Category Archives: satire

From City Hall to
 Albania? The Strange, Confusing, and Slightly Absurd Next Chapter of Eric Adams

There are political exits, and then there are whatever the hell this is. News that former New York City mayor Eric Adams has reportedly moved to Albania feels less like a natural next step and more like someone spun a globe, pointed at a random spot, and said, “Yeah, sure, why not there?” And look,Continue reading “From City Hall to
 Albania? The Strange, Confusing, and Slightly Absurd Next Chapter of Eric Adams”

THE PRESIDENT WHO WOULDN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT A COGNITIVE TEST

A satirical meditation in the age of “Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV” and Presidential self‑validation One year into his second term as President of the United States — a reality I’m still getting used to writing — Donald J. Trump continues doing something both baffling and, in its own surreal way, a bit mesmerizing: heContinue reading “THE PRESIDENT WHO WOULDN’T STOP TALKING ABOUT A COGNITIVE TEST”

Boots on the Ground (Technically Speaking)

As talk continues to swirl about the possibility of “boots on the ground” in the ongoing tensions involving the United States and Iran, there’s been a lot of fear, speculation, and analysis about what that phrase actually means. For decades, it has been one of the most loaded terms in modern geopolitics—a phrase that signalsContinue reading “Boots on the Ground (Technically Speaking)”

Point Anywhereℱ, We’ll Remove Everything: A Completely Reasonable, Totally Not Concerning Solution to All of Life’s Problems

There are certain phrases that define an era, certain slogans that burrow into the cultural psyche and refuse to leave, like a jingle you didn’t ask for but somehow know word for word anyway. One of those phrases, the deceptively simple promise of “point anywhere and the junk gets removed,” has always carried with itContinue reading “Point Anywhereℱ, We’ll Remove Everything: A Completely Reasonable, Totally Not Concerning Solution to All of Life’s Problems”

The Budget JD: An Unauthorized Knockoff of the Original

There is a peculiar kind of comedy that only history, politics, and coincidence can create together, and it usually arrives uninvited, wearing a suit two sizes too earnest, insisting it is deeply authentic while somehow being entirely derivative. Enter JD Vance, a man whose very initials feel like a bootleg pressed in the back ofContinue reading “The Budget JD: An Unauthorized Knockoff of the Original”

The Great Kimmel Cancelling–Uncanceling Spectacle: A Disney-ABC Rom-Com Gone Wrong

If you had told me a few weeks ago that I would live to see the day when a network would “indefinitely” suspend its own late-night host, only to turn around a few days later and bring him back—like someone realizing they deleted their favorite app by mistake—I would have laughed at you. But hereContinue reading “The Great Kimmel Cancelling–Uncanceling Spectacle: A Disney-ABC Rom-Com Gone Wrong”

The Schrödinger President: Dead, Alive, and Golfing Somewhere in Between

We have finally reached peak absurdity in American politics: we are living under the first ever quantum presidency. Donald J. Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States, has achieved what physicists once thought impossible. He has become Schrödinger’s President — simultaneously alive, dead, golfing, bedridden, and posting on Truth Social, all until youContinue reading “The Schrödinger President: Dead, Alive, and Golfing Somewhere in Between”

From Kony to Kai Cenat: A 21st Century Masterclass in Spectacular Failures

If the 21st century had a highlight reel of epic flops, it would run from Kony 2012’s viral wild goose chase to Kai Cenat’s Union Square giveaway disaster with plenty of dumpster fires in between. Let’s take a scenic tour of this parade of chaos, shall we? Kony 2012 promised the capture of an elusiveContinue reading “From Kony to Kai Cenat: A 21st Century Masterclass in Spectacular Failures”

Kony 2012 vs. Fyre Festival: A Tale of Two Flaming Disasters

There are moments in history where society collectively loses its mind, pulls out a credit card, and says, “Yeah, this seems legit.” In 2012, it was a YouTube video asking you to stop a war criminal by wearing a rubber bracelet and yelling “KONY!” into the void. In 2017, it was paying thousands of dollarsContinue reading “Kony 2012 vs. Fyre Festival: A Tale of Two Flaming Disasters”

Where in the World is Joseph Kony? A 2025 Retrospective on the Internet’s Favorite Fugitive

Ah, 2012. The year the internet collectively decided to become vigilantes with iPhones and Vimeo accounts. Before the algorithm fed us TikTok dances and mukbang meltdowns, there was Kony 2012—a viral video campaign so powerful it made suburban teens believe they could stop a Ugandan warlord by wearing bracelets and slapping posters on telephone polesContinue reading “Where in the World is Joseph Kony? A 2025 Retrospective on the Internet’s Favorite Fugitive”