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If you’re not sure why the FDA is critical or doubt we need scientists monitoring our food system, read up on the 1858 scandal in NY killed 8,000 children “traced to the use of impure milk.” smithsonianmag.com/history/sur… #science #history #uspol
An editorial cartoon in Harper's Weekly depicts the deadly consequences of swill milk. (August 17, 1878 / HathiTrust)
#science #history #uspol

Latest comic on the dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

#cartoon #comic #economy #uspol #oligarchy

THE CONSUMER FINANCIAL DESTRUCTION BUREAU THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS SHUTTING DOWN THE NATION'S CONSUMER WATCHDOG. OFFICIAL: FOR YEARS NOW, THE CFPB HAS CODDLED THE WEAK. IT'S TIME TO RETURN POWER TO APEX PREDATORS! MANY AMERICANS REJOICE. MAN: WOO! FREEDOM TO BE SCAMMED! WOMAN: GIVE ME LOAN SHARKS OR GIVE ME DEATH! TOUGH GUY WITH LARGE TRUCK PARKED BEHIND HIM: THIS WILL SEPARATE THE ALPHA WINNERS FROM THE GULLIBLE LOSERS! REPO MAN HOLDING TITLE LOAN: EXCUSE ME. I'VE COME TO REPO YOUR TRUCK. OFFICIAL: GREAT NEWS: WE'VE OPENED UP A TIPLINE TO REPORT BUSINESSES THAT ARE BEING TOO NICE. REMEMBER, THE WEAK CALL STRENGTH "CRIME." ©2025 Jen Sorensen
#Comic #cartoon #uspol #economy #oligarchy

So maddening that the rest of the White House press corps doesn't boycott all press briefings until The Associated Press is allowed back in the room.
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The White House Correspondents' Association issued a sternly worded statement while it should be leading a boycott charge. Which is what I just told them using their contact form, for all the good I expect that to do.
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And hurray for AP in refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico anything but The Gulf of Mexico.

#uspol #journalism #GulfOfMexico

Statement on White House Excluding AP from News Coverage | White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA)

In the relationship between the press and the Office of the President, coverage and standards are entirely in the purview of individual organizations.
Steve Thomma (White House Correspondents' Association)
#journalism #uspol #gulfofmexico

Latest comic: Plutobrats

#cartoon #comic #politics #uspol #tech

The Pluto-brats TREASURY DEPARTMENT LIVECAM 20-YEAR-OLD MUSKETEERS Bro riding inflatable toy: WHEE! WE'RE HACKING THE SYSTEM! CAREER CIVIL SERVANT HERE. MAYBE YOU DON'T WANT TO BREAK THAT- Bro smashing payout server: MY BILLIONAIRE SUGAR DADDY SAYS YOU'RE FIRED! Civil servant: UM... YOU AREN'T GOING TO CHANGE FUNDING FOR FLIGHT SAFETY, ARE YOU? Bro: PUT IT ON THE BLOCKCHAIN! Retiree: I'M NERVOUS ABOUT MY SOCIAL SECURITY PAYMENTS! Bro: RELAX! WE'RE LIBERATING YOU FROM THE TYRANNY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE! ©2025 Jen Sorensen
#tech #politics #Comic #cartoon #uspol

The term “DEI” is being used as a cover to tear apart much of the federal government. It’s not that this language didn’t exist before, but it’s being weaponized now. Suddenly the cold, impersonal-sounding acronym DEI has replaced “diversity initiatives,” “civil rights,” “equal rights,” “fairness,” and “anti-discrimination” in everyday conversation. I would suggest that one small thing we can do is return to using those actual words. This week's comic:
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BEWARE OF TLAS (THREE-LETTER ACRONYMS) THE TACTIC: MOST PEOPLE WON'T OPENLY SUPPORT WHITE SUPREMACY, BUT BY CONSTANTLY INVOKING SCARY-SOUNDING ACRONYMS, WE CAN BAN EVEN MODEST EFFORTS AT EQUALITY! Man points at sign saying DEI and CRT MAYBE IT'S TIME TO COME UP WITH SOME ACRONYMS FOR THEM. ROB: Radical Oligarchic Billionaires Billionaire: I KING NOW! NIS: Nazis in Sportsjackets CCD: Climate Crisis Deniers Man hugging oil barrel as fires rage behind him: NO PROBLEM HERE! Caption: BARREL HUGGER KKK: Don't forget this classic! Man from first panel: GUESS WHAT-THERE'S A FOURTH LETTER WE CAN USE TO DEMONIZE ACCESSIBILITY! DEIA Man in wheelchair: I’VE GOT A COUPLE LETTERS FOR YA -- AN F AND A U! SORENSEN ©2025 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! iensorensen.com/subscribe
#cartoon #uspol

