It’s not unusual for people to ask Steve-O to do things. In fact, he does a lot of things, like give Post Malone a tattoo or allow a swam of bees to literally engulf his genitals. So when he was asked to appear in a commercial with Ryan Reynolds and promote a new ad brand while eating the world’s hottest pepper, it would be a little upsetting if he didn’t do it.
The new ad, which is a brilliant move from MNTN, features Steve-O explaining how he built an ad campaign for his hot sauce, Hot Sauce For Your Butthole, which is a real thing that exists. The duo explains how to quickly and easily make an ad for his hot sauce. But it’s really not that easy for Steve-O, who slowly descends into madness.
YouTube/MNTN
Reynolds periodically checks in with Steve-O as he painfully explains how he made his ads, all while his face slowly begins to turn into an unsightly shade of red as he chokes on some milk (something he is familiar with). After a few moments of walking around and saying things like “my throat is closing” and “f*ck you, Satan.” Reynolds eventually takes over for Steve-O, moments before cradling him on the ground.
The Carolina Reaper is the hottest pepper in the world, according to the Guinness Book Of World Records, and Steve-O says it’s the hottest pepper you can legally put in your mouth. Not that anyone ever should!
Not everyone is into science or even cares how it works. But sometimes science is too cool to ignore. The scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are revisiting an old hypothesis from the late 1980s by astronomer Roger Angel on creating bubbles in space to make an umbrella of sorts to shade Earth. Yeah, they’re suggesting space bubbles. Following advances in technology over the last 30 years, they now think they’ve figured out how to do it.
This news is not only incredible, it feels like it’s straight out of a sci-fi movie. It may sound outrageous, but it could be an actual real-life solution to Earth’s climate change issue. Climate change, according to the United Nations (UN), involves “long term shifts in temperature and weather patterns,” which, since the 1800s, is primarily driven by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels. Coal, oil and gas all produce heat-trapping gasses that are slowly warming Earth and causing increased carbon dioxide, the warming of oceans and polar ice melt, all of which endanger animals and cause sea levels to rise.
Just lately, it feels like we are melting when we spend more than a few minutes outside, but not everything is doom and gloom. Scientists are working to find a solution to the fiery Earth situation while the effects of newer renewable energy sources are being realized. And that’s where space bubbles come in. The MIT scientists have been able to create a high-tech thin film in the form of a bubble in space-like conditions, which means this should be able to be recreated in space.
These scientists have asked for a “feasibility study” to see if space bubbles actually work, recommending the creation of a bubbly mass in space the size of Brazil. And no, it doesn’t involve scientists blowing bubbles with a giant bubble wand—that would be pretty comical.
The high-tech bubbles if able to be hurled into space to save the planet could reflect wavelengths from solar radiation of different varieties. But there’s this pesky thing called gravity. The bubbles would need to be far enough away from Earth that they don’t get pulled down but far enough from the sun that they don’t burn up. For the moment, researchers are just putting the idea out into the world with the hope that it can be built on in the future. Outside of the preliminary experiments that have shown that space bubbles are possible, more work has to be done to make them a reality.
In the meantime, we can enjoy the image in our heads of an umbrella made of space bubbles shading Earth. Envisioning astronauts popping them with a video game like laser gun is fun too. All eyes are on MIT as they figure out if we get to have space bubbles for Earth’s birthday party in the next few years. In the meantime, we nonscientist humans should probably keep doing our part to slow climate change.
If you’re behind on Better Call Saul, you should not watch Vanity Fair‘s “fan theories” video with Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn. But if you’re all caught up, congratulations, you’re enjoying the best show on television — and you get to watch Bob and Rhea shut down what Redditors think is going to happen in the final four episodes.
