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THE TRASH REPORT: The Bad Men, the Bog Man, Scooter Braun, and Questionable Commuting Foods

Put on your hazmat suit—it’s time for this week’s stinkiest, trashiest gossip.

What’s happening, Trash Pandas? Welcome to another edition of THE TRASH REPORT. I am Elinor Jones, here to lovingly yell at you about some weird things happening in the news in an attempt to make them funny, thus brightening your day (with the humor) and my day (with the validation). What’s the point of living […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: In Which I Spiral Into Climate Depression Like a Tornado or a Tropical Depression. Also, Otters, Britney, and Rudy Giuliani!

Helllooooo, Trash Pandas! Welcome back to another edition of your favorite web-based news and humor column from an alternative weekly from a midsized American city, also known as: THE TRASH REPORT! I’m Elinor Jones, and I finally got my first sunburn of the summer this past weekend. I slid it in just under the wire, […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Pudding Fingers in Iowa, Crocodiles Want to Eat Babies, and the Importance of Headline Writing in Web-based Media

Let’s go, trash pandas! It’s time to get elbow-deep in this week’s bin of hot gossip.

Hello, Trash Pandas! Welcome to another Trash Report. I’m your best friend, Elinor Jones, here to make little quips about all the latest in news and gossip and hopefully make you smile a little bit during another grim week of reality. If you aren’t in the mood to smile, I get itโ€”all you have to […]

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The Trash Report: The OC Turns 20, Pence is Getting Nasty (uh oh!), Reality Stars are Unionizing, and Guess Where Whoopi Goldberg Doesn’t Want to Have Sex?

Hello, angel baby Trash Pandas! ‘Tis I, Elinor Jones, here with the freshest news and gossip in this here Trash Report. Usually this is the hottest month of the year but it’s been unseasonably pleasant outside, meaning the dumpsters aren’t quite as rank and steamy as one would expect. Don’t worry: I’ve still found some […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Let Barbie Live, Let Mitch McConnell…you know…, and Brad Pitt Keeps Trying to Make Us Forget He Sucks

Gather ’round, Trash Pandas! It’s time for this week’s hot takes and latest gossip.

Howdy, Trash Pandas! It’s me, Elinor Jones, coming at you with another TRASH REPORT. I’ll start with the BEST news (for you), which is that 100% of the lingering zen from my vacation has faded so I’m as anxious and freaked out as ever! You know what I think would be fun? To navigate this […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Barbie Makes the Worst People Mad, Celebrity Divorce Updates/Predictions, and Marine Apex Predator Vengeance

Time for this week’s hot gossip grind! 

Hihihihihihihi! I missed you! I didn’t put out a Trash Report last week because I was on a legit vacation, which was wonderful, but I barely kept up on any news while I was away, so now all the relaxing I did on vacation is mooted by how hard I have to work to get […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: White Lines at the White House, Icky Actors, and Camel News You Can Camel-Use

Let’s go, Trash Pandas! It’s time to dig elbow-deep in some garbage-y gossip!

Hello, my precious Trash Pandas, and welcome to another week of garbage with the Trash Report! I’m Elinor Jones, your best friend, here to share some silly things that made me laugh this week. I’m lucky to write for such smart and attractive readers, and you deserve the best. To be clear, I’m not the […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Old Lady Yells at Baseball, Supreme Court, James Cameron, and… Perms? PERMS!

Time for another EXPLOSIVE edition of the gossip column that really hates fireworks.

Hello, and Happy Monday! Welcome to the Trash Report. I’m your friend, Elinor Jones, possibly shouting into the void because I feel like a lot of you are on a long holiday weekend and might be enjoying your lives instead of staring at one of your rectangles on this Monday morning. You’re gonna do what […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Bunch of White Dudes Being Stupid… but Also: It’s My Birthday!

Let’s go, trash lovers! It’s time to dig into some hot, and decidedly messy, GOSSIP.

Hello friends, enemies, and fellow Cancers, with whom I vibe very strongly and complicatedly, as is our nature; it’s our season!! I’m going to be honest with you: I know very little about astrology. I know that I was born between late June and late July and that some ancient beings/contemporary Instagram girlies determined that […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: The Trash Report’s Nemesis, We’re All on the Cameron Diaz Diet, Constitutional Law, and Hamster Science

Hiyeee, Trash Pandas, and welcome to another Trash Report! I’m Elinor Jones, your cutest guide to a bunch of silly things I read about that I’d like to share with you. You may be asking, but what is this for? Fair question. My answer to that is, what is anything for? You ever watch a […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: President Toilet Stikes Again, Pop Stars in Wildfire Filters, and Just Try Canceling Garth Brooks

Hurry, hurry! Step right up and get your hot gossip!

What light through yonder dumpster breaks? It is the East, and I, Elinor Jones, am the sun, and this is The Trash Report, and you are my Trash Pandas, and this is how it’s going to go: I’m going to write about some news and gossip that I read about in other places, and I’ll […]

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THE TRASH REPORT: Sexy Current Events, Jenna Ortega’s Mom Makes Smoking Cool Again, and What NOT To Do If You’re Taking a Picture with Pedro Pascal

Hello my little Trash Pandas, and welcome to The Trash Report! It’s your girl, Elinor Jones, coming to you live from a rainbow T-shirt I bought at Target, which is not an act of defiance (or even really allyship, because capitalism is inherently harmful to marginalized communities), but it is kinda cool that wearing said […]

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