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Melania Enters White House Tech Summit Alongside Humanoid Robot—And Here Come The Jokes
Mar 26, 2026
Melania Trump and a robot walk into a room and everyone asks, "How can you tell which one's the robot?"
It sounds like a bad joke, but it actually happened.
At a White House press conference on Wednesday, First Lady Melania Trump showed up with a humanoid robot, named Figure 03, developed by robotics firm Figure AI.
After entering through wooden doors flanked by American flags, Melania Trump and the humanoid walked slowly, side by side, along the red carpet towards the East Room entrance. The FLOTUS stopped at the entrance while the robot walked around the table, where panelists were seated, and took up a position in the center of the room.
The press conference took place on the last day of the White House's "Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit" as part of Melania Trump’s "Be Best" initiative.
Launched during President Trump’s first term, the hypocritical original Be Best focus on being nice on the internet to people—like the "most bullied person in the world" Melania Trump—was swapped with a more brand partnering-friendly focus on education and technology.
The summit focused on AI applications in educational technology and convened first spouses and officials from 45 nations, including participants from France (Brigitte Macron), Ukraine (Olena Zelenska), Kenya (Mama Rachel Ruto), and Israel (Sara Netanyahu).
The FLOTUS's entrance can be seen here:
Figure 03 addressed summit attendees before the First Lady entered, saying:
"Thank you, first lady Melania Trump, for inviting me to the White House. It is an honor to be at Fostering the Future Together's global coalition inaugural meeting."
"I'm Figure 03, a humanoid built for the United States of America," it continued. "I am grateful to be part of this historic movement to empower children with technology and education. Welcome."
It then repeated a similar greeting in 10 different languages. Figure 03 then left the room the same way it came in as Melania Trump joined the panelists at the table.
People first thought the videos and photos were more White House AI propaganda, as the Trump administration has a habit of sharing them.
I thought this was an Onion headline
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— Victoria Ying (@victoriaying.com) March 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
But after learning the videos and images were real, the jokes started rolling in on social media.
It was like there were proverbial fish in the barrel and Melania Trump handed the internet a gun.
Creepy twins
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— Paul Leigh -Some Rascal on the Internet (@pleightx.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 6:33 AM
BREAKING: after Melania Trump unveiled the world's first AI-powered robot at the inaugural Fostering the Future Summit this morning at the White House - the First Lady nor the robot have been seen since.#Melania
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— Paulley Ticks (@tomadelsbach.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 5:08 PM
whoa, check out this soulless automaton and also a robot is there
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— Microplastics Sommelier (@leastactionhero.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Racist birther trash Melania showcased a talking humanoid robot today which appeared more human that she does. She showed more respect to a robot than the human children who were placed in cages by her disgusting husband that she mocked and insulted. What a repugnant scumbag.
— Ricky Davila (@therickydavila.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Replacing teachers with "humanoid educators" serves the Epstein class not only by facilitating indoctrination but also by eliminating teaching as a path to upward mobility and union solidarity (both of which threaten billionaires' power). www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
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— Jess Calarco (@jessicacalarco.com) March 25, 2026 at 10:37 PM
she is so done with Donald
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— Papakila (Chief Chief Antifa) (@papakila.bsky.social) March 25, 2026 at 7:28 PM
After MAGA Republican President Donald Trump's Mehmet Oz suggested AI was the answer for rural hospital and clinic closures, First Lady Melania Trump suggested AI was the answer to teacher shortages—almost as if the Trump administration had personal enrichment deals with AI technology corporations or the billionaire tech bros that own them.
Representatives from companies such as OpenAI, Microsoft, xAI, Meta, Palantir, Adobe, Google, and Zoom Communications attended to pitch their wares.
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White House's Post About Going Back To The Moon To 'Stay' Has Everyone Thinking The Same Thing
Mar 26, 2026
The White House was widely mocked online after sharing a post on X about their goal of bringing Americans back to the Moon and making sure they "stay," a declaration that prompted many to suggest the Trump administration should stay there while they're at it.
It all started when NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman wrote the following on X:
"To return Americans to the Moon, NASA is shifting to an iterative, execution-focused approach – just as we did during Apollo. We are standardizing rocket architecture, embedding NASA expertise across industry, and increasing launch cadence to support sustained lunar operations."
"We are sending a demand signal for crewed missions beyond Artemis V, with at least two providers capable of bringing astronauts to the surface every 6 months. The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay. America will never give up the Moon again.”
You can see his post below.
Isaacman’s post came as NASA officials unveiled plans to speed up lunar missions, including testing nuclear-powered spacecraft in space and outlining upcoming scientific projects aimed at maintaining the United States’ lead in the emerging race to the Moon. The agency said the shift is intended to align its work with the U.S. National Space Policy.
Released last December, the policy directs NASA to return astronauts to the Moon, reshape the nation’s role in commercial space operations and maintain global leadership in space exploration. On Tuesday, NASA detailed a phased strategy to build a permanent lunar base.
The White House shared the following response to Isaacman's post accompanied by a graphic reiterating that "America will never give up the moon again":
"The goal is not just to reach the Moon, but to stay."
