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Man can't make any statement without mentioning 911
This political cartoon is 5 years old
I hope they plant him in the weeds next to Ivana.
Rhode Island passed a law banning mandatory anti-union employee meetings. Union-busting law firm Littler Mendelson held a webinar for employers about the law. And they essentially told employers... to break the law! We got the transcript and the PowerPoint: prospect.org/justice/2025...
I don’t give a fuck if his hands look like grayscale rotisserie chickens left too long under the warming lamp at Costco… when the leader of the free world vanishes into the Mar-a-Lago ether for half a week, the American people deserve to know if he’s still upright. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
donald trump has been convicted of more felonies than 99.9% of Washington DC residents.
Thoughts and prayers.
This is worth sharing far and wide. Federal Employees and contractors oral history project. Im not involved in this. Just got the link, idea seems to be to create a record of the assault on the American Repuvlic after Jan 2025. www.fecohp.org
A man would come by the newspaper stand everyday. He’d look carefully, then shrug his shoulders and walk on. One day the news seller finally asked, “what are you looking for?” The man said “the obituaries.” “Oh those are in the back of the papers, my friend.” “Not the one I’m looking for.”
Would some enterprising reporter please ask Dick Cheney if he still thinks the Unitary Executive Theory is a good thing? @joshtpm.bsky.social @ddayen.bsky.social @samseder.bsky.social @marcelias.bsky.social
The damage this man has done is incalculable.
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is not seeking reelection in 2026: www.cnn.com/2025/08/29/p... Iowa swung hard to the right starting in 2016, but the 3 special elections that have happened in Iowa so far in 2025 have swung toward Dems by 22, 24, & 26 percentage points. Two seats have flipped blue.
Science Friday did a piece on The Toxic Avenger’s enduring environmental relevance in my run and the new movie www.sciencefriday.com/articles/tox...
Don’t forget: Nationwide protest hosted by 50501 this Labor Day!
"Ashli Babbitt was a grown ass adult who made a series of conscious, ill-advised decisions to engage in treasonous behavior, and she got exactly what she deserved. She was a traitor. She was a threat to national security. There is no nuance needed here."
It's the furry one, right?
I hope she writes a sternly worded letter - that always seems to get results.
What tipped the scales?
You can indict a ham sandwich, but not the man throwing one.
Dear journalists: The President has not fired Lisa Cook. The President is *trying* to illegally fire her. Your words shape people’s reality. Please be accurate in your reporting.
If we ever get rid of Trump, and I am skeptical we will at this point, we can’t just “undo” what has happened. We will need to re-found the country. And I don’t even see us getting to that beginning.
JD Vance Asks National Guard Member If He Can Touch Gun https://theonion.com/jd-vance-asks-national-guard-member-if-he-can-touch-gun/
Liberals say that the United States has gone from being a democracy to being a dictatorship. They're wrong—it's gone from being a republic to being a dictatorship.
Some Monday morning thoughts from a Wall Street political analyst on Bloomberg News this morning: Democrats are likely to pick up 5 to 25 seats in the House and take back control. They have an outside chance of taking control of the Senate as well, with possible pick ups in Ohio, NC and Maine. 1/
Newsom’s Twitter troll is genius because pleading and crying in front of an authoritarian does nothing, but pointing and laughing enrages the authoritarian.
You gave the Nobel Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger
Look, either Gavin Newsom deeply believes the anti-trans rhetoric, or his political handlers have convinced him that supporting trans people lost Dems the 2024 election, but in either case, this is a bright line for me regarding 2028, and sure I appreciate the fight back in CA but this is not okay.
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego has been RELEASED from prison and is headed home to Maryland to be with his family. Judge Xinis has an order in place requiring a 72 hour notice if ICE decides to detain and deport him to a third country. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
EPSTEIN R U M P REPUBLICANS L AI PUTIN THIEL I NEOREACTIONARY A Z ICE S
A federal judge ordered that Alligator Alcatraz must be shut down in 60 days. Time to find out if the Supreme Court approves of concentration camps.
I wrote a story in the new issue of EC’s Catacomb of Torment, out today from @oni-press.bsky.social. Illustrated by Kano, “Hostile Architecture” imagines the (near?) future of hostile urban design meant to thwart sleeping, loitering, and skateboarding. Packed with TORMENT!!
It sure as fuck rhymes.
Omg, JD Vance getting heckled by people yelling ‘COUCH F*CKER’ as he visits Union Station to survey Trump’s militarization of D.C.
California has walked the walk on independent redistricting at the state level for 15 years. But we cannot unilaterally disarm while other states throw out the rules to gain power. With one vote, Californians can punch back and also demand nationwide independent redistricting.
In good news, Palantir’s stock is plummeting. Maybe we can speed up the crash of this dystopian company…? By exposing it and its fascist founder—Peter Thiel—so everyone knows they power ICE, fund genocide, and run the surveillance state… Find protests on 8/22 & 8/23 by @purgepalantir.bsky.social.
Hey everybody! @drjuliawester.bsky.social and I have a new paper! We surveyed over 800 scientists, science communicators, and science educators who use social media. Conclusion: Scientists no longer find Twitter useful or pleasant, and many have switched to Bluesky! 🧪🌎🦑 doi.org/10.1093/icb/...
dear democrats the president of the united states being pro slavery is a "kitchen table issue" to this black man
From rubber in Akron, autos in Toledo, aerospace in Dayton, and steel mills along the Ohio River, Ohio workers power this country. I'm in this race for them.
