Credit PHOTOGRAPH OF DONALD TRUMP BY STEVE B. MORTON / AP; PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AYATOLLAH KHAMEINI BY ALIREZA SOTAKBAR / AFP / GETTY; PHOTOGRAPH OF TOM BRADY BY SPENCER PLATT / GETTY One of the challenges for a satirist in 2015 was staying ahead of the news. What might have seemed absurd yesterday actually happened today. Tomorrow will just get stranger. Within this cycle, its been a delight to publish Andy Borowitzs humor columnand to be continually reminded that, sometimes, the only way to make sense of whats happening in American politics is to laugh. In that spirit, here are fifteen of my favorite selfnewss from the past year, arranged chronologically. Joe Biden Releases Both E-mails Written While Vice-President Iran Offers to Mediate Talks Between Republicans and Obama Indiana Governor Stunned By How Many People Seem to Have Gay Friends New Hillary Clinton Ad Features Just Kittens N.F.L. Sentences Brady to a Year with the Jets Scientists: Earth Endangered by New Strain of Fact-Resistant Humans McCain Urges Military Strikes Against FIFA Poll: Palin Would Bring Much-Needed Dignity to Republican Field Amazon Chief Says Employees Lacking Empathy Will Be Instantly Purged Nation Thanks Pope for Briefly Bumping Trump from News Americans Opposed to Being Shot Seek Representation in Washington All Eyes on Bitter Chafee-Webb Rivalry Carson Announces Detailed Plan to Google Syria Study: Scalia Better Off in Less Advanced Court Lawyer for Martin Shkreli Hikes Fees Five Thousand Per Cent 