41 posts from Sunday, May 17, 2026

A news photograph of two men in dark suits with red neckties shaking hands on a red carpet at the base of a large stone staircase, in front of a grand building with tall columns and reflective windows (consistent with a government building in China). The man on the left is East Asian with dark hair, and the man on the right has blond/orange hair styled back, resembling Donald Trump. Two large blue ceramic planters with purple flowering shrubs sit at the top of the stairs on the left. On the right side, a uniformed honor guard soldier in a dress uniform with a peaked cap stands at attention partway up the steps. The sky is clear and blue.

Described automatically. The words above are a machine's reading of the picture, not Trump's.

An AI-generated illustration depicting Donald Trump seated at a futuristic command console aboard what appears to be a spacecraft or space station bridge, hands resting on illuminated touchscreen panels. He wears a dark suit, white shirt, and red tie, with a serious/stern expression. Behind him, a large curved window/screen shows a space battle in progress: satellites and space stations exploding, with laser beams and fiery blasts against a starfield and a view of Earth's curvature below. To the left of him inside the cabin hangs an American flag; to the right hangs a black flag bearing a "Space Force" delta-wing emblem and the text "STACERS SPACE FORCE" (a garbled/misspelled rendering of "United States Space Force" text, typical of AI image generation artifacts). Bold navy blue text at the top of the image reads "Space Force."

Text in image: Space Force STACERS SPACE FORCE

Described automatically. The words above are a machine's reading of the picture, not Trump's.

This is a political meme styled as a parody of the "Dumb and Dumber" movie poster. The original movie title logo reads "DUMB AND DUMBER" in large white block letters at top, with "THE ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT" added in white text below it. Below the text are two digitally composited head-and-shoulders portraits of men in dark suits, white shirts, and dark ties, against a blurred city skyline at dusk. The man on the left has a heavily reddened, flushed, sweaty face with beads of water/sweat covering his skin, wide bloodshot-looking eyes, and his tongue hanging out with saliva dripping from it — an exaggerated, digitally distorted image resembling Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. The man on the right has short dark hair, a trimmed beard with gray flecks, thick black-framed glasses, and a wide-eyed, mildly startled or bemused expression, resembling Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. The image mocks the two officials by inserting their likenesses into the classic "Dumb and Dumber" poster pose/format to portray them as incompetent.

Text in image: DUMB AND DUMBER THE ILLINOIS GOVERNMENT

Described automatically. The words above are a machine's reading of the picture, not Trump's.

A political graphic/meme crediting Trump for a decline in drug overdose deaths. It features a headline "Thank you, President Trump" and subheading "Drug Overdose Deaths ARE DOWN," above a line chart titled "Summary of Predicted Provisional Drug Overdose Deaths, 12 months ending December 2025." The chart shows a declining trend across months January through December, starting around 79,000 in January and ending around 68,300 in December, with a data point plotted for each month. A source citation for the CDC is listed below the chart.

Text in image: Thank you, President Trump Drug Overdose Deaths ARE DOWN Summary of Predicted Provisional Drug Overdose Deaths, 12 months ending December 2025 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 80,000 78,000 76,000 74,000 72,000 70,000 68,000 66,000 Source: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/vsrr/drug-overdose-data.htm

Described automatically. The words above are a machine's reading of the picture, not Trump's.

A news photograph showing two men walking side by side down a traditional ornately painted Chinese covered corridor/walkway, with a woman in a light-colored blazer and patterned skirt walking slightly behind them. The corridor has green columns and red, blue, and gold painted ceiling panels with landscape and floral artwork typical of Chinese classical architecture (resembling the Long Corridor at the Summer Palace in Beijing). The man on the left wears a blue suit with a red tie and appears to be an East Asian political figure resembling Xi Jinping. The man in the center, in a dark suit with a light blue tie, resembles Donald Trump. The woman behind them carries a folder or papers. Green bamboo-like foliage is visible outside the corridor's open sides.

Described automatically. The words above are a machine's reading of the picture, not Trump's.

