Jesse Welles ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/he-kept-me-sane-this-year

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He Kept Me Sane This Year

And that wasn’t easy.

Andy Borowitz

Dec 30, 2025

Those of you who listened to my podcast this year know that I’m a proud member of the burgeoning Jesse Welles fanbase.

The 33-year-old Arkansan has been making music professionally for over a decade, but his following really began to explode in 2024 when he started posting hyper-topical songs online.

He’s been compared to Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, and Tom Lehrer, but he’s utterly original. Check out his scathing ICE recruitment song:

TBR Question of the Day: What music has helped you survive this year? Leave your answer below:

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And just for fun, here is a little more Borowitz:

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Trump Cuts Ticket Prices at Kennedy Center 5000% Andy Borowitz Jan 1   READ IN APP   Evan Jeung on Unsplash WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a bold move to staunch the exodus of audiences from his renamed Kennedy Center, on Thursday Donald J. Trump announced that he was cutting ticket prices 5000 percent. Trump announced the discount while wearing a sandwich board outside the once-fabled performing arts venue. “Affordability is a Democrat hoax,” he told passersby. “Tickets to the Trump Kennedy Center have never been cheaper. In fact, we’re paying people to go.” In what some observers called a desperation move, Trump offered Venezuelan drug traffickers U.S. citizenship to become seat fillers. … and as long as we’re renaming things: HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM TBR!

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