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Anna Merlan
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Anna Merlan was a Senior Reporter at G/O Media until September 2019. She's the author of Republic of Lies: American Conspiracy Theorists and Their Surprising Rise to Power.

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There can never be enough salty licorice. Or salty enough licorice, for that matter. Pumpkin spice everything can fuck right off. Read more

I have a Finnish grandfather who enjoyed eating a very specific, unsweetened variety of salty, strong licorice. I love black licorice, and I remember trying his ‘candy’ (term used loosely) and promptly spitting it out in the garbage. I guess it’s a cultural thing? He also loved pickled herrings and buttermilk (eew and Read more

Thank you for this. I really needed a chuckle. :-) Read more

I love Pumpkin Spice M&Ms and I don’t care how the world feels about it. Read more

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Kites are the worst. Sometimes I wish I could just clip all their strings. Read more

Don’t forget.. this gap being talked about by Jennifer and her pals.. is the white woman gap. White women are at the very tippy top of the crappy wage gap.. but they are at the TOP. Black women, Hispanic, Asian.. not even in the ball park. I just wish that vocal group would mention that as well. Read more

Upon hearing the news, Mike Huckabee exclaimed: “Maybe North Korea’s not so bad after all!” Read more

I can’t read this dudefight without Sheryl Crowe’s rendition of The Star Spangled Banner playing in my head. Read more

Elephant seals don’t have tusks! They are called elephant seals because the males have big floppy proboscises sort of like an elephant’s trunk but shorter. Walruses have tusks on males and females. Read more

This is ridiculous. If you want to have him spend his precious time apologizing for every racist thing he says, when is he going to find time to be racist?
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