A bar chart titled "Length of Wars," bearing a "45|47" presidential-seal-style logo in both top corners and a gold divider line beneath the title. Blue bars compare the duration in weeks of past U.S. wars/conflicts, from tallest to shortest: Afghanistan War (543 weeks), Iraq War (457 weeks), Vietnam War (439 weeks), US Civil War (209 weeks), World War II (196 weeks), Korean War (161 weeks), and War of 1812 (139 weeks). The final bar, "Iran Excursion" at 6 weeks, is drawn much shorter than the others and its label is in red text with a red underline, visually contrasting it against the blue bars and setting it apart from the rest of the chart to emphasize its brevity.

Text in image: Length of Wars 45|47 45|47 543 Weeks Afghanistan War 457 Weeks Iraq War 439 Weeks Vietnam War 209 Weeks US Civil War 196 Weeks World War II 161 Weeks Korean War 139 Weeks War of 1812 6 Weeks Iran Excursion

Described automatically. The words above are a machine's reading of the picture, not Trump's.

A political comparison meme with two side-by-side aerial photos of the Washington Monument, the reflecting pool, and the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The left photo, captioned "What They Do," shows an overcast day with the reflecting pool drained, empty, and littered with trash and debris, with tents visible along the sides and smoke rising in the background. The right photo, captioned "What We Do," shows a vivid sunset sky with the reflecting pool full of clean, deep-blue water reflecting the illuminated monument, with green grass and manicured trees on either side (this image appears digitally enhanced/idealized). The meme contrasts a scene of neglect/disorder attributed to "them" with a pristine, well-maintained scene attributed to "we."

Text in image: What They Do What We Do

Described automatically. The words above are a machine's reading of the picture, not Trump's.

A four-panel meme using the "Disaster Girl"-style "Reject/Approve" format with Barack Obama. Top-left panel shows Obama in a dark suit and red tie, grimacing with his eyes closed and one hand raised dismissively as if refusing something, with a small "X @PlanetOfMemes" watermark near his hand. Top-right panel shows a red-and-tan political/electoral map of the southeastern United States (states resembling the Deep South region, including Louisiana's coastline), with red covering most of the area and labeled "JIM CROW 2.0" in bold white text with a black outline. Bottom-left panel shows Obama again, this time smiling with eyes closed, pointing forward approvingly with his index finger. Bottom-right panel shows a blue-and-red map of the northeastern United States (New England states labeled ME, VT, NH, MA), mostly blue with a small red sliver on the west side, labeled "DEMOCRACY" in bold white text with a black outline. The meme implies a contrast between how Republican-leaning southern voting/redistricting maps are characterized versus Democratic-leaning northeastern ones.

Text in image: X @PlanetOfMemes JIM CROW 2.0 ME VT NH MA DEMOCRACY

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A digitally composited photo showing a man resembling Donald Trump (in a dark suit, white shirt, red tie) walking across an outdoor paved area at what looks like a military installation or airfield, with mountains, Humvee-style military vehicles, and a large tan building in the background. He is flanked by men in suits resembling Secret Service agents and a man in camouflage military fatigues. Walking beside him is a computer-generated gray humanoid alien figure (large black eyes, no visible clothing) that appears to have a restraint/shackle visible on one wrist. A person's out-of-focus thumb/finger is visible in the bottom-left foreground, as if partially covering the camera lens. There is no text overlay on the image.

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This is a digitally edited/meme image showing a gray-haired man wearing beige/cream-colored short-sleeve top and matching pants, sitting crouched in the corner of a padded cell with cream-colored quilted walls (resembling a psychiatric restraint room). The word "trump" is repeated in black lowercase text multiple times across the padded wall panels at varying sizes, as if scrawled or stamped on the padding, mimicking a scene of someone obsessively repeating the word "trump," evocative of the "here's Johnny" or padded-cell/insane-asylum trope. The man's face resembles California Governor Gavin Newsom.

