Every week, The Post will bring you our picks of the best one-liners and stories from satirical site the Babylon Bee to take the edge off Hump Day. Want more of a chuckle? Be sure to click the links.

Washington insiders confirmed that the party had held several closed-door meetings to try and figure out what the government shutdown was all about. READ MORE

Mamdani made the announcement at a rally on Saturday, assuring New York citizens that they would have equal opportunity to be placed in state-run gulags at no cost. READ MORE

“I’d like to thank God and the dude who signs my paychecks,” said star slugger Shohei Ohtani through a translator. READ MORE

At publishing time, online influencers had suddenly taken an interest in the genocide of Nigerian Christians after being told that Israel may be to blame. READ MORE