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Best of 2020: Pandemic Journal

Everybody has their best-of lists, so let me be humility-free and offer Pandemic Journal for consideration. It compresses the ridiculousness of 2020 into an hour of reading/guilty pleasure that generated…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:December 17, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:1 min read
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Reader Update: The Fox-Con

Grifters often have a blind spot when it comes to detecting one of their own kind, so we shouldn't be surprised to see the latest chapter of the Wisconsin-Foxconn saga…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:October 14, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:2 mins read
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Pandemic Journal Shares Favorite Holiday Recipes

Columbus Day finds the Pandemic Journal staff gathering in the lunchroom to raise a toast to a few hundred years of unfettered genocide. As is our custom, staff members are…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:October 12, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:2 mins read
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A Pandemic Journal Edition Completely Free of Bad Words

I'm feeling chastened to think that maybe my use of salty language is getting out of hand. So I've sworn-without-actually-swearing to tone it down a bit and only use words…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:October 9, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:2 mins read
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I Am Governor Whitmer’s ASL Interpreter, and I Am Sick of America’s Bullshit

Hello America, that's me standing behind Big Gretch's left shoulder, translating her words while communicating righteous anger. I am woman–I can fucking multitask. And I am sick of America's bullshit.…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:October 9, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:1 min read
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Stephen Miller, who found pleasure in putting children in cages

Editor's note: Pandemic Journal staff has found it challenging to keep pace with the news. But some stories demand coverage, and word that White House Advisor Stephen Miller contracted Covid-19…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:October 8, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:2 mins read
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I Was a Candy Striper at Walter Reed and Now I Have the Nuclear Football. AMA.

I became at volunteer Candy Striper at Walter Reed Hospital in 2019 because of my love of humankind and unflinching belief that I can make a positive difference in this…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:October 6, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:2 mins read
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A Reader’s Guide to Interpreting White House Reports

Amidst the turmoil of this news cycle I had a sit-down with Pandemic Journal's White House reporter to get the skinny on how she plans to cover what will be,…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:October 2, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:2 mins read
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A Brief Statement from Pandemic Journal About the Welfare of Our Editorial Staff

Readers have faxed and telegraphed messages of concern about our editorial staff's well-being after news of an outbreak of COVID-19 among the flat earthers who run this once-proud nation. Our…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:October 2, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:1 min read
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Pandemic Journal Answers Readers’ Questions About Last Night’s Debate

An outbreak of alcohol poisoning and melancholy sidelined everyone on Pandemic Journal's political beat after last night's hootenanny in Cleveland. So I've turned to other sage voices to offer royalty-free…

  • Post author:Ian
  • Post published:September 30, 2020
  • Post category:Pandemic Journal
  • Reading time:2 mins read
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