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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: On the Whole, I'd Rather Be in Philadelphia

Because we are running late, and because the above item ended up quite long, some choices had to be made. So, we're going to have the "fun stuff," in addition to the long report card on Trump v2.0, and we'll have to limit it to that. We suspect readers will have some opinions on our "state of the administration" piece, anyhow, so this will leave some room for those to breathe. Especially since, even with just four items, this posting is still well north of 7,000 words.

Anyhow, the hints last week were: (1) "anyone who has a lot of experience with bungholes will have a big advantage" and (2) "Still working on the Friday headline theme? All we can say is: Put a cork in it." And now, the solution, courtesy of reader M.M. in Dunellen, NJ:

Types of wine. Although these days, I would prefer something much, much stronger, like bourbon.

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Truth be told, we had no idea abrego is a type of wine (though it turns out it is). For that headline, we actually intended ice to be the answer. Oh, and whole wine, from the headline for this item, is wine made from whole grape plants (including leaves, stems, etc.).

Here are the first 50 readers to get it right:

G.M.K. in Mishawaka, IN
G.W. in Avon, CT
N.S. in Fayetteville, NY
M.J. in Oakdale, MN
N.H. in London, England, UK
R.D. in Cheshire, CT
M.M. in Dunellen
J.T. in Philadelphia, PA
J.M. in Eagle Mills, NY
K.R. in Austin, TX
J.D. in Indianapolis, IN
M.W. in Altea, Spain
T.K. in Kirkwood, MO
J.N. in Zionsville, IN
D.D. in Highland Park, IL
M.Z. in Sharon, MA
M.T. in Simpsonville, SC
E.W. in Skaneateles, NY
E.M. in Durham, NC
T.T. in Conway, AR
A.O'N. in Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
B.R. in Arlington, MA
J.U. in Chicago, IL
J.D. in Greensboro, NC
E.H. in Dayton, OH

D.B. in Glendale, CA
M.A. in Soquel, CA
C.W. in Atlantic Beach, FL
T.J. in London, England, UK
M.V. in Oak Park, IL
P.Q. in Metuchen, NJ
C.B. in Lakeville, MN
A.A. in Branchport, NY
N.K. in Cleveland Heights, OH
T.F. in Craftsbury Common, VT
D.L. in Uslar, Germany
M.W. in Chicago, IL
M.A. in Park Ridge, IL
B.B. in Bedford, MA
M.V. in Aurora, CO
P.S. in Atlanta, GA
B.U. in St. Louis, MO
D.D. in Carversville, PA
B.E. in New York City, NY
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
A.B.W. in New Haven, CT
S.J.V. in New York City, NY
R.S. in Federal Way, WA
A.J.C. in Williamsburg, VA
S.W. in Winter Garden, FL

The 50th correct answer was received at 6:27 a.m. PT on Friday.

As to this week's theme, it's in the category Movies, and it relies on one word per headline (that's mostly by coincidence; there are many potential multi-word things that fit the theme). As a hint, we will give the planned headlines of the three items we had to hold to next week because of time constraints: (1) Hands Off, Part VI: Signs of the Times; (2) What's Really Going On?, Part I: Border Policy... It's a Trap!; (3) What's Really Going On?, Part II: Luigi Mangione, Terrorist Kingpin.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line "April 18 Headlines." (Z)

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