In the video above, Odenkirk and Seehorn take turns “reading, confirming, and denying,” but mostly denying, Better Call Saul fan theories from Reddit, many of which revolve around the fate of Kim Wexler. PostyMcPosterson believes that following the events of “Rock and Hard Place,” the episode from earlier this season where Nacho kills himself, “I think they want us to believe she won’t live until the end of the McGill story timeline.”
Odenkirk understands the idea that Kim would die. “It would also be a huge catalyst,” Seehorn added… but “because some major characters just were slaughtered,” like Lalo and Howard and, uh, Gus’ goons, “it feels like everybody can’t die all at once,” Odenkirk continued. “Unless it’s an apocalyptic, you know, scenario.” I don’t care for this scenario.
Odenkirk and Seehorn also discuss Walt and Jesse making their long-anticipated Better Call Saul debut, including confirmation that it will be more than one episode.
Even though The Notorious B.I.G. passed away over 20 years ago, the late Brooklyn hometown hero has one of rap’s most extensive posthumous discographies — and it’s about to get even bigger, thanks to web3. That’s right; Biggie is the latest rapper to hop on the NFT train (courtesy of The Christopher Wallace Estate) with a new NFT collection, Sky’s The Limit: The Notorious B.I.G. NFT Collection.
In addition to 3D art that holders can use as a profile picture online, holders will be included in the Sky’s The Limit collective, allowing them access to the license for Biggie’s iconic Fulton Street freestyle audio. That means they can use the audio in their own tunes (with the approval of both the collective and the Christopher Wallace Estate) and upload them to streaming platforms with a “featuring The Notorious B.I.G.” credit.
The NFT collection will go live Tuesday, July 26. Check out the NFTs on offer below.
The Sky’s The Limit collection is just one example of how great Biggie’s impact and influence have been on hip-hop and the wider culture. Earlier this year, on what would have been his 50th birthday, the city of New York put on a celebration across all five boroughs, lighting up the Empire State Building and debuting new murals of the late, great rap icon.
There has been uncertainty about whether Britney Spears would be resuming her music career now that her conservatorship is over. Well, it looks like her comeback is not only potentially happening, but perhaps happening sooner than anybody could have expected: Page Six reports that according to a “music industry insider,” Spears and Elton John recently recorded a rendition of “Tiny Dancer” and they’re set to release it in August via Universal Music.
The insider told the publication, “This was Elton’s idea, and Britney is a huge fan. They have recorded a remix of ‘Tiny Dancer’ as a full duet — and it is incredible. Britney was in the studio in Beverly Hills last week with Elton for the super-secret recording session overseen by uber-producer Andrew Watt.”
The source also noted, “They’ve already played it for people at their record label, and everybody is freaking out. It is so good. They are saying this is going to be the song of the summer. Britney is officially back. She’s back to work, and she’s super excited.”
Whether this report is true or not, Spears seems to have an itch to get back to singing: Earlier this month, she shared a video of herself singing “…Baby One More Time” and noted, “I haven’t shared my voice in an extremely long time … maybe too long.” Meanwhile, in a post from April, Spears noted the “thrill of the business” has been ruined for her “100000%.” In February, Spears teased she had “so many exciting projects ahead.”
Is Elon Musk looking for some sympathy? His response to reports that he bedded a Google co-founder’s wife suggests as much. Let’s back up because this is complicated.
Recently, the world learned that Elon Musk officially passed Nick Cannon in the “number of kids” department. This news was particularly shady-sounding considering that he recently fathered twins with one of his executives, Neuralink’s Shivon Zilis. At the time, Elon was still partnered with Grimes, and this all happened around the same time that she revealed how they welcomed a second child through a surrogate. In response to the secret-children news, Elon tweeted that he was trying to help the world because he believes that a population crisis is ongoing, and all of that made it easy for people to believe that he’d bedded the wife of a fellow tech leader.
That tech leader: Google co-founder Sergey Brin. A weekend report claimed that Elon even begged (on his knees) for Brin to forgive him for the carnal offense (even though Brin filed for divorce from said wife back in January), and in response to this support, the Tesla CEO is issuing a two-pronged denial.
