“We refer to it by its more accurate description, the ‘hate America’ rally. They’re going to bring together the Marxists, the socialists, the Antifa advocates, the anarchists, and the pro-Hamas wing of the Democrat party.” –– Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — I joined residents from my retirement community in a No Kings March. Little did they … [Read more...] about Elderly Enemies of America and the No Kings March (Satire)
Satire
TRUMP AND EPSTEIN (SATIRE SONG PARODY)
(Melody: Love and Marriage) By Laurie Baron Trump and Epstein, Trump and Epstein Hung together since they were sex fiends. If Trump released the file, We’d know the names Epstein compiled? Trump and Kristi, Trump and Kristi Promised disclosure but it was too risky. What might she be hiding? Or is she lying and … [Read more...] about TRUMP AND EPSTEIN (SATIRE SONG PARODY)
Dr. Robert
On Tuesday, it was announced that the Trump Regime, which is a petri dish of conspiracy theories, is canceling almost $500 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines to protect the nation against future viral threats. The federal Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA, which is also the noise Pete Hegseth makes when throwing up in a back alley … [Read more...] about Dr. Robert
Trump’s Terrible Tariffs Tantrum
Trump’s April 2025 “Liberation Day” Terrible Tariffs Tantrum spared no nation, not even Heard Island and the McDonald Islands, a remote Australian territory near Antarctica with no recorded exports and mostly penguins as permanent residents. Nevertheless, Trump slapped a baseline 10% tariff on (whatever) imports from those islands. As satirically reported at the time, one … [Read more...] about Trump’s Terrible Tariffs Tantrum
Tyrants don’t like to be laughed at
See if this rings a bell: In 1994 the voters in Italy elected, as their leader, a flamboyant demagogic mogul with no governing experience. Silvio Berlusconi vowed to lurch Italy rightward, and the nation’s neo-fascists rejoiced. He was not a fan of free speech. During his multiple stints as prime minister, he routinely attacked the media, particularly when it investigated … [Read more...] about Tyrants don’t like to be laughed at
SONG PARODY: The Gifts (Melody: Leaving on a Jet Plane)
The Gifts (Melody: Leaving on a Jet Plane) By Laurie Baron S All our bribes are here. Call them gifts. For the president who takes grift. Let him build Trump towers and resorts. Invest in meme coins For influence. We’ll buy him off With affluence. Already he’s so greedy He won’t guess … [Read more...] about SONG PARODY: The Gifts (Melody: Leaving on a Jet Plane)
Satire: My DOGE Seder
By Laurie Baron The Trump administration has revoked the visas or “removed” individuals who have green cards or some sort of resident status for protesting the war in Gaza. It also threatened television networks like CBS and MSNBC with cancelling their FCC licenses for airing interviews and news stories critical of the president’s policies. Perhaps I am being paranoid, … [Read more...] about Satire: My DOGE Seder
Make America Clean Again
For more than four centuries, Shakespeare’s famous “To be, or not to be” has been the existential question. Four years ago, while taking a shower, President Donald Trump was also contemplating the nature of life, the human condition, his navel, and the hardships of shampooing his big, beautiful hair under a shower that comes out, drip, drip, drip. For Trump, the … [Read more...] about Make America Clean Again
Satire: I Raised the Tariffs
By Laurie Baron (Sung to the tune of I Shot the Sheriff) I raised the tariffs On both U.S. friends and enemies. I raised the tariffs I’m a genius on economies. Who cares if stocks are about to crash The rich gain more from the taxes I’ll slash. I’m glad it makes the lefties squirm. I plan to serve another term. Until the factories return. And I … [Read more...] about Satire: I Raised the Tariffs
No Satire this Time
A few days ago, I tried my hand at satire, using Trump’s ridiculous levying of tariffs on a couple of remote penguin-inhabited islands as background. It didn’t work too well. From now on I will leave the art (science?) of satire to others, including the master of American political satire, the one and only Andy Borowitz, a man wo has been crafting political satire for the … [Read more...] about No Satire this Time
Even Penguins Are Plundering America
(It is very challenging to satirize a monumental political blunder – a trade war that is rapidly escalating and could devastate the world’s economy – but here it goes.) Among the countries and territories affected by President Trump’s Liberation Day-announced expansive new tariffs are the Antarctic Heard Island and McDonald Islands, located more than 2,000 miles southwest … [Read more...] about Even Penguins Are Plundering America
