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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Stale Cupcakes

Last week's headlines were all song titles, and we gave the hint: "for one of the songs, it is NOT the Michael Jackson version we have in mind." On Saturday, we added: "The theme is rather on-point when it comes to the rhetoric of the current administration, particularly as practiced by one Stephen Miller." And here is the solution, courtesy of reader N.S. in Los Angeles, CA:

These headlines all are the titles of songs by artists with names that are (or contain) words that are used to disparage immigrants.

The State of the Union: Time Won't Let Me—The Outsiders

Politics Bytes: Bring the Noise—Public Enemy

Legal News: Cold as ICE—Foreigner

I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: Melanie Makes Me Smile—The Strangers

This Week in Schadenfreude: Smooth Criminal—Alien Ant Farm

This Week in Freudenfreude: I Wanna Be a NY Ranger—The Misfits

As great as MJ is as an artist and performer, I prefer the Alien Ant Farm cover of that song. It's silly but still badass, and that drum fill leading into the 2nd verse (and repeated after the last chorus) rules.

"Stale Cupcakes," recorded under the stage name Animal Crossing, also fits. See Donald Trump's 2015 launch speech when he referred to Mexican immigrants as "animals."

Here are the first 60 readers to get it right:

J.N. in Zionsville, IN
M.M. in Dunellen, NJ
E.S. in Providence, RI
S.K. in Ardmore, PA
D.L. in Uslar, Germany
M.T. in Wheat Ridge, CO
I.H. in Washington D.C.
G.W. in Avon, CT
M.S. in Canton, NY
T.K. in Manchester, MO
D.K. in Bethesda, MD
P.Q. in Metuchen, NJ
P.R. in Havertown, PA
M.W. in Altea, Spain
J.F. in Fayetteville, NC
D.G. in Wood-Ridge, NJ
P.A. in Redwood City, CA
K.J.O. in Brookdale, NJ
T.V. in Dinwiddie, VA
M.W. in Marlborough, CT
S.G. in Durham, NC
S.S. in Lucerne, Switzerland
C.R. in Salt Lake City, UT
J.S. in Columbia, MO
M.B. in Albany, NY
R.E. in Birmingham, AL
B.M. in Chico, CA
D.O. in Brookline, MA
T.P. in Kings Park, NY
J.M.R. in Muncie, IN

K.R. in Austin, TX
S.H. in College Park, MD
A.F. in Minneapolis, MN
M.K. in Seattle, WA
D.W. in Gurnee, IL
J.J. in Johnstown, PA
T.D. in Chicago, IL
G.G. in Nottinghamshire, UK, England
M.S. in Poplar Bluff, MO
S.J. in Santa Cruz, CA
J.S. in Pittsburgh, PA
M.H. in Ottawa, ON, Canada
P.W. in Tulalip, WA
J.E. in San Jose, CA
N.S. in Los Angeles
S.M. in Warren, MI
A.P. in Gaithersburg, MD
B.B. in Avon, CT
N.H. in London, England, UK
R.P. in Brooklyn, NY
T.T. in Conway, AR
J.M.R. in Chappaqua, NY
A.D. in Vass, NC
K.L. in Sterling, VA
A.R. in Los Angeles, CA
P.H. in Fort Lauderdale, FL
P.H. in Bozeman, MT
J.E. in Gilbertsville, PA
K.J. in Toronto, ON, Canada
D.L. in Springfield, IL

The 60th correct response was received at 7:58 a.m. PT on Saturday.

For this week's theme, it relies on one word per headline, and it's in the category Language. For a hint, we'll tell you that you might have an advantage if you were in a dusty study right now, eating a cheap peach, and enjoying a nice, large lager.

If you have a guess, send it to comments@electoral-vote.com with subject line March 6 Headlines. (Z)

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