First, Elon called the claim “total bs.” He tweeted, “Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night!” And here’s more “I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic.
This is total bs. Sergey and I are friends and were at a party together last night!
I’ve only seen Nicole twice in three years, both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic.
Well, alright! Elon’s all about procreating, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that he’s having sex. And it’s possible that he’s telling the truth, for sure, because his dad’s apparently a sperm donor who loves spreading it around, too. And hey, there are always crypto hugs:
Nicki Minaj has already firmly cemented her place in hip-hop history, but now she’s added yet another bullet point to her resume: Minaj’s Instagram account just passed 200 million followers, which makes her the first rapper to rack up that many followers on the platform.
The next closest rappers on the list are Cardi B (who has 138 million followers), Drake (117 million), and Snoop Dogg (75 million). Minaj now has the 18th most-followed account on the platform overall.
Minaj observed the milestone on her Instagram Story by sharing a screenshot from the early days of her account, when she had only one post and a bit over 7,000 followers. She wrote, “most followed rapper on IG? Do I get a prize or smthn? From 7K to 200MM. thx yall.”
@nickiminaj/Instagram
Minaj is the seventh most-followed musician behind Selena Gomez (338 million followers, No. 5 most-followed user overall), Ariana Grande (324 million, No. 8), Beyoncé (270 million, No. 9), Justin Bieber (250 million, No. 12), Taylor Swift (220 million, No. 15), and Jennifer LopezAffleck (219 million, No. 16). Minaj is also the sixth most-followed female musician, the second most-followed Black musician behind Beyoncé, and the second most-followed musician not born in the United States after Bieber (Bieber is Canadian while Minaj was born in Trinidad and Tobago).
Here at Uproxx, we run a lot of blind taste tests. It’s our favorite way to keep our taste buds on their toes (in this analogy, taste buds have toes), ditch our brand biases, and zero in on the senses — allowing us to be hyper-focused on flavors, textures, and smells rather than marketing. But sometimes our palates do get pretty exhausted. After your eighth sip of blanco tequila in a row, flavors start to blur together and notes get muddled.
In an attempt to remedy that we decided to mix it up for our latest blind tequila taste test.
Instead of sticking to a single expression, we’re throwing a bunch of random aged tequilas together, — reposados, añejos, extra añejos, blends, and even cristalinos — in an effort to keep things fresh, challenge our taste buds, and pick out the finest aged tequilas around. To add another layer of curiosity to the whole thing, we also decided to grab expensive bottles (over $100) and pit them against more affordable bottles (under $70) to see if we could find any gems that are flying under the radar.
Methodology:
Because we’re dealing with a mix of expressions that have different colors, I did this blind taste test completely blindfolded (usually we just have someone else pour the tasting out of view), which actually helped me to focus even deeper on the flavors, without getting distracted by the expression itself. I took a sip, recorded voice notes of my experience, and had my girlfriend bring the next shot.
All photos were taken after the tasting and all prices are for 750ml bottles.
Avion Reserva 44 Extra Añejo
Calirosa Tequila Añejo
Centenario Añejo
Dahlia Cristalino
Herradura Selección Suprema Extra Añejo
Hiatus Tequila Añejo
Jose Cuervo Tradicional Reposado
Mijenta Tequila Añejo Gran Reserva
Siempre Tequila Añejo
Volcan De Mi Tierra X.A. Tequila
Let’s drink!
Part 1: The Tasting
Taste 1:
Dane Rivera
Warm and floral honey on the nose with a super smooth oaky flavor. A fresh cracked black peppercorn flavor rides on the backend alongside notes of fig and cooked agave.
From my notes: “You get a lot of oak on the aftertaste.”
Taste 2:
Dane Rivera
Rich chocolate with a pronounced sweetness that soaks into the tongue. This is a really pleasant slow-sipping dessert tequila. I’m getting some charred oak and an earthy roasted coffee bean flavor at the finish.
