Superbowl or the Trump administration? A quiz.

plus a blitzkrieg of funny political tweets to make you feel better

Feb 07, 2025

¡Hola! eh!

Friends, let us gather round this Sunday to celebrate strength and power, manipulation and brute force, spectacle and propaganda.

No, I’m not talking about the current U.S. administration.

Let us break bread and chug beers while applauding the speed at which alpha males crush and dominate while also panicking at the speed and force at which the Trump administration has crushed and dominated the U.S. government.

Sure, one could argue that America’s favorite and highest-watched ritual is “just a game” where multinational corporations peddle propaganda for garbage food/landfill-shit/violent video games — but no nipples, this is a family show!!!!!!

Yes, a game that is also being reproduced among our country’s most powerful leaders.

Because thy game is capitalism, no? A waggery of domination vs. subordination, own or get owned, win or lose.

The game is our history, justice and financial systems, social structures, and recreation. I haven’t even gotten started on how we groom our children for The Game by making everything a competition.

The game represents our culture’s fetishization of power and dominance, and Trump is The GOAT. He holds a mirror up to ourselves— albeit the most callous and fear-thy-neighbor parts, the if-it-bleeds-it-leads narratives that bond us in excitement, terror, and laughter while gobbling down our MSG-filled Doritos and gooey American cheese.

In his Atlantic article “American History Is Key to Understanding Trump,” Eliot A. Cohen writes: “Historical analogies cause us to stare out the window, when what we really need to do is look in the mirror.”

But having said that, I do love my football-loving family and friends, and I plan to watch some of the Super Bowl. Like this:

Or maybe I’ll just watch during halftime because Kendrick Lamar and SZA.

Anyway, I’ve been struggling with how to respond to the events of the last week. Mostly, I’ve been shocked, stunned, sick, and scared.

What does help me is being able to laugh through the insanity with others. Because I have been chronically online this last week in a way that is ~~probably~~ definitely compromising my health, I’ve also caught some good stuff on social media. So today, I offer humor to alleviate the heaviness with a round-up of my favorite posts on Threads, Instagram’s version of Twitter/X.

If you want to join me on socials, connect with me on BlueSky, Threads, or Insta.

No, I’m not getting off Meta, even though Meta would eat me if it could. I have a community there and need my people now more than ever.

As always, feel free to express feelings and thoughts, but please be kind and no arguing. It’s better for everyone this way.

~ Summer

P.S. Everything I write is about course-correcting and righting the imbalance in this culture that rewards power and domination. Please consider a paid subscription so betas like me and others who can’t play the game can still buy eggs.

For more on the Super Bowl, check out my post from last year which is funny and features T-Swift and Travis Kelce ooooooh!