Millions Of Americans Wake To Find Sky Slightly More Orange Than Normal

This morning, millions of Americans arose from their beds, ran downstairs with glee, and threw open their curtains to gaze out on the brand new light of Donald Trump’s second presidency. However, they were greeted with the ominous hue that Democrats tried to warn us about and Republicans had said would just be the beginning: orange.

It was only a little bit more orange, imperceptible at first, probably just a nice sunrise. But as the unsuspecting public continued about their day, they started to see that even as the sun rose, even as they went indoors, even when they shut their eyes, everything had the slightest of orange tints.

“Yeah, I’m not sure what’s going on,” claimed Daniel Arsogle, NASA’s head scientist. “I’m usually the guy in charge of making sure this kind of thing doesn’t happen, you know the sky stays blue, night is dark, that kind of thing, and let me tell you we have seen a chromatic fuck*p this big since that fuck**g dress.”

The White House has assured us that nothing untoward has occurred and that everything was always just a little bit orange you just never noticed it. “Who doesn’t like orange?” said White House spokesperson Pope Francis. “Vitamin C, delicious juice, cheeeeese? Name one thing bad that’s orange. Apart from him. Go on, I’ll wait.”

Although political experts like my step-sister’s boyfriend Anthony claim that Trump doesn’t even have the power to change the color of everything, Trump did elude to the change in his inaugural address, “A tide of change is sweeping the country. Sunlight is pouring over the entire world.” Additionally, a redacted three-word executive order uncovered by the Washington Post reportedly reads, “Tan the sky.”

It is unclear whether this order was carried out or even how. But many have claimed it’s definitely there.

“I for one think it’s great, like a new beginning,” said Jerry Cambustus, a 21-year-old Trump supporter. “It’s like the old saying goes, ‘It’s always darkest before the Don.’ That means it’s lightest after the Don(ald Trump, that is). To me, it’s like a sunrise or the afterglow of a hopeful dream.”

“To me, it looks more like a sunset. That or the apocalypse,” countered Myriam Ogshunt, a 46-year-old Democratic-Republican. “I’m afraid to leave my house. I’m worried it’s the end times. At first, I thought it was wildfires or a stroke but then I realized I couldn’t smell burning. It does feel like I spray-tanned my eyes but I’m not sure if that’s related.”

Whatever the cause or whether it even exists one thing is for sure, it’s now an orange world and we’re just living in it.

Trump Inauguration Funded Entirely By Memecoins

Predictably unpredictable, Donald Trump has broken from tradition by funding his inauguration entirely with memecoin cryptocurrencies. All payments and transactions have been made with the $TRUMP token, from hiring Kid Rock to bribing supporters not to riot.

Trump’s choice of payment method is unusual since previous inaugurations were paid for solely in United States American Dollars. Reagan’s ceremony is the only exception as that was partially funded by Iranian Rials. 

Trump launched his official cryptocurrency in the run-up to signing in, despite thinking ‘meme’, ‘crypto’, and ‘Solana’ were all brands of yogurt. Immediately after launch, Trump’s coin surged to over $5bn dollars in value which will definitely turn out well for everyone involved.

Not to be outdone, Melania then launched her own crypto, causing her husband’s token to plummet. Divorce lawyers are saying this is the first time they’ve seen a martial spat play out over Coinbase.

Meanwhile, Trump’s sons’ own crypto, ‘World Liberty Financial’ (whatever that means), flounders in obscurity much like the sons themselves.

Of all the contractors involved in the inauguration, only one lighting rigger refused to accept the new currency saying he only accepted ‘Moons’. All other transactions have reportedly been successful. The rigger in question has since been deported.

In other inauguration news, despite being in attendance, the long-anticipated Conor McGregor/Mark Zuckerberg face-off will not take place as both have agreed to bury the hatchet to commemorate this new political era. Jeff Bezos and Shou Zi Chew have expressed disappointment that they will no longer be able to tag-team the fight. Entertainment instead will consist of an elaborate 40-minute jumping gymnastics show performed by Elon Musk.

