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ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 months ago

Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal

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Think Tank Called ‘The Himmler Institute’ Assures Nation This All Legal

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ZeroCool@slrpnk.net to The Onion@midwest.socialEnglish · 4 months ago
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WASHINGTON—In an effort to assuage any fears over the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s flurry of executive actions, a D.C.-area think tank called The Himmler Institute reportedly assured the nation Monday that this is all perfectly legal. “We’ve studied the total legality of far-reaching executive actions for decades, and we can guarantee that everything happening […]
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    i think the onion is overestimating the general public’s 20th century history knowledge

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      General public maybe, onion readers maybe not.

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      Who cares, generalizing content for the masses is how you get the slop Onion was making before. This one is absolutely hilarious for those that know.

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      Something about the importance of knowing history and repeated doom or whatever.

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      I had a chortle, and then checked the prices for flights to Argentina.

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        getting on a plane seems ill-advised nowadays…

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          You’re right, I should take a Uboat.

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    I am at the point in life where sometimes I genuinely struggle to understand if a news headline is an onion post or not. What a time to be alive.

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