The Week in Tweets and Memes

We’re working backwards this week, starting from the big news of the week. Yes, he’s RE-INDICTED and it FEELS SO GOOD!

Trump put out the word of his indictment, as is his practice. But he wouldn’t have the last word.

Special Counsel Jack Smith gave his first press conference, and there was some fanboy fever from the left.

When details of the charges emerged, folks weighed in with truth.

National Defense documents in boxes stacked in bathrooms (Bed, Bath & Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?) led to a plethora of excellent memes, and Jack Smith parody accounts were busy.

This take wins the internet (click to watch)

This is even probably quite true.

Earlier in the week, details emerged that a maintenance worker had drained the Mar-a-Lago pool into the IT room, damaging some servers where video surveillance records were allegedly kept. This meme is for you Succession fans:

In other news about nasty, orange-colored things, smog from fires in Canada blanketed the East Coast including New York City, which had the worst air quality of any major city in the world at one point this week. Official Twitter Accounts of landmarks had a day of it.

There was some finger pointing at Canada, but they took it in stride.

Of course people had to make it political, but slow clap for this comparison to eliminating student loan debt:

Televangelist Pat Robertson died, and this was the best headline I saw.

This video meme summed up my own feelings about his passing. Click image to play.

They say we should never celebrate the passing even of an evil man.

Oh, the Saudis bought the PGA tour. And…yeah.

One more Succession meme

Tweet of the day goes to…

It’s Pride month so the LGBTQ+ memes are flourishing while the Evangelicals are going through some things.

Guns for everyone Rep. Thomas Massie was pissed off about anything with rainbows

But he was quickly shut down using his own family photo.

This tweet nailed American Exceptionalism:

I don’t have an older sister, but if I did I would want her to be like this. Click to watch.

Some people have too much time on the hands thanks to AI.

I had a little beef with this representation of us:

We’ve lost our marbles in many places.

I can’t believe this duck is real. It’s called a Mandarin Duck. Which I suppose is better than Peking Duck. Courtesy of @shouldhaveanima on Twitter.

Speaking of ducks, I got WAAAAAAY too invested in this little drama on the lake. Click to watch.

After that, we all need a hug! Click to watch.

Okay, one more.

And in medical annals this week:

Have a great weekend!

Jay