Five Jokes: 2-21-2025

Mitch McConnell, Scorsese's New Adventure, Amazon's James Bond, Jan 6 Pardon Expansion, and A New Google Offering

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• Mitch McConnell won’t seek re-election. Instead, he’ll do some soul searching. Literally. “I know I left it here somewhere…”

• Martin Scorsese and Dwayne Johnson are teaming up on a Hawaiian mob flick — but that won’t stop characters from constantly eating pasta.

• Amazon has taken control of James Bond, ending an era of family control of 007. Cause for celebration as it marks the first time Amazon has ruined a family dynamic in its own tax bracket.

• The justice department has broadened Jan. 6 pardons to cover gun and drug-related charges — meaning anyone wearing a horned hat in the D.C. area is now free to roam.

Finally…

• Google may be close to launching YouTube Premium Lite. If you’re not quite sure what that means, don’t worry, you’re somehow already paying for it.

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• Elon Musk took to a stage in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, waving a blinged-out chainsaw gifted by Argentina's President Javier Melei…

• And… News outlets, including The Times and Fox News, urged the White House to lift its ban of The Associated Press, which began after the A.P. said it would not adopt the name “Gulf of America.”

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