Five Jokes: 7-30-2024

Elon Musk Breaks 'X' Deepfake Policy, Rise In Parisian Cyber Crime, Kamala Harris' "Weirdo" Tactic For Trump, Biden Fights The Supreme Court, and D.C. Divorce Rates

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Anyway, here are five jokes!

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• Elon Musk posted a deepfake of Kamala Harris that violates X policy. Incredible coming from the man who, despite us all begging him to do so, never seems to post a deepfake of himself not looking like a tall vampire baby.

• Long-distance internet cables in France have been cut in an act of sabotage, causing disruption to internet services across the country. If their attempts had been successful, millions would’ve been stuck watching a blank screen as a sports announcers said, “Wow, uh… they are swimming, like… REALLY fast!”

• Since Vice President Kamala Harris has stepped in as the Democratic candidate, a host of her surrogates have started labeling her opponents Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance as weirdos. The Trump campaigns worries that if the label sticks, he might retaliate spewing undeniable hate speech in complete sentences.

• Biden has called for 18-year terms for Supreme Court justices, a binding ethics code, and a constitutional amendment to limit the court’s recent ruling on presidential immunity. Treating it like a workplace contract negotiation, the Supreme Court countered with, “What we can offer you are summer Fridays and bi-monthly pizza parties.”

Finally…

• Divorces are on the rise in D.C. due to political differences. While some think it’s fine for Robert Downey Jr. to return to the MCU as Doctor Doom, others wish we had a younger, fresher option.

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