In Which We Discuss:

1. Good News: New Speaker Mike Johnson has a podcast, so look forward to new scandals breaking weekly

2. Jared Golden is the Erika Jayne of the US House 

3. Somebody should tell Mike Pence that his life has hit rock bottom

4. The Lincoln Project finally manifested a real life human in Dean Phillips

5. New candidate soars into second place in the GOP primary, now a mere 30 points behind Trump

6. Donald Trump’s war on zippers

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