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Fun game: come up with more names of indie bands made up of former Federal troops! Sample: Rage Against the ICE Machine

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The Dead Kennedy's Brain Worm

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Jim Dygert's avatar

Led Kennedies

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Andy Borowitz's avatar

They Might Be Migrants

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Susan Stone's avatar

I would go with the Lead Kenniedies since lead is close to being as toxic as RFK Jr.

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Floofie Snapz Back!'s avatar

Brilliant!!!

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Janet Brittle's avatar

Good one, Susan!

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Chris Edwards's avatar

Dunce and The No Evolution with their smash hit “Purple Veins” celebrating Trump’s cankles.

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Sandra Nicht's avatar

The FED Kennedys

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Derrick Procell's avatar

The Somewhat Proud Boys

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Joellyn Keranen's avatar

😂

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ceekaycee's avatar

The Ungrateful Living

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E. Jean Carroll's avatar

Har!!!!!!!

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Wis's avatar

Noem and the Dead Puppies

((…ick, I know))

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Sheri Drisac's avatar

I know....but still seriously funny!!! LMAO!!! 🤣😅😂🤣😅😂🤣

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NEAL O'CONNOR's avatar

"Noem in Team"

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

What!?

Not a single "STEVEn MILLER klan"?

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Floofie Snapz Back!'s avatar

Howz about the Red HAIS Miller Band (Hates All Immigrants Steve)

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

Sure!!!

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

(until now, i meant)

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Megan Ross's avatar

KrazyEyes Kash

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Andy Borowitz's avatar

The Kash Test Dummies

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Sheri Drisac's avatar

LMAO!!! Your whole column is just hilarious!!!👏👏👏👏 Thank you, Andy!!! 🤣😂😅🤣😂😅

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Andy Borowitz's avatar

Thank you, Sheri!

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Italien's avatar

Omg, this is hilarious!! Thank you, AB, for bringing joy today. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Desperately needed, o Nobel Contender!

Smashing Rumpkins!!!

The (Trash) Talking Feds!

The Bitchboys!!

Mean Day!

(Gods bless Billie Joe..)

Let’s keep it going!!🎶🥳

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Stephen Brady's avatar

I don't know how you can do it day in, day out, but this, I needed today! Thanks!

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Nancy Morgan LeBar's avatar

Got that Andy...WE NEED YOU!!!!

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Italien's avatar

Ohhhh yes!!! The news is scary shit! Let’s stay here!!😂

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Bill Nutt's avatar

Pete's Dragoons

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It's Come To This's avatar

Wonderful...👏

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DR Darke's avatar

Bondi.

Led Tariffs.

The Traveling Epsteins.

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Andy Borowitz's avatar

I love Bondi

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DR Darke's avatar

But have you heard her version of "Call Me"? 😈

"Call Me! (Call Me!) Drop a Line!"

"We can take down liberals any time!"

"Call Me! (Call Me!) Drop a Line!"

"You can call even if there is no crime!"

"Call Me... (Call Me!) Call Me... It'll help make Trumpie sat-is-fied...."

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It's Come To This's avatar

Epstein's Sex Pistolettes.

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Marjorie's avatar

Pickled Pete & his Three Sheets to the Wind Moonshine Boys.

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Floofie Snapz Back!'s avatar

HILARIOUS!!! Big love!!!

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Patrick's avatar

Homan League ?

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Andy Borowitz's avatar

Awesome (and I loved The Human League)

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LHS's avatar
3hEdited

The Brain Worms. (Good name for a punk band!)

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

"Icky and the sDOGEs"

(Too old? Too wonky?)

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BTAM Master's avatar

Yes we are too old.

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SharonG's avatar

Nope - chronologically advantaged!

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Italien's avatar

Yes!!

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

DAMN!!

If I'd only known in time...

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ceekaycee's avatar

BTAM Master: Trump's vocabulary is very dated: he calls people low life, losers,..

You are assignment!!!!

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Floofie Snapz Back!'s avatar

Nope, not too old nor too wonky -- resplendently retro!!!

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BTAM Master's avatar

As my kids would say: "Nice spin..."

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Ransom Rideout's avatar

nor too horny

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

(...sniff...)

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

We all know who Icky is...

And they'd all be from one of the more technical battalions.

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Italien's avatar

No no!! Iggy would be thrilled!!

https://youtu.be/ZhSFV_M1Hv8

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Alan's avatar

Elon and the Red Hot-doggies.

Justa and the Soulful Sofas.

Dr. Oz and the Medi-Scammers.

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Susan Stone's avatar

I hate looking at Medicare notifications any more, with Dr. Oz's picture at the top. I always read with caution. So far I haven't read anything weird, but I'm waiting.

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Chuck and Bev's avatar

Dr. Oz's hints for longer life:

Don't take Tylenol, just eat a healthy diet of crudite with Tequila Vinaigrette!

