30 of the Funniest Tweets from the Week of October 16, 2023

It’s been quite the week. The revolving door at the top of the House of Representatives continues to spin. After Kevin McCarthy was ousted as Speaker of the House by his own party, North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry has been serving in the role on an interim basis. In the meantime, his fellow Republican lawmakers have been on the hunt for a full-time replacement. One man who won’t have to worry about assuming that position? Ohio’s Jim Jordan. Third time was not the charm for Jordan as he lost a secret ballot to remain nominee, forcing an already chaotic group of Republicans to regroup and figure out how to pivot once more. 

Another person who did a lot of speaking this week was pop star and Instagram knife dancer Britney Spears. The singer, who was finally released from the shackles of a controversial 13-year conservatorship in 2021, has a memoir due out next week, and the bits and pieces that have reached the internet make it seem all but destined to be a New York Times best-seller. From Justin Timberlake’s allegedly underwhelming penis to a tryst with Ireland’s most ran-through actor, Spears is ready to share the woman in her. 

The timeline made sure to have its say this week, too, and the tweets were as funny as ever — the best being those about a loudmouth fruit, a woman with worse luck than Elaine Benes and the Alphabet Mafia.