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No. 50

Rewrite Needed

Apparently all this time they were just optional

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“Rewrite Needed” by sketchier. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Rewrite Needed

The essay

A part of the MAGA cult loves placing the Ten Commandments in government buildings nearly as much as Trump enjoys plastering his name, well, everywhere. Which is strange because, hasn’t he broken a lot of them?

Here at Sketchier HQ we do the deep research on such questions so you don’t have to. And by deep, I mean asking more than one AI questions like, “how many of the Ten Commandments has Trump broken?”

Claude AI and GPT each concluded that Trump has broken nine of the Commandments. However, one thought he’d committed murder (blowing up boats and ending USAID) but was nice to his parents; the other thought the reverse. Grok AI thought he wasn’t a murderer and was nice to his parents so reported he’d broken eight out of 10.

You can make your own interpretation. For Rewrite Required I went with Trump meeting 1 out of 10, and being nice to his parents. This option struck me as being both accurate and absurd. And that, after all, is the way we roll at Sketchier HQ.

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P.S. For those who may not remember, the Ten Commandments (abridged) are:

  1. You shall have no other gods before Me

  2. You shall not make idols

  3. You shall not take the Lord’s name in vain

  4. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy

  5. Honor your father and mother

  6. You shall not murder

  7. You shall not commit adultery

  8. You shall not steal

  9. You shall not bear false witness

  10. You shall not covet

And yes, the President of the United States has arguably broken nine of them—and there’s a strong case he’s gone 10 for10. Makes one feel proud, doesn’t it?

P.P.S. 2025 is at long last coming to an end. It’s about time. I wish you a far better, more free and democratic 2026.