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JD Speaks to Mrs. Miller. It’s Worse than the Word Moist.
Another Day In American Ick with Two People Who Embody The Meaning of the Word. Ick being the Operative Word.
Speaking of stages, our own Mrs. Miller has built one for herself. And what schadenfreude she brought us! JD Vance, that silver-tongued hillbilly turned Trump toady, has found himself in quite the pickle. There he was, squirming like a fat boy caught stealing the Fluffernutter, as he tried to navigate the treacherous waters of MAGA succession politics on Katie Miller’s shiny new podcast. Yes, that Katie Miller, wife of the dead-eyed immigration monster Stephen Miller. God, I hate giving any oxygen to her venture — anyone who would let that turgid man-monster climb on top of her is damaged beyond fixing. Apparently, a podcast was the answer to her “Sophie’s Choice” moment between Donald and Elon.
I just loved The Lord of the Flies setup: Katie Miller — playing Barbara Walters to the ambitious and always uncomfortable vice president. She peppers him with “Marco questions” like some coke-addled game show host, demanding the “funniest joke” Marco Rubio has ever told him. Poor JD, caught between his instinct to eat a sibling and not wanting to look like a vulture on tape. It was like…