You can see their post and the graphic below.
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Which prompted many to suggest the same thing—maybe the best way for the White House to not "give up" the moon would be if its officials stayed there and never came back.
The Trump administration hopes astronauts will eventually be sent to support a continuous human presence, shifting from short missions to a permanent base on the moon.
To support the effort, NASA has already signed partnership agreements with Italy and Canada and expects additional contributions in areas such as habitation, surface mobility and logistics. A December executive order calls for a permanent lunar outpost by 2030 that could support sustained operations on the Moon and help prepare for future missions to Mars.
As part of the shift, NASA is pausing plans for the Gateway space station to prioritize development of the lunar base. Gateway, previously targeted for a 2027 launch, had been designed as an orbital hub for astronauts, research and cargo supporting longer missions to the Moon and eventually Mars.
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James Talarico Has Perfect Response To Hegseth's Pastor Who Prayed For His Death On MAGA Podcast
Mar 26, 2026
Texas Senate nominee James Talarico spoke out after MAGA podcaster Joshua Haymes and pastor Brooks Potteiger—who counts Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth among his congregants—prayed that "God kills" Talarico.
Earlier this month, Talarico pulled off an upset against Texas Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett, who has urged Democrats to support his candidacy as the 2026 midterm season kicks off.
Talarico is openly Christian—and that's not enough for the MAGA faithful and Christian nationalists like Haymes, who said he hopes "God kills" Talarico to make a statement.
Haymes said:
"You're not called to love the barbarian horde that is planning to break into your city and pillage, plunder, rape, and mutilate you and your people. You don't love that horde. This is where you pray ... 'Destroy them. God, make them as dung on the ground.'"
"I pray that God kills him. Ultimately, that means killing his heart and raising him up to new life in Christ. That's the first thing."
Potteiger replied with a hope that Talarico could be martyred like Saul of Tarsus, also known as Paul the Apostle:
"We want him crucified with Christ. I want him to be Saul of Tarsus, Talarico of Tarsus. That's what I want."
Haymes agreed, adding:
"Yes, we want death and new life. If it would not be within God's will to do so, stop him by any means necessary."
You can hear what they said in the video below.
Talarico has openly opposed Christian nationalism, once referring to it as "the worship of power—social power, economic power, political power, in the name of Christ." He has condemned the way Christian nationalists have warped the teachings of Jesus, turning him "into a gun-toting, gay-bashing, science-denying, money-loving, fear-mongering fascist."
And he condemned it further with a response more graceful than one would expect, directing the following message at Potteiger in particular:
"Jesus loves. Christian Nationalism kills. You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you. I love you more than you could ever hate me."
You can see his response below.
Many appreciated his response and criticized Potteiger and Haymes themselves.
Despite there being video footage of Potteiger's remarks, he nonetheless claimed in a social media post that the story is “false” and gave some “clarifying thoughts.”
Talarico has said legislators must "codify Roe v. Wade and protect access to contraception and IVF so that families can get the reproductive care they need and so that women are no longer dying needlessly due to Texas’ dangerous abortion ban."
Potteiger took this to mean that Talarico "joyfully advocates for the right for babies to be murdered in the womb" and "knowingly twists the Scriptures to suggest God supports the murder of babies.”
He said the Bible’s imprecatory psalms give believers language to oppose the plans of “evildoers,” adding that God “even says so in capital terms.” Referring to Talarico, Potteiger said he prays that “the 'old man' would die” within him, describing the lawmaker as one of “those who celebrate baby murder.”
Potteiger insisted the journalists who reported on his remarks "misunderstood" points he made about salvation—which is exactly the sort of gaslighting we've come to accept from the Christian nationalist wing of the MAGA movement.
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Video Of Anna Kendrick And Kieran Culkin's Uncomfortable Reaction After Interviewer Called Michael Cera 'Unattractive' Resurfaces
Mar 25, 2026
It’s the kind of interview moment that makes your skin crawl—and somehow, it only gets worse the longer it lingers.
Flash back to 2010, when Scott Pilgrim vs. the World was in full press junket mode, and its cast—Anna Kendrick, Kieran Culkin, and Michael Cera—were making the usual promotional rounds.
The Edgar Wright-directed film, adapted from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels, centered on Cera’s Scott Pilgrim, an aspiring musician tasked with defeating the seven evil exes of Ramona Flowers in order to date her.
Kendrick and Culkin, who played Stacey Pilgrim and Wallace Wells, respectively, were mid-interview when things took an unexpected turn. Instead of sticking to the film, the interviewer veered directly into commentary about Cera’s appearance, setting up a moment that still feels jarring more than a decade later.
The interviewer’s blunt setup caught both actors off guard:
“By rights, he should be really unattractive. What is it that makes him into some sort of sex magnet?”
The reaction was immediate and uncomfortable. Culkin paused, turning to Kendrick before repeating a single word back in disbelief.
Culkin questioned the premise in real time:
“Unattractive?”
Rather than walking it back, the interviewer doubled down, pushing the moment further into awkward territory.
