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A satirical meme mimicking a CNN news segment, featuring a titled display 'NOTABLE INMATES HELD AT MDC BROOKLYN' with a grid of portrait photos of high-profile individuals. Included figures are a mix of politicians, celebrities, and convicted personalities such as Nicolas Maduro, R. Kelly, Sam Bankman-Fried, 'El Chapo' Guzman, Ghislaine Maxwell, Martin Shkreli, and others. The humor lies in hyperbolically framing this group as a 'Suicide Squad'—a reference to the fictional team of villains/anti-heroes—emphasizing their collective notoriety. The layout includes the CNN logo in the bottom right, reinforcing the fake news aesthetic.

They're building the Suicide Squad in Brooklyn

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A three-panel comic meme depicting a stick figure reacting to a news article's sign-up prompt. Panel 1: A simple stick figure forcefully kicks open a wooden door, with a burst effect indicating the door being opened. Panel 2: The stick figure faces a labeled 'News article' which displays a speech bubble reading 'Sign up to keep reading!'. Panel 3: The stick figure immediately turns around and runs out the door, exiting quickly with a sense of urgency. The meme humorously portrays the common frustration of encountering mandatory sign-up walls when trying to access online news content.

Immediate Nope

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A two-panel meme utilizing a historical portrait painting. The top panel depicts an 18th-century man with white hair, dressed in a maroon coat, intently reading a newspaper with a focused and engaged expression. The bottom panel shows the same man looking up from the newspaper, his expression shifting to one of明显的 confusion or shock. This meme uses the contrast between the two panels to humorously convey a reaction of surprise or bewilderment towards unexpected or confusing news, a common trope in reaction memes.

As an American waking up this morning, we're doing what in the what now?

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The image is divided into two sections: the top section contains a text headline, and the bottom section features a close-up portrait photograph. The headline reads: 'Brigitte Bardot fined 12,000 for racial hatred after claiming Muslims are destroying France.' Below the text is a portrait of Brigitte Bardot, a blonde woman with styled, voluminous hair, against a solid blue background. Her expression is neutral, and she is facing slightly to the left.

Brigitte Bardot Fined for Racial Hatred Claim

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A two-panel meme contrasting the dramatic perception of unredacting Epstein files versus the mundane reality. The left panel, labeled 'How the news reporters see people unredacting the epstein files,' features a hooded figure typing on a laptop with a blue matrix-style code background, evoking a mysterious hacker aesthetic. The right panel, labeled 'How unredacting the files in microsoft word actually looks like,' shows a shirtless, bearded man casually using a desktop computer with a mouse, presenting an ordinary, unglamorous scene. The meme humorously highlights the discrepancy between media sensationalism and the actual simplicity of unredacting text in Microsoft Word.

News Reporters vs. Actual Microsoft Word Unredacting

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A three-section meme using animated scenes from 'The Simpsons'. The top section contains the text 'Say the line Bart!', a reference to a common trope where characters prompt Bart to deliver a specific line. The middle section features a news-like text overlay: 'Attack in Australia: Suspected perpetrator was known to authorities,' which serves as the 'line' being referenced. The bottom section shows Bart Simpson in a classroom surrounded by classmates, likely reacting to the prompt, with the scene emphasizing anticipation or chaos typical of Simpsons classroom settings.

Simpsons 'Say the Line Bart!' Meme with Australia Attack Reference

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A social media meme featuring a news headline and a photograph of a police dog. The headline reads 'Doggy school dropout: police dog fired for being too friendly' with a link to wsvn.com. Below the headline is an image of a brown and black dog wearing a blue police vest labeled 'GAVEL', lying on the ground with a sad, dejected expression, head resting on the grass. Under the photograph is a user comment from 'KevDaK' (@BlacknMild) stating 'They dont deserve you anyway', expressing sympathy for the dog.

Police Dog Fired for Being Too Friendly - They Don't Deserve You Anyway

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A two-panel collage image. The left panel shows a man climbing into a caged lioness's enclosure, with stone walls and greenery in the background. The right panel depicts a bloodied lioness lying on the ground, appearing intense with visible injuries on her legs and mouth. Below the panels is text stating: 'The caged lioness who mauled a man to d€@th after he entered her enclosure in Brazil will not be euthanized.' Watermarks 'WeiraWorld' and '@weirdworldinsta' are present at the bottom.

Caged Lioness Who Mauled Man in Brazil Will Not Be Euthanized

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The meme features a collage combining a news tweet and animated characters. The top section shows a tweet from Metro UK (@MetroUK) with the text: 'A group of penguins broke out of a zoo enclosure in Denmark,' accompanied by three real-life photos: penguins walking through a corridor, their footprints on the floor, and more penguins moving through a narrow space. Below the tweet, there are four animated penguins from the 'Madagascar' franchise—Skipper, Kowalski, Rico, and Private—posing with mischievous and confident expressions, arms crossed or waving. The humor lies in juxtaposing the real penguin escape with the famously clever and rebellious animated penguins, implying the real birds might be just as cunning as their fictional counterparts.

Penguins Break Out of Danish Zoo, Just Like Madagascar's Mischief Makers

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A satirical meme depicting a throne room scene where a central, authoritative figure sits on a grand throne labeled 'Getting news from memes' at the top. Below the throne, smaller, subservient figures are labeled with various traditional and social media news sources: 'news on X', 'On meta', 'On LinkedIn', 'news from news websites', and 'news from TV'. The composition uses visual hierarchy to humorously suggest that memes have become the dominant or most trusted source of news compared to other platforms and media. The art style is illustrative, with a dark, regal color palette emphasizing the throne's importance.

The Hierarchy of News Sources: Memes Reign Supreme

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A social media post screenshot, likely from Twitter/X, featuring user @Rothmus (with a verified badge) who posted 'This is the way.' Below the post is a collage of four images: a close-up of a gavel and scales of justice (symbolizing the legal system), a person in a red hoodie appearing sad with their head resting on their hand, a blonde woman in a room, and another indistinct scene. At the bottom, a red 'News Now' banner displays the headline: 'Republican Pushes Bill To Hold Judges Accountable For Releasing Violent Repeat Criminals.' The post combines political commentary with visual elements related to law and emotional imagery.

Republican Bill to Hold Judges Accountable Meme

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A screenshot from a news broadcast featuring a woman in a dark blazer with an orange scarf and an AIDS ribbon pin, speaking at a podium. Overlaid text at the bottom reads 'NO BURIAL, ONLY CREMATION JAPAN SAYS NO TO MUSLIM CEMETERIES, NET REACTS IN SHOCK'. A watermark 'the news vala' is present in the top right corner, and a speaker icon is in the top left.

NO BURIAL, ONLY CREMATION JAPAN SAYS NO TO MUSLIM CEMETERIES, NET REACTS IN SHOCK

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