Taste 3:
Dane Rivera
In another league. My god, this is good. My voice notes for this tasting began with “nectar of the gods!” Floral honey and vanilla on the nose with a cooked agave, caramelized butterscotch, and molasses flavor that finishes with an oaky richness. You can really taste the barrel here, but not in a blunt and obfuscating way, it’s very fresh and natural, like walking through a woody glade in perfect weather and taking a deep breath in.
Taste 4:
Dane Rivera
After the fragrant aroma of the last three tastings, I’m almost shocked at how blank this is on the nose. I can faintly make out some melon notes, which I’m surprised to smell in an aged tequila tasting. This hits the palate with a lot of brightness and green vegetal flavors, a bit of grass, and some bell pepper.
The slightest barrel flavor hits the backend.
From my notes: “I’m really stumped as to what this can be.”
Taste 5:
Dane Rivera
Very rich on the tongue, it seeps into the taste buds like moist devil’s food cake. Chocolate and coffee dominant with notes of cooked agave, honey, butter, and molasses. This has a caramel coffee-like quality to it with a tingling spicy bite at the end. Very interesting.
Taste 6:
Dane Rivera
Sweet vanilla on the nose with lots of brightness and a fruity tinge. A bit of pineapple, a bit of melon. On the palate cooked agave and butter dominate with a soft and earthy roasted tea flavor, like genmaicha.
Taste 7:
Dane Rivera
After riding what seemed like a never-ending wave of delicious sips this one hit me like a truck. It’s assaulting on the nose, with a leathery flavor and an over-charred quality. The overall flavor is a bit watery in comparison to what came before, but I’m getting vanilla and honey with a harsh oak finish.
Overall this one is very muddled and unfocused. It probably works just fine in a cocktail, but on its own it’s missing the life and character of the tastings that proceeded it.
Taste 8:
Dane Rivera
Herbaceous on the nose with a slightly harsh oak body. Light notes of peppercorn, leather and bacon hover over some sweetness.
From my notes: “I’m not a fan of this one.”
Taste 9:
Dane Rivera
A fragrant bouquet of cooked agave, floral honey, and vanilla. This one goes down incredibly smooth showcasing a caramel-like body with spicy smoked notes on the backend. Very balanced, nothing comes on too strong, the flavors gently ignite your tastebuds before shifting from one to the next.
Taste 10:
Dane Rivera
A strange berry quality on the nose. I can sniff out some oaky qualities, but that berry scent really sticks out. The scent doesn’t translate to flavor though, this one stays in a dark chocolate territory with some gently smoked notes. A strange close, but a good flavor overall.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that the cheapest bottle aged for the least amount of time was the weakest of this tasting. This one just really lacked a depth of flavor to it in comparison to the others. Jose Cuervo’s Tradicional line is a step up from the brand’s ultra-affordable Especial series, and is made from 100% blue agave cooked in traditional stone ovens and is produced at NOM 1122, Casa Cuervo. It’s smoother and more flavorful than you’d expect Jose Cuervo to be, but it just can’t stand against the competition in this list.
The Bottom Line:
It’s fine for the price, but no mid-shelf reposado is ever going to be able to compete with the complexity and depth of flavor of an añejo.
I was shocked to find this pricier bottle ranked so low. Siempre does everything right to make this añejo, the brand uses traditional stone and brick ovens, copper pot stills, and rests carefully selected plata in American oak ex-bourbon barrels for 12-36 months, and yet the flavors just don’t stand out here like you’d expect for this price point and level of craft.
This tequila is produced at NOM 1438, Destiladora del Valle de Tequila, which is home to 163 other brands of tequila, which might explain its overall lack of character.
The Bottom Line:
A good flavor, but for this price, you should expect more and will find it in even cheaper bottles.
