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Free Chat Friday, Week 16
TGIF, News Viewers. . . Welcome to our Friday Free Chat. This has been another terrible week in the news. You know it’s terrible on earth when stories about space pop up— this week was MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 15
Good Morning and Happy Friday News Viewers, welcome to Friday’s Free Chat, all the chat that’s fit to pontificate about (smile)……. I think it’s best to focus what’s NOT in a state of chaos at MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 14
Happy Friday News Viewers, it’s all tariffs in the toons today, and that’s no surprise, because when has such a big presidential deal made so little sense? And when has such a big deal affected MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 13
Happy Friday News Viewers on a rainy gray day; to paraphrase the Bard, “the sun for sorrow will not show its head. . . “. . . . Sorrow for the sad state we find MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 12
Happy Friday, News Viewers —- Wait. I should take that back. Not happy — enraged, maybe, or anxious, tired, restless, frustrated Friday? Maybe so. . . In fact, we heard again this week that the MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 11
Good morning, all ye souls of News Views, welcome to another Friday edition of Free Chat, with your host with the “almost” most, me — filling in for the lovely Rachel today. It’s week 11, MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 10
Happy Friday News Viewers — Good Riddance to another week of insanity, at least in the news. . . I’m reminded of a Twilight Zone episode where a couple wakes up to find their house MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 9
Good morning, News Viewers, you read that right — it’s only Week 9. Consuming news these days is like drinking from a firehose, and next week will be even more Tariff-ic, with a new trade MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 8
Good morning, News Viewers, today we open with some Breaking News: Canada is not Donald Trump’s bitch! How do you say it — ETTD?? Other than that sweet karmic win for our friendly neighbors, there MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 7
Good morning News Viewers, and Happy Valentine’s Day! Roses are red, violets are blue. How did we get here? I haven’t a clue. But at least we still have wine and chocolate. It’s of course MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 5
Good morning all, welcome to Friday and the gateway to the weekend. Is it 2028 yet? And why does it feel like it’s been 2,628 years since the inauguration? I don’t do McTrump math but MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 4
Good morning, News Viewers and Trump Justice Warriors, time to rise and shine, make the covfefe, and enjoy some rationed and/or fake eggs to get your Friday started! It’s a new day in Trumplandia, or MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 3
Well, TGIF, News Viewers, and while it’s a chilly one, wondering if we can just stop the presses and Groundhog Day this final “free” Free Chat Friday? We swore that TFG would be back when MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 2
Good morning, News Viewers, and welcome to the second week in the year of our lard, King Donald. This week we can celebrate some good with the bad, as we get to officially hang the MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 1
Good morning, peeps, …er, whatevs!! I’m still waiting for the coffee to kick in, and I’m full of hope that eventually it will. We’ve been bingeing a replay of Ted Lasso this week, and I’d MORE
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The Best and Worst of 2024 — Free Chat
Well, there’s good news and bad news — 2024 is over, and 2025 is almost here! Ugh. With few options of good news to report, and a New Year on our doorstep, let’s take time MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 52
Good morning, News Viewers, and happy Friday as we wind down 2024 and drag ourselves into (Project) 2025! During these days of Trump purgatory, waiting for the fresh hell of our Derp Leader and his MORE
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Happy Holidays: December 25, 2026
Good morning, News Viewers, and Happy Holidays! It’s quiet around the News Views newsroom because we’re enjoying the holidays and spending time with our families. Whatever you celebrate or don’t, just enjoy the day and MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 51
It was the last Friday before Christmas, when all through the House, All the creatures were stirring — Including Muskrat the Louse… Good Friday morning to one and all — on this final stretch of MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 50
Good morning all, and welcome to Week 50, and Day 348 of the year 2024, with eight days left until winter. Really. Currently a crisp 12°, so a nice prelude to “winter.” For the second MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 49
Good morning, and welcome to the coming weekend, with Christmas coming faster than a Trump Train. I really need a concept of a plan because I still have a pumpkin on the front porch, while MORE
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Free Chat: Happy Thanksgiving!
Good morning, News Viewers, and Happy Thanksgiving or whatever you celebrate. We’re not doing much today but will have a bunch of people over on Saturday. I was just going to make a seafood paella MORE
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Free Chat Friday: November 22, 2024
Good Morning, News Viewers, and Happy Friday! Are you all getting ready for Turkey Day? Got plans? A concept of a plan? How’s The Fascist Guy’s proposed cabinet doing? Cartoons do some ‘splaining: Please feel MORE
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Free Chat Friday: November 15, 2024
Happy Friday, News Viewers, and welcome to the weekend! Welp, the hangover from the election is somewhat over but the pain has just begun. I’m just thankful that I live in a state that took MORE
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Free Chat Friday, Week 45 (ugh)
Good morning, News Views friends. As you can see, it’s Friday. How did we get here? To Friday, I mean? I’ve experienced a few days of “real life” interruptions, days and nights turned on end, MORE