Some readers have cited to me the occurrences of Scottish bagpipe players trolling Trump, and noted that I have tweeted (and Threaded, and Blueskied) jokes for years about protesters bringing bagpipes (and tubas and vuvuzelas), to various Trump campaign events, and his inauguration, and his military birthday parade.
(…I don’t know if you’ve noticed, dear reader, but I’m a pretty dedicated parodist of Donald Trump. I like to think I’m the most absurdist of his trolls with my sarcastic, juvenile aesthetic, and I thank everyone who shares my warped sense of humor and has welcomed my comedy into their doomscrolls.)
I didn’t necessarily inspire these musically noble Scots from last weekend directly, but I have made many jokes that have gone viral earning tens of thousands of likes and shares, and millions of impressions. As The Halfway Post and Halfway Café continue to grow I hope my halfway true graffiti news really does directly inspire general resistance to the demagoguery.
I hope it’s apparent that my ceaseless comedy comes from a place of real liberal conviction, and legitimate contempt for the unAmerican and literally unConstitutional things Donald Trump can’t help himself but do on a daily basis.
I’d say my sense of political humor is chiefly inspired by Jon Stewart and his iteration of The Daily Show through the Bush and Obama years, with his metamodern ability to bounce from serious moral outrage to poop jokes.
I’m also intrigued by my satirical medium of “graffiti news” on people’s daily scrolling, where readers come across one of my headline jokes and start to flip out until noticing the Halfway logo and name. It’s kind of like a reaction to Trump’s fascist “Fake News” concept: if Trump is going to call all the facts he doesn’t like “fake,” I will invent real fake news and call it fact. Welcome to my Dadaist revolution, baby!
And thank you for reading. If I make you laugh on a daily basis, consider becoming a paid subscriber here on Substack. I’m trying to turn making fun of Trump into my day job, and thanks to Substack’s subscription model that’s actually beginning to look like a possibility. I charge only $2.50/month, and I think I am prolific enough that that’s a great value for the literally hundreds of jokes I write every month.
Comedy is cathartic in fascist eras, so join my satirical resistance! 🥃
If you think Donald Trump is a joke, I published two books for you: Satire In The Trump Years and Satire In The Biden Years, available on Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and Kobo. Or, better yet, request your local library order a copy on their website.
I’ve also published three existentialist poetry books, Cabaret No Stare, Moon Goon, and Hotel Golden Hours available in print and on Kindle. A 4th poetry book, Nostradoofus, contains selections from the other three.
Because our social media platforms are being scrambled up by oligarchs, if you like my humor, diversify where you follow me so you never miss my jokes to interrupt your doomscrolling: Twitter, Bluesky, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, Spoutible, Medium, and Substack.
Browse my comedy portfolio, my graffiti news portfolio, and my poetry portfolio.
Or buy me a coffee if you want to help keep me caffeinated and amped to think up jokes about MAGA world!
The Halfway Post 
One thought