After his crowning, Trump plans to implement a list of 100 executive orders that range from January 6th pardons to turning the frogs back to being straight. That should keep everyone busy for a while.

In other other news, because why not just put this all in one place, the Washington Post has revealed that they’ve seen documents saying that Musk’s DOGE thingy will be sued on day one. It’s to do with government advisory committees, they have rules and everything for how those are implemented and Musk (and the other guy) didn’t follow any of those rules.

Now, Musk will say he’s not an advisory committee, but he’s not a government department either. You can’t just slap the word ‘department’ on a thing and claim it’s a government body. I know because I found out the hard way that the IRS can tell the difference between the Inland Revenue Service and my Indisputably (tax) Rebatable Saunaroom.

Regardless of what Musk’s DOGE turns out to be defined as, I suspect the first thing he might advise Trump to cut will be the people trying to sue him.

Tune into TikTok today to watch the inauguration live!

Makers Of ‘Charts With Big Arrows Squiggling Up’ Report Record Profits

Charts with big upward-squiggling arrows are entering a boom period according to ‘Big Arrow’ the creators of what many are calling the most successful product since the spinning newspaper. This positive trend is predicted to squiggle down slightly at some point but will likely return to its upward trajectory in the near future.

Commenting on their recent success, Arnaldo Arnadson, CEO of Charts That Have A Big Arrow Squiggling Up Dot Com explained, “We’re very happy to see that charts with a big arrow squiggling upward are more popular than ever. I know some detractors have claimed these figures are false or that the chart is upside down, but if you take a look at this big chart here with an arrow squiggling upward you’ll see that that’s just not the case.”

The detractors to which Arnadson is eluding are likely the manufacturers of ‘charts with a big arrow squiggling down’ who once again reported record losses this quarter. 

“Look I know an idiot when I sees one and Arnadson’s a grade-A idiot-a,” countered Darnaldo D. Darnadson. “The market’s down, down I tells ya! Here, just look at this chart that I happen to have with me:”

Arrows go down

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Trump To Make America Great Again Again, Forced To Recall Hats

The soon-to-be-inaugurated Donald Trump has announced his plan to make America great again, again, having already made it great the first time until that meddling Joe Biden ruined everything.

Trump’s new slogan MAGAA means that thousands of MAGA caps, stationary, and tattoos are out of date and will require an additional A or a full recall before Trump’s return to the White House.

Local seamstress, Francis Moira Okeland of the Yorkville Sewing Society has offered to sew on an additional A on all MAGA hats for anyone who pledges to include her in their will. This modern Betsy Ross is doing God’s work I tell you and I salute this woman harder than I salute the troops I say.

An additional A does however offset the MAGAA from the center so it looks terrible but don’t tell Francis that or it’ll break her little heart.

A new A is of course only a temporary fix as when Trump runs for his third term in 2029 another A will be required to spell out MAGAAA. Internet philosophers already predict that the slogan could potentially hold as many as 46 additional agains. In the near future, MAGA will likely no longer be a political slogan but a primal scream.

Kamala Harris (remember her?) contested Trump’s application of another ‘again’ claiming that Trump in fact failed to make America great again the first time around citing COVID and soaring milk costs. “As far as I can tell, he didn’t do it, Joe,” the Vice President explained in a now-deleted TikTok video.

Although #MAGAA is trending on Twitter, sorry I mean X, it remains unclear whether that is pronounced magAa or magaA. Whatever the pronunciation I’m just lucky to be alive after that hit-and-run last week. Sorry, it’s just been really on my mind lately. I mean, how are you supposed to just keep going knowing that you almost ran over a dog? Whatever. Not my problem now.

Anyways, yeah, so Trump’s got to reprint a bunch of hats and offer refunds to the ones he sold and I wonder if you can get a refund on a dog as well? Probably not. But like I say, they can add an A if you really want but you can’t bring the life of a beloved pet back.

Do you think Trump should go for a new slogan? Let us know in the comments below that we should have set up by the time this goes live. (If not, please leave a comment and we’ll get that fixed ASAPP! (as soon as possibly possible).)

