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The Midterms Are Over. The Questions Are Just Getting Started.
A tale of malfunctioning machines, mysterious math, and the curious art of winning without even running.
 • Jenna McCarthy
Making Sense of the Midterm Massacre™
I wept. I considered moving to Florida. Thank God for Shakira.
 • Jenna McCarthy
What Really Happened to the Florida Learjet?
You’ll never believe this, but the Internet thinks it’s not what they’re telling us.
 • Jenna McCarthy
Election Day Is a Test. Please Tell Me Somebody Studied.
No pressure, America. It’s just a little pass/fail exercise with staggering consequences and no option to retake it next Tuesday.
 • Jenna McCarthy
The Covid Vaccine-Injured Finally Get Their Day in Court
The stakes are enormous. The media’s interest? Not so much.
 • Jenna McCarthy
Healing Dementia, Bad Medicine, and a Favor
Two events I’m part of this month, two colleagues whose work deserves a wider audience, and one small request of my readers.
Published on Pierre Kory’s Medical Musings • 

October 2026

Let Them Eat Cheesecake
I leave you people alone for five minutes, and suddenly dessert has a party affiliation.
 • Jenna McCarthy
The War on Boys
Apparently, the problem with toxic masculinity isn’t just the toxic part anymore.
 • Jenna McCarthy
BREAKING: Americans Urged to Prepare for Disaster
On a scale of flashlight batteries to underground bunker, how concerned should we be?
 • Jenna McCarthy
Can’t Afford Childcare? Move to San Francisco!
The city will pay someone else to watch your kids—as long as you meet the impossibly low bar of being “California poor.”
 • Jenna McCarthy
“Close Your Eyes, We’ll Immunize!”
Yes, that’s an actual slogan. Because nothing restores public trust quite like vaccinating unconscious children.
 • Jenna McCarthy
Coup, There It Is
Democrats are preparing for Republicans to steal the midterms. I am not even making that up.
 • Jenna McCarthy
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