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Good result, and a lovely tribute to Cal right at the end. *sniff*

I can only imagine how John and his writers are feeling right now. I'm so, so tired. 😭

Brava, @Annber03. I love your whole post!

I loved Jon this week. The first part of the show had me laughing out loud several times, and you can bet I screamed with horror when the camera panned out to reveal fake Drumpf in bed with Jon at the end. I haven't seen an extended interview with Tim Walz before, but damn he's just so likeable, and so clear on what he stands for. I want to hug him.

More good news about Georgia: Georgia judge blocks rule requiring hand-count of election ballots.

Well this is good news, at least: Local board members in Georgia can't refuse to certify election results, judge rules.

This episode has made me feel so stressed and sick that my stomach is tied up in knots - and I don't even live in America! I'm Australian, where we have compulsory voting and federal elections are overseen by a federal body and election campaigns are rarely more than six weeks long and election day is always on a Saturday and we never hear about 'voter fraud' and we get a 'democracy sausage' (BBQ sausage in bread) at our local polling booth and the queues to vote are never too long and we get to talk to our neighbours and pet their dogs while we wait and we can buy a homemade cake there to support our local school. I am frightened about the possibility of another Drumpf presidency. Godspeed to you all 😬

IKR? That was hard to hear.

Agreed. Such a loss to the world.

Jon repeatedly telling Dick Cheney to fuck off was *chef's kiss* Brilliant dissection of the debate.

It's got to the stage that whenever John starts to tell us about the origins of a particular evil or dysfunctional thing, I say, 'I bet it started with Reagan.' And then I'm proven right. Here we are again, with the privatisation of hospice care! That guy sure was responsible for a lot of bad stuff.

Re the 14-year-old Australian skateboarding gold medallist getting a pet duck, Aussie cartoonist and national treasure First Dog on the Moon is way ahead of you, John. Behold this gorgeous cartoon published last Friday in the Guardian Australia.

I like having a separate thread for Jon.

Being in Australia, I've already seen this and can tell you it's possibly even better than the first season. Episode 3, 'Heavy', and Episode 4, 'Ethical Porn', were so funny they made me howl. Enjoy!

John and his writers were on fire during the opening segment, especially the part about JD Vance. Zinger after zinger after zinger! I laughed out loud several times. Bravo.