The week began with fallout from the massive civil fraud judgment, which with interest adds up to over $450 million, against Donald Trump and his co-defendants, including his sons.
Someone did an amazing voiceover of Eric Trump as he complained mightily.
Trump’s allies rallied to his defense in some interesting ways.
Trump’s response to the judgment was to…sell his own brand of gold high tops. Seriously. You’ll have to excuse the number of hilarious takes that I’m about to drop here, but we are in a rare moment, and we need to experience it fully.
First of all, it should be noted that the same basic shoes sell for a lot less elsewhere.
The fraud judgment was on people’s mind still.
This meme was bound to happen.
But this was truly brilliant.
The high tops seem impractical for his followers to actually wear…
Then came the spin-offs.
Elect a clown, expect a circus…
I saved the best takes for last. Slow clap for this one…
This made my roommate snort when I told him:
But this is the winner, for all you Jordan fans back in the day:
Okay, just one more, since the man is so pampered.
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Speaking of expensive scams, the highly paid FBI informant and star witness for the GOP, Alexander Smirnov, turned out to be a serial liar and mule for Russian disinformation, laying waste to all the poorly laid impeachment plans of House Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer (R-KY).
Indeed, well past time. If the GOP wants to prove its ties to the Russians in this way, then soviet.
Points for this tie-in:
The news sometimes feels surreal as the media focused not on this scandal, but on Joe Biden’s age, yet again. This time they took aim at (checks notecards) his use of notecards at political fundraisers. Really.
That drew some fun calling-out of media types, who themselves are amplifying this ridiculous story.
And the author of the piece of course.
Trump’s gaffes and slips on the campaign trail are becoming more noticeable by the day. This one was particularly telling:
The Trump campaign is determined to keep the focus on Biden’s alleged mental decline. Mary Trump again with the spike.
Speaking of Biden, the GOP pressed on with its sham impeachment inquiry even in the wake of the devastating indictment of their second star witness. Yes, second. They still vowed to leave no stone unturned.
In other news, the Alabama Supreme Court decided that frozen embryos are people, relying heavily on the Dobbs decision. This drew widespread condemnation, as it should. And it had the GOP scrambling to reassure voters that they did not agree with the extremists on that court.
The decision also drew widespread public derision, which I believe is very helpful to deter this kind of policy in other states.
So if they are people, they get people privileges, right?
The egg jokes—yolks?—were sure to follow.
Nice twist here from progressive activist, Jess Piper, in Missouri:
And this FTW from the great JoJo, bringing it back full circle.
Fox News tried to tell its viewers that the IVF decision had nothing to do with Dobbs, even though that case was heavily cited as a rationale.
In other news, the NRA lost bigly in court, including a ruling against its founder over civil corruption.
And this was random, but quite funny for any Drag Race fans out there.
In other funny moments on the internet, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) learned that visible search terms can be a dangerous thing.
Rule 34 is an internet meme that posits that every kind of pornography that could exist does exist out there somewhere.
Then came the puns.
Perhaps he was just filled with endolphins.
But enough of humans acting weird. Here’s a duckling, having a great time.
And a funny clip my editor sent me. Sound up, but not too up! (Apologies for the spelling error in the text…)
Speaking of musical dogs, this one had me giggling every time the doggo hit the low octave.
Apparently this is what cats do when they think we can’t see them.
We all need a video of a capybara, living the good life.
This hermit crab also can get to the hard spots. Click to scratch.
For fans of humans dressed as animals, this video resurfaced. It’s silly, but major props to the mascot for being 100% committed to the schtick.
Winner of the bah-humbug moment, 2024:
And your dad joke for the week:
That’s it! You have yourself a great weekend, ya hear?
Jay
It will take me all day to recover from all the laugh-out-loud moments! Thank you, Jay, for rounding up so much levity. What clever people there are in this funny old world. You are definitely keeping hope alive.
Alabama IVF labs are going to have to change their fire codes.
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