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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Kamaelisandre

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago

Oh shit! It’s Joemala Harriden!

[–] [email protected] 99 points 1 month ago (1 children)

At press time, sources confirmed prominent members of the party had been instructed to quickly shift their support to a spry, cogent 31-year-old Joe Biden, who had somehow de-aged 50 years overnight.

Look here, Jack!

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And against desegregation of schools.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Can you back this up?

This is what I found, but I don't trust CNN much these days (I don't trust Fox News either, for the record):

https://edition.cnn.com/factsfirst/politics/factcheck_543af44b-2bfc-4050-964e-79ebdbd57142

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But was he hung like hunter?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

It runs in the family.

[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Dude I feel like The Onion is coming back into its own again

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

They are slapping really hard this year and I love it. They had to though, reality has officially become stranger than fiction.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

They had by far the best debate coverage

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 month ago (3 children)

TIL. From Wikipedia:

On April 8, 2019, private equity firm Great Hill Partners acquired Gizmodo Media Group—including The Onion, The A.V. Club, and Clickhole—from Univision for an undisclosed amount.[148] The properties were formed into a new company named G/O Media Inc.[149][150] In March 2024, G/O sold The A.V. Club to Paste Magazine and was reported to be seeking buyers for The Onion.[151]

On April 25, 2024, CEO Jim Spanfeller told employees that G/O had sold The Onion to Chicago firm Global Tetrahedron, which is owned by Twilio founder Jeff Lawson, with former NBC reporter Ben Collins serving as CEO.[152] As a condition of the deal, the new owners will retain the website's staff and keep it based in Chicago.[153] The name "Global Tetrahedron" is taken from a "fictional evil megacorporation" that has been the subject of a running gag in The Onion articles.[154]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Onion

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago

Wow, they were owned by Gizmodo for that time period?

Fucking no wonder the quality went down.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 month ago (1 children)

“My friends and I now own and run The Onion. I’ll be the CEO,” Collins posted on X. “We’re keeping the entire staff, bringing back The Onion News Network, and shar[ing] the wealth with staff. Basically, we’re going to let them do whatever they want. Get excited.”

Neat.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The new owner used to be in charge of the misinformation best at his old news room. Now he makes fake news.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

The best outcome. Honestly, if we could convince other misinformation reporters to turn to comedy the world would be a better place.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really puts the previous ownership to shame. Who were these people??

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

Typical private equity vampires

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

She already had a raspy voice!!!