Our second surprise of the ranking, I was shocked to find Dahlia, at $35 a bottle, landing comfortably near the middle of this list. Dahlia makes this tequila from estate-grown agave and produces it at NOM 1489, Destileria Leyros, where it is then aged to a reposado state before being finished with advanced charcoal filtration technology to remove the color and other impurities. The result is a smooth tequila that has bright tropical notes, a soft and smooth taste, and just a hint of oakiness.
The Bottom Line:
Way better than its price would suggest. Fruity, smooth, and smokey.
Produced at NOM 1137, La Cofradia, Hiatus ages its tequila for a full year in reclaimed American oak, resulting in a warm golden color that admittedly looks pretty damn great in a glass. I like a lot of what this bottle offered, it was very peppery and spicy but in comparison to what’s ranked above it, it came across as a bit too harsh.
Hiatus still produces a great bottle though and while it didn’t perform too well in a shoot-out, it’s a worthy bottle to enjoy with friends.
The Bottom Line:
Spicy and fragrant, but a bit too harsh on the backend to be truly great.
This tequila is responsible for the weird berry-tones on the nose that I was experiencing in Taste 10 and that translates to the color as well. This is by far the reddest añejo I’ve ever seen and that comes down to the fact that Calirose rests its tequila in red wine barrels for 18 months.
I have no complaints about this bottle, it’s great and it feels adequately priced for the depth of flavor you get.
The Bottom Line:
An añejo tequila rested in wine barrels that produces a softer and smoother flavor, and a distinct red hue.
This is the big surprise of the ranking and had me questioning myself so much over ranking it so highly that I had to do an un-blind retest. This is good, way better than it should be for the price. Like the Cuervo Tradicional, this tequila comes from NOM 1122, Casa Cuervo, but where that tequila lacked flavor and complexity, this is full of it.
The tequila undergoes what Centenario calls the “Seleccion Suave” process which involves the brand’s master distiller selecting the smoothest and best quality añejos before blending them according to a traditional process. That sounds great and everything, but that’s just marketing at the end of the day. Or is it?
Whatever they’re doing, they’re doing it right and this might dispel my bias towards distilleries that produce a lot of brands.
The Bottom Line:
Punches way above its weight. This bottle is a steal, here is to hoping too many people don’t catch on to that.
As surprising as the battle of the under $70 bottle was, unfortunately, once we dip into the over $100 territory things get pretty predictable. The quality of flavor travels parallel to price here and while that is a bit of a bummer, any of these bottles is gift-worthy and will likely be one of the best bottles you have on your bar cart so long as it has tequila in it. With Avion Reserva 44, you might even keep the empty bottle for display.
This tequila is handcrafted in limited batches and claims to boast 44 unique flavor notes. While I found this one to be a definite bouquet of flavors, I don’t know that you’ll taste 44, but it’s so good you won’t stop trying. Aged for 36 months in American bourbon barrels, Avion Reserva 44 ships in a fire-polished crystal bottle with a really nice gift box.
The Bottom Line:
Delicious and good enough to gift. This is an aged tequila that is worth every penny but is still affordable enough that it won’t completely break the bank. Get it as a gift for the person in your life who appreciates well-crafted spirits, especially if that person is yourself.
This was my first experience drinking Mijenta and I’m pretty sold on the brand after this one bottle. Before we move forward I’d like to say that the top three bottles on this ranking were all neck and neck for the top spot so while this is ranked third, it’s a very high third place.
Produced at NOM 1412, Destiladora de Los Altos, Mijenta’s añejo is aged for 18 months in American White Oak, French Oak, French acacia casks, and cherry barrels in a limited run. The first batch of bottles consists of just 2,160 bottles, of which I have one. Nice! I can’t recommend this tequila enough, it has such a depth of flavor and an interesting fruity character that you don’t always expect from an aged tequila.
The Bottom Line:
Floral, fruity, smokey, so many things all at once. A true joy to sip.
