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Joel Schechter

Joel Schechter
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Joel Schechter is the author of several books about satire, including 'Durov’s Pig', 'Satiric Impersonations', and 'The Congress of Clowns'.
Humor

Will Trump try to kidnap Newsom and seize California’s oil wells next?

Watch out, Gav: Maybe your state is his next takeover target
Humor

Donald Trump’s own thugs

The armed gangs in Venezuela who report to the White House
Opinion

‘Nonsense, folly, and impertinence:’ Some predictions for 2026

Wherein the Month, and Day of the Month, are set down, the Persons named, and the Great Actions and Events of next Year related as they will come to pass.
Opinion

Dear Gavin: Here are some (free) tips for your presidential campaign

ou've been to Brazil, how about Wall Street? Maybe you can ask the rich to start paying taxes
Opinion

Gee, maybe San Francisco needs a few more billionaires

If we paid eight supes $1 billion a year, would Trump listen to them and give our city what it really needs?
Opinion

The GOP speaker finds some anarchists in San Francisco

If not for Mike Johnson, they might have gone unnoticed among the wide range of people who showed up at the No Kings march.
Business + Tech

Dear Marc Benioff: Are you a socialist?

You seem to want the government to pay for your private security. Is a wealth tax next?
Lit

First-ever Robert Crumb biography zaps with iconoclast’s free speech and wild pen

Author Dan Nadel gained intimate access to living legend and comic book peers for 'A Cartoonist's Life.'
Opinion

Some modest suggestions for Mayor Lurie to appoint for D4 supe

A lot of people who could add some progressive humor to the city seem to be out of jobs
Opinion

Hey Gavin: Call out the National Guard…

... unarmed, to protect immigrants in San Francisco and other California cities against Trump's invasion
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