Friday edition · November 6, 2026Independent satire for an increasingly plausible world
Prickled HeraldReal News, I Think
The Daily EditionToday's front pageSatire, freshly filed and lightly singed.
Trending nowCapitol Installs Actual Legislative Razor Wire After Schumer PromiseWhite House Marks Iran Escalation Invite ‘Tentative’ After Checking MidtermsDow Soars 1,500 Points as Investors Celebrate Two Full Years of Nothing HappeningWhite House Releases Results of the Election Trump Would Have Won: 435–0Kansas Democrats Open Victory Supplies They Had Been Saving Since 1932Arena Wine Puts LeBron James’ Review on the Label: ‘It Was All Right’

The Prickled Herald: today's front page

A nearly empty New York Stock Exchange trading floor with rows of idle trading posts and monitors under blue NYSE signs.BreakingDow Soars 1,500 Points as Investors Celebrate Two Full Years of Nothing HappeningNovember 5, 2026Coils of razor wire along a chain-link security fence under a cloudy skyPoliticsCapitol Installs Actual Legislative Razor Wire After Schumer PromiseOpen daily appointment planner with blank time slots beside a cup of coffeePoliticsWhite House Marks Iran Escalation Invite ‘Tentative’ After Checking MidtermsA rainbow arcs over the North Lawn, fountain and red flower bed of the White House under grey storm cloudsPoliticsWhite House Releases Results of the Election Trump Would Have Won: 435–0

Watch the reels

See all →
Lottery Mails Woman Letter Saying She Would Have Won $3.1 MillionWhite House Releases Results of the Election Trump Would Have Won: 435–0State University Sends Abandoned-Cart Email For Nursing DegreeTeen Grounds Parents After Location Sharing Places Them At Unapproved Applebee'sToys for Tots Confirms It Would Have Rejected Vance Daughter's Donation AnywayGym Refuses to Cancel Membership Because Man Keeps Coming in to Cancel ItGrocery Store Loyalty Program Places Customer On Probation For Buying Store BrandFather Makes Fourth Hardware Store Trip Before NoonMother Announces Son's Engagement Before Son ProposesFlorida To Make All Drivers Blind Each Other Equally

The whole paper — Prickled Herald topic desk

A field guide to the almost believable.

Every desk, one shared raised eyebrow. Browse the stories our correspondents found where the headlines and the punchlines meet.

From the newsroom

The latest dispatches

November 2026

Don't Miss

Man With 57 Cats Finds Out He Is Not the Biological FatherAnimals · December 3, 2019Man With 57 Cats Finds Out He Is Not the Biological FatherDaytona Beach, FL – A man recently had some DNA tests to see if he was the actual father of 57 cats. David Lioni, 34, just...
Florida Teenager Outraged Because Hunting Isn’t Like the Video GamesFlorida Teenager Outraged Because Hunting Isn’t Like the Video GamesUncategorized · December 15, 2019Man’s Quest to “Quickly Check Email” Leads to 4-Hour Deep Dive into Obscure Wikipedia ArticlesMan’s Quest to “Quickly Check Email” Leads to 4-Hour Deep Dive into Obscure Wikipedia ArticlesLifestyle · September 6, 2024Grandma’s Wiener Dog Is Actually a Mobile Speed Camera, Authorities RevealGrandma’s Wiener Dog Is Actually a Mobile Speed Camera, Authorities RevealTechnology · January 28, 2026Labor Day Sales: Shoppers Fight Over Discounted Toasters, World Peace Still ElusiveLabor Day Sales: Shoppers Fight Over Discounted Toasters, World Peace Still ElusiveLifestyle · September 2, 2024New BMW Owner Discovers Turn Signals For the First TimeNew BMW Owner Discovers Turn Signals For the First TimeUncategorized · November 3, 2019Roomba holding a knife.Florida Man Fights Roomba in Walmart, Demands Trial by Combat for RefundLifestyle · April 5, 2025

Best of the Herald

NASA Confirms the Moon is Just ‘Really Far Away’ After BillionDollar StudyNewsNASA Confirms the Moon is Just ‘Really Far Away’ After Billion Dollar StudyNASA’s billion-dollar Lunar Distance Initiative has confirmed the Moon is really, really far away, after one scary week when the data suggested it was...
Congress Approves $500 Million to Study Why Congress Never Gets Anything DonePoliticsCongress Approves $500 Million to Study Why Congress Never Gets Anything DoneElon Musk Announces Twitter Users Can Now Pay $500 a Month to Make Him LaughPeopleElon Musk Announces Twitter Users Can Now Pay $500 a Month to Make Him LaughEagles Celebrate Super Bowl Win with Limited-Edition ‘Victory Steaks’ Featuring Chiefs’ TearsSportEagles Celebrate Super Bowl Win with Limited-Edition ‘Victory Steaks’ Featuring Chiefs’ TearsGreenland Prime Minister Asks Trump If He Can Buy Florida InsteadPoliticsGreenland Prime Minister Asks Trump If He Can Buy Florida Instead

Straight from the Dumpster

Fished out of the bin by our Trash Panda desk.

Dig deeper →
A couple in winter coats lingers on a front porch holding car keys and a casserole dish while two movers carry a couch past them; a SOLD sign stands on the lawn.Dinner Guests’ Goodbye at the Door Enters Hour Six; Hosts Sell House Around ThemA chestnut horse in a saddle stands on a sandy lot behind a white wooden fence, framed by fence rails in the foreground.Judge Rules ‘We’ll See’ Is a Binding Verbal Contract, Orders Parents to Buy Son a HorseA woman’s hand reaches across a wooden restaurant table with a fork toward a plate of pasta in front of another diner.Woman Who ‘Just Wants a Bite of Yours’ Hasn’t Ordered Her Own Meal Since 2008A shaggy dog waits on the front walk outside an open door, beside a stack of cardboard delivery boxes as a person in socks opens the front door.Dog Who Barked at Mailman for 9 Years Finally Catches Him, Now Runs the Route

More from the desks