2. Volcan De Mi Tierra — X.A. Tequila (Taste 5)
Dane Rivera
Price: $1,900* (only available for bottle service/restaurants )
ABV: 40%
The Tequila
Let’s address the price first because I’m sure your jaw is sufficiently dropped right now. X.A., produced by Moet Hennesy’s premium tequila brand, Volcán De Mi Tierra, is only $1,900 because for the time being it’s only available at select nightclubs, venues, and restaurants. Bottle service is f*cking expensive, but if you’ve been wondering if you’ve been missing out on what someone like Dua Lipa or Jack Harlow drinks at the club, the answer is …yes and no.
On the one hand, this nearly $2000 bottle of tequila isn’t going to change your life if you drink it. It’s not even guaranteed to be your favorite sip of tequila ever. It doesn’t possess some magic that bottles less than half the price don’t have but with that said… it’s pretty damn great. This tequila is so delicate, so flavorful, and so interesting that it deserves a full-length article review, which we promise, we’re going to get to, but for now we’ll keep it brief.
This tequila is produced at NOM 1523 Agrotequilera de Jalisco — the only brand currently in production, bias re-confirmed — and is aged in American white oak barrels. It is a blend of reposado, añejo, and extra añejo tequilas made from 100% blue agave cooked in stone-brick ovens. Forbes has a list of everywhere the bottle is currently available, we can only hope for a retail release at a more affordable price soon.
The Bottom Line:
If you ever get a chance to sip this, don’t pass it up under any circumstance.
1. Herradura Selección Suprema — Extra Añejo (Taste 3)
Herradura is one of the best, fairly affordable tequila brands in business right now. There isn’t a single expression the brand can’t nail, but the top-shelf Selección Suprema series is on a whole other level.
Winner of 25 well-deserved gold spirit tasting awards from various competitions, this extra añejo is aged for 49 months in American White oak barrels this tequila is smooth as honey and presents flavors that never stop dancing across the palate, constantly shifting and offering something new with every taste. While the top three were neck and neck on this ranking, we’ve got to give the top spot to the one that made me say “nectar of the gods!” No other tequila has ever made me feel that goofy.
The Bottom Line:
It’s frustrating to see such an expensive bottle take the top spot but take comfort in the fact that this hefty price tag is actually worth it.
Remember the days when we thought the Saul Goodman spinoff would be a half-hour sitcom? 2013 was a simpler time. Better Call Saul has always been quietly devastating, but now it’s blatantly so, with Kim Wexler leaving her husband Jimmy McGill. Instead of seeing the events that follow Kim leaving Jimmy, the scene following their break-up does a little time jump to Saul Goodman the way we knew him on Breaking Bad.
Kim’s fate has always been up in the air considering her noted absence from Breaking Bad, but now that she’s no longer a lawyer and left Jimmy and their fish without any indication of where she’s going, her fate is even more up in that air, if that’s even possible.
My Better Call Saul theories are usually incredibly wrong because I always incorrectly assume that the writers are kinder than they are (no offense to them personally) and for some reason, I assume that I could be as smart, even smarter, than the show’s writers. I am not! Kim’s departure at the end of last week’s “Fun and Games” has left my mind spinning at night with possible outcomes for Kim Wexler. To ease our collective Kim Wexler anxiety (or to make it worse), here are some theories on Kim Wexler’s whereabouts and how she could return and see Jimmy again.
Optimist Theory
Considering Kim’s absence from Breaking Bad and Jimmy’s complete pivot into an entirely new, unhinged personality as a result of her departure, it’s safe to say that Kim has left Albuquerque entirely and is unreachable. Without the whole being adjacent to crime and the cartel thing, Kim can live her life in peace. This is more of a dream than a theory, but my dream for Kim Wexler is that free of Slippin’ Jimmy, she is now living her best life, somewhere with lots of plants and a replacement for those fish she left in the middle of the night. Maybe she has a house on the beach, maybe she’s perfected her iconic curled ponytail. Wherever she is, she is safe.
