War Powers Resolution Tops Google Trends After Voters Discover It’s Not a Congressional Budget for Laser-Guided Water Balloons
History buffs and late-night Twitter comedians are having a field day as the “War Powers Resolution” suddenly trends hotter than a TikTok dance challenge. The irony? Most people are Googling it thinking it’s a new Marvel superhero team-up, only to find it’s the 1973 law that lets Congress argue with the President about who gets to launch the really expensive fireworks. The meme gold comes from the collective realization that this nearly-50-year-old resolution—designed to stop endless wars—has been used about as effectively as a screen door on a submarine. Cue the memes of Uncle Sam pointing at a calendar, captioned, “You meant to send troops in for 90 days... it’s been 20 years.” The new viral hashtag, #WarPowersWhoDis, is now battling the latest cat video for the soul of the internet.