Article in Daily Kos by Bidenmytime, 1/1/26

Headline:  “While the Media focuses on Childcare Fraud in Minnesota…”

Here is what else is going on…

Of course they are looting the Kennedy Center. They are looting everything.

”Democrats on the committee said they obtained documents that suggest the national cultural centre is being operated as a ‘slush fund and private club for Trump’s friends and political allies’ . . .”

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/1/1/2361007/-While-the-Media-focuses-on-Childcare-Fraud-in-Minnesota

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Article in The Washington Post by Elahe Izadi on MSN, 1/1/26

Headline:  “The ‘TrumpKennedyCenter.org’ website is taken. This comedian owns it.”

“The organization’s leaders might have wanted a new website to replace kennedy-center.org, too. But if they’d hoped for trumpkennedycenter.org, they were out of luck. A comedian bought it months ago.

“As soon as Trump began gutting the Kennedy Center board earlier this year, I thought, ‘Yep, that name’s going on the building,’” explains Toby Morton, a comedy writer with ‘South Park’ and ‘Mad TV’ credits who buys political domains and turns them into satirical websites as a form of activism. . . .”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-website-trumpkennedycenterorg-is-taken-this-comedian-owns-it/ar-AA1SJNVP

2025 – Year in Political Cartoons

Martin Rowson/The Guardian

Article in The Guardian by Anna Mohdin and Sundus Abdi,12/30/25

Headline:  “Tuesday briefing: A surreal year in news gives our cartoonists endless material”

Subhead:  “In today’s newsletter: Covering everything from Donald Trump to AI, and Gaza to Ukraine, award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Ben Jennings shares his favourite caricatures of 2025, and we share ours too.”

“Good morning. It’s been one of those years where the news cycle felt almost too surreal to caricature. From Jeff Bezos commandeering Venice for his lavish wedding at a time of a growing backlash over inequality, to the spectacle of Donald Trump returning to office for a second term, the material was endless for cartoonists, though often difficult to navigate.  .  .”
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/30/first-edition-political-cartoons-of-2025

Media – Laugh or Cry?

Article in Poynter by TyLisa Johnson, 12/26/25

Headline:  “Here are your favorite Poynter journalism memes from 2025”

Subhead:  “We laughed. We cried. It was a weird time to be a journalist, but comedy helped carry us through.”

“It’s a weird time to be a journalist. Digital news archives are disappearing. Generative AI is giving em dashes a bad name. Layoffs. Consolidations. Buyouts. Burnout. Countless, daily insults from the nation’s most powerful people. At the same time, the work to share truth and report the news is needed now more than ever.

“It’s a nonstop grind, and a nearly nonstop news cycle.

“Well, as the saying goes, you have to laugh to keep from crying . .”

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https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2025/poynter-journalism-memes-2025-news-humor-comedy/

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Article in Daily Kos by Brian McFadden, 12/26/25

Headline:  “Cartoon: Incredible global news 2025”

Cartoons by Brian McFadden

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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/12/26/2359573/-Cartoon-Incredible-global-news-2025?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=top_news_slot_2&pm_medium=web

Media Booing-Coverage Illegal?


Article in the Borowitz Report by Andy Borowitz, 11/12/25

Headline:  “Trump Orders ICE to Arrest 67,000 NFL Fans Who Booed Him”

“WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a move that tests the limits of presidential power, on Wednesday Donald J. Trump ordered ICE agents to arrest the 67,000 football fans who booed him at Sunday’s Washington Commanders game.

“ ‘This should never be allowed to happen in this country,’  Trump said, adding that the booing fans ‘were paid by Soros.’. . .”

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https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/trump-orders-ice-to-arrest-67000?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2337656&post_id=178695363&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=54vskz&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

Satanic Demons & Media?


Article in Media Matters by Payton Armstrong & Noah Dowe, 10/16/25

Headline:  “Calling their opponents ‘demonic,’ some right-leaning online shows are embracing ‘spiritual warfare’ rhetoric”

Subhead:  “Online figures and podcasters have warned of a ‘satanic world order’ and called on their audiences to ‘fight these demons in culture if we’re going to win politically’ ‘demonic.’ ”

“Some right-wing and right-leaning podcasters have embraced the extreme rhetoric of ‘spiritual warfare’ against their political opponents, accusing political and cultural figures they disagree with of harboring a ‘demonic’ ideology.”

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https://www.mediamatters.org/steve-bannon/calling-their-opponents-demonic-some-right-leaning-online-shows-are-embracing

Trump Press Conference Highlights

Article in AlterNet by Alex Henderson, 10/14/25

Headline  ” ‘My body is a little bit larger than’ Biden’s: Here are 5 wild moments from Trump’s presser”

“U.S. President Donald Trump’s schedule, on Tuesday afternoon, October 14, included a meeting with visiting Argentine President Javier Milei in the White House.

“The Trump Administration is giving Argentina, whose currency, the peso argentino, has suffered major problems in recent years, a $20 million bailout. . .”

“Here are five of the wildest moments from Trump’s Tuesday afternoon at the White House. . .”

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https://www.alternet.org/trump-milei-stephanopoulos/

Newspaper Sitcom


Article in The Contrarian by Meredeth Blake, 9/4/25

Headline:  “Culture recs: The Paper Satirizes the Sorry State of Journalism in 2025”

“On most days I’m more likely to cry about the current state of journalism than I am to laugh. But this very loose spinoff of The Office manages to find the (extremely dark) humor in the story of Ned Sampson (Domnhall Gleason, doing a seamless American accent) the idealistic new editor-in-chief of a struggling Midwestern newspaper called the Toledo Truth Teller . . . a nepotism hire who nevertheless believes in the importance of local journalism, Ned immediately attempts to revitalize the publication . . .”

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https://contrarian.substack.com/p/culture-recs-the-paper-satirizes

Media Comedy and Truth


Article in Vox by Sean Remeswaram & Gabrielle Berbey, 8/23/25

Headline:  “South Park is doing what the rest of the media won’t”

Subhead:  “The White House says South Park is irrelevant. Its record-breaking ratings tell a different story.”

“. . .By speaking truth to the ultimate power right now. You know, the creators of South Park have always hated bullies, and they seem to believe Trump is the biggest bully of them all. The very premise of the first episode of this new season is about Trump targeting the media. . .”

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https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/458775/south-park-trump-media-criticism

Where Legacy Media Dare Not Go


Article in Comic Sands by Amelia MAvis Christnot, 7/28/25

Headline: ” ‘South Park’ Creators Reveal How They Got Uncensored NSFW Joke About Trump On Air”

“While speaking at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone revealed how they were able to expose MAGA Republican President Donald Trump’s alleged micropenis on the season 27 premiere of their Comedy Central cartoon.”

“The much-anticipated return of South Park—after a two-year hiatus—took on the show’s bosses at Paramount over the decision to settle a frivolous lawsuit with Trump over a CBS News 60 Minutes episode for $16 million. The move was criticized as both extortion by Trump and a bribe by Paramount to secure FCC approval for their deal with Skydance Media. . .”

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https://www.comicsands.com/stone-parker-uncensored-penis

Satirical Look at Epstein Media Fallout


Article in Mediaize by Lawrence Rudmann, 7/26/25

“tRump orders Mattel Corp to cease making woke American Girl dolls depicting negative periods in U.S. history. ‘Our little precious American girls should only be allowed to have dolls representing the classic “all-American, girl next door” image, said tRump. To pacify tRump, Mattel might issue a special ‘Ghislaine Maxwell American Doll.’ ”

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https://mediaize.com/