The Week In Pictures
November 1, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Lots going on this Halloween week, but hands down the number one story in the world of memes is the trick that Zohran Mamdani is about to play on New York City. Suffice it to say that memesters are not happy about it. Nor are they happy about the continuing Schumer Shutdown, while at the same time they seem to have mixed feelings about the impending loss of food stamps
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October 25, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Thankfully, it wasn’t a heavy news week. So the week’s memes are dominated by soft news stories. like the No Kings protest–which, despite being over for nearly a week, continues to inspire memes–the ongoing government shutdown, the robbery of priceless jewels from the Louvre, and my personal favorite, President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House. The East Wing connects to the presidential residence via a walkway,
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October 18, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The big news of the week, of course, was President Trump’s diplomatic/military triumph in obtaining an end to fighting in Gaza and the return of Hamas’s hostages to Israel. It was a moment that anyone would celebrate–anyone but a liberal, that is. The same people who organized demonstrations around the world demanding a cease fire were oddly silent when they got their wish. In other news, peace may be breaking
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October 11, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The shutdown rages, ostensibly, but not many seem to notice. When will it end? I suppose when Chuck Schumer’s polling shows him pulling even with Ocasio-Cortez, now that he has stood up to the dreaded Trump. In other more significant news, a cease fire finally came to Gaza. It is bittersweet: good to have the remaining hostages returned, bad that Hamas still exists. Whether any of the remaining points of
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October 4, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Some matters of substance did occur this week: there was a purported government shutdown, Secretary Hegseth lectured the brass, a Gaza flotilla was intercepted, Taylor Swift dropped a new album…OK, not a really big news week. But all of that paled compared with the video that President Trump posted of Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero, with a mustache, while a mariachi band played. It was a psyop of the highest
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September 27, 2025 — John Hinderaker
It was quite a week. The biggest story was the indictment of James Comey, about which I have reservations. But the indictment was a boon to memesters, who recalled Comey’s earlier art project featuring seashells. Much more happened, too. The Trump administration adopted recommendations by the Harvard School of Public Health on the use of Tylenol by pregnant women, which were immediately denounced by leftists, even though it turned out
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September 20, 2025 — John Hinderaker
This was the week when the Democrats resumed their mantle as the party of peace, assuring the rest of us that things would be fine if conservatives would just stop murdering each other. And Jimmy Kimmel joined Stephen Colbert in the unemployment line, at least for now. Remarkably, it wasn’t because he hasn’t said anything funny in a decade. Kimmel’s suspension gave Democrats the opportunity to tell us they have
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September 13, 2025 — John Hinderaker
It was not a good week for humor. The horrifying murder of Charlie Kirk dominated the news, and the murder of Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte train continued to reverberate. We have said much, and will say much more, about those stories, and there are a few references to them in the memes that follow. What happened in a lighter vein? A woman with a profound sense of her own
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September 6, 2025 — John Hinderaker
It was a busy week. President Trump didn’t talk to reporters for two days, and Democrats started a rumor that he was dead. Trump threatened to crack down on crime in Chicago, and Democrats protested. The administration terminated a group of drug traffickers with extreme prejudice, to the dismay of liberals. And there was much more. But it was Greta Thunberg–specifically, her haircut–that more than anything else, provided material for
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August 30, 2025 — John Hinderaker
To be honest, most of this week’s news was pretty bleak. The positive highlight was probably Taylor Swift’s and Travis Kelce’s engagement, but somehow that didn’t lead to a lot of memes. Beyond that, the news featured vigorous attempts by the dishonest press to blame the victims (the U.K.) or inanimate objects (the U.S.). But I don’t think many were fooled. So it may be a little somber, but nevertheless,
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August 23, 2025 — John Hinderaker
There was important news this week: apparent progress toward peace in Ukraine, a crackdown on crime in D.C., and much else. But those serious topics were pretty much ignored by the nation’s memesters. The story of the week, hands down, was the Cracker Barrel logo reboot. Not having learned, apparently, from the experiences of Bud Light, Target and others, Cracker Barrel debuted a new logo that was seen as an
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August 16, 2025 — John Hinderaker
There was a lot of news this week. Texas Democrats, emulating their brethren in Wisconsin and Minnesota, fled to greener pastures in hyper-gerrymandered Illinois. The battle over illegal immigration continued. As of this writing, President Trump and Vladimir Putin are conferring in Alaska. But the overwhelming favorite of meme-creators was President Trump’s effort to get crime in the District of Columbia under control. That seems like a laudable objective, but
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August 9, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Some important things happened this week. President Trump brought peace to a continent or two. The long-simmering Russia Collusion Hoax unraveled further. Controversy erupted over the Democrats’ disgraceful history of gerrymandering. Israel announced its intention to complete the pacification of Gaza. The Trump administration revoked the ridiculous CO2 endangerment finding. And more. But the nation’s meme-creators mostly focused their attention elsewhere. President Trump took a walk on a sloped roof.
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August 2, 2025 — John Hinderaker
A lot happened this week. There were new revelations in the Russia collusion hoax that may bring criminal prosecutions nearer. President Trump concluded an epic trade deal with the European Union. Trump gave Russia a deadline to end the Ukraine war. But on the internet, these stories paled in comparison with American Eagle’s ad campaign promoting the company’s jeans. American Eagle had the temerity to launch a campaign that features
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July 26, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The biggest news of the week was the release of multiple memos and emails relating to the Russia collusion hoax, and the DNI’s referral of such materials to the Attorney General for possible criminal prosecution. It remains to be seen how that will turn out, but in the meantime it doesn’t seem to have generated a lot of memes. Hunter Biden staked his claim to be the voice of the
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July 19, 2025 — John Hinderaker
It was a big week for weird news. Elmo joined the Third Reich at the very moment when Congress finally stopped subsidizing him, a Coldplay concert took an unfortunate turn, we had the autopen controversy. And Jeffrey Epstein was back in the news. No doubt some important things happened too, but our meme-meisters were too busy to notice. Here we go: This one unifies two of this week’s themes: Okay,
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July 12, 2025 — John Hinderaker
It was a slow news week, and we are into the midsummer doldrums. Lots of people are on vacation, perhaps including some of those who normally feed me memes. The supply was down this week. Maybe the meme-makers are on vacation, too. There was a little flap over the “Epstein files.” I may write about it in due course, but in the meantime a number of Epstein memes made their
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