Cheers and Jeers: 'Who Won the Week' Poll

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Friday November 28, 2025 · 4:01 PM PST

2025/11/28 · 16:01

Cheers and Jeers is a weekday post from the great state of Maine.

Happy Day After Thanksgiving Day, aka TGIF (Turkey’s Gone, I’m Full). We hope that your post-feast digestive systems and indoor plumbing are functioning properly on this blessed Brown Friday.

As we announced earlier this week to great rejoicing throughout the several states, there's no formal C&J tonight. But seeing as this was an eventful week with many notable instances of do-gooderism, I felt it would be unfair, unjust, unwise, and un-American to deprive you of our legendary “Who Won the Week” poll, of which many people are saying…

“We can’t even begin to compete with the WWTW poll Bill puts together every week, so we don’t even try.”

—Gallup

”How does he DO it???”

—Pew Research

”Dammit, would you please learn how to say our #!@!!%# name correctly?!!”

—Quinnipiac

“Bill in Portland Maine is so over-deserving of our award, that to give him one now would simply be an insult to him and his legacy. Therefore, in the interests of peace, we must decline.”
—Unanimous Pulitzer Prize Committee decree

”BiPM has redefined polling for the Inflatable Frog generation.”

—Survey USA

“The toplines are fine, but his crosstabs are shit.”

—Charlie Cook

"Softens hands while you pick winners."

—Madge

“Zzzzzzzzzzz…..”

—Haley

”I’m not as think as you drunk I am!”

—Either Pete Hegseth or Jeanine Pirro

”I just slipped on your f*cking sidewalk. See you in court.”

—Note Left On Front Door By Litigious Neighbor

"Blork."

—Mars Rover Curiosity

Directions: Use a freshly-sharpened #2 pencil to either fill in or stab wildly at the oval next to your choice. You have two hours to complete this section.

Good luck. You may begin………now.

Have a great weekend.

Poll

1197 votes Show Results

Who won the week?

James Comey and Letitia James, as a federal judge rules that one of "Trump's Angels" (Lindsey Halligan) was illegally appointed US Attorney, thus her prosecutions of them are null and void

The power of vaccines and early screenings, as Australia records zero cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking it in the 80s

Bloomberg News, for exposing how the Trump administration is working with Russia to forge the worst possible deal with Ukraine to stop Putin's invasion

New York's Gotham Football Club, for beating the Washington Spirit to win their second National Women's Soccer League Championship

Decorated American war hero and astronaut Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ), for taking the lead in pushing back against Defense Dept. stooge Pete Hegseth's threats after 6 Dem veterans reminded our troops that "You can refuse illegal orders."

Everyone taking part in the holiday "We Ain't Buying It" boycotts of companies sucking up to Trump

Brazil's justice system, for setting an example we should've followed by throwing former president Jair Bolsonaro in prison for plotting a coup attempt after he lost his reelection bid

Pennsylvania's legislature and Governor Josh Shapiro (D), for enacting a bill that prevents discrimination based on hairstyle

Whoever ended up with the long end of the wishbone on Thanksgiving

1197 votes Vote Now!

Who won the week?

James Comey and Letitia James, as a federal judge rules that one of "Trump's Angels" (Lindsey Halligan) was illegally appointed US Attorney, thus her prosecutions of them are null and void

200 votes

The power of vaccines and early screenings, as Australia records zero cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking it in the 80s

115 votes

Bloomberg News, for exposing how the Trump administration is working with Russia to forge the worst possible deal with Ukraine to stop Putin's invasion

119 votes

New York's Gotham Football Club, for beating the Washington Spirit to win their second National Women's Soccer League Championship

3 votes

550 votes

Everyone taking part in the holiday "We Ain't Buying It" boycotts of companies sucking up to Trump

46 votes

Brazil's justice system, for setting an example we should've followed by throwing former president Jair Bolsonaro in prison for plotting a coup attempt after he lost his reelection bid

146 votes

Pennsylvania's legislature and Governor Josh Shapiro (D), for enacting a bill that prevents discrimination based on hairstyle

6 votes

Whoever ended up with the long end of the wishbone on Thanksgiving

12 votes

Cheers and Jeers: Family Dysfunction Awareness Day

Bill in Portland Maine

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Thursday November 27, 2025 · 4:53 AM PST

2025/11/27 · 04:53

Cheers and Jeers is a weekday post from the great state of Maine.

Just You Wait

Since none of us have any reason to be thankful for our current dripping-in-corruption president and his unshakable love of fascists and sexual predators, please enjoy this C&J gift to you: a few minutes with a president we are thankful for and who will live on in perpetuity via reruns…

YouTube Video

My annual list of thanks, a Molly Ivins bon mot, and a few more goodies below the fold. Then let's eat.

Bill in Portland Maine

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Wednesday November 26, 2025 · 4:53 AM PST

2025/11/26 · 04:53

Cheers and Jeers is a weekday coping mechanism from the great state of Maine.

Pre-gobble gobble preparations

No pardon for this one:

YouTube Video

Wherever your travels take you over the holidays—whether by plane, train, automobile, blimp, or a twisted-up blunt on your living room couch—have a safe and stuffy-facey one. In fact, go ahead...take the rest of the day off.

And now, our feature presentation...

Poll

542 votes Show Results

What are your plans for tomorrow?

542 votes Vote Now!

What are your plans for tomorrow?

Staying put

420 votes

Traveling hither and yon

113 votes

Not sure yet

9 votes

Cheers and Jeers: Tuesday

Bill in Portland Maine

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Tuesday November 25, 2025 · 4:49 AM PST

2025/11/25 · 04:49

A Porcine Pause

Oh. Well, when you explain it like that...

EXPLAINED: Trump calls a reporter "Piggy"
— The Daily Show (@thedailyshow.com) 2025-11-20T00:07:24.967Z

A real scholar, that one.

And now, our feature presentation...

Poll

643 votes Show Results

By a show of hand, do you support galloping off to war with Venezuela without an official declaration by Congress?

643 votes Vote Now!

By a show of hand, do you support galloping off to war with Venezuela without an official declaration by Congress?

Thumb---Yes

4 votes

Index finger---Lean yes

0 votes

Middle finger---No

633 votes

Ring finger---Lean no

4 votes

Pinky---Not sure/No opinion

2 votes

Cheers and Jeers: Monday

Bill in Portland Maine

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Monday November 24, 2025 · 4:49 AM PST

2025/11/24 · 04:49

I’ve Got Your Russia/Ukraine Peace Plan Right Here

1. Russia gets the f*ck out of Ukraine

2. Russia pays for all the f*cking damage it caused

3. Russia shuts the f*ck up and sits the f*ck down.

Now gimme my f*cking Nobel Peace Prize.

And now, our feature presentation...

Poll

513 votes Show Results

Do you think much of significance was accomplished at the COP30 climate conference in Brazil this year?

513 votes Vote Now!

Do you think much of significance was accomplished at the COP30 climate conference in Brazil this year?

Yes

25 votes

353 votes

Not sure/No opinion

135 votes

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