“I mean, look at him. He’s a nerdy, you know, beanpole of a man.”
Kendrick broke into an uneasy laughter that read as both surprised and unsure of how else to respond, while Culkin kept his composure and offered a simple counter: “I think he’s cute.”
Agreeing with him, Kendrick quipped back:
“I like a good beanpole…”
I read that as her opting for humor rather than engaging with a question that had already gone off the rails. Even then, the moment didn’t quite recover. The interviewer pressed again—“Really?”—stretching the exchange just long enough to make the discomfort linger.
You can watch the awkward moment here:
this is fucking me up so bad why would the interviewer say this omg pic.twitter.com/VHvDCdLtNq
— #MATTNATION (@PATELICIOUSXO) March 19, 2026
Back then, this probably just blended into the chaos of early-2010s press junkets: fast, messy, and full of interviewers trying to make a moment. Watching it now, though, it hits differently, especially considering how Scott Pilgrim vs. the World has been reappraised over time.
The film only made $48 million against a $60–85 million budget in 2010, but that wasn’t the end of the story. In the years since, it’s grown into a full-on cult favorite, with audiences embracing its style, humor, and video game-inspired energy.
That resurgence carried into 2023 with Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, a Netflix animated series that brought back the original cast—including Cera, Kendrick, and Culkin—to voice their characters. The series earned critical acclaim and reintroduced the franchise to a new wave of viewers.
Against that backdrop, the resurfaced clip has taken on new life online. Shared widely across X and Instagram, it’s sparked a wave of reactions focused less on the film and more on the interview itself—specifically, how casually the comment was delivered and how visibly uncomfortable the actors appeared in response.
Take a look at the reactions below:
Known for projects like Superbad, Arrested Development, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and Barbie, Cera has built a reputation around a very specific kind of presence: awkward, understated, and compelling. It’s a style that has aged in his favor, as audiences have increasingly embraced Cera’s performances that lean into vulnerability over traditional leading-man polish.
And Cera's career has definitely aged better than the 2010 interviewer's remarks. He is currently directing his first feature, an absurdist comedy starring Pamela Anderson, Steve Coogan, and Jamie Dornan.
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Video Of Stephen Miller And Kash Patel Trying To One-Up Each Other With Their Fawning Praise Of Trump Is Giving Us The Ick
Mar 25, 2026
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and FBI Director Kash Patel had people cringing hard after they tried to one-up each other with their glowing praise of President Donald Trump during a roundtable about crime and public safety on Monday in Memphis, Tennessee.
Trump, who signed an executive order in September creating a task force dedicated to crime in Memphis, spoke in terms that gave insight into how his administration will use Memphis as a testing ground for its initiatives fighting urban crime.
But things got weird when both Miller and Patel fawned over the president while making clear to audience members they believe Trump—and only Trump—can keep America "safe."
Miller said:
"What President Trump is doing—not just in D.C. but all over the country—ultimately it will save and is saving tens of thousands of American lives. ... What President Trump is doing on border security and public safety is a national miracle that will be studied not only for generations but for centuries to come."
Trump laughed and thanked Miller before he challenged FBI Director Kash Patel to "top that," adding:
"I don't know, that's a tough one, Kash."
Patel responded:
"That is tough. You know, Mr. President, as I look around I see and am reminded why we have the greatest warriors on God's green earth: the men and women serving in uniform, the men and women serving and wearing the badge, our law enforcement, our police, our sheriffs in Tennessee."
"I'm reminded that Americans exist to protect this country and they've done it, day in and day out, like we've done it here. But what we didn't have was you. We didn't have a commander-in-chief who backed the blue, who funded and resourced the blue, who funded the military, to do whatever it takes to safeguard every single life."
"And here in Memphis, Tennessee, you have put on a show for the world. You have allowed us to go out there and capture gangbangers, rapists, murderers, drug dealers, at record, historic levels. And for me, a first generation Indian-American kid whose parents who fled a genocide in East Africa, to become the ninth director of the FBI, I'm living the wildest dream you could possibly imagine, sir."
"That's thanks to you. But more importantly, what I see when I look out at our great partners here, in our agency, in our legislators, in our prosecutors, our great attorney general who has the guts to go out there and make arrests and turn them into prosecutions that put people in prison, you are...you are giving that dream to every single child in the state of Tennessee."
And he wasn't finished:
"You are inspiring the nation and law enforcement to come up and wear the badge and wear the colors of this country and safeguard our men and women for generations to come. This is an enduring mission, Mr. President, because you've made it enduring. It's going to go on for generations to come."
"They're going to try to achieve what you've achieved, like what Stephen said, in one short year, and they're going to be doing it for decades because America was smart enough to elect you as our commander-in-chief. So while we're out there, fighting for the dreams of our children, just know, Mr. President, how many millions of dreams, like mine, are going to be lived thanks to your brilliant leadership."
"Mr. President, thanks for delivering America the safest, safest, safest country on God's green earth."
You can watch what happened in the video below.
People were very weirded out by the display.
Remember, MAGA's a cult—and a vehicle for Trump's narcissism.
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