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He seems all set to annex Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal.

www.borowitzreport.com/p/mcconnell-...

The president suggests that Mitch McConnell made up that whole polio thing apnews.com/article/trum...

Genius dealmakers give up the game before negotiations even begin. www.axios.com/2025/02/13/n...

Sounds like someone has time on his hands! #kennedycenter www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

www.chron.com/news/space/a...

genocide = prime real estate #gaza www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

This is messed up www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Some people apparently don't realize that the federal government does things.

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This sounds every bit as bad as the headline suggests. www.ibj.com/articles/iu-...

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

All the best people -- are invited to leave the federal government! apnews.com/article/trum...

This is how we do national policy now apnews.com/article/star...

Inauguration to be Held Inside Cybertruck open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

We are living in the #MCU Air traffic controllers rushed to divert aircraft after Elon Musk’s rocket exploded www.npr.org/2025/01/17/n...

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/with-grati...

Four years since the attempted coup - turns out it worked! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/u...

What if Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel think that we’ve all come to look for a girl who we’re pretty sure is named Erica?

My new punk band is called the Jersey Drones. Who's in?

Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.

Hard not to escape the conclusion that the Korean political system is more resilient than the US system

My counsel @markzaidesq.bsky.social’s response to #KashPatel & his threat to sue me for being critical of him on media & stating he is unfit to serve as FBI Director. Monty Python enters the chat.

How do you write on a bullet - Sharpie? www.cbsnews.com/news/united-...

@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social just had a half-hour meltdown. Defensive much?

“Seventy percent of the illegal weapons seized from criminals in Mexico come from your country. ... Tragically, it is in our country that lives are lost to the violence resulting from meeting the drug demand in yours,” Sheinbaum wrote. www.politico.com/live-updates...

Ranked by absurdity! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Great piece, oddly comforting: "The best we can hope for is that our new rulers will be stymied by incompetence, infighting and self-sabotage. In that respect, Gaetz may be just the man for the job."

These cabinet picks are like a chimp throwing feces at America. @forbes www.forbes.com/sites/alison...

Hilarious and positive dose of moral justice here: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/b...

Sounds promising!