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TOP FIVE JOKES OF THE WEEK!
Note: Whenever there is a tie, I become the deciding vote.
MONDAY: 12-2-2024
Kash Patel, author of the pro-Trump children’s book The Plot Against the King, is set to replace the current FBI director — undoubtedly boosting sales for his follow up children’s book Peek-A-Boo, FBI See You!
[read the other jokes from that day here]
TUESDAY: 12-3-2024
‘Brain rot’ is the Oxford University Press word of the year — ‘Brain rot’ is, of course, most accurately defined as: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
WEDNESDAY: 12-4-2024
BuzzFeed may have to sell assets, like its interview show “Hot Ones.” Hey, C-SPAN — if you’ve got the budget, go for it. Can’t think of a better way to get citizens engaged than Sean Evans asking newly reelected Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer “So, is democracy ready for its last dab?”
[read the other jokes from that day here]
THURSDAY: 12-5-2024
Target has a new "weirdly hot" Santa Claus. It seems global warming is melting more than just the ice.
[read the other jokes from that day here]
FRIDAY : 12-6-2024
L.A. Times is planning to add an AI-powered ‘bias meter’ to every story. So, did you really get the crossword puzzle wrong or is that just what the liberal media wants you to think?
[read the other jokes from that day here]
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