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Albert Burneko

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

Politics

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

The Machines

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.

Journalismism

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

John Wall Was Too Fast

San Antonio Spurs French forward-centre Victor Wembanyama (C) reacts as he attends his event named "Hoop Gambit", a chess and basketball tournament that takes place in his birth town of Le Chesnay, south-west of Paris, on July 20, 2025.

Funbag

OK But What If The Billionaire Is A Cool Guy?

Marc-André ter Stegen in a German men's national team kit

Soccer

What The Hell Is Going On With Marc-André ter Stegen?

The actor David Soul holding a wooden cross and yelling "Bill!"

Bills Week

Bill!

Elon Musk account on X displayed on a phone screen with a Grok header

Elon Musk’s Idiot Chatbot Turns Into An Explicit Nazi

T.J. McConnell #9 of the Indiana Pacers drives to the basket against Alex Caruso #9 of the Oklahoma City Thunder during the third quarter in Game Five of the 2025 NBA Finals.

Fine, To Hell With It: A T.J. McConnell Appreciation Blog

AI-Powered Robot interacts with People during the Italian Tech Week 2024 at OGR Officine Grandi Riparazioni on September 26, 2024 in Turin, Italy.

Capital

Toward A Theory Of Kevin Roose

Rep. April McClain Delaney, D-Md., speaks during a rally outside National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration headquarters to oppose the recent worker firings, in Sliver Spring, Md., on Monday, March 3, 2025

Weenie Centrist Legislator Faceplants Hard At Weekend Protest Event

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder drives to the basket against Tyrese Haliburton #0 of the Indiana Pacers during the fourth quarter in Game One of the 2025 NBA Finals

If I Were The Oklahoma City Thunder, I Would Simply Sustain A Lead All The Way To The End Of Game 2

Elon Musk speaks during a news conference with President Trump on May 30, 2025 inside the Oval Office at the White House in Washington.

Donald Trump And Elon Musk Throw Day-Long Tantrums At Each Other

Luis Paez-Pumar

David Roth

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder drives around Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers during the fourth quarter on March 29, 2025 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.