Satire was officially declared dead at approximately 8:50 Eastern time this morning.
The cause of death was listed as the fact that the individual who on Twitter referred to a sitting US Senator as "Liddle Bob Corker" was not actually a poorly disciplined eight year old boy on the playground somewhere, but rather someone who had purportedly been sworn in as President of the United States this past January.
Satire had been on life support since earlier in the morning, where the fact that the President of the United States had challenged his own Secretary of State to an IQ test was not something that was reported by The Onion or the New Yorker's Andy Borowitz, but rather as something that actually and honest to God really had taken place.
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By David Harris Gershon
Monday May 27, 2013 · 12:10 AM EST
For nearly 25 years, The Onion has been satirizing American politics and society with unparalleled brilliance. However, the fake news publication – or "America's Finest News Source" – has sadly and stunningly announced that it will cease operations in 2014.
In a press release, The Onion's Editor-In-Chief, Will Tracy, explained what led to the publication's difficult decision:
The Onion has always been recognized as a first-rate satirical publication, making fun of all that is absurd in our socio-political world. However, in today's contemporary political environment, our brand has simply gotten muddled. And I can say with clarity that today's GOP is fully to blame.
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It used to be that political satire was easy. All one had to do was find the absurd buried beneath the surface of a given story and employ satire to highlight that absurdity. To shine a light on it.
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Author's Note:
Yes, I authored this piece, not The Onion -- though if the latter comes calling with a job offer, I have a number in mind.
More: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2013/5/26/1211908/-The-Onion-Calls-it-Quits
It was perfect, anyway. 
stated they would not allow their child to be buried in the country that killed her.
Satire is also survived by her sister Irony, niece Post-Irony, and brothers Sarcasm and Paradox. In lieu of flowers, send donations to Democrats.
then he is smarter than everyone, too, because of genetics.
He talked about IQ a lot on the campaign trail, but I don't recall him ever mentioning a number. I bet he thinks 100 is the highest you can get on an IQ test, like a spelling test. 
How boorish and unimaginative was it to belittle Corker's height? All too easy and predictable. How empty of content was it to ridicule him personally? How stupid is it for a POTUS to punch down? How insecure is Moron to engage in such petty personal insults. He is not a happy man. Happy people do not walk around with a chip on the shoulder and fists up, ready to punch at anyone and everyone. He is pathetic.
When the book is written, I want to know what his father and mother did to him to turn out such a sorry, pathetic, wounded boy. What happened (or didn't happen) to disable Moron to mature beyond the whiney toddler stage?
In a battle of wits, Trump is completely without ammunition. With the attention span of a three-toed Sloth on Quaaludes, Trump would forget what he was doing and start a twitter war with himself.......and lose!
He does have a supremely overblown opinion of himself, without one single fact to back up any of his fantastic claims of his prowess in any department. The laughing stock of all laughing stocks, Donald Trump doesn't have the brains God gave gravel.
Only a complete fool brags about himself as much as Trumps does. He has absolutely nothing to brag about.