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Therese Rickman Bull's avatar

Deffo Dr. Oz and the Medi-scammers

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Virginia McDaniel's avatar

Pretty hard to top Hegaderh

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Floofie Snapz Back!'s avatar

I know you meant Hegadeth, but I absolutely love Hega-derh (as in: gee...I dunno...der)

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Feld Spar's avatar

For the old-timers:

The Grifters

The Boasters

Exclamation Mark and the Hysterians

Earth Wind and Fired

Marvin Straighte

Below-Average White Band

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Sharon Herrick's avatar

Old-timer or not, these are terrific. I was trying to think of something for Bare Naked Ladies but only came up with Bare Naked Sadists---which just didn't please me. Yours, though, are right on target.

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David Gardiner's avatar

Thiel the Vought.

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BTAM Master's avatar

Elon and the Big Ball CarJackers.

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Alan's avatar

They recently shortened it from CarJack-offs at the request of Justa who wanted to reserve that concept for his brand.

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BTAM Master's avatar

Vance and the Sofa Jackoffs! Thank you for the inspiration!

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Floofie Snapz Back!'s avatar

YES!!! That's the one!!!

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Susan Stone's avatar

You are always so on top of these things, Alan. I am impressed. And I just love the CarJack-Offs.

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Alan's avatar

Susan, the amazing part of the story is that the referenced car is totally autonomous!😉

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Alan's avatar

Marco and the Marionettes are touring in anticipation of their premiere appearance at the K-Center.

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becky estill's avatar

Kegsbreath

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foofaraw & Chiquita(ARF!)'s avatar

"PETE Puppets"

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David E. Roy  Ph.D.'s avatar

I want the poster of HEGADETH for my front door on Halloween! I’ll have a lot of leftover candy. Just think of the fertile mind behind such a perfect, visual metaphor.

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Helena Handbasket's avatar

I think the skull in the Hegadeth logo should have that weird hairdo Hegseth has. But then, I know nothing about Megadeth or their logo -- how is this one different from the original?

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David E. Roy  Ph.D.'s avatar

You don't think it would be too scary? The bumpy wave might be hard to model. Good luck all the same.

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Gail E Hofmann's avatar

Your name is the best!

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Stressed Sue's avatar

Oh yes! PLEASE OFFER THIS FOR SALE, ANDY!

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Joan Sears's avatar

Portlander here...gotta go see the newly minted Musk-rats.

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Brandt's avatar

Do they do Musk-rat Love?

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bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

Hegadeath-ella! The new MAGA festival!

Thrill to SSteven Miller and his hour long primal scream of hate!

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Gary Farrar's avatar

I saw one guy trade his kevlar vest for some shrooms.

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Wis's avatar

😅 Bwahahaha! When in Rome…

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Bobbie75's avatar

“The Epstein Files” Featuring “The Sound of Silence”

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Susan Stone's avatar

Priceless! And I had to go back and look up the lyrics to The Sound of Silence.

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LYNN COOK's avatar

👏👏👍

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Wendy Bowis's avatar

Oh man, this gave me a much-needed laugh at just the right time!

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Cheryl Steiger's avatar

I didn’t think anything could make me laugh about this, but you succeeded!

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Wis's avatar

Donnie and the Cankles

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Carol Z. Shane's avatar

The Stephen Miller Band. Big “hit” so far: “Fly Like ‘Der Spiegel’”

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Susie's avatar

Oh. Carol. So well done. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Anne C's avatar

O M G🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Katie Roberts's avatar

Subscribing to The Borowitz Report has been the best money I've spent all year! We really need laughter.

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Susie's avatar

Hear hear!!!

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Susan Fisher's avatar

The Last Rights? Or perhaps The Lost Rights?

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Floofie Snapz Back!'s avatar

OMG! So spot on it hurts!!!

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Bradford W.'s avatar

Or Kristi Meth.

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Betsy Knight-Reid's avatar

The “Hegadeth” poster is kinda cool.

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Andy Borowitz's avatar

Agreed

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Wis's avatar

It is!

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Italien's avatar

I really want one…🤔

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Susan B's avatar

Absolutely! That could go on the back of my sign for the Oct 18th protest

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Wis's avatar

(Me too!)

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Katharine Hill's avatar

Bless you, Andy, for bringing us laughter. I hope their music is danceable.

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BJones's avatar

Maybe something those guys in the (removed) BFF Forever statue on the mall could swing to?

They looked like they were old-style-jitterbugging havin' a fine time.

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Hank Greenspan's avatar

The Oregasm.

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Koko in AZ's avatar

The Garden Noems

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Sheri Drisac's avatar

Angry Garden Noems

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Susie's avatar

Oooooo…….I like that one so much. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Dan Starr's avatar

I want the “HEGADETH” 2025 tour t-shirt! Listing all the places they did yard work!

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