Crash Course: GOP's Biggest Losers of 2023: Kevin "I Never Quit" McCarthy [Link Fixed]

Whoever fears camp is dead should treat themselves and watch the "farewell speech" delivered by Rep. 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Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on December 14. It is no exaggeration to say I guffawed my way through it. The term "stuffed shirt" was invented for a character such as McCarthy, who resigned his office after being ousted as speaker of the House earlier this year. It's unfathomably huge, the gulf between his self-conception as a noble statesman and the sniveling clown perceived by everyone else. It would be tragic if it weren't so hilarious, a conflict that is the ground from which camp takes root. "I loved every single day," McCarthy started. It felt like hearing a man toast his wife at their 50th-anniversary party even though everyone knows he hasn't lived with her since the infamous "buying a boat without telling her" incident of 2003. [Read more.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnbWYpP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvNXhraHNkMGV5cy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhuYWI4Z3hzZGMmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZYMr4Ypl70wfylIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) ~/AASU4wA~/RgRnbWYpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvZzcwYnlpbGk5ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhuYWI4Z3hzZGNXA3NwY0IKZYMr4Ypl70wfylIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnbWYpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcWFhYmhlOWQweC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhuYWI4Z3hzZGNXA3NwY0IKZYMr4Ypl70wfylIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnbWYpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvcjdjaWs5NHNmby8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhuYWI4Z3hzZGNXA3NwY0IKZYMr4Ypl70wfylIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo~/AASU4wA~/RgRnbWYpP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvMzlpZ3l3cWt4Mi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhuYWI4Z3hzZGNXA3NwY0IKZYMr4Ypl70wfylIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo "If Trump wins the 2024 election ...": Leaving the "carnival of madness" that was 2023 behind In the best of times, the New Years season is very challenging for many people. As has been widely documented, the end of the year (and the holiday season more generally) brings an increase in depression, loneliness, interpersonal violence, stress, anxiety, drug and alcohol use, and other maladies and troubles. In the United States, this negative behavior is made worse by economic precarity and consumerism. There is also the tedium of travel, forced socializing, and how the transition from one year to the next is an occasion for many people to reflect on time and the trajectory of their lives. And of course, there are wars in Ukraine and the Middle East where the fates and futures of entire populations are being decided through massive violence. The Age of Trump and ascendant neofascism is most certainly not the best of times. 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Heart of peppermint-barkness: I infiltrated Hallmark town, changing my view of its holiday movies Melanie McFarland: When my editor asked if I had an [ugly Christmas sweater](~/AASU4wA~/RgRnbWYpP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9hLnBvc3QubGhkLmxpbmsvbjNpd25uZGRjaC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWhuYWI4Z3hzZGMmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZYMr4Ypl70wfylIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) to wear, I knew she was only looking out for me. 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