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Within four hours of the new pope being named, I was emailed a pitch for, I kid you not, a "pope-inspired 'Holy Water' cocktail." Catholics, weigh in — is this blasphemous?

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I spent a chunk of the afternoon day-drinking at PJ Clarke’s, sampling various expressions of 2XO whiskey with the guy who makes it, Dixon Dedman. Shrimp cocktail, oysters and Cadillac burgers were also consumed.

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Any mayoral candidate that can get the steam heat to stop cranking full blast in NYC apartments when it's 60 degrees out will get my vote, no questions asked.

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For #CincodeMayo, here's my latest article for Alcohol Professor, about a cocktail that doesn't include any agave spirits at all. But it's still f***ing spectacular. Check it out, via my website!

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I agree — a very pressing problem facing America today is 11 year old girls getting 30 dolls or 250 pencils. This definitely needs to be stopped. Thank you Mr. President Trump Sir.

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A little bit of inside baseball, in which I use accounting tricks to make up for my lack of productivity, but also whisky reviews! Some you've heard of, and some I'll bet you haven't (but should). Check 'em out at @forbes.com via my website.

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If migrants who are here illegally were as dangerous as MAGA nation says they are, nobody would know Laken Riley's name because there would be hundreds of murders committed every day and we wouldn't be able to remember any individual victims.

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My vote for NYC mayor will go to whoever promises not to blast the steam heat in older apartment buildings when it’s 60 degrees out.

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I don't understand the folks who are trying to guess who'll be the Republican nominee for prez in '28. As long as Trump has a pulse, he will never willingly leave the White House. And the Republican congress will do nothing to make him leave. Expect MAJOR shenanigans starting in the '26 midterms.

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Would you rather be known as a couch f***er or a Pope killer? Fortunately for JD Vance, he doesn’t have to choose.

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Fearless prediction: There are going to be a lot fewer autism diagnoses in the next few years thanks to RFK Jr. And weirdly enough, unofficial diagnoses of kids being freaks, weirdos and re**rds is going to rise proportionately.

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If by "due process" he means getting sent to a prison in El Salvador without a trial or legal representation, then he's absolutely right. The J6-ers were not afforded that kind of royal treatment. Cue the violins.

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Big changes are afoot at the legendary La Alteña tequila distillery. Read about it in my latest for @foodandwine.com, via my website — where you'll also find a great way to incorporate tequila into your breakfast without getting drunk!

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Pope Francis saw HD Vance and passed away mere hours later. Come on, Pizzagaters, anti-vaxxers and QAnonners — do your stuff.

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But were any Cybertrucks harmed?

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Fuck @mlb.com for bending the knee to Comrade Krasnov and his fascist regime. This is embarrassing and shameful.

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Keeping busy on the whiskey/whisky beat for @foodandwine.com, with writeups of new bottlings from @michters.bsky.social and the Bowmore. Check 'em both out, via my website!

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Happy <REDACTED dei-medal> Day in Major League Baseball! #JackieRobinson

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Donald Trump’s pronouns are Smoot/Hawley.

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I know we want to think the country can still be saved but I strongly suspect it's all over. How could any ally trust us to not pull this kind of crap again? How can we plug up every one of the loopholes MAGA has exploited? And what the hell do we do now?

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When he is no longer president, he still faces criminal charges for his attempted 2020 election overthrow, doesn't he? He will do whatever it takes to remain president for life. We can only hope that will be a short time.

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If these woke-hating fuckers are gonna tank the financial markets, then I’m gonna start using some seriously arcane pronouns. Any suggestions?

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I’ll tell you, once Vietnam opens up its markets for American products, that’s when the economy’s really gonna take off.

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Want to know what it was like to booze it up in NYC during the go-go '90s, when Wall St. was booming, Rudy Giuliani hadn't yet lost his mind (for the most part), and the cocktail renaissance was but a glimmer in Dale DeGroff's eye? Here you go!

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I'd never heard Sir Charles Thompson until yesterday, and today he may be my favorite jazz pianist — he's like Count Basie's wittier, more conversational sibling. Check out Mosaic Records' new Classic Vanguard Jazz Piano Sessions box to hear more.

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For whatever reason, I feel weird eating in a red sauce Italian restaurant if it’s less than 40 years old.

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Sampled Four Roses’ new single barrel offerings, each of which is a single one of their ten famous bourbon recipes rather than a blend of mashbills and yeast strains. All ten will be released eventually; the first four are out now.

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The first rule of Trumpism is to never apologize or admit wrongdoing. That’s why he’s not firing anyone or even entertaining the idea anybody around him did something wrong.

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Mount Gay may not be as sexy as some of the smaller Jamaican rum distilleries, but they've been doing their thing since 1703, and they're doing some pretty cool stuff right now. Read all about it in my latest for @forbes.com (via my website)!

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I’m Jewish, and I’ve got to tell you… I don’t feel any safer because the government is trying to arrest and deport, without due process, Ivy League students whose political views I disagree with

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Green chile cheeseburger with turmeric pickles and cucumber raita, and masala spiced fries. Available at Inday All Day in Williamsburg. Get thee hence.

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Why are Obama, Biden, Harris etc. silent in the face of Trump/Musk's constitutional crisis? I think they correctly figure that the right-wing hatred against them is so intense that anything they say publicly will rally the MAGAs who are currently wavering back to the bosom of Comrade Krasnov & Co.

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Currently on my hi-fi — swings like crazy but in a very gentle, Sunday kind of way.

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Give Trump/Musk credit for one thing: they’ve changed the spelling of the N word to “DEI.”

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I’ve avoided the news in part by watching old boxing matches on YouTube. In the last few weeks I’ve watched the epic 1976 slugfest between George Foreman & Ron Lyle many times. It’s brutal, artless & savage, but there’s a heroism to it, and Foreman was the last man standing at the end. RIP Champ.

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Why did the Negro Leagues go out of business? Because it was too woke.

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Been writing some sponsored content lately, about some crazy expensive stuff from Perrier-Jouet and Royal Salute that debuted at a <checks notes> snow polo event in St. Moritz. Also a paean to Patron, which many don't know is additive-free. Links at my website!

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To all the bridge-and-tunnel bros coming to NYC to drink all the green beer today: make sure “the wearin’ o’ the green” doesn’t refer to the puke on your shirt.

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What's the endgame for the Dems with a government shutdown? Do they not think Repubs will say "A non-functioning government, that's exactly what we want," and wait it out while the American people — most of whom already despise the Dems — find another reason to hate them?

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