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Why Is a Small Town Lesbian Bar a Bigger News Story Than Pearl Harbor?

Jeff Maurer · I Might Be Wrong

Sep 25, 2026 · 2 min listen · Last updated September 25, 2026

This week, Xi Jinping visited the White House while calls for an international agreement on AI grew louder, Trump escalated his war on the press, and a resolution to the Iran War remained elusive. But all people want to talk about is a meltdown at a lesbian bar in New England’s Birkenstock Belt.

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This week, Xi Jinping visited the White House while calls for an international agreement on AI grew louder, Trump escalated his war on the press, and a resolution to the Iran War remained elusive. But all people want to talk about is a meltdown at a lesbian bar in New England’s Birkenstock Belt. As described by * Blocked & Reported *and

“…only one of the original founders, Jackie Matellian, is still involved. The two others stepped back from the daily operation months before, Matellian says, citing various pressures and health issues. One had enrolled in clown school.”

Yep: clown school. Not even clown college — this might be some sort of clown GED program. And with that level of color, it’s no surprise that this story seems to be single-handedly reviving print journalism. From Semafor’s Max Tani:

On one hand, I think it’s absurd that this is a story — it’s just some crazy people running a small business badly. On the other hand: It’s all I want to talk about. Surely the first reason that this story gained traction is that it’s fucking hilarious — it’s like a *Portlandia *sketch walked through the TV and became real. But I think it’s worth thinking for a second about *why *this story stimulates so many parts of so many of our brains. And, because I’m insufferable, I’ll also relate that conjecture to the current state of Democratic Party politics.

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