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John Ficarra


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Let Them Drink Vodka

The statewide water shortage is driving New Yorkers to desperate measures

Moscow Hotline

Selected excerpts from the phone conversations between former president Donald J. Trump and Russian president Vladimir Putin

Mar-a-Gaga

Not-so-subtle signs Donald Trump has lost a step or two

Defining “Weird”

Trump is the exemplar of something, but what is it, exactly?

Hillbilly Eulogy

What happens if Trump regrets choosing J. D. Vance as his running mate? And then blames it on Biden?

Milwaukee’s Finest Boor

How can Republicans gathered in Wisconsin formally nominate Donald Trump with a straight face? Just watch them

Bad Connection

An open challenge to the puzzle editors at The New York Times

The AIR MAIL Survey

A quiz on the most important issues of the day …

Noem Chompski

Other potential Trump vice-presidential picks now that Kristi Noem has shot herself in the foot

The Eternal Flameout

A closer look at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s coalition

Al Jaffee

The ingenious Mad-magazine cartoonist was as quick-witted and irreverent in person as he was on paper

Guess What Melania Trump Is Up To

Bet-makers weigh in on how the elusive former First Lady has been whiling away the hours since leaving the White House

Acronyms for Adults Only

How to keep up with the texting shorthand your elders use to confound you

DNR

Texting acronyms for aging baby-boomers

Rope-a-Dope

Who is the champion in Washington’s swampy sleaze-and-corruption arena?

From North Korea with Love

Overheard snippets of conversation between Vladimir Putin and his guest, Kim Jong Un

Assisted Leading

White House aides worry that Biden is showing his age—or Methuselah’s

Peer Pressure

How do lawyers pick “a jury of his peers” when the defendant is Donald Trump? Actually, the potential jury pool is pretty deep

DeSantis Campaign Contributors

He reportedly raised more than $8 million within 24 hours of announcing his candidacy for president. Just who the hell is giving Ron DeSantis all this money?

Now Boarding

From a Galaxy Far, Far Away

What can Nikki Haley teach us about the solar system? And the Republican Party?

What a Gas!

Quick-fire answers to all your pressing questions about the Chinese spy balloon

It’s a Smaller World

Those we lost in 2022—a special Disney remembrance

A Furshlugginer Great Boss

The life of William M. Gaines, Mad magazine’s unmistakable publisher, was as large as the man himself