Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the third annual comfortably smug liberal hack tournament presented by Ruthless.

Folks, this is probably the most eagerly awaited event in March.

Bence EWA has nothing on this. We have a 65-person tournament of liberal hacks all competing for the title,

the voting happens on Twitter, and the competition is intense. Josh, we should get right to the picks.

Smug, thank you for throwing it over. Let me just say for starters, there are hundreds of participants

that try to get into this year's field. It is rampant throughout the media. It is a very special field.

We've got parties set up across the country in special selections to hear directly from the

campsite large. Let's go right to the top four picks. Number one, our defending champion, Jennifer Rubin. Let's go live.

Well, I've hear from Jen Rubin headquarters where the reigning champion is thriving under new ownership.

Run Claim purchased the franchise shortly after last year's victory,

and Claim says he's ready to retweet his prized possession all the way to another title. Watch for an early

brainworm boost from Demflax and White House staff. Back to you.

Well, she's going to be a tough contender again, as she always is, but she's got competition this year.

The number one seed in the fake news division out of Atlanta is Brian Stelter.

I would not be surprised to see a rematch like last year. Those are truly a clash of the Titans.

They really are. One after another. The establishment division out of Georgetown. This year's number one, Matt Dowd.

Wow. Wow. No surprises. No surprises. This one, this one though, is a surprise, right?

Well, the way to online division out of New Haven, Connecticut, Nicole Hannah Jones. I didn't see

that one coming, fellas. I mean, I don't think her influence can be denied. I just want to see how she

performs in the tournament. Those are the number ones. Let's get right to the brackets. We're going to

start out in Atlanta at the fake news division where Brian Stelter, as we said, a former champion,

and it was in last year's final is facing off against the 16 seed Greg Sargent.

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