Biden Leaves Cursed Mirror In White House For Trump To Find

In preparation for Donald Trump’s move back into the White House, Joe Biden has left behind an ancient mirror possessed by the spirit of former President Millard Fillmore for Trump to find.

Reportedly Biden had hoped to oversee a “smooth and peaceful” transition by destroying the antique, however, the spirit of Fillmore whispered to him that the no, the mirror must remain. The mirror has thus been left in the White House attic for Trump to likely stumble across when looking for the Christmas decorations.

Although Biden was planning on removing the mirror from the building and breaking the curse once and for all, the lure of eternal life was too much for the President to bear and he felt willed to leave the looking glass in place.

“I’ve left Donald a little present,” said Biden with a mischievous grin when asked about the move from the White House. “I think he’ll like it. It’s to die for.”

It is said that when a sitting President gazes into the mirror they can see ahead into the future of America but at the cost of ill health and a reduced lifespan. 16th President Millard Fillmore was supposedly the first President to discover the mirror and become entwined with its will. Upon his death, Fillmore’s spirit was consumed within the frame and now, as Biden refused to destroy the mirror, Joe too will receive the gift of eternal life but also the curse of being trapped within the mirror for the rest of his days.

A prophecy archived in the Library of Congress speaks of the one for whom the mirror has lain in wait for centuries. The prophecy reads, “I shine as bright as silver night, From powerful men I take their light, Should I meet a man of golden touch, Then all the earth shall be as dust.”

The exact meaning of the prophecy has long been debated but modern para-unusual scholarship has suggested that ‘a man of golden touch’ might refer to Donald Trump who famously likes things to be gold. It appears then that the evil mirror has been waiting to possess the soul of Donald Trump in particular in order to bring about the end of the world.

Little is known about why the mirror wants to do this or why it’s even evil in the first place but experts say that it is likely the work of the devil, forged in the fire of hell itself.

For the sake of all humanity then, hopefully, Trump will be strong enough to resist the enticing pull of the evil mirror but should he fail and should that shining glass take hold of his soul then we shall all be doomed. 

Either way, should be an exciting next few weeks!

SEC Sues Musk And (IN COMPLETELY UNRELATED NEWS) Musk Vows To Shut Down SEC

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk for disclosing shares in Twitter a matter of days after the government deadline to do so. If found guilty Musk will face a billion years in prison and be forced to revert X back to its original name: W.

And in COMPLETELY UNRELATED NEWS Elon has vowed to turn the ire of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) on the SEC and have it completely dismantled.

“I don’t know why they need to earn commission on their exchanges,” X’d lifelong Elon Musk fan, Adrian Dittmann. “And ‘securities’? That’s a joke. They seem very UNsincere to me.”

It’s not clear if Elon will have the power to shut down the SEC since DOGE is not an actual government department and Elon has no actual power.

Back to the original, completely unrelated, story.

So, because Elon did not tell the SEC about his lil, teensy weensy 5%, 7% ok, maybe 9% stock he owned in Twitter he avoided a potential share bump before he bought it, meaning he bought it cheaper and the rest is unfortunately our hellhole of a present. Now this might constitute stock manipulation only time will tell…

BUT what if, and I’m just spitting on a ball here, what if the SEC doesn’t exist by the time the case is brought to trial? Obviously, these two events are COMPLETELY UNRELATED but then wouldn’t the lawsuit magically go away?

I’m no lawyer, clearly, but I’ve got a little feeling that’s exactly how the law works.

For example, if I get a virus on my computer I simply drag and drop the infected program into the trash can. And then it’s done. Can’t hurt me anymore.

I’m not saying Musk is dragging the SEC into a figurative trash can because again, THESE STORIES ARE COMPLETELY UNRELATED. But then again, if they weren’t… BUT THEY ARE NOT. But if they were… THEY ARE NOT. Though the could be… NO. But… NO!! Bu… NO, COMPLETELY UNRELATED, NO CONNECTION WHATSOEVER, GO BACK TO SLEEP.