Satire: Our Enemy Canada
Before launching a trade war with Canada, Donald Trump drafted a speech justifying it. After my spies in the Oval Office were fired by DOGE, they leaked his statement to me: Canada sided with England during the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. Since I aspire to be a king, I admire Canada for preferring King George III over George Washington. Did I mention that I … [Read more...] about Satire: Our Enemy Canada
Those ‘Beautiful’ Executive Orders We Have Not Sufficiently Praised
Buried in the avalanche of Executive Orders and proclamations issued by the president in recent days are several incredibly significant ones that have not received the attention they so richly deserve. Here are a few of them. On January 20, in keeping with his “Make America Beautiful Again” (MABA) edict, Trump issued a “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture” … [Read more...] about Those ‘Beautiful’ Executive Orders We Have Not Sufficiently Praised
The Gulf of Mexico Renamed (Updates)
UPDATE II: Continuing its retaliation against the Associate Press (AP) and its attacks on freedom of the press, today the White House barred an accredited AP reporter and photographer from boarding Air Force One for a trip with Trump, continuing its reprisal against the AP for how it refers to the Gulf of Mexico. UPDATE I: Today, for a second day in a row, the … [Read more...] about The Gulf of Mexico Renamed (Updates)
One-and-a-Half Billion Condoms for Tiny, Devastated Gaza? (Updates)
UPDATE II: In his New York Times “The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children,” renowned opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof poignantly writes how Elon Musk’s callous actions to “destroy” the United States Agency for International Development (U.S.A.I.D.) are putting millions of the most vulnerable at risk. But he also lambasts Trump’s claim that … [Read more...] about One-and-a-Half Billion Condoms for Tiny, Devastated Gaza? (Updates)
Continuing an ‘Obnoxious Tradition’: The Best and the Worst of 2024
Continuing – and perhaps concluding – the “tradition” (“one of the most obnoxious end-of-year traditions...") started at TMV in 2023 of remembering “the best and the worst people, events, things and phenomena” of the year gone-by, here is a drastically summarized version. While in our 2023 “list” we quoted several sources, this year we will focus on just one list, Michelle … [Read more...] about Continuing an ‘Obnoxious Tradition’: The Best and the Worst of 2024
The Ultimate Conceptual Duct Tape Art (Updates)
UPDATE II: The Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur who bought the duct-taped banana from Sotheby's for $6.2 million (including auction costs) wants to thank and support the sidewalk vendor who sold the banana to Sotheby’s for 35 or 25 cents. However, there are vagaries, complications and “the realities of a New York City street vendor’s life,” involved. Read more … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Conceptual Duct Tape Art (Updates)
Satire: The Arbiter of Biracialism
By Laurie Baron Donald Trump shocked the National Association of Black Journalists by revealing that Kamala Harris has identified as Indian until recently. His highly developed sense of ethnicity and race detects the actual backgrounds of the people he loathes. Here are some of the frauds he has exposed: Though Drake earned his fame as a Black rapper, Trump discovered … [Read more...] about Satire: The Arbiter of Biracialism
Only in Trump World…
President Biden Tried to Assassinate Himself President Biden was locked and ready to take himself out during a search for classified documents at his Wilmington, Delaware home. BIDEN AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE. NOW WE KNOW FOR SURE, THAT JOE BIDEN IS A SERIOUS THREAT TO HIMSELF. HE IS MENTALLY UNFIT TO HOLD OFFICE – 25TH AMENDMENT! Of course, the … [Read more...] about Only in Trump World…
How Nikki Haley Can Win Over Republican Voters
By Laurie Baron Political operatives are advising Nikki Haley to start criticizing Donald Trump more, but if she really wants to win over Republican voters, here are the things she must do: Shoot someone on Fifth Avenue in New York and claim immunity from prosecution because she’s running for president. Be caught on videotape confiding to someone that she grabs men’s … [Read more...] about How Nikki Haley Can Win Over Republican Voters
