Lowering the Bar
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Legal humor. Seriously.
By Kevin Underhill
By Kevin Underhill
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Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
November 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Trump Denies Writing 36-Volume Comic Titled ‘Don And Jeff: Time Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-denies-writing-36-volume-comic-titled-don-and-jeff-time-pedophiles/
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This is what you need—what the whole embedded YouTube to start your Friday right! #octopus 🦀🧪
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Preserving Human Ingenuity for a Future Planet Ruled By Octopuses - The Scholarly Kitchen
An engineer and musician teaches an octopus to play the piano.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This is what you need—what the whole embedded YouTube to start your Friday right! #octopus 🦀🧪
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Yeah, but a bullfighter retired. And he had a hat! Are they supposed to move *that* to page 2 just because there’s evidence the president is trying to cover up his sex crime(s)? Please!
Mandatory comparison. Note, it was a choice to not include a four column wide photo of Trump looking like shit in his only press appearance yesterday when he refused to answer questions about Epstein.
November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Yeah, but a bullfighter retired. And he had a hat! Are they supposed to move *that* to page 2 just because there’s evidence the president is trying to cover up his sex crime(s)? Please!
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TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
TV conspiracies: we’ve hacked their computers but they’ve perfectly cleaned up the evidence!
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
Real conspiracies:
To: conspirator
From: famous person
Attachment: evidence.png
That should be the first question, not the last.
Also the second and third and so on until God finally notices and tells her to quit lying.
Also the second and third and so on until God finally notices and tells her to quit lying.
As Karoline Leavitt concludes her press briefing and walks off, @andrewfeinberg.com asks: "What was the president doing with Virginia Giuffre for hours at Epstein's house?"
She did not respond.
She did not respond.
November 12, 2025 at 9:13 PM
That should be the first question, not the last.
Also the second and third and so on until God finally notices and tells her to quit lying.
Also the second and third and so on until God finally notices and tells her to quit lying.
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The Epstein floodgates are about to open.
NYT is now reporting that the White House is trying to convince Republicans not to vote for the discharge petition, most recently meeting with Boebert.
They’re also pressuring Mace.
NYT is now reporting that the White House is trying to convince Republicans not to vote for the discharge petition, most recently meeting with Boebert.
They’re also pressuring Mace.
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The Epstein floodgates are about to open.
NYT is now reporting that the White House is trying to convince Republicans not to vote for the discharge petition, most recently meeting with Boebert.
They’re also pressuring Mace.
NYT is now reporting that the White House is trying to convince Republicans not to vote for the discharge petition, most recently meeting with Boebert.
They’re also pressuring Mace.
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probably something an innocent man would do
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
probably something an innocent man would do
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It’s a strange situation when we’ve established the POTUS is a criminal, we’re just trying to find a crime his party wouldn’t be okay with.
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
It’s a strange situation when we’ve established the POTUS is a criminal, we’re just trying to find a crime his party wouldn’t be okay with.
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Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Reminder: If you use generative AI for *any of your writing tasks* you are a Slopper not a writer and should be ashamed of yourself. The end.
Trump “knew of [Epstein’s] conduct”? What about his own? What does NYT think Trump was doing during the hours he spent with “one of Epstein’s victims,” interrogating her about Epstein and taking careful notes?
"House Democrats on Wednesday released emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggested that the convicted sex offender believed Mr. Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged."
Epstein Alleged in Emails That Trump Knew of His Conduct
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Trump “knew of [Epstein’s] conduct”? What about his own? What does NYT think Trump was doing during the hours he spent with “one of Epstein’s victims,” interrogating her about Epstein and taking careful notes?
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Wow, that’s crazy. Republicans lied and are screwing you over? Who could have seen that coming?
NEWS: Senate Republicans are threatening to block the extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies—unless Democrats agree to tougher abortion restrictions.
Republicans demand tougher abortion restrictions to extend Obamacare funds
Democrats say that’s a nonstarter, arguing there are already limits on abortion access. The dispute could torpedo a deal, leading to higher health insurance premiums for millions.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wow, that’s crazy. Republicans lied and are screwing you over? Who could have seen that coming?
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Forever Charlie Brown trying to kick a football.
SCHUMER is on the floor now making this offer to end the shutdown:
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
Clean CR
Bipartisan "minibus" of approps bills
1-year ACA funding extension
Bipartisan cmte to negotiate on health care
"This is a reasonable offer that reopens the government, deals with health care affordability."
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Forever Charlie Brown trying to kick a football.
JFC. Clause in the bill retroactively makes alleged Biden DOJ acts illegal and lets GOP senators sue. Article notes that “the [Trump] DOJ could decide to settle the lawsuits”—gosh, I wonder what it will decide to do?