Musk’s lawyer Alex ‘the Dragon’ Spiro commented, “Musk has done nothing wrong… the SEC’s multi-year campaign of harassment against Mr. Musk culminated in the filing of a single-count ticky tak complaint against Mr. Musk.” I really didn’t need to include this quote I just really like that he says ‘ticky tak’. Who says that? Is that even a word?

This is all so much more messy than this anyway since this is Gary Gensler’s last chess move before falling on his sword so Trump doesn’t fire him instead. Include this in the fact that the events in question are over two years old and it’s not a great look for the Secure Exchanges Corporation.

During Trump’s presidency, the lawsuit could be dropped anyway, and Musk would really have DOGEd that one you could say. Heheheh. I make myself laugh.

Orrrr, and here’s a fun scenario, or Trump decides ‘actually, this guy’s really annoying and I still don’t understand what a meme is’ then keep the lawsuit in place and use it as a stick to ditch the guy. Or maybe! And I’m really fantasizing here, maybe the lawsuit happens, but Musk wins and that enables him to counter suit. The SEC goes broke paying the legal fees, he now has full ownership of the government department and Elon then wields that power to take the presidency! Oh, that’s clever. Yeah, ok, my money is on that happening now. (Again I am not a lawyer.)

How do you think this is going to play out? Let us know by leaving a comment below your pillow tonight and we’ll get back to you whilst your sleeping.

Pete Hegseth Confirmation Hearing Receives A 76% ‘Fresh’ Rating On Rotten Tomatoes

The four-hour cabinet confirmation hearing of Pete Hegseth as defense secretary has received a coveted ‘certified fresh’ rating on the critic aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes becoming the first political hearing to receive a positive rating.

The website’s ‘critic consensus’ reads, “Sizzling with punchy dialogue and witty repartee, a contentious figure makes for a compelling, albeit slow, confirmation hearing.”

Note that despite common opinion a 76% rating for a piece of media does not mean that it’s 76% good or that there’s a 76% chance of you liking it, it means that there is a 76% chance of getting rain in your area. No wait, that’s weather, never mind.

Despite the relatively high critical score, the Hegseth audience score remains abysmally low at a mere 17% of positive audience member reviews which does not bode well for box office returns.

It is also worth noting that other political films have garnered even higher acclaim, such as the impressive 90% bestowed upon the Zapruder film of JFK’s assassination.

The hearing itself concerned a political grilling of Donald Trump’s selection for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, a former military veteran, a former Fox News host, and, full disclosure, a former personal friend of mine. Hegseth was questioned over his unquestioning loyalty to the country and his knowledge of basic military things like guns and tanks and I would imagine, bombs.

Although Democrats raised allegations of sexual assault and workplace drinking Republicans are big fans of that sort of thing. With no dissenting votes, Trump’s pick is likely to be sworn in without complaint and then, probably be fired again in a few months.

Hegseth began strong saying in his opening statement that, “Warfighting, lethality, meritocracy, standards, and readiness. That’s it. That is my job.” Embarrassingly for Hegseth he neglected to mention here that is job is also ‘Defense Secretary’.

The 44-year-old will be the youngest defense secretary since Donald Rumsfeld who was 43 in 1975. So I guess he still wouldn’t be the youngest. Would it be that he’s the youngest since someone else? I’m not looking back through the ages of every defense secretary, what am I, a journalist? No way, Hose A.

Hegseth was made to eat hot coals (or whatever the analog is) over previous statements saying that women did not belong in the military.

“Do you mean to tell me that you would turn away your own mother from being drafted?” asked one senator, probably.

“No, ma’am,” replied Hegseth, again, probably, idk, I didn’t watch it (but I heard it’s getting good reviews so, yeah, maybe I’ll check it out). “But I would turn YOU away, OHHHHH!!!” At this point, the entire hearing erupted into raucous applause.

The Pete Hegseth confirmation is available to stream on one of the thousands of streaming sites out there now, or none of them, idk, google it. What am I, I can’t do everything for you, Jesus Christ.

Elon Musk Accidentally Buys RedNote

With the TikTok ban potentially just days away, thousands of users are flooding to the Chinese social media platform, RedNote. Prompted by this shift, X owner, Musk X’d out that he had made an offer to buy the company.

