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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump is using Border Patrol like a movie crew — 300 federal agents, helicopters, drones & cameras turning midnight raids on Black & immigrant families into action-movie propaganda.

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · 8d

Trae and Mark break down the origins of the so-called “antifa” movement, from Google Trends spikes in 2017 to a White House petition cooked up by alt-right troll Microchip.

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · 14d

Trae Crowder and Mark Agee break down the bizarre Tom Homan bribery saga — from FBI entrapment claims to tax fraud risks.

Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · 15d

"Can you imagine how it feels being Prince Andrew? You got banished for Epstein stuff, and then your brother, who's now the king, is having a state dinner with the other, the third guy from your Epstein group chat." - Mark Agee

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · 15d

Prince Andrew, Trump & Epstein: The World’s Worst Group Chat

Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · 19d

On this episode of Good Skews, Producer Matt sits down with singer, songwriter, and podcaster Lizzie No to talk about the folk revival happening right now.

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Sep 5

Mark and Trae dig into the bizarre background of the new CDC director, who has ties to Peter Thiel and longevity influencer Brian Johnson—the guy who injects his son’s blood plasma and posts about his erections online.

Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Sep 5

As measles cases surge to a 33-year high, some pharma investors are literally banking on more people getting sick.

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Sep 5

Mark and Trae break down a viral video of a mom rinsing the dye off Skittles before giving them back to her kids. Because, you know, the real danger in candy isn’t the sugar, chemicals, or cavities—it’s the color.

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Aug 28

The 2025 Virginia election is one of the biggest in the country. Every statewide office + 100 House seats are on the ballot. Producer Matt talks with Lynlee Thorne of Rural Ground Game about the amazing progress being made in the commonwealth. www.buzzsprout.com/1...

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · Jul 30

The price of 1 lb of ground beef is now higher than the federal minimum hourly wage…

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Mike @blownmotor.bsky.social · Jul 30

That’s sad. 😢

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jul 30

Trae & Mark break down why calls to “follow the money” terrify the GOP and Democrats, how elite impunity is wearing thin, and why left-wing populism might be the system’s worst nightmare.

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jul 23

Why are politicians so bad at this? Nobody cares about your cleverness right now.

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jul 9

Trump and Noem have completely fucked up FEMA.

Emergency officials in NC and WY say federal support has vanished, while catastrophic floods rage on. Trump plans to phase out FEMA entirely, leaving states to fend for themselves. #fema #texasfloods #trump #nationalweatherservice

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jul 3

Young voters showed up in NYC—and Zoran’s win proves why.
No crypto pandering. No corny slang.

Just real talk, bold policy, and a visit with Cum Town (of course)

Over 1,100 young people hit up @runforsomething to run for office.
This is how you do it. #zohrankmamdani

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jul 2

Sen. Tillis announced he’s not running for reelection — and went out swinging. After years of toeing the party line, he finally called out a GOP-backed bill as a lie, saying the Medicare cuts were hidden until after the midterms just to protect incumbents.

Is it bravery? Too little, too late?

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jul 2

Why are so many rich people in the US whiny babies?

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jul 2

Trae and Mark discuss Peter Thiel's insane interview and the real, practical benefits of AI.

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jul 1

WTF? ICE on Roblox?

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jun 29

This war with Iran is going to set off a Bro-Country arms race.

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Jun 12

Stephen Miller's villain origin story

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Weekly Skews Hosted by Trae Crowder and Mark Agee @weeklyskews.bsky.social · Apr 9

Anybody ain't putting respect on Vanilla's name? They can take it up with @thetraecrowder.bsky.social

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Trae Crowder @thetraecrowder.bsky.social · Mar 17

Thanks to the LA Times for the interview!

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Too liberal for the South, too redneck for L.A.: Why Trae Crowder's comedy makes him a man without a country

Recently Crowder spoke with The Times about new special "Trash Daddy," his upbringing in a liberal family in a conservative area and life as a fish out of water in Los Angeles.

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Mark Agee @markagee.bsky.social · Mar 18

Every news story now basically

HEADLINE: Trump Bravely and Handsomely [Does X] With Moxie and Aplomb

PARAGRAPH 42: It violates the Constitution, the laws of the United States and physics, relevant case law, the Geneva Convention, the NFL rule book, and Netflix’s terms of service. Anyway,

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