When the Week is Too Absurd, We Revert to Sarcasm: Sunday Funnies
Your weekly dose of the internet explaining the news (so we don't have to)
The news has officially gotten too stupid for normal journalism. So once again, America’s unpaid meme department stepped in to do what cable news can’t: tell the truth with Photoshop and psychological damage.
Let Them Eat Ballroom
Nothing says “man of the people” quite like begging for a billion-dollar gold ballroom while families are out here choosing between eggs and electricity. Marie Antoinette with bronzer?
Thanks, Obama… Wait
Who would have guessed that the guy who has never had a license and is ferried around in luxury vehicles by a private driver would make oil prices rise? Are gas prices quaint like groceries and affordability, Donny?
Violence Isn’t the Answer… Until the Rich Feel Unsafe
If violence isn’t the answer, and voting wasn’t the answer, then wtf is??? “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” — John F. Kennedy.
Government by Gold-Plated Grift
Trump treats taxpayer money the way a casino treats oxygen: something that exists solely to keep the chandeliers on while regular people slowly pass out. At this rate, we will be yet another casino he has bankrupted.
The Bed-Wetting Economy
Republicans could set your mattress on fire, and Fox News would still run a special called How Joe Biden Lit the Match.
The Invisible Airman
We usually aren’t here for the conspiracy theories, but it isn’t like Donnie to miss out on a photo opp. The alternative answers are no less inflammatory, but we suppose now that satire is officially dead, the only thing left is for the conspiracy theories to battle the headlines for absurdity.
Idiocracy Was Apparently a Documentary
The terrifying part is that half the country would hear that and immediately ask where to preorder the Trump fertilizer starter kit. (Hint: It comes out of his mouth.)
Fiscal Conservatism Ends at Yacht Length
How dare the peasants drink carbonated sugar to feel something other than dread when we need them to be breeding future workers and buying Trump merch.
History Class Republicans Slept Through
Every time someone points out authoritarian warning signs, conservatives act like fascism arrives by Amazon Prime in one day, wearing jackboots and carrying paperwork. Honestly, this is a terrible time to be historically literate.
Look Over There!
Another week, another classified file. Soon, nothing will be top secret except the Epstein client list.
That’s it for this week’s Sunday Funnies, the only place where memes count as peer-reviewed political analysis.
Drop your favorite ones we missed, share this with the friend whose blood pressure spikes every time they open Twitter, and we’ll see you next week for another episode of American Democracy: Now Streaming Without Adult Supervision.
You have a great set of cartoons there. I will definitely share them. Thank You for bringing donnie dementia's issues to light. We need some levity to get thru this crisis. The light at the end of the tunnel is the November election.
You know what, Nancy? I agree with you. I myself hate soft drinks, and I think they're bad for people. Congress hasn't made them illegal, but I'm sure they're working on it. Soft drinks are worse than marijuana.
And you're right that the rest of us -- we taxpayers -- shouldn't have to pay for people to drink soft drinks. Do you or anyone in your family drink soft drinks? From where do you get your money? Who's paying for those soft drinks?