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How MAGA Humor Took Over American Comedy
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How MAGA Humor Took Over American Comedy

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Iain Ellis
/ 16 February 2026

In the minds of MAGA humorists, they, not their risk-averse and PC-hobbled liberal counterparts, are continuing the tradition of bold, truth-telling comedy. 

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