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Albert Burneko

Gavin Newsom, looking like a gross sleazeball

Politics

Gavin Newsom Has Nothing To Offer

A single bullet hole can be seen on the driver’s side of the windshield of a vehicle that a woman was shot and killed in by federal officers on Portland Ave. in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

Journalismism

CBS News Is The Trump Administration’s New Laundromat

US Senator Amy Klobuchar, Democrat from Minnesota

How Hard Is It To Oppose Murder?

Police tape surrounds a vehicle suspected to be involved in a shooting by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations on January 07, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to federal officials, the agent, “fearing for his life” killed a woman during a confrontation in south Minneapolis.

ICE Agent Kills Woman, DHS Tells Obvious, Insane Lies About It

'Grok' logo is seen displayed on a mobile phone screen in front of a picture of Elon Musk in Ankara, Turkiye on July 17, 2025.

The Machines

Who’s Responsible For Elon Musk’s Idiot Chatbot Producing On-Demand Child Sexual Abuse Material?

Pedestrians pose for pictures in front of a giant Santa Claus figure displayed in a shopping mall in Berlin, on December 24, 2024.

Funbag

Advertisers Mustn’t Besmirch The Sacred Seasonal Shopping Demon

Faye Dunaway as Joan Crawford screaming "No wire hangers!" in 'Mommy Dearest' (1981).

Who Can Imagine Why Anyone Would Want To Cut This Lovely Mom Out Of Her Life?

Animals

Beware The Jingler

Chefector

The Key To Making A Bad Lasagna Is Being A Big Dumb Jerk

First issues of The New Yorker with a caricature cover of Eustace Tilley drawn by Rea Irvin, are displayed at the "Covering The New Yorker" exhibition to commemorate the magazine’s 100th anniversary.

Gambling

Everybody Stand Down: New Yorker Columnist’s Child Doesn’t Care About Sports Gambling

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, father of Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), listens to daughter's remarks during a primary night event August 16, 2022 in Jackson, Wyoming.

Dick Cheney Departs The World He Made

Donald Trump, looking like shit in front of a blue curtain.

Get A Job, Asshole

Donald Trump delivers an announcement on his Homeland Security Task Force in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 23, 2025 in Washington, DC

What Can’t The President Do?

Giri Nathan

Israel Daramola

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Patrick Redford

Ray Ratto

Tom Ley

Male students playing basketball, Western High School, Washington, D.C., circa 1899

Harken Ye Unto The 2025–26 NBA Season Preview, Which Stands Before You

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. #27 of the Toronto Blue Jays hits a home run during the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners in game three of the American League Championship Series on October 15, 2025 in Seattle, Washington.

Uh-Oh, Somebody Notified Vladimir Guerrero Jr. That The ALCS Was Happening

Soon ChatGPT Will Be Able To Botch Math Problems And Encourage Self-Harm… In A Sexy Way

Country singer/songwriter Johnny Cash performs onstage with an acoustic guitar in Sun Records publicity shot in 1957.

Breaking: Some Guy Now Aware Of Most Revered Country Artist Who Ever Lived

Kelsey McKinney

A barren Dust Bowl wasteland with a single fencepost standing in the foreground.

Life Lessons

Now Let Us Survey Our Summer’s Gardening Bounty

Donald Trump talks with Bryson DeChambeau of Team United States at the first hole tee box during the Friday afternoon four-ball matches of the 2025 Ryder Cup at Black Course at Bethpage State Park Golf Course on September 26, 2025 in Farmingdale, New York.

This Is So Stupid

Donald Trump Posts Fake Video Of Himself Promoting Fake Medical Technology In Fake News Segment

US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump during a visit to St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, Berkshire, on day one of their second state visit to the UK.

Nice Hat, Melania

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Finance Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on September 04, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Setting Aside The Incorrect Claim About Herd Immunity

A man faces the realistic artist" robot "Ai-Da" using artificial intelligence at a stand during the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva on May 30, 2024.

Butlerian Jihad Now

James Dobson poses for a portrait in 2011 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

James Dobson Is Dead, Was A Monster

A pure black field. Nothing whatsoever is visible.

Arts And Culture

What’s ‘Mönch’ Thinking?

John Wall #2 of the Washington Wizards dribbles to the basket against the Los Angeles Lakers