Cynical Theory
The cynical and therefore more probable theory because the Better Call Saul writers are trying to rip our hearts out with their cold, sharp hands is that Kim has disappeared and is living in isolation as a way to protect herself, but also as a way to punish herself. Kim feels responsible for Howard Hamlin’s death. The scheme to ruin his career and reputation was her passion project and inadvertently led to his death at the hands of Lalo Salamanca. If Kim is living in isolation, it would mirror Jimmy/Saul’s black-and-white future as Gene, the Cinnabon manager in Nebraska. If Kim is living a similar life, the story would end with some sad, but fitting symmetry for the star-crossed lovers.
Kim and Jimmy Reunite
Whether they like it or not, Kim and Jimmy are inevitable and are drawn to each despite themselves. Kim is great for Jimmy because he’s less Slippin’ Jimmy and more Jimmy McGill when he’s with her. Kim, on the other hand, becomes more of a Slippin’ Kim when she’s around Jimmy. They ironically bring out both the best and the worst in each other. At this point, the story is pulling them apart, making a reunion likely. Now, it’s just a matter of where, when, and who finds who. My little theory now that is probably not going to happen because it is quite optimistic is that one finds the other, but now I’m convinced Kim will somehow track Jimmy down in Nebraska. It’s also possible that Jimmy (as Gene) could crack and find her himself. Although we’ve only gotten small glimpses at Gene’s life, it is sad and lonely and has probably put a lot of things into perspective for the man formerly known as Jimmy McGill.
If Kim and Jimmy reunite, I would hope that they run off into the sunset, hands interlocked. But that’s unlikely given the brutality of this final season. Maybe in the metaverse?
Kim Never Returns
If Better Call Saul wanted to continue its incredibly cruel streak, we would never see Kim Wexler again. If Rhea Seehorn does not appear again, or only appears briefly, that could be an explanation for her running for an Emmy in the supporting category besides that it was the only way to beat Reese Witherspoon. Now that I’m writing this, never seeing Kim again is the most wicked thing Better Call Saul could do, and is, therefore, the most likely.
Kim D*es
Just kidding! If I don’t speculate that Kim Wexler could die, then she won’t. Kim Wexler will NOT die. There is no way. Goodbye!
Josh Hawley became a national punchline last week after the January 6 committee showed footage of the Missouri Senator running out of the Capitol building despite defiantly giving MAGA rioters a fist pump shortly before the attack. Hawley was roundly mocked including by the ladies of The View who called him a “shrimp, wimp, coward” after airing footage of former D.C. police officer Michael Fanone saying, “Josh Hawley is a b*tch.”
The whole thing was not great for Hawley, so naturally, Fox News is coming to his rescue. During Mark Levin‘s show, Life, Liberty & Levin, the conservative host actually tried to argue that the Jan. 6 committee’s humiliation of Hawley is somehow unconstitutional.
“Congress doesn’t have plenary powers to do whatever it wants,” Levin said before launching into his rant.
Levin says Article 1 of the Constitution gives no authority to Congress to humiliate Josh Hawley pic.twitter.com/uwa1EfYHBZ
“How they tried to humiliate Senator Hawley, it’s really not about Jan. 6,” he said, adding that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom he called “the main witness of Jan. 6” has been “effectively immunized by the committee,” whose members he says she single-handedly appointed.
“Article 1 provides no such authority. None, to the Congress of the United States,” Levin said.
Like any good right-wing rant, Levin made sure to invoke the specter of communism while taking shots at Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney for going against the GOP.
“When you get these phony Republicans like [Rep. Adam] Kinzinger and [Rep. Liz] Cheney waving the Constitution around, they’re not waving around our Constitution,” Levin said. “Perhaps it’s the 1934 Soviet Constitution, but it ain’t ours.”
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