The Week in Xeets and Giggles

Elon Musk is insisting we call his new company X. So I’m having a bit of fun with this week’s title. (It will always be Twitter to me, just like Google will pretty much never be Alphabet, and what the hell is “Meta” anyway?)

The big news this week, of course, was the third indictment of the ex-president. I shared this on FB, but in case you missed it…

With every indictment comes an indictment watch, even though we pretty much knew what was going to happen. To tee it up, Trump somehow decided last Saturday to post a letter he’d received from (checks notes) former president Nixon.

May Trump go down in equal disgrace but not be pardoned.

Before the third indictment dropped, there was the superseding indictment still to ponder, in which Trump stands accused of conspiring to destroy video evidence of his crimes. Old memes surfaced with new relevance.

Trump supporters rallied to his defense, even if they couldn’t really fill the stadiums like they used to in Erie, PA. Here were two of them.

Funny that they have to insist that they are educated, huh?

As indictments piled up, The Onion peeled things back perfectly.

Don’t know whether to laugh genuinely or laugh nervously. After all, the Trump campaign is nearly out of funds from all its legal expenses.

Trump continued to press his point this was “ELECTION INTERFERENCE” and that no one should be able to prosecute him while he’s running. Folks had thoughts. Mrs. Betty Bowers FTW:

And the next idea isn’t a terrible one. He’d probably poll pretty high among the GOP if he claimed he was actually JFK reincarnate.

Speaking of Hunter, another of Trump’s yelling points is that the prosecutions are designed to distract the public from the very terrible deeds of the president’s troubled son. Here was my favorite come back.

Trump loves to post memes of Game of Thrones saying the “Storm is Coming,” so this meme hit the sweet spot for me.

Actually, a lot of old memes resurfaced in new ways.

While Trump was getting indicted, President Joe Biden was on a much deserved summer break in his home state. Pictures emerged of the President enjoying time on the beach. MAGA tried to come for him but got shut down quickly.

At night, the Bidens passed the popcorn.

Then there were the Devon Archer hearings, where a “star” witness was supposed to blow the lid off of the “Biden Crime Family.” But Archer wound up supporting the Democrats’ point that there is no there there.

The most they have is that Joe Biden called his son Hunter regularly following the death of his brother, Beau Biden, and that Hunter sometimes would put him on speaker phone to demonstrate that he knew people in high places (like his dad, gasp.) But according to Archer, they never once discussed business. Womp womp, James Comer.

In other news, the fallout from the X rebrand at Twitter and the company’s general problems keeping advertisers and audiences continued to reverberate. Elon Musk got called out for implying things were fine:

People didn’t go easy on his new CEO either.

Musk put a huge, glowing X on top of the old Twitter building, one which even strobed at night, causing neighbors across the street to file complaints with the city. The weird energy was captured perfectly here:

San Francisco moved quickly to force Musk to take the X down. This was a great comparable. (Click to watch.)

Speaking of things getting demolished, Ron DeSantis’s campaign continued to tank. Maybe it’s his personality? You tell me. Click to watch.

No shade to socially awkward folks, but they probably shouldn’t try to run for president of the U.S. This guy is dealing with it well lol.

It’s animal fun time! This is an old video that resurfaced because it’s just too amazing to keep down. Click to watch.

One of these things is not like the other… Click to watch.

Here’s a new spin on things.

You need sound on for this one. I had no idea porcupines sounded like this! Click to watch.

So I couldn’t verify if this really happened. For this bloke’s sake, I hope it didn’t…

That can’t be undone, and this can’t be unseen:

They say hoomans begin to look like their dogs. Or is it the other way around? Here’s my favorite video of the week. Click to watch.

Here’s an inoffensive Jesus joke for good measure.

Okay, and one dad joke:

Finally, in the world of awesome pranks, this ranks near the top. Did he hate her that much? Lol

We made it through the third indictment week without the country lighting itself on fire! Congrats, America! One more to go, and it could come as early as next week. Fani Willis, we got your back!

Have a great rest of your weekend. And if you’ve enjoyed reading my pieces this week on the legal case against Trump, throw me some love by way of a paid subscription! (But only if you can afford the $6/mo, of course. If you’re on any kind of fixed income or disability, please save your money. I insist!)

Jay