Humoring the headlines: January 28, 2017

By Laurie Baron

Laurie Baron

SAN DIEGO−Since the dishonest media never anticipated a Trump victory, the TV networks are developing programs relevant to the new reality in the United States.

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The Voting Dead:  Illegal aliens animate the bodies of dead people to eat the brains of real citizens so they will vote for a brainless president.

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Muck Dynasty:  An apocalyptic dystopia evolves when two climate change deniers are appointed to direct the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy.

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Dome Land: When building a wall on the Mexican border fails to stop drug traffic and illegal immigration, the president builds a dome around the United States to assure homeland security.

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Crazy Ex-General: Sitcom about the outrageous conspiracy theories a presidential adviser peddles to his gullible boss who bases his decisions on them like closing down all pizza parlors.

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Whose Lie is It Anyway?  A gameshow in which contestants try to guess which of the president’s advisors authored the latest executive order, press release, and tweet.

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Women: The sequel to Girls.  Hannah and her friends order a copy of the Indivisible manual and organize demonstrations against the outlawing of abortion and contraception.

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The Americans?  The Russians recruit a sympathetic President and Secretary of State to condone Russian expansionism in return for making Russia profitable for American investors.

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Baron is professor emeritus of history at San Diego State University. He may be contacted via lawrence.baron@sdjewishworld.com   San Diego Jewish World points out to new readers that this column is satire, and nothing herein should be taken literally.