the daily howler

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2026
Like gunshots on Fifth Avenue? The Truth Social post has been deleted. But you can still see it, just as it was, at the Wayback Machine.
With apologies—at Mediate, the original report started like this:

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2026
...she was widely disappeared: Marimar Martinez, 30 years old, was born right there in Chicago.
Today, she's a preschool teacher at a Montessori school. She speaks lightly accented English—but then again, who doesn't?

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2026
...the glorious Times took a pass: It's amazing to see how little the American public has been told about Charles Exum.
As best we can tell from the paper's search engine, Exum's behavior in Chicago last year has never been the subject of a New York Times news report. On January 11, his conduct was briefly described by Michelle Goldberg, in this informative opinion column...

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2026
...French said, Not so fast: European literature is said to begin with the war poem known as the Iliad. Midway through the ancient text, Achilles is sulking in his tents, down along the shore.
Insulted by Agamemnon, Achilles is refusing to participate in the Achaeans' attempt to sack Troy. Odysseus is sent to win this mightiest warrior back....