025

Fairly sure we can find that many.

Jan 1 • Doktor Zoom

The Year Trump Made The White House Resemble A Tacky Russian Whorehouse

Which we suppose makes sense in a way.

Dec 31, 2025 • Gary Legum

2025: The Year The USA Got Infected With Both Measles And Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

One could cause hearing and vision loss, the other may make you pray for them.

Dec 31, 2025 • Robyn Pennacchia

2025: The Year In Trump Making Peace!

No more wars? No! More wars.

Dec 31, 2025 • Marcie Jones

2025 In What Did They Do To Their Face!

Time to be a catty bitch!

Dec 31, 2025 • Robyn Pennacchia

2025: The Year Big Oil's Investment In Trump Paid Off

Also the year Trump outlawed science, Project 2025 happened to the planet, and China became the climate's best hope.

Dec 31, 2025 • Doktor Zoom

2025 In Trump's Rotting Body

We just hope it hurts!

Dec 31, 2025 • Gary Legum

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