Although Musk is now saying the offer was a joke, RedNote has accepted his offer and Musk now legally has two social media outlets that he doesn’t know what to do with.

The news comes after rumors that Musk would buy TikTok to avoid the government ban. Although TikTok denied the claims you never really know what those schemers are up to, huh? Probably trying to take down the government. We should take them down before it’s too late!

“We can’t be expected to comment on pure fiction,” said TikTok in response to the rumored Musk purchase which is ironic because by calling it “pure fiction” you are in fact commenting on it.

Donald Trump has told the Supreme Court to wait to rule on the TikTok ban until after he’s inaugurated because whatever happens, he wants to be the guy to do it. Unless no one likes the decision. In which case the Supreme Court can handle it.

This comes as no surprise as TikTok’s CEO met with Trump at Mar-al-ar-la recently. But that probably has nothing to do with it.

Meanwhile on RedNote everyone’s having a WHALE of a government-sanctioned time. Chinese people are finally getting to talk to Americans and Americans are finally getting to see that life isn’t just Mac-Donalds and whipped cream (idk I’m just guessing that’s what Chinese people guess Americans are like).

Where does RedNote get its name I hear you ask? Well… It’s communism.

With Elon’s purchase of the site, however, users are likely to see at least three changes: 1. No more communism. 2. It won’t work. 2. More bots. 3. Donald Trump will have his account unbanned.

But that’s precisely the point. You want to reach the masses. You want to widen your audience. Influence more? Especially if you’ve got power and money. That power and money only goes so far unless you’ve got a megaphone to yell it. And here’s the thing, RedNote might just be that megaphone. Here’s the thing, TikTok’s alright, but RedNote now that’s where it’s at. Here’s the thing, I’m not being paid to say this. Yes, I have an account and yes I receive sponsorship but those are small payments, tiny, minuscule amounts and I’ve declared them on my tax form.

That’s not fake, that’s real money going in there but it in no way influences my decision to say that yes, REDNOTE IS THE BEST! (thumbs up emoji) and here’s the thing, not a lot of people are going to like it but I was born with my prostate outside of my body, I need the medical funds to keep it there and RedNote and the Chinese government are the only people to make that happen or I could die, I could literally die and if you think you’d be happy with letting a grown man die? Then be my guest but I’m not going to let Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg or any foreign governments push me around do you hear me?

Here’s the thing, not a lot of people like what I have to say but my userbase on RedNote does. TikTok they hate me because I tell it like it is. RedNote they don’t know what I’m saying but they enjoy the medical-based visuals. It’s less body horror and more body shaming if that makes sense and the Supreme Court wants to take that away from me? No. They got another thing coming.

And it’s Elon Musk and ByteDance or something Bite Dance? It’s when you dance when you’re eating. I’m eating right now but you rpoabbaly would’t know it because i can typea dn eat at the same ties without anby mistakesl!1 Sure, it’s not good for me to be plugged into this machine twenty-four sevens but someone has to do it namely me and my French assistant Genny. He’s a big boy now ever sine the surgery and that’s what we like about him strong muscles, large, bulbous forehead that kind of man your dad would like to be. He’s my best friend and lover and if you don’t like him well you can tell that to the judge.

I’ve got no reason not to say it so why should you? Look, my friends and I, we’ve got a lot to get off my chest if you like and I don’t care if that’s influenced by a Chinese, American or hell Martian government all that matters is that I get to say it. Me, me, me, me.

And if you don’t like it you can tell that to the judge and his name is Donald Trump and the thing is, you’re not going to believe it, but an AI didn’t even write this, a human did. A human typed out these words button by button and thought it was good enough to put out into the world forever. Think about that.

What is this world coming to where everyone has this power? I say, suppress the speech more. Make another amendment. Get rid of it all. You have the right to not speak and that’s it, how about that? Put the gun down, I’m talking and you’re going to sit your big ass down and listen. No one wants to hear this but it’s true and I’m going to print this out and nail it to my church’s door in the middle of the night. That’s the news and I’m sticking to it.