Could not be more corrupt.
Could not be more corrupt.
Deal to end US shutdown would also allow some Republican senators to seek $500,000 for January 6 probe reut.rs/4qRAyxc
Deal to end US shutdown would also allow some Republican senators to seek $500,000 for January 6 probe
Legislation moving through Congress that would end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history would also allow eight Republican senators to seek hundreds of thousands of dollars in damages for alleged privacy violations stemming from the Biden administration's investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
JFC. Clause in the bill retroactively makes alleged Biden DOJ acts illegal and lets GOP senators sue. Article notes that “the [Trump] DOJ could decide to settle the lawsuits”—gosh, I wonder what it will decide to do?
Could not be more corrupt.
Could not be more corrupt.
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United Airlines seeks to end lawsuit over windowless 'window seats' reut.rs/4p3IhXd
United Airlines seeks to end lawsuit over windowless 'window seats'
United Airlines has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it unfairly charged passengers extra money to sit in "window seats" that, to their surprise, lacked windows.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
United Airlines seeks to end lawsuit over windowless 'window seats' reut.rs/4p3IhXd
I did not realize that (1) he pardoned 77 people but (2) NONE of those people are facing federal charges, so these pardons have no effect (except as propaganda).
Trump pardoned his former lawyers, Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell, and numerous other allies who supported his 2020 election subversion efforts. The pardons appear to be symbolic, given that none of those pardoned faced federal charges.
https://bit.ly/4p3Uf3l
https://bit.ly/4p3Uf3l
In Symbolic Move, Trump Pardons 77 Allies Who Tried to Steal 2020 Election for Him
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I did not realize that (1) he pardoned 77 people but (2) NONE of those people are facing federal charges, so these pardons have no effect (except as propaganda).
Well, it’s not like there’s any reason to doubt their word, right, Jeanne? Any evidence at all they don’t always tell the truth? Jeanne? You thought about that, right?
Shaheen: "We've heard from a number of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that they're willing to come to the table, they're willing to work with us once the govt is open to get this done. We've heard the same thing from the White House. So now we'll see if they're really gonna work w/us"
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Well, it’s not like there’s any reason to doubt their word, right, Jeanne? Any evidence at all they don’t always tell the truth? Jeanne? You thought about that, right?
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OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
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Oscar Isaac Was ‘Not So Open to Working With Disney’ After Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Said He’d Return to ‘Star Wars’ if Disney Does ‘Not Succumb to Fascism’
Oscar Isaac was not open to working with Disney after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and will only return to 'Star Wars' if the studio avoids fascism.
variety.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
OSCAR ISAAC, on whether he'd return to "Star Wars":
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
".. Yeah. I mean, I’d be open to it, although right now I’m not so open to working with Disney. But if they can kinda figure it out and, you know, not succumb to fascism, that would be great."
@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Trump’s pardon attorney Ed Martin claims Trump is pardoning his Georgia co-defendants and other “alternate electors.”
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
Note: Trump’s Georgia co-defendants are charged under state law. The president can’t pardon people for state crimes.
State bars can still take their law licenses (if they haven’t been disbarred already).
NEW: Donald Trump has pardoned a long list of allies in his bid to subvert the 2020 election including:
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
-Rudy Giuliani
-John Eastman
-Mark Meadows
-Sidney Powell
-Ken Chesebro
-Christina Bobb
-Kelli Ward
-Jenna Ellis
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
State bars can still take their law licenses (if they haven’t been disbarred already).
Crooked POS pardoning as many traitors as he can find.
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and others involved in fake elector scheme
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and others involved in fake elector scheme
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani, Sydney Powell and others involved in fake elector scheme
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Crooked POS pardoning as many traitors as he can find.
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Sandwich guy…
November 9, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Sandwich guy…
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We rounded up some of our favorite Sandwich Guy puns for you, because it’s Friday and we so seldom get nice things.
The Sandwich Guy Puns Keep Rolling In - Washingtonian
In a rare taste of victory for the resistance, a jury acquitted Sean Dunn—eternally our Sandwich Guy—of misdemeanor assault in a DC federal court yesterday. Dunn has become something of a local hero…
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November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We rounded up some of our favorite Sandwich Guy puns for you, because it’s Friday and we so seldom get nice things.
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BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
BREAKING: Mark Wolf, appointed to the federal bench by Ronald Reagan, writes that he is resigning as a judge to have the freedom to speak out against the president's assault on the rule of law.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Concept: fantastic. Reality: you’re cold and laden with rapidly warming beer
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Concept: fantastic. Reality: you’re cold and laden with rapidly warming beer