Halloween is probably my favorite holiday, and though I'm sitting this one out because there's nothing I'd rather do than write a piece for our beloved VIPs — Halloween likely will be over by the time you read this, but I still have an hour — I did buy bags of candy earlier this month. I, of course, tore into one of them, and damn, those candy bars are small. I mean, really small. If I were handing out candy this year, I'd be ashamed and encourage every kid to take three or four. Our own Warren Squire published a piece a couple of weeks ago about a homeowners association sending a resident a letter requesting that he stop handing out full-size candy bars. So, I'll just mention in passing that The Atlantic has republished a piece from 2017 in which Ian Bogost argued that big candy bars have no place on Halloween.
Large candy bars are the considered the holy grail, but giving them out on Halloween missed the point of the holiday, @ibogost argued in 2017: https://t.co/bYR8SKHoWD https://t.co/UeJh97fOhF
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) October 31, 2026
Why? Racism? Equity? No, this guy has his own bizarre reason:
Fun-size candy bars are fun for this reason. They offer a different way of acquiring, holding, and tasting familiar candy-bar products…. But most of all, fun-size candy offers a different experience of recognizable flavors, textures, brand names, and packagings. It affords the mouthfeel of an entire candy all at once. It changes the proportions of chocolate, peanuts, and nougat in a Snickers, or of milk chocolate and crisped rice in a Krackel. It offers the new with the familiar.
You will be shocked and I mean SHOCKED to learn that the author of this piece quit Twitter in a huff and fucked off to BlueSky.
— Jarvis (@jarvis_best) October 31, 2026
On to the headline. I've written before about the various mental health disorders associated with President Donald Trump trying to build anything, or even paint an old government office building. There's Ballroom Derangement Syndrome, Reflecting Pool Derangement Syndrome, Golf Course Derangement Syndrome, and now what I like to call Arch Installation Derangement Syndrome, or AIDS for short. The people over at The Washington Post have AIDS. As we reported recently, the paper put together an interactive, three-dimensional graphic showing where Trump's Triumphal Arch would cast shadows on Arlington Cemetery. The sun will have risen enough not to cast shadows by the time the cemetery opens at 8 AM But left-wing veterans groups filed lawsuits months ago saying that the arch would spoil the view of Arlington.
Preschool teachers are weird people, and The Washington Post thought enough to send a reporter out to talk to a 69-year-old retired preschool teacher who's been standing at the proposed site of the arch every day since mid-September holding a "NO ARCH — Respect Veterans" sign. WaPo's reporters always managed to happen upon seemingly unnewsworthy things, like a dance troupe reenacting the shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in front of the Kennedy Center, or another troupe of dancers in front of the Kennedy Center wearing blindfolds and leotards with different passages from the Epstein files printed on them.
So it's not surprising that WaPo devoted an entire feature story to this nutjob teacher.
Anne Jaegerman, a 69-year-old retired preschool teacher, has stood at the site of President Trump’s proposed 250-foot tall triumphal arch every weekday since mid-September, holding an American flag and a homemade sign with the words “NO ARCH.” https://t.co/xYbqFQtvAZ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 31, 2026
One boomer with a sign gets a feature story for her "solo stand against Trump."
@washingtonpost Literally, who cares? If we had a nickel for every crazy leftist hippy senior citizen from the 60’s protesting something, we could pay off the debt.
— Jim Collins (@JimCollinsJr) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost What a fantastic waste of time. If this isn’t proof that democrats are mentally deranged I don’t know what is.
— Jim Orange (@JimOrangeenyz) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost Okay. And?
— Atlas Needs to Shrug Press Office🇺🇸🇵🇱🇮🇱 (@DIPGparent) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost Wow. 1 cat lady retired standing on the road with a sign. Quick we need national news on that. Not on the leftist overthrow of the democratically elected polish government or El Salvador invading Haiti to get their soldiers back but a single person attacking Trump.
— WhiskeyJack (@Loki120682) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost 69 year old retired teacher. That tracks.
— Sasquatch (@Sasquatcher2) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost She’s so brave
— Rowdy (@Rowdy2735) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost Instead of contributing to her community or doing something useful… she’s wastes her time objecting to a sculpture. What a sad and meager existence.
— Kevin 🇺🇸🥁🤘 (@Kevin_DrumNugs) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost Hope she’s got a comfortable folding chair and a front row seat to watch them break ground!
— ThePetitePatriot (@PetitePatriot47) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost Poor Anne my heart hurts for her. May I suggest a new hobby like gardening or bridge.
— Buck Jones (@Buck_Jones62) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost Does anyone really give a shit? https://t.co/igo5OygkMY
— Masshole 🇺🇸 (@davyboy1958) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost https://t.co/gsMKWEQvST
— puddintame (@Puddinpie67) October 31, 2026
@washingtonpost What a fucking loser.
— Mayor of Slopville (@Mr_GTFO) October 31, 2026
I don't mean to tell the editors at WaPo how to do their jobs, but you know you can pass on stories, right? "Hey, some crazy lady is standing by the road with a sign … we'd better send out a reporter and a photographer."
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