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ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri

The Compost, written by Alexandra Petri, offers a lighter take on the news and political in(s)anity of the day.

  • Jul 24, 2018

This was ‘not’ what Trump meant to say

This suit is black not.

  • Jul 17, 2018

President Trump does a great job and doesn’t let America down at all

The Helsinki summit went unexpectedly well!

  • Jul 17, 2018

ComPost Live with Alexandra Petri

The Compost, written by Alexandra Petri, offers a lighter take on the news and political in(s)anity of the day.

  • Jul 17, 2018

New straw-less expressions for your straw-less life

Remove them from your language, too!

  • Jul 13, 2018

It was the cheese that let John Kelly down

He did NOT have the breakfast of champions.

  • Jul 11, 2018

Fear not! Brett Kavanaugh knows at least three women.

Here is approximately how the announcement went.

  • Jul 10, 2018

The disgusting ‘normal’ under Trump

Trump's presidency is creating actual outrage fatigue.

  • Jul 6, 2018

Keep Scott Pruitt moist

Nothing is wrong with Scott Pruitt.

  • Jul 5, 2018

Trump-induced nostalgia for the good old days of political debate

The Buckley-Vidal debate of 1968 contrasts sharply with today’s political discourse — until the talk turned ugly.

  • Aug 21, 2015
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