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Andy Borowitz's avatar

Sometimes nothing is funnier than reality. Enjoy!

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Mary Engel's avatar

I nominate Andy Borowitz for The Nobel Peace Prize (check my spelling - I’m laughing so hard it’s hard to type)

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Hal Davis's avatar

Ignoble Prize is available.

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Allan Katz's avatar

So is the Ignorant Prize, but you have to be smart enough to refuse it.

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John Townsend's avatar

--and many are not!

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John Townsend's avatar

Hear that Trump PR machine? Fax that committee now!

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Lynn Tuohy's avatar

I did look up how to nominate Andy for a Nobel a year or so ago. Reporting news stories is a fairly new category. The winner from that year had covered tenant issues in a NYC apartment building. That was lame enough to make me back off! We need something better than Nobel.

Nothing against Nobels mind you.

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J Cheng's avatar

The People's Choice Award for Instilling Sanity with Humor Award. PCAISHA rolls off the tongue

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Lynn Tuohy's avatar

Perfect!

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Barry Blue's avatar

Was this building formerly owned by Fred Drumpf?

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Lynn Tuohy's avatar

How ironic would that be??

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Ellen McKenzie's avatar

His chances of winning the Nobel Peace Prize have truly been obliterated. Fuckin’ yeah!!!!

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Annette's avatar

<golf clap>

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Marmo's avatar

Certainly, nothing is stranger than reality.

The MAGAs should try reality some time - it really is trippy.

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Susan Stone's avatar

Sadly, I don't think they have a sense of humor that would appreciate reality.

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Annette's avatar

Susan, your sentence would be just as correct without the last four words. And the phrase "sense of humor" could be substituted with "soul" "heart" "empathy" etc.

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Susan Stone's avatar

Interesting. I agree with you. I think if MAGAts had a sense of humor they wouldn't like 47.

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Holly Hajduk's avatar

Shrooms

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Marmo's avatar

Holly Hajduk - For sure. The longer he stays in the Oval Office, the more we all need shrooms to cope.

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John Townsend's avatar

--while the Trump administration is on God-knows-what every day!

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Charles Hall's avatar

The USDA really should approve psilocybin as a food additive.

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John Townsend's avatar

-liked baked into Oreos like cocoa and folic acid!

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Marmo's avatar

Or, Charles Hall, at least as an easily available mental health aid for those who find that they need a bit of extra help to get through this nightmare.

I mean, if our Fed government is going to behave like they're all high, the rest of us should be able to access the same escape from the ugly reality that they're creating.

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Dorothy G Ferguson's avatar

Cannabis is used in mental health treatments.

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Marie Leone's avatar

So much better than an Axios rundown. The truth truly is stranger than fiction.

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Marian Lang's avatar

That’s the most concise statement about trump et al ever! Thanks again Andy!

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Francesca Reitano's avatar

As the saying goes: you can’t make this shit up. 💩

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J Cheng's avatar

I love the expressions (Left = Shocked, Middle = Don't Make Waves, Right = Oblivious) on the faces of the three stooges standing behind Trump! Priceless.

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Annette's avatar

lol

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Stephen Wadsworth's avatar

TAN DUMP LORD

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Chuck and Bev's avatar

Spraytan Hitler

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J Cheng's avatar

thank you for the snort!

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MFLair's avatar

Thank you Andy!!!! I laugh instead of cry.

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John Townsend's avatar

--or sadder at the same time!

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Janice Harvey's avatar

the Bezos unwelcome wagon is the best!

is Trump attending? asking for Iran...

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Tucker's avatar

Isnt it wonderful when the need for satire is obviated by the mockery they make of themselves.????

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Susan Fernbach's avatar

It’s obliterated!

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Still Learning's avatar

Good one 😂, Susan!

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Al Keim's avatar

Obviously.

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Marilee W Holm's avatar

Do they know how funny they are?

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An Mcgreevy's avatar

I think a lot of people cut him slack because they do feel so superior to him like the full on nazis Steven Miller and that Vought person.

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Steve Adelman's avatar

I looked up “obliterated” in the dictionary, and Pete Hegseth’s picture was next to it. Good catch, Mr. B.

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It's Come To This's avatar

I've always thought of him as constantly oblitzerated...

