News Limerick: Wisconsin Recount - November 18, 2020

They'll count for the cost of three million
And that's an expensive cotillion
They'll all dance their parts
But end near their starts
And Trump will become a civilian

Trump campaign requests partial Wisconsin recount, deposits $3 million to challenge Biden victory

News Limerick: Student of History - November 14, 2020

Think World War Two time Germany
Were socialists?! No, that can’t be!
That’s crazy at batsh*ts
Those Nazis were fascists!
I’m smarter than Senator T

Incoming GOP Senator Apparently Doesn’t Know Basics of World War II

News Limerick: November 13, 2020

A president sitting there sulking
Is nothing else shy of insulting
Since votes are now in
It’s Biden whose win
Unseated this wannabe dull king

As Trump stews over election, he mostly ignores the public duties of the presidency

News Limerick: Royal Family Feud

Seems Harry and Meg want to quit
And soon from the crown they will split
But stealing the show?
The queen didn’t know!
And now they are both in deep trouble

Harry and Meghan aim to ‘step back’ as senior royals and split time between Britain and North America

News Limerick: March 5, 2019

There’s trouble for Justin Trudeau
While not quite illegal it shows
When leaders do wrong
The oversight’s strong
At least up in Canada, no?

How Justin Trudeau Was Ensnared by Scandal: A Corruption Case and ‘Veiled Threats’

News Limerick: March 1, 2019

“My son-in-law’s working for me
Security clearance for he!
Some worries, you say?
Just shove them away!”
He said to the powers that be

Trump directed officials to give Kushner security clearance

News Limerick: February 28, 2017 (Cohen)

With papers provided by Cohen
It seems there’s some things quite worth knowing
But how ends this mess
Is anyone’s guess
It’s clear there’s a changing wind blowing

5 Revelations From Cohen: 2017 Checks, 'Catch-And-Kill,' Possible Book Deal

News Limerick: February 28, 2019 (North Korea)

The limelight’s a thing Trump’s enjoyed
With bluster he’s frequently toyed
But with no deal reached
Momentum’s been breached
I bet that he’s feeling Hanoi’d

Trump-Kim Summit Updates: ‘Sometimes You Have to Walk,’ Trump Says as Talks Collapse

News Limerick: February 7, 2019

Virginia’s a trio of scandal
It may just be too much to handle
From blackface to sex
One wonders what’s next
They’re burning all sides of the candle

Democrats face meltdown in Virginia as racial and sex charges confront party leaders

News Limerick: January 26, 2019

The shutdown had got my head spinning
It ends a month after beginning
But as for the wall
He got nothing at all
I guess he was tired of winning

Trump Signs Bill Reopening Government for 3 Weeks in Surprise Retreat From Wall

News Limerick: January 25, 2019

They indicted that guy Roger Stone
Who for crimes he has done must atone
But when all’s said and done
Things have still just begun
For they don’t think he acted alone

Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone indicted by special counsel in Russia investigation

News Limerick: January 24, 2019

There’s two presidents in Venezuela
Which I fear may distress mi abuela
For when invites are sent
Someone’s time will be spent
Thinking who to invite to the gala

A-Voting

[To the tune of "A-roving"; clean and G-rated, if slow tempo, version here]

Election Day, it’s time to vote
Mark well what I do say
Election Day, it’s time to vote
Unless you are a giant dolt

     (Chorus)
It’s time to go a-voting, Election Day!
A-voting, a-voting I’ll fill my ballot with black pen
It’s time to go a-voting, Election Day!

I looked up all the candidates
Mark well what I do say
I looked up all the candidates
Found some were sane and some were nuts

(Chorus)

I went into my polling place
Mark well what I do say
I went into my polling place
For I had studied every race

(Chorus)

They handed me my ballot then
Mark well what I do say
They handed me my ballot then
And to the booth I gladly went

(Chorus)

I filled my ballot out with care
Mark well what I do say
I filled my ballot out with care
For that’s the reason I was there

(Chorus)

When I was done I checked it twice
Mark well what I do say
When I was done I checked it twice
There’d be no rolling of the dice

(Chorus)

I put my ballot in the box
Mark well what I do say
I put my ballot in the box
And got a sticker! Voting Rocks!

(Chorus)

News Limerick 7/4/2013

In bidding goodbye to old Morsi
We shouldn't get on a high horsy
Important to note
He won in the vote
It's just that the people abhors he

Egypt swears in supreme court chief justice Adly Mansour as interim president after Mohammed Morsi removed by military

News Limerick: 7/3/2013

They act like the state is their chapel
As difficult issues they grapple
Sharia in courts!
Abortion extorts!
For crazy, they rank number apple

Senate tacks sweeping abortion legislation onto Sharia law bill

New Limerick 7/1/2013

The U.S. is listening in
Which some folks might say is a sin
But we can surmise
That everyone spies
And doesn't that make us all kin?

On defense for reportedly bugging EU offices, US says it gathers same threat data as allies

News Limerick 6/26/2013

She spoke for ten hours alone
Objections against her were thrown
Her tactics still worked
And Perry's now irked
The fate of the bill is not known

Texas Vote Passing Abortion Bill Is Rendered Moot

News Limerick 6/24/2013

He brought the news out in the sun
So now he is off on the run
He picks his stops well
It's like he can tell
Where U.S. relations are shunned

Russia defiant as U.S. raises pressure over Snowden

News Limerick 6/17/2013

The election is done in Iran
And the winner's a moderate man
He seems shocked with his win
Now he's set to begin
Giving rights he's proposed in his plan

Hassan Rowhani, cleric known as a pragmatist, wins Iran election

News Limerick 6/12/2013

It may seem like it's all just a plot
Meant to monitor what we have thought
But we may have it wrong
It's been George all along!
Now we see how his book has grown hot

NSA surveillance puts George Orwell's '1984' on bestseller lists