August 13, 2025 
Between ICE raids now permitted in schools and senators advocating for child marriage, registered sex offenders appointed to youth health initiatives, and church leaders calling to end voting rights for women, 2025 can feel a lot like we’re all living in the upside down.
And that’s just news from the last month.
Actual headlines sound like fake news, and fake news feels like a nostalgic memory of days past in the fever dream that is the current breaking news cycle.
Equestrian news is no exception.
The stories trending on social are so head-scratchingly batsh*t, it reads like satire. Only less fun. In case you’ve missed it, we’ve compiled the latest here for you. In quiz form.
Play the “Satire or Real Life (RL)? Horse sport edition” Quiz and see how well you filter fact from fiction!
If all that makes you want cower under the blankets and hide from the world, well, just know you’re not alone. We’d love to say that the sane adults are going to swoop in soon and set the world right. But in the immortal words of Taylor Swift, “You’re on your own, kid. You always have been.”
It’s up to us all to be a voice of reason in these chaotic times. And maybe, just maybe, we’ll get back to a place where absurdity is once again the punchline, and not the headline of the day.
(Seriously though, anytime the adults want to step in now would be great…)
