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[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 53 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Perfect! This is perfection, nobody will ever make a better use of this meme format!

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Nah the mitt romney one

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

The title could also start as "Family values saved..."

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I thought the Babylon Bee would love Andrew Tate.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 35 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Apparently the thought of him being a Muslim is too much for them

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (28 children)

I had no idea he was Muslim.

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 23 points 2 months ago

I assume he’s about as much a Muslim as trump is a Christian (ie only when it’s convenient, and he probably doesn’t know what all those words mean in that order, anyway)

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

He's probably about as Muslim as a brick with the word "Muslim" painted on it.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

He literally got into Islam for the misogyny.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago

He became Muslim because of the misogyny and incels of the religion, he's in for the grift, much like Russel brand became "born again"

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago

He reverted ig

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[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I definitely get that vibe from that headline. It's not that the US reached out and said "touch not one hair on my precious scumbags", it's that they did it for someone who scumbags who also claim to be Muslim and fail the melanin deficiency test.

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don’t understand if this is satire anymore.

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Reality hasbecome too hard to satirise.

[–] 1SimpleTailor@startrek.website 11 points 2 months ago

So they're all at least 5 months old? Must be bringing their girlfriends.

[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Is there any one quality that more of the people surrounding Trump share than being serial sex abusers?

I can't think of one.

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I think they all have to share their "special secret". If one of the group doesn't, they are a liability.

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[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

By the party of law and order

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Watch the tate brothers become members of Trump's cabinet

[–] Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Head of the minister for women and gender equality, an obvious choice.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

That's too much. That's like putting an antivaxxer in charge of health!

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[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Ehh. They are rapey enough but don't you think they look well, a little on the brown side? Doesn't seem like there's any reason to compromise when there aren't DEI rules in place and there are plenty of rapey whites that are well qualified.

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This is not the onion, but Desantis might go after him. It could all be a stunt, of course.

https://www.salon.com/2025/02/27/zero-tolerance-desantis-says-andrew-tate-is-not-welcome-in-florida-as-maga-celebrates-release/?in_brief=true

From the Miami Herald article:

But Tate’s claim that the Romanian case against him was dismissed in December isn’t true. While a Bucharest court ruled that the first criminal case could not proceed due to legal and procedural irregularities, the charges against the Tates remain in effect. What’s unclear is how further cases will proceed now that the Tates are back on American soil.

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article301122934.html

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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm not sure if it's widely known, but Tate started a political party in the UK called "BRUV" ("Britain Restoring Underlying Values"). The manifesto is all AI generated garbage. I'm unsure how that'll turn out as a refugee fleeing European justice.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Did something change with the babylon bee? Sudden surge of actually decent content all of a sudden

[–] Saprophyte@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you go to their site this is definitely the exception and not the rule. The rest of the articles today are bashing Zelensky.

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

idk, there seem to be some good ones, e.g

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Right wingers are starting to act non/anti-christian more prominently from power, it seems. So Babylon bee has material from the right to make fun of. Or maybe not, it kind of always existed, now thinking.

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Idk, I always felt that there was a conservative slant to the bee. It's never there 100% of the time, but it's kinda like if the Onion was written by a bunch of bootlickers.

[–] gabbath@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

like if the Onion was written by a bunch of bootlickers.

This is exactly what it is. Seth Dillon was also the guy who recruited the Libs of TikTok lady, if memory serves.

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[–] PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Babylon Bee is garbage, don’t post this shit here.

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