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RB Mc's avatar

Hey! You just coined a new word: oblitzerated. It means obliterated on steroids.

Thanks. I'll add it to my lexicon.

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Al Keim's avatar

Blitz the beer that made Portland famous.

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jb from Weston's avatar

No Schlitz, Sherlock!

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Al Keim's avatar

Laughed so hard I spilled the wine.

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jb from Weston's avatar

Al, can you recommend one that goes well with my wheaties...vs cheerios?

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Megan Ross's avatar

#Kegseth

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Al Keim's avatar

You have tapped into the sauce Megan.

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An Mcgreevy's avatar

I tried HegsMeth but it never caught on.

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Al Keim's avatar

Kegseth is inspired.

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David T Moran's avatar

Drinks are on him.

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Kathryn Downing's avatar

Literally! Poured over the top of him. The drinks are ON him ‼️ LOL

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John Townsend's avatar

More are in him!

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Annette's avatar

I've heard his picture also appears next to the definitions for "unsecure" and "insecure."

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Al Keim's avatar

And on bottles of Jack Daniels.

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John Townsend's avatar

No, that would hurt sales too much!

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Annette's avatar

<golf clap>

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John Townsend's avatar

Was Hegseth's picture a pop-up diorama?

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Mac Talented's avatar

The idea that anything damaged the presidency more than Trump and his stupid staff picks is laughable. E Jean Carroll was long before he was president. He fucked him self long ago. Wonder if Bezos is inviting Trump to his wedding?

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It's Come To This's avatar

My favorite voidoid is now Karoline Spokesbarbie. I wasn't even aware of her Ph.D. in nuclear physics from Trump U until today when she confused "bomber" with "fighter" pilot, announcing that she knew better than experts what actually happened at Fordor. She raged at the "low-level loser" who leaked the truth, prompting me to wonder if she was just stealing a glance at her make-up mirror when she said that.

They must have scoured every bowling alley in the country to find her is all I can say.

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Lucy Conner's avatar

She's Karo-lyin' to everyone!

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Al Keim's avatar

Chestnuts roasting on an open pyre.

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jb from Weston's avatar

"I see and I hear and I speak no evil.

I carry no malice within my breast.

But quite without wishing a man to the devil

One may be permitted to hope for the best."

Piet Hein [one of his many "Grooks"...but you, Al, already knew that...]

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Al Keim's avatar

I grock grooks ala Heinlein and Piet.

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John Townsend's avatar

--or only Trump and Co.'s feet to the fire!

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Mary Gilbert's avatar

😜😜😜

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shee-rah's avatar

I call her Bobblehead Barbie.

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An Mcgreevy's avatar

American maid

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Robin D's avatar

Must have Big Balls, the one still left from Doge.

PhD in Nuclear Physics from Trump U 😂😂😂😂 Do you think she got extra credits from her on the job training?.

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Chuck and Bev's avatar

Troll a $20 bill through a trailer park and you'd be a surprised what you come up with. Or maybe you wouldn't

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Annette's avatar

KaroLIE Leavitt-alone ~ the best a man can get. Trained by the likes of Sarah F***abee Sanders, KayLIE McEnany and the queen of alternative facts, Kellyanne Con-em-any-way.

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An Mcgreevy's avatar

Aren’t they the tops?

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John Townsend's avatar

No, shavings off the bottom of the barrel!

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John Townsend's avatar

Kellyanne-the ultimate fake blonde, the ultimate fake!

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An Mcgreevy's avatar

Women in bowling allies have way more character.

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jb from Weston's avatar

...and accuracy, An.

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John Townsend's avatar

--and every third-rate modeling agency!

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Jim Yoder's avatar

I heard Bezos had relocated to a private island somewhere in the Caribbean. Cuba I think or maybe it was Haiti I don’t remember which.

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Jodie Pine's avatar

You mean one of the 'shithole' countries?

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John Buchanan's avatar

I wonder if they were able to get at least a partial refund from the reception venue 🤔

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Frances López's avatar

Somewhere a hurricane is expected. Maybe Mexico so Ms. Sanchez can use her Spanish & give bilingual news coverage of the dreadful weather. Shelter in place & STAY THERE, please.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

If they’re going to be in Caribbean, I wonder if she will go overboard to test out if her siliconed breasts and her Botox’ed lips keep her buoyant.

