The Onion Editorial Board on Friday, in an open letter (“Congress, Now More Than Ever, Our Nation Needs Your Cowardice”):
Who will stand up for our democracy? This question, fraught in even the most peaceful times, has only grown more pressing as our country approaches its 250th anniversary. Each passing day brings growing assaults on essential liberties like freedom of speech and due process. Meanwhile, our delicately assembled legal system faces a constant barrage of threats. Even as this issue reaches publication, the U.S. military has been deployed against peaceful protestors. We teeter on the brink of collapse into an authoritarian state. That is why, today, The Onion calls upon our lawmakers to sit back and do absolutely nothing.
Members of Congress—now, more than ever, our nation desperately needs your cowardice.
The Onion also placed this as a full-page ad in Sunday’s print edition of The New York Times (a fitting choice, as the do-nothing paper of record) and sent physical copies to each member of Congress.
One of many reasons I subscribed to The Onion.