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Podcast: The Parting Shot with H. Alan Scott
Episode: From Druski to Bryon Noem: Why Conservatives Are Always the Last Ones in on the Joke
Description: This week, the internet handed conservatives two gifts wrapped in irony, and they opened both boxes with a press release and a cease-and-desist threat that didn't even exist. Druski's two-minute sketch about "conservative women" racked up over 160 million views on X alone — and the right responded with outrage instead of self-awareness. Then the Daily Mail dropped a report claiming Kristi Noem's husband Bryon leads a secret double life that includes wearing fake breasts and chatting with fetish models online — and again, the response was pearl-clutching rather than perspective. Both moments had the DNA of great satire. Both moments were real. So...