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Mary Gilbert's avatar

👏👏👏

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Frances López's avatar

She was pretty before she disfigured herself. smh

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Ann Rock's avatar

Why do people think that looks better than a few lines? She looks absolutely plastic between her face and boobs…

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John Townsend's avatar

"Lifeboat Lauren".

I should be ashamed of saying that, but I am really, really not. How spiritually

unevolved of me!

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Kathryn Downing's avatar

I want him to invite Elon Musk. And have the whole damn thing on MARS. Oh, and a big explosion ;-)

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Mary E's avatar

I did read that the current president’s eldest daughter and her husband may be attending Bezos’ wedding.

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Marge Campbell's avatar

I understand Jared and Ivanka were invited. Dump himself is at the NATO meeting trying to screw that up.

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T L Mills's avatar

The organizer's of the NATO meeting purposefully pared down the meeting to two hours so the agenda is streamlined and focused. They did that specifically so that iddle Twumpie wouldn't get bored and stomp out, like the spoiled child he is. The U.S. is shamed and humiliated by this barbarian manbaby that the MAGAs elected.

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lesley wildfong's avatar

Does he really have to try? Seems like it just kinda comes naturally to him

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Annette's avatar

and a fine job he's doing there! They're probably hoping he leaves early.

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Bobbie75's avatar

Scary thought, he might show up.

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Robot Bender's avatar

I hope he wasn't invited and shows up. On the other hand, maybe they'll move the wedding and not tell him. 😉

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Joseph M Becker's avatar

Invited or not, he will show up.

Please see my Comment about the nuptials being relocated to Mary’s Lego.

FACT: Trump is known for crashing weddings held there.

He is not at risk if he crashes a Bris [the unkindest cut of all]; there is no end to that

schmuck. [Sadly, not original with me.]

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Robert E.'s avatar

Nothing like inviting "The Cooler". (With apologies to William Macy).

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John Townsend's avatar

If only they would all fall into the polluted Venice canals! But since the wedding

is being moved to who knows where, that fantasy has gone fffft!

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Barry Blue's avatar

🎶 “It’s all happening at the zoo…”

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Italien's avatar

😂😂😂

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Eleanor (Ellie) J. Fox's avatar

Jaysus, you cannot make this sh*t up. Holy guacamole! 45 and 47 are the Despicable Me of America. Please 86 47 ASAP

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Italien's avatar

Put that in shells on the sand and the FBI will come to your door!😏

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Jan Fabiyi's avatar

He’s actually more like Vector. Gru was revealed to have a good, tender side.

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Al Keim's avatar

10-4

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Annette's avatar

great minds, Al; yours is just quicker than mine!

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Al Keim's avatar

It's Al:-)

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Annette's avatar

10-4!

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Lisa Botwinick's avatar

Bill Barr used the S word, Shit and not Trump used the F word Fuck! Those are not great roll models for our children!

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Allan Katz's avatar

A “roll model” rather than “a role model” would be something fashioned after a Kaiser - which come to think of it, is what Trump is acting like.

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shee-rah's avatar

A troll model.

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Kathryn Downing's avatar

He THINKS he’s “Roll” model.

E. Jean would say otherwise, and so would Stormy Daniels.

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Annette's avatar

he thinks he's a great negotiator; Monty Hall would beg to differ.

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John Townsend's avatar

Monty Hall--love it!

Trump should disappear behind door number three!

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Tammy Mackinnon's avatar

That’s funny.

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Greg Luecke's avatar

Wouldn’t Hermann Göring be more of a roll model? As in a jelly roll.

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Jennie Sails's avatar

Berliner

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Greg Luecke's avatar

Ja! Herr Drumpf ist ein Berliner

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jb from Weston's avatar

das stimmt, Greg...und nicht wie JFK.

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Greg Luecke's avatar

Ich verstehe aber ich kann nicht Deutch sprechen. Nur Französisch, Spanisch und Englisch.

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matclone's avatar

The NY Times declined to quote Trump's F-bomb, describing it only as an expletive. But then I'm guessing Fox News didn't report it either.

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Sally Joy Rubin's avatar

But it was all over MSNBC and Facebook.

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Annette's avatar

and CNN... and each time the clip was on, I was glued to the TV. Love how tRump brings the trailer park aesthetic to the nation.