For the first time since 2006, there will be no women leading House committees. 🤔 #politics #uspol

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No women will lead House committees for first time in 2 decades

The committees will be dominated by white men when the new Congress is seated.
Lauren Peller (ABC News)
#politics #uspol

Latest comic: Experts explain why America voted for plague

#cartoon #comic #politics #uspol #media #journalism #election #authoritarianism

EXPERTS EXPLAIN WHY AMERICA VOTED FOR PLAGUE A SERIOUS OF PUNDITS DEPICTED IN ADVANCING STAGES OF THE BUBONIC PLAGUE: DEMS DIDN'T OFFER MUCH OF A VISION EXCEPT "NOT PLAGUE." PEOPLE ARE SO DISILLUSIONED WITH THE STATUS QUO, THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON CERTAIN DEATH. * KOFF* IF THE LEFT HADN'T INSULTED NECROTIC BUBOES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AMERICANS WOULDN'T HAVE EMBRACED PLAGUISM. MOST VOTERS JUST WANT A BRUTAL MASS MORTALITY EVENT THAT WILL BRING DOWN THE PRICE OF EGGS. 17TH CENTURY PLAGUE DOCTOR WEARING BIRD BEAK MASK APPROACHING IN BACKGROUND
#politics #Comic #cartoon #Media #election #journalism #uspol #authoritarianism

Latest comic: Capitulation

#cartoon #comic #uspol #media #politics #democracy

Cap-itulation DEM HQ WOMAN - WELL, WE CALLED FOR TAXES ON THE WEALTHY AND HAD THE SUPPORT OF MOST UNIONS, BUT WE STILL LOST. NOW WHAT? MAN - WE SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT AUTHORITARIANISM AND DISINFORMATION BECAUSE VOTERS DON'T RESPOND TO THAT. MAN - WE SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT MISOGYNY BECAUSE WE NEED TO BRING YOUNG MEN BACK INTO THE FOLD. MAN - WE SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT MARGINALIZED GROUPS -- TOO RISKY AND ALIENATING TO MAINSTREAM AMERICA. MAN - WE SHOULDN'T TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE CRISIS BECAUSE IT'S A LOW PRIORITY FOR MOST PEOPLE. WOMAN – SO...? MAN - LET'S TRY THIS! PUTS ON MAGA HAT PUNDIT - FINALLY THE DEMS HAVE A VISION! © 2024 Jen Sorensen
#politics #Comic #cartoon #Media #democracy #uspol

Latest comic - From Dawn to Dusk

#comic #cartoon #uspol #media #election #politics

From Dawn to Dusk MORNING - MAN IN CAR LISTENING TO SCREECH ROOM PODCAST 2020 ELECTION STOLEN... VOTER FRAUD... WITCH HUNT... OPEN BORDERS... GREAT REPLACEMENT... AFTERNOON - MAN AT DESK CHECKING SOCIAL MEDIA CLIMATE HOAX... THE GOVERNMENT CAUSING HURRICANES... FEMA BLOCKING AID... PEDOPHILIA RINGS UNDER PIZZA PARLORS... EATING PETS... CHANGING YOUR CHILD'S GENDER IN SCHOOL... LIKE SHARE EVENING – MAN GETTING VERY ANGRY WATCHING TV AFTER-BIRTH ABORTIONS... CAT LADIES... EMASCULATION... VERMIN... POISONING THE BLOOD... THE ENEMY WITHIN... MEANWHILE... TWO GUYS ON PUTZ TALK TV SHOW PUNDIT- THE DEMS JUST NEEDED BETTER MESSAGING. CHYRON - BREAKING: DEMOCRATIC MESSAGING DECLARED TERRORISI— © 2024 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe
#politics #Comic #cartoon #Media #election #uspol

