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04.19.26

April 19, 2026

This week on Le Show, Harry Shearer sings Why Shouldn't I Be The Pope? and a Secretary of Death blesses you with more Bible-adjacent quotations. Plus, AI error rates on the rise, The Apologies of the Week, and more. Listen to the full...

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04.12.26

April 12, 2026

This week on Le Show with Harry Shearer: Donald Trump's Truth Social Audio, News of Forever Chemicals, News of Musk Love, News of the Atom, News of AI, The Apologies of the Week, and more! Listen to the full Harry Shearer Le Show...

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Harry Shearer April 23, 2026

There’s a Draft in Here

The rumor-correction website Snopes has this item today:

“Eligible men ages 18 to 25 will be automatically registered for the U.S. military draft by December 2026.”

Notice anything surprising or unusual or even old-fashioned about that statement? I sure did. It is, as Snopes reports, 2026. There are female mayors—New Orleans is on its second consecutive one—female Senators, female Governors. And there have been female Presidential candidates. Of course, there are numerous females serving in our volunteer armed forces right now. We are well on the way to ending the history of excluding women from almost all aspects of public life.

So? So why is it only “eligible men” who are being registered for a military draft that, at the moment, doesn’t exist? Of course women were excluded from the draft the last time we had one, back when a female TV news anchor was an oddity. Is this simply a matter of enforcing the end of the “I” in DEI”?