At some point this week, the news stopped being something you follow and became something you simply survive. Every time America opened another browser tab, reality said, “Oh good, you’re still here,” and the looming pile of mental health meds jiggled a little.
So we’re done. No analysis. No panel of experts. No twelve-point plan for restoring sanity. This is the Sunday Funnies, where we admit the timeline has defeated us and let the cartoonists explain what the hell just happened.
Raiders of the Lost Files
For a hoax, it sure has a lot of boxes. Subtlety apparently left in the first truck.
Gone With the Wind
Nothing owns the libs like an electricity bill with a comma in it.
Apocalypse Chow
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as airport catering.
The Hurt Locker Room
Somewhere, due process has quietly backed away from the urinal.
The GOP Strikes Bait
At this point, the red scare qualifies for Social Security.
And there you have it: another completely normal week in the world’s oldest continuously operating experiment in asking, “Wait, they did WHAT?”
We could offer a thoughtful conclusion about institutions, accountability and the fragile state of American democracy, but frankly, there aren’t enough drugs in the world.
Take this Sunday off. We’ll all need our strength for Monday.
Thanks! I'm now having to take more than one day off from news coverage so I don't explode from the rage.
Without Kimmel or Colbert, the jokes about the regime must come from somewhere!
Thank you for helping us laughingly sane amongst all the insanity.