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Fiction(ish)

Contributor's contribution: OC OG OK?
An excerpt of a poetry sequence about a fictional reboot of the old teen soap opera.
REPOST: A Bupkes Chanukah story
When terrorist zealots attack pluralist secularism, we celebrate with socks.
A Font of Greatness
If diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell, choose your typeface wisely.
 • Noach Głuchowicz
Ruining it for the rest of us
That's a nice Star of David you got there, shame if something were to happen to it.
Monsters (and other lies)
When a double's not enough, make it a triple.
The Bupkes goes Hollywood: rebooting a liberal Zionist classic for better use
Don’t miss the exclusive trailer to our based-on-a-true-story minor motion picture about the rise of a NYC mayoral candidate who nobody except normal…
ConWatch: Week 1,817
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Germany demands a Wiederwiedergutmachungsabkommen with Israel. Plus: Death of a satirist.
Up, up, and back where we started
A supposedly fast thing we'll never do again. Never again.
The St. Petersburg Summit Declaration
Increased militarism amid rising nationalism. What could go wrong?
Presented by Mastercard
Introducing the Joseph R. Biden Jr. Presidential Library.
A Bupkes Pesach story
We are pleased to report that the Golden Calf is alive and well.
Age of Caligula
The empire sanctions itself.
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