Speaking truth to power through satire often demands speaking crazy to crazy. It's a fearless discipline that uses a form of humor to expose the idiocy, injustices and hypocrisy of awful people. It is, in fact, the only art that aims to offend those who are  themselves offensive.  

 

Yossarian Universal News Service (YU) understands this principle well. It was co-founded in 1980 by Paul Fericano. and Elio Ligi. two Italian American poets and satirists from the small press and literary world. They created YU News as a direct response to the Reagan presidency and its supply-side, folksy vacuity. From that early beginning YU evolved into several media portals dedicated to works of social and political satire, with a particular interest in the influence of religion, politics and popular culture on daily life.

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In the MAGA movement today, legions of awful people embrace a dark and dangerous vision of American democracy. By willfully choosing to remain stupid they become incapable of learning anything. Satire, throughout history, has clearly shown that the scoundrels who reject logic and proclaim truth to be whatever they choose to believe, not only need to be held accountable but deserve to be mocked.

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Satire. Get Smarter.