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The Regrettable Guilt Makes a Man Guilty
November 5, 2026
David Himmel
The Regrettable Guilt Makes a Man Guilty
November 5, 2026
David Himmel

The stomach tightens and sinks.
The heart and lungs follow.
It’s a confounding reaction to a receipt of affection.
It’s familiar, and, therefore, oddly comforting.

But familiarity can be a curse.
A cursed reminder of what once went wrong when you were just trying to do things right this time.
This time it’ll be different, you say.
Why? You’re different, but what are you doing differently?

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November 5, 2026
David Himmel

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Reasons Not To Go To Your Small-Town High School Reunion

You have a conflict on that date. A moral conflict.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | A Eulogy for Donald Trump

On his tomb stone is inscribed, “This is Obama’s fault.”

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | QAnon Post-Debate Info Drop

President Trump wants us to know he really is smart.

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I’m Dr. Joe Janes, MD. MD stands for Mediocre Duck. (quack)

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Shelly’s Georgia Peach Hair Salon and Spa Reopens!

Check out this comb and shears… That’s a rake and a sharp knife on the end of a stick.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Trump's Legion of Doom

Lex – Almost only counts in horseshoes and massive flu virus outbreaks.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting – Senate Impeachment Trial RULES!

I also want to remind everyone that we took an oath of impartiality. - Oh. Sorry. I just shot milk out of my nose.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Space Poop Jesus!

“Where you see one set of footprints is where I continued walking and you took a golf cart.”

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | The War on Thanksgiving

I say we call it Thanksgetting.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Presidential Pardons

I have a lot of respect for soldiers who don’t say bad things about me.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Presidential Boos News

I killed the leader of ISIS, the most dangerous man in the world since Hilary Clinton.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Lynching Lite

Are you telling me white people aren’t allowed to be lynched? That’s racist!

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Kellyanne and George Conway Eat Dinner

Nothing can taint my experience of enjoying this steak.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Trump Fortifies The Wall

Dr. Evil: We fill the alligators with scorpions and replace their teeth with fruit-flavored vape cartridges.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Trump Shoots Person on 5th Avenue!

Lindsay Graham says, “It’s unusual, but that’s Trump style.”

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Trump’s Homeless Solution

What if we made homeless people pretty?

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting I Always Remember Trump

This will be a 9/11 people will never forget!

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Trump 2026

Mike Pence had a breakdown last year and moved to Key West and does drag shows under the name Ernest SOHeminGAY!

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Orange Is The New I Don't See Color

I’m a republican female. That still counts for something with people, like widows, women who hate themselves, foreign mail brides.

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The Minutes of Our Last Meeting | Department of Labor Emergency Meeting

Time to tighten our belt. I can’t walk around with my pants undone all the time. 

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