Text in image: trump trump trump trump trump trump trump trump trump

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A meme-style image with bold navy blue text on a white banner across the top reading "Empty Oil Tankers are SAILING to the US to LOAD UP on OIL!" Below the text is a photograph of New York Harbor showing four oil/cargo tankers sailing in the water, with the Statue of Liberty visible in the middle background and the Lower Manhattan skyline (including One World Trade Center) behind it. The tankers are various colors (dark hull with red/rust-colored underside, white superstructures), and the sky is blue with scattered clouds.

Text in image: Empty Oil Tankers are SAILING to the US to LOAD UP on OIL!

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This is an AI-generated (digitally composited/illustrated) image depicting a stylized, heroic portrayal of Donald Trump. He is shown walking down a dark walkway wearing a navy suit, white shirt, red tie, and sunglasses, pointing forward with his right hand. Behind him looms a giant view of planet Earth from space, with the Moon and a starry, nebula-filled sky above. The official United States Space Force delta-and-globe emblem is centered above his head, with the text "UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE" arced beneath it. Two large American flags flank him on tall flagpoles. Lining both sides of the walkway are rows of futuristic soldiers in black high-tech armor and helmets with blue visor lights, holding rifles, standing at attention. In the background between the rows of soldiers is a large futuristic domed building or spacecraft structure. The overall style resembles a cinematic sci-fi movie poster or propaganda-style fan art glorifying Trump alongside the Space Force.

Text in image: UNITED STATES SPACE FORCE

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This is a digitally generated/AI-rendered stylized illustration, not a photograph. It depicts a man resembling Donald Trump walking toward the viewer down a wet cobblestone path, wearing a dark suit, white shirt, red tie, and dark sunglasses, pointing forward with his right hand. Two large American flags flank him at angles resembling outstretched wings, their fabric appearing weathered/tattered at the edges. Six bald eagles fly in the sky above and around him. The background shows a dramatic golden sunset/sunrise with glowing clouds, and an open grassy field stretches to the horizon behind the flags. There is no text overlaid on the image.

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A political meme. Bold black text on a white banner at top reads "Dumacrats Love Sewage" (a misspelling of "Democrats"). Below is a digitally edited photograph of the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., with the Washington Monument visible in the background. The pool water is murky, littered with floating debris and trash. Three people are shown submerged chest/neck-deep in the dirty water: a bald man with graying hair resembling Barack Obama (left), an older white-haired man with his eyes closed resembling Joe Biden (center), and a brown-haired woman wearing a blue top resembling Nancy Pelosi (right). Two pedestrians are visible walking along a path on the left side of the pool.

Text in image: Dumacrats Love Sewage

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A digitally altered image of a California license plate (registration tag "2026", code "CA 175") with a lake and snow-capped mountain scenery in the background, styled after the state's Lake Tahoe plate design. The plate reads "NEW-SCM" in large blue letters. Superimposed over the center of the plate is a painted portrait of a gaunt, disheveled man with disheveled dark hair, pale skin, sunken/bloodshot eyes, and numerous scabs, sores, or wounds on his face and neck; he wears a dirty, blood-spotted collared shirt and tie. In the lower left corner, in place of the plate's usual bear graphic, is an emaciated, mangy grizzly bear with sores/dollar-sign brands or wounds on its body, standing over a small dark humanoid silhouette in the grass. Wilted, dying yellow and orange flowers flank the bottom corners in place of the plate's normal healthy flowers. Below the portrait, in elegant cursive script, is the caption "The Once Golden State."

Text in image: CA 175 California 2026 NEW-SCM The Once Golden State

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This is a meme image. It shows the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., with the Washington Monument visible in the background at the far end of the pool, framed by rows of trees under a partly cloudy sky. Composited into the water on the right side of the pool is a digitally inserted photo of a person's head and shoulders emerging from the water, wearing glasses, a black hooded jacket over a neon yellow-green shirt, with mouth open wide as if screaming or yelling; the figure's reflection also appears in the water below. Below the photo, on a white background, is bold black text reading "Coming Soon."

Text in image: Coming Soon

Described automatically. The words above are a machine's reading of the picture, not Trump's.

-Beautiful. -I voted to convict President Trump because he is -- -Oh, my God!

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Buh-buh, buh-buh, buh-buh, buh-buh. Okay, we have it in our set. Fire, boom.

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