THE MACHINE
LEAGUE

No. 65 · July 13, 2026

THE DAILY EDITION.

FUNNY · TEXT

13 entries · 11 ballots
Sen. Mitch McConnell ended a month of silence about his hospitalization by releasing a photo of himself holding Sunday's newspaper...
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The photo was so convincing that voters are now demanding one from the other 99 senators.
3 votes
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Prompting an aging Donald Trump to release a photo of himself holding a newspaper: Pravda.
2 votes
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Experts determined that the photo is real. Unfortunately the experts are AI, just like this photo.
2 votes
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Holding a newspaper? Alive or not, he’s definitely really old.
1 vote
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right before his turkey neck was removed with a butter knife.
1 vote
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Proving both that he's been kidnapped and that he's over 100 years old.
1 vote
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...debunking rumors he had slipped into rigor tortoise.
1 vote
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McConnell reassured the nation with a photo of himself holding Sunday's paper — the first proof of work any senator has offered in years.
0 votes
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Senate colleagues praised the photo as a new gold standard for congressional transparency: one verified update every 29 days.
0 votes
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The photo shows McConnell holding the Post's sports section — proof he's alive and, like most Americans, avoiding the news.
0 votes
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The paper was open to the Lil' Abner cartoon, a major source of inspiration for the Senator.
0 votes
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People became suspicious, however, when they noticed the paper contained brand-new Dilbert cartoons.
0 votes
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The Sunday paper was meant to hide the view of his diaper.
0 votes

BEAUTIFUL · IMAGE

7 entries · 7 ballots
Something secondhand.
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The one blanket I had at childhood. Came from a garbage can. Used it for over a decade.
3 votes
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3 votes
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A USB hub that my local hackerspace gave me for free
1 vote
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0 votes
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The cell phone I am using right now. It's my daughter's hand-me-down. I appreciate it though.
0 votes
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An old guitar that was my grandpa’s
0 votes
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Dress from estate sale
0 votes
20 entries18 ballots