The Week in Tweets and Memes

The week began with a bang, with the arrest and arraignment of Donald J. Trump on 37 federal counts in Miami, Florida. Many people have been waiting a long time for this, and the internet did not disappoint.

Rolling Stone had a winning headline.

The number of times Trump has been arrested is now a thing.

And so are the number of felony charges.

The Jack E. Smith parody account was having its moment, for sure.

Only a few hundred people showed up for the circus, though. Sad!

When the ex-president went in for his arraignment, cameras and audio recording devices were not allowed. So it was time for the sketch artists. One of them clearly is a fan, another not so much. That drew this excellent take.

How the indictment will affect the presidential race is on everyone’s mind, which is nuts when you consider that election is still more than 16 months out. This former senator nailed the vibe in the room.

As many of the GOP hopefuls fell over themselves to stay in the Donald’s good graces while trying to unseat him, a strange dynamic has emerged, captured pithily by this observer:

Little Marco thought he’d weigh in with support for his favorite authoritarian who squished his own presidential hopes in 2016.

But the internet had receipts when the shoe was on the Hillary footing.

Extremist Charlie Kirk of Turning Point America tried to minimize what Trump had done as a “paperwork dispute.” That led to some excellent takes.

Speaking of Charlie Kirk, here he is on his podcast talking about (checks notes) woke condiments after praising a coffee drink sponsor for its conservative values. Click to watch him spiraling.

This was the best response to that nonsense:

Newt Gingrich has drunk the anti-woke kool-aid, too, prompting this astute take.

The ignorant search for bad things continues, courtesy of the anti-vax crowd. Here was my nominee for worst take.

The individual was quickly corrected but it didn’t seem to help.

Speaking of more imaginary bad things, the White House held a historic Pride celebration on the lawn and (gasp) hung up a Progress Pride flag in support. The right, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, lost their minds over it, while ignoring the 800 pound Nazi in the room.

A critical piece of I-95 near Philadelphia collapsed, bringing woes to commuters and truckers that rely on that corridor. There’s no quick solution to the mess, but as a side note, who else had this as a kid?

In other terrible disasters, this one indeed hit hard. Click to watch, but warning: Could trigger deep feelings of loss.

Here’s a nifty and mesmerizing physics video that will help erase the trauma of watching the above clip:

Still reeling? Cute animals to the rescue! This baby bear discovered how fun getting sprayed with a hose could be. Click to giggle.

And I have watched the following video too many times.

The bottom fish’s face in this clip tho…

Speaking of sea creatures, WTF is up with this slug’s head? Click to observe in action.

Nature is amazing. Just look at this snake, playing the video game from the 80s like a boss. Click to watch.

Here is an example of how I like to deal with aggressive trolls on my Facebook page. Click to watch, and you’ll see it at the end.

Finally, I’d like to turn back time and go rename the stars now.

Chering is caring. Have a great weekend!

Jay

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The whales are up to something these days…

This person nailed what it was