Five Jokes: 8-6-2024

Kamala Harris Becomes Official Democratic Nominee, Harris' VP Pick, Video Game Actors On Strike, Tropical Storm Deb, and A New Potential Wealth Tax

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Anyway, here are five jokes!

Y’all hear about this?..

• Vice President Kamala Harris is no longer the presumptive  nominee after officially being announced as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee on Monday night. This makes her the first Black woman and Asian to lead a major party ticket, or as Donald Trump puts it “Captain planet.”

• Harris tapped Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. And by the looks of him, he plans on running with the slogan “Where’s The Beef? 2024”

  

• Video game actors are officially on strike over A.I. And they’ve got a point. I mean, shouldn’t we use robots to cure for cancer instead of replace this guy from saying, “It's a me, Mario!"?

• Tropical Storm Debby could prove just as dangerous as a major hurricane. The storm, of course, received its name after meteorologists heard it say, “Can I speak to your manager?”

Finally…

• A proposal to tax the uber-rich is gaining traction. But there are skeptics — whose names rhyme with Neon Husk and Ronald Hump, and [Blank] Sock A Feller.

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