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I made some playlists to soundtrack the critical days ahead…       Trump’s America, Volume One   1. Rhime Divine – Expand Your Mind 2. A Tribe Called Quest – We the People…. 3. Lupe Fiasco – Audubon Ballroom 4. Kanye West – Blood on the Leaves 5. The Roots – The OtherSide 6. Rage Against the Machine – Down Rodeo 7. JAY Z – 99 Problems 8. KRS-One…

“We don’t believe you ’cause we the people.”       A Tribe Called Quest – We the People…. Verse One: Q-Tip We don’t believe you ’cause we the people Are still here in the rear, ayo, we don’t need you You in the killing-off-good-young-nigga mood When we get hungry we eat the same fucking food The ramen noodle Your simple voodoo is so maniacal, we’re liable to pull a…

Friends S3:E9 – Well it’s Monday night, a new week has begun. I turn my TV on for some pigskin fun. Click over to that one network with ESP, the lamest game each week is their specialty. You know I gotta get ready, make everything right. ‘Cause all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight. So, are you ready? I mean, are you ready? Are you ready, ready? Are you…

Friends S3:E8 – God, it was awful. Like many Americans, it was one of the most disturbing nights of my life. It just felt so violating. Not because conservatism was upsetting progressivism. As unfortunate as the political ramifications are, I’ve lived through tough election beats before. They hurt, for sure, but nothing like this. This was violating on a much deeper level. Because this election, at his core, had become…

Can you vote for Donald Trump and also be a responsible citizen? In my humble opinion, the answer is no. I’m not trying to be hyperbolic. This is not an attempt to say something sensational to generate clicks. It is my sincere opinion that the two are mutually exclusive. To be clear, I’m not trying to argue that voting for Donald Trump makes you a bad person. My goal here…

Friends S3:E7 – Okay, boys and girls. Here we are less than 24 hours away from Election Day in the United States of America. Today we will either be writing post number 53 in our 236 part Friends 20/20 blog series, or, if Donald Trump gets elected tomorrow, we will be writing post number 53 in our 53 part Oh Shit, Writing About a 20 Year Old Sitcom Doesn’t Matter…