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So here we are, freed from the shackles of Patreon, having sprinted into the welcoming arms of Substack, and ready to deliver our first weekly Members Only dispatch. Yay! And you’re in for a treat, dear citizens of the Fifdom. Many of you have requested that we address the biggest news of the decade (or something), so we’re kicking off with a very special Roe v Wade episode, featuring a chin-stroking deep dive into Justice Alito’s draft decision with our old friend Damon Root, author of Overruled: The Long War for Control of the U.S. Supreme Court.

But hold on…if you’re suffering from Roe overload, we’ve made our Substack debut a double episode, with a second hour digestif on Dave Chappelle, climates of hate, knives that look like guns, NPR’s brief for Amber Heard, an elegy for the real JD Vance, and the potential for a New New Left-Old New Right alliance.

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Members Only #117 - Roe Deathblow (with Damon Root) / Who’s Beating Gilbert Grape?

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Members Only #117 - Roe Deathblow (with Damon Root) / Who’s Beating Gilbert Grape?