Originally published at: The Reprobate Review: Announcing The Winners Of The 2024 Golden Duke Awards - TPM – Talking Points Memo
It’s time to contemplate 2024’s biggest freaks, as we gather around one last time before the new year to celebrate those who sucked the most shamelessly, who grifted the most elegantly, who were the most sophisticated in their betrayal of public trust. As is tradition, the losers are the winners. There were a handful of…
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So many POSs; so few awards.
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RFK Jr’s nomination in three categories should receive a meritorious achievement special award.
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Seeing that there were winners who got less than 50% of the votes, I’d like to see ranked choice voting for the next round of Golden Dukes to better express the will of the people.
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RFK Jr. rocks, man. I cannot wait to see what new dumbfuckery he gets up to next year.
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Are the Golden Dukes of '24, avatars of '25? I do think so.
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Roberts scores a well-earned victory, but the Ziegler moms deserve a biopic at minimum, maybe a miniseries.
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Great list. Happy New Year everyone.
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the whole framing of this anecdote is supposed to be: I’m South Dakota tough. I don’t fuck around. I take care of what needs to be taken care of . And then you’ve got these hard, rough and tumble South Dakota construction dudes who are like, ‘What the fuck is going on?’”
I had not heard the witness aspect of that story. Great line, Kate.
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Hey, when did we get to vote? I don’t recall seeing the opportunity to vote on the candidates, and I look at TPM every day. When did I miss it??
I guess a dog is more appropriate than a cat in this context. No offense to your canine, of course!
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None taken. He say “I ain’t nobodies b**ch, unlike mutts on this list!”
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What I’m interested in is how many of the nudes he showed around were minors. Distributing child pornography would be the…actually, I’m going to bypass that analogy.
Gaetz and Gilberto–The underage girl from Ipanema
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Nice list but honestly: I miss Fani Willis. I thought she’d be on the short list for at least some category.
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Just for fun, review previous years awards. Some of the 'winners" are being nominated for high positions in the 2025 WH.
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I have always thought of these nominees as “winners”. Trump will be livid over tying for third place. He’s become a spent force.
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I love the Ziegler story because I get to refer to them as “Moms for Moms”
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Moms I’d Like to Fluff 
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Yes, like Olympic rings.