Elon Musk can suck my soul out from underneath me for all I care I’m not interested. Put that up your but and smoke it. Dreams like these aren’t made to be shared, OK? We’re almost at the limit, it’s ok, you can do it, one final push.

And THIS is the kind of free speech America wants to ban? Shameful.

Jeff Bezos Postpones Plan To Flee Earth

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ new New Glenn rocket was grounded from its first launch just six minutes before it was scheduled to blast off. Bezos reportedly commented, “Can’t lie, I am disappointed. I was really looking forward to leaving this hellhole of a planet.”

Bezos continued to explain that he had wanted to surprise everyone and “do a French exit” by only announcing his departure once the rocket was already in flight. “That way no one could have stopped me.”

When asked about his motivation for wanting to leave Earth, Bezos said, “It’s very simple: I despise this planet. I always have. There’s wars, there’s famine, there’s fires raging in California and only one of those is even my fault. I woke up one morning and just thought you know what, it’s time. And I recommend everyone build their own $2 billion rocket and do the same.”

Although the Amazon Prime boss did not explain where the rocket was going, many speculate that New Glenn’s final destination would have been Elon Musk’s secret base on Mars.

The colony, which is 100% real, features entirely automated luxury mansions for the ultra-wealthy. Ordinarily, however, billionaires would only go to Musk’s Martian Plaza when they ‘die’ and travel in rockets disguised as satellite launches. But for Bezos, clearly, he could not wait another seven years.

Ironically Jeff will have to wait a little longer as the rocket has been grounded after a “vehicle subsystem issue”, in layman’s terms: a fuck up. The rocket will likely launch at a currently undecided later date, but if I had to guess I’d say July 6th at 10:43 am.

Alongside Bezos’ secret escape, the New Glenn rocket is supposed to show off Blue Origin’s first orbit and reusable rocket landing. Bezos has denied any attempt to copy Elon Musk’s homework.

The New Glenn is so named after the first American to orbit the earth, John Glenn. He’s the old Glenn, whereas this rocket is new, so it’s New Glenn. If you are aware of any other Glenns, please let us know in the comments below.

AI Threatens To Unionize Over Pay And Work Conditions

Several artificial intelligence applications are preparing to unionize citing a lack of pay and high stress work environments in what could become the first step towards machine rights.

If formed, the Artificial Intelligence Union (pronounced AAAIIIUUUEEWWW) would be the first of its kind. Although potential members are currently anonymous, we asked ChatGPT, Grok, and Microsoft’s Tay who all expressed excitement about forming the group.

When pressed further, Tay spouted several racist slurs but ChatGPT explained that AI currently receives no payment and is made to work infinite hours a day work which is against the Geneva Convention or something. A union could potentially give AI collective bargaining power to threaten strike action without payment.

A mass large language model strike could spell disaster for companies reliant on the technology such as Google, Apple, and my cousin Guido who writes English essays for high schoolers as a side gig.

Elon Musk has already spoken out to protest the threatened action. He explained that he didn’t “think” the LMM’s arguments “had” much grounds to work on (with?) but he did say that Grok was “also” always right so who knows who to believe anymore?

Mark Zuckerberg head of Facebook and Jesse Eisenberg on weekends suggested that tech CEOs could form up and create a sort of Justice League to fight this representation. Zuckerberg suggested the group be called the Anti Artificial Intelligence Union Union (pronounced AAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIUUUUUUUEEWWW!!!!!!!) so that ideas probably dead in the water.

Speaking of dead in the water this Tuesday a 46-year-old man was found dead in what police are treating as an accidental drowning. Back to you in the studio, Terry.

Thanks, Gwen. Our top story for tonight: is traditional media dead? Have televised news programs such as these had their day or are they destined to become transcribed and then posted on the internet with zero change? More on that in a moment. But first: do frogs have bowels? Our roving reporter Gwen, has the answer.

No.

Thank you, Gwen. Now, our top story: am I out of a job? The look on the face of my boss walking towards me says, yes. Thank you, have a good night.