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Side-Eye Friday: Missing Senators, Airport Brawls, Shirtless Rock Stars, And Other Things I Wasn’t Expecting This Week
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Side-Eye Friday: Missing Senators, Airport Brawls, Shirtless Rock Stars, And Other Things I Wasn’t Expecting This Week

by Carol MarksJuly 10, 2026

Another Friday, another stack of headlines that make you wonder whether the country collectively decided to skip adult supervision this week. Welcome to Side-Eye Friday, where we've got a senator who's somehow become less visible…

Side-Eye Friday: Classified Blunders, Billionaire Princes, and a Country That Can’t Decide What to Call Turkey
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Side-Eye Friday: Classified Blunders, Billionaire Princes, and a Country That Can’t Decide What to Call Turkey

by Carol MarksJune 26, 2026

Another Friday. Another batch of headlines that make you wonder whether anyone is actually in charge anymore. This week gave us classified documents, media meltdowns, royal fortunes, geography lessons nobody asked for, and a soccer…

Side-Eye Friday: International Intrigue, Fashion Drama, and Aquatic Espionage
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Side-Eye Friday: International Intrigue, Fashion Drama, and Aquatic Espionage

by Carol MarksJune 19, 2026June 18, 2026

Every week I sit down to assemble Side-Eye Friday and wonder if the news cycle might finally calm down. Every week the news cycle responds by handing me material that sounds like it was generated…

Side-Eye Friday: The Knicks, The Illiterates, The Scots, And Hunter Biden’s Next Career Move
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Side-Eye Friday: The Knicks, The Illiterates, The Scots, And Hunter Biden’s Next Career Move

by Carol MarksJune 12, 2026

Another week has passed, which means America once again delivered enough material to make satire feel unnecessary. This week we learned that socialist politicians enjoy VIP perks, college professors are discovering students cannot read, corporate…

Side-Eye Friday: We Have Officially Run Out Of Serious News
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Side-Eye Friday: We Have Officially Run Out Of Serious News

by Carol MarksJune 5, 2026

Side-Eye Friday: Poop Walls, Mummy Bread, and Revolutionary Rich Kids Every week I sit down to gather stories for Side-Eye Friday and every week America somehow manages to exceed expectations. This week brought us socialist…

Side-Eye Friday: A $250 Trump Bill, Jill Biden Drama, and America’s Weekly Circus
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Side-Eye Friday: A $250 Trump Bill, Jill Biden Drama, and America’s Weekly Circus

by Carol MarksMay 29, 2026

Every Friday I gather a handful of stories that made me stop scrolling, sip my coffee, and stare at the screen for a moment. This week's collection features a governor who isn't running for president…

Side-Eye Friday: UFOs, Naked Dresses, and America’s Ongoing Fever Dream
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Side-Eye Friday: UFOs, Naked Dresses, and America’s Ongoing Fever Dream

by Carol MarksMay 22, 2026

Another Friday. Another batch of headlines that feel like America accidentally left the television on while the country wandered into the kitchen looking for aspirin. This week gave us UFO footage over Michigan, Stephen Colbert’s…

The Truth Is Out There. Apparently It Has a Website.
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The Truth Is Out There. Apparently It Has a Website.

by Carol MarksMay 18, 2026

Over the past few years, Americans have slowly gotten used to hearing phrases like “UAP,” “nonhuman biologics,” and “unexplained aerial phenomena” tossed around by Congress and the Pentagon like this is somehow normal now. We’ve…

Side-Eye Friday: Naps, Spies, and Big Macs
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Side-Eye Friday: Naps, Spies, and Big Macs

by Carol MarksMay 15, 2026

Another week, another collection of headlines that feel less like real life and more like somebody fed America into an AI chatbot running on Red Bull and unresolved trauma. This week gave us alleged Iranian…

Side-Eye Friday: Billionaires Fleeing, UFO Files, and Taylor Swift the “Showgirl”
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Side-Eye Friday: Billionaires Fleeing, UFO Files, and Taylor Swift the “Showgirl”

by Carol MarksMay 8, 2026

Some weeks, I sit down to write Side-Eye Friday and think, “Maybe the country will calm down a little.” Then I open the headlines and immediately see billionaires fleeing socialists, UFO files suddenly reappearing, celebrities…

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I'm Carol Marks, the founder and voice behind An Americanist. I write about politics, culture, and the stories shaping the country we live in. A Navy veteran, Southerner, and incurable patriot, I believe freedom is worth defending, common sense is underrated, and America is still worth celebrating. If a headline earns a raised eyebrow, there's a good chance I'll be writing about it.

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