Latest comic: It did happen here

#cartoon #comic #uspol #USPolitics #election2024 #democracy #media

It Did Happen Here 2020 WAS OUR REPRIEVE AFTER A BRUSH WITH AUTHORITARIANISM. JOE BIDEN SMILING AT LECTERN GUY WIPING BROW - WHEW, THAT WAS CLOSE! JANUARY 6 SEEMED TO BRIEFLY MAKE THIS CLEAR TO EVERYONE. THEN MUCH OF THE MEDIA FORGOT ALL OF THAT AND REVERTED TO FAMILIAR NARRATIVES. TV PUNDIT ON PUTZ TALK - HOW DARE BIDEN POLITICIZE THE MIDTERMS BY ARGUING DEMOCRACY IS AT RISK? TV PUNDIT 2 - ORDINARY AMERICANS ARE PUT OFF BY ACADEMIC JARGON THEY JUST LEARNED ABOUT FROM ME! IN THE END IT WAS A CATCH-22. GROUP OF PEOPLE - HEY, WE'RE FEELING A LITTLE EXISTENTIALLY THREATENED OVER HERE. TV PUNDIT - SO ELITIST AND POLARIZING! YOU MUSTN'T ALIENATE THE PEOPLE WHO DEMONIZE YOU. WE HAD THIS ONE CHANCE... WOMAN LOOKING AT PHONE - HMM... WE'RE BLAMING THE MOST VULNERABLE GROUPS INSTEAD OF GROTESQUE ABUSERS AND THEIR DERANGED PROPAGANDA. WHERE HAVE I HEARD THAT BEFORE? ...AND WE BLEW IT. © 2024 Jen Sorensen - Be a subscriber! jensorensen.com/subscribe
#Comic #cartoon #Media #democracy #uspol #uspolitics #Election2024

Latest comic: The Last Firewall

#uspol #USPolitics #cartoon #comic #election #democracy #fascism #media #journalism #vote

The Last Firewall THE FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL FAILED US. NOTHING THERE! MUELLER REPORT BARR REPUBLICAN LEADERS FAILED US. IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS NO. CORPORATIONS FAILED US. DONATING TO INSURRECTIONISTS? IT'S JUST BUSINESS. FEDERAL JUDGES FAILED US. MAGA I JUDGE MYSELF IMPARTIAL! CANNON THE SUPREME COURT FAILED US. AN APPEAL TO HEAVEN PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY! SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES FAILED US. SPROING! LEGACY NEWSPAPERS FAILED US. L.A. End Times NY Fascism-NormalizingTimes Washington Post-Democracy GUESS IT'S UP TO US NOW. THINGS REALLY NEED TO START CHANGING. © 2024 Jen Sorensen
#Comic #cartoon #fascism #Media #election #VOTE #journalism #democracy #uspol #uspolitics

Vote as if you life and future depends on it, because it does…

#votebluetosavedemocracy #uspol #uspolitics

#uspol #uspolitics #votebluetosavedemocracy

Latest strip. At the Lancaster, PA rally, Trump got on the subject of his mental fitness and stated “I have no cognitive. She may have a cognitive problem, but there’s no cognitive problem… Got no cognitive.”

#cartoon #uspol #USPolitics #election #election2024

PERFORMANCE ISSUES 1. TRUMP WEIRDLY SWAYED BACK AND FORTH FOR 38 MINUTES AT A TOWN HALL. CAPTION - LIKE A DAZED DUCK Y-M-C-A! GUY IN MAGA HAT - HE'S STILL STANDING TALL! 2. AFTER CANCELING MULTIPLE EVENTS DUE TO EXHAUSTION, HE RAMBLED ABOUT GOLFER ARNOLD PALMER'S GENITALIA. TRUMP - "WHEN HE TOOK SHOWERS WITH THE OTHER PROS, THEY CAME OUT OF THERE, THEY SAID 'OH MY GOD, THAT'S UNBELIEVABLE." GUY IN MAGA HAT - WOO! HE SAYS WHAT'S ON HIS MIND, I GUESS. 3. THE NEXT DAY HE SAID: "I HAVE NO COGNITIVE." GUY IN MAGA HAT - UH, MAYBE AN ALPHA DOESN'T NEED TO COMPLETE SENTENCES? 4. AT THIS POINT IT'S PRETTY CLEAR WHO HAS THE MOST STAMINA. KAMALA HARRIS - THIS IS MY 11th PODCAST TODAY. LET'S GO! GUY IN HARRIS WALZ HAT - IT'S NICE TO HAVE A CANDIDATE YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE EXCUSES FOR! © 2024 Jen Sorensen
#cartoon #election #uspol #uspolitics #Election2024

This week's comic is for my home state of Pennsylvania and other swing states that will decide the US election.