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CARLA M LA ROSA's avatar

More like the Mob aesthetic rather than trailer park.

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Marmo's avatar

Faux News probably celebrated Dump's dirty language - sign of a top rate bully.

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Mike Sabes's avatar

Fox could not report the news honestly and completely about Trump and his actions if their license depended upon it. A bad station to learn news from.

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Robin D's avatar

Like they're so highbrow? Two steps above the NYPost.

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T L Mills's avatar

that much?

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John Townsend's avatar

Their "F word" is already an abomination.

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Patti's avatar

Corporate media is like that.

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BTAM Master's avatar

Choice of language is the least of reasons why Trump et al are not great role models.

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Chuck and Bev's avatar

Trumpolini's usage of Shit predates Barr's. Remember those "Shit hole countries"?

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Lisa Botwinick's avatar

That's right as I forgot about that!

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Greg Luecke's avatar

Are you a distant relative of Mikhail Botvinnik, famous Russian chess grand master and three-time world champion? Different spelling, I know, but with a different alphabet, the last name could be rendered in different ways in English.

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Lisa Botwinick's avatar

Not that I am aware of a distant relative. I’ve heard of him!

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Chaz's avatar

"Hegseth after happy hour" 😂

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It's Come To This's avatar

I haven't seen a John Wayne silly walk like that since Robin Williams tried to give lessons to Nathan Lane on 'walking like a real man' in The Birdcage ("howdy, ma'am...")

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Al Keim's avatar

And why does he persist in blowing his nose on the flag?

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It's Come To This's avatar

Beats me...

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Roberta Ransley-Matteau's avatar

I think a drink should be named after him: "Pete's Obliteration Cocktail"

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Annette's avatar

with a Signal twist!

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John Townsend's avatar

or "The Bunker Bomb"!

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Patty Bohart's avatar

Like a drunken blitzkreig of schadenfreude!

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Italien's avatar

😂😂😂

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Mary K's avatar

So good! This has been the best day ever in so many ways! Well, at least since Jan. 20. Thanks, Andy! I heard that quote on the news and my jaw dropped, though it is so in keeping with his consistent presidential demeanor (emphasis on mean).

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Al's avatar

Wonderful and spot on!

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Kathy Wells's avatar

Wonderful news, I was watching TV when he dropped the F bomb and was really shocked that anyone would thing what a great example for a President.

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Janeo's avatar

The media is focusing on that instead of the fact that there was no prior communication w I th Netanyahu previous to the Israeli air strick. That is the real issue here.

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Beth B's avatar

Oy....so many issues the media isn't focusing on

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Kate Decker's avatar

Wonderful laughs! Thanks! Especially like the tiny throwaway comment after the last item. :-)

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Bobbie75's avatar

You are on a ROLL. Awesome. Hegseth, obliterated!

Weird article on Bezos, talked about a prenup with this wife “learned his lesson” with wife #1 and had to share profits with her. As if she had nothing to do with him being able to start Amazon and worked at his side to make the dream happen. Then get dumped with the world watching.

As Dear Abby said many years ago, the problem with marrying a man who cheated on his wife with you, is you are marrying a man who cheats on his wife.

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T L Mills's avatar

As I have said before: he who cheats...will continue to cheat. And that goes times ten for entitled jackasses like Bezos.

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Annette's avatar

a man who marries his mistress, leaves a vacancy

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John Townsend's avatar

Yeah, especially in his brain!

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Italien's avatar

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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kdsherpa's avatar

Incredible how the Prezzident uses the word "fuck" in public -- the first time ever in U.S. history -- is reported on CNN simply, "As the President is frustrated." Can you imagine how the press would go absolutely INSANE with joy reporting Obama for saying such a thing?!!! (especially if he said it while wearing a tan suit)

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felice's avatar

Any reasonably sane person would not be shocked by anything strumpet (is that word only feminine?) had to say. Just imagine how startling it would be if he showed any finesse, any wisdom or insight, anything remotely resembling a diplomat or role model, or a world class politician.

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kdsherpa's avatar

Oh, how I LONG for finesse, wisdom, insight -- a Mark Carney, in other words.

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Annette's avatar

<golf clap> excellent point!

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Rebecca  Ward's avatar

As always, brilliant! Thank you! 🤗

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