Pre-order this puppy from your local comic shop
"This isn't what I voted for" Yes it is. It's exactly what he said he was going to do. Now we can have a conversation about what's to blame for why you think it wasn't.
Outside Dupont north metro
Mamdani needs to win and win by a lot so the establishment understands people are done playing around and it carries over to the presidential primaries
That drives me crazy. Especially because it's so easy to get right.
Let That Sink In! 👇🏼👇🏽👇🏾👇🏼👇🏾
CA redistricting event has begun. A member of the California independent redistricting commission is here. She praises the maps they made and their competitiveness. "But these are extraordinary times and they call for extraordinary measures"
Oh I did the trading card for the latest issue. Our new character Fungirl, who everyone is going to love? Look at her
New issue out today!
Someone asked if I had plans for the fall. It took me a moment to realize they meant "autumn," not the collapse of civilization.
Chat GPT, write Green Eggs and Ham, but for AI. "I would not, could not, in Facebook; I would not, could not, even look..."
Trump thirsts for state violence against Black people. That's what he means when he says he's federalizing the police to "let them do whatever the hell they want." And a whole bunch of cowardly DC politicians seem really afraid to say that.
Fascism is here. We are not “getting closer” or “in danger of.” This matters because it frames our discussion: We aren’t trying to prevent it, we’re trying to defeat it. It’s not taking over our institutions, it’s taken them over. Otherwise, we’re always behind, fighting a past we’ve already lost.
Wondering how to help defend our democracy today? There's a visibility brigade event at 4pm over the I-5 at the Clairmont Dr overpass. Add your voice and be heard! www.mobilize.us/bethechanges...
DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.
We are seeing in real time why DC needs the full power and protection of statehood. Deploying the National Guard to a state without a request from state leaders is unlawful. The fact that he could do it in the capital city is a massive vulnerability to our entire national democracy.
... And that man is RFK Jr.
If you can pull a trigger on a dog, Kristi, you can survive a cartoon. If you can stand in front of people stripped of their dignity and call it “security,” you can handle a parody where your cheeks slide south faster than your hand down a married man’s pants. open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
He isn't kidding about a deep dive. Plus there's some killer pages in this article you can't see anywhere else.
Check out the first six pages of our new Toxic Crusaders comic—and get those pre-orders in with your comic shop by Monday! aiptcomics.com/2025/08/08/e...
RFK Jr. Recommends Eating Good Cancer To Kill The Bad Cancer theonion.com/rfk-jr-...
Hey, looks like we’re gonna go viral!
im really not joking about this. democrats need to pledge to tear down the ballroom. tear. it. down. not refurb or repurpose. tear it down. feel free to recycle the material, but it must be torn down.
"It’s not impossible that this will be like Trump’s firing of James Comey in 2017 — an arbitrary and impulsive decision but one in which Comey was replaced by a more or less normal career government prosecutor." Maybe not impossible, but damned close to inconceivable. Trump 2 v. different from 1.
Only in living memory? I think he's worse than that.
Best sign of the day at the “Rage Against the Regime” protest today, Aug 2nd
If PBS and NPR stations survive the shutdown of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, then they no longer have to give a shit if the federal government is upset with their coverage.
I always love when Alan Dershowitz pops back up
I treasure it, Matt.
I'm taking to the road for a little comic shop mini-tour while visiting family in Ohio this summer. Come out and say hi and get some comics signed! August 5 in Canton, OH August 6 in Akron, OH August 7 in Lakewood, OH Then August 13 at Knowhere Comics in Toronto!
Source: Strangest Facts via FB "Since adopting “Housing First” in 2008, Finland cut long-term homelessness by over 70% and saves about €15,000 per person annually—proving that unconditional housing and support can be both humane and cost-effective."💙
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Through George Dubya Bush and Karl Fucking Rove.
Please enjoy this compilation of Tom Lehrer's music, and may he rest in peace. youtu.be/UvS4h9Wjwgg
We had an album of his growing up and I still remember many of the song verbatim. Brilliant and entertaining. RIP
The carpetbagger Darrell Issa has got to go. Join Indivisible North County San Diego at his Escondido office 221 W. Crest at 9am. @indivisible.org @indivisible-ncsd.bsky.social @dailybeanspod.com
It's raining. Unrelated: ground is wet.
Hulk Hogan, Dead at 71. RIP Brother.
"Once you negotiate for your rights, you have already lost your fundamental dignity and are likely opening up a Pandora’s box of authoritarian abuse from which there may be no return."
I truly intended this just as an email and not a public thing but fuck it we ball. The New York Times is not alone in its culpability but it is deeply culpable and its near-monopoly status in our blighted American media ecosystem allows it to do what it does.
^Bill\ Clinton^Donald\ Trump
Today’s front page of The National, a Scottish newspaper.
Good job, Dems.
WGA statement on Paramount’s decision to cancel the Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
2:53 isn't nearly long enough for Alice's Restaurant...
prospect.org/justice/2025... "Elite impunity is actually one of the biggest problems facing society. It turns people away from a system that fails them, sends them into the arms of demagogues who promise to make it all right. "
Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia
Dear Andrew Cuomo, New Yorkers rejected you in the primary. And now you’re pressing them again to pick you? No means no.