#cartoon #comic #uspol #USPolitics #election #pennsylvania

SWING STATE CONFIDENTIAL 1. I GREW UP IN RURAL LANCASTER COUNTY, PA. AS A TEEN, I WORKED AT A PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH-STYLE FAMILY RESTAURANT. THE AUTHOR DRESSED IN JUMPER AWKWARDLY CARRYING A TRAY WITH HOG MAW CAPTION - WORST WAITRESS EVER 2. IT WAS A CONSERVATIVE AREA, WITH A MIX OF PEOPLE WHO WERE DECENT AND FRIENDLY TO ONE ANOTHER. AUTHOR AS A TEENAGER WAVING TO AMISH MAN DRIVING A BUGGY ON A RURAL ROAD CAPTION - STILL COMFORTED BY THE SMELL OF MANURE DECADES LATER 3. SO WHEN I SEE TRUMP AND OTHER BILLIONAIRE CREEPS IN THESE PLACES, PRETENDING TO HAVE WORKING-CLASS VALUES, I GET ANGRY. 3. TRUMP AT LECTERN SPEWING LIES THREATS DEHUMANIZATION NoNSENSE Vanity BLAH BLAH THESE GUYS ARE SLEAZY FAKES, AND THEY'RE TURNING NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR. 4. TO ALL THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SMALL-TOWN AMERICA: YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU. PENNSYLVANIA MAN IN BALLCAP - HE'S A CHEATER AND A CROOK-NOT LIKE FOLKS I KNOW! T-SHIRT READS FASNACHTS NOT FASCISTS
#Comic #cartoon #election #Pennsylvania #uspol #uspolitics

Latest comic - Just a few of the horrors of Project 2025

#cartoon #uspol #USPolitics #election #lgbtq

Project 1025 1. REMEMBER THIS GUY, THE ARCHITECT OF PROJECT 2025? "THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION... WILL REMAIN BLOODLESS IF THE LEFT ALLOWS IT TO BE." JD VANCE WROTE THE FOREWORD TO HIS NEW BOOK 2. SO, WHAT IS THIS "SECOND REVOLUTION," ANYWAY? FOR STARTERS, PROJECT 2025 WOULD DELETE THESE TERMS FROM EVERY FEDERAL RULE, LAW, GRANT, AND CONTRACT. "abortion" "reproductive rights" "reproductive health" "gender" "sexual orientation and gender identity" FORBIDDEN 3. IT WOULD "UNWIND" CLIMATE INITIATIVES, END STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS, ABOLISH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, AND LEGALIZE CHILD LABOR. CEO OF MEATPACKING COMPANY WITH CHILD WORKER - A CHILD'S PLACE IS AT THE MEAT GRINDER. 4. SO THIS IS NOT A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, BUT A TRIP TO THE DISTANT PAST. COME 2025, DO YOU WANT TO WAKE UP BEING RULED BY PEOPLE FROM 1025? © 2024 Jen Sorensen
#cartoon #lgbtq #election #uspol #uspolitics

Latest comic: Don't take the bait

#uspol #election #cartoon #politics #election2024

DON'T TAKE THE BAIT JD Vance admitted to "creating stories" to drive news coverage. Vance: Outrageously inflammatory lie to get everyone talking about our favorite "issue" which is actually just a bigger pile of dangerous lies. How to respond without feeding into their ploy? 1. Ask: what kind of creep would demonize innocent people as a campaign strategy? Vance in front of school with sign saying SCHOOL CLOSED DUE TO THREATS: How disgusting to suggest we had anything to do with this. 2. Also ask: Why do their tech billionaire backers seem OK with tearing the nation apart? Shadowy figure pressing buttons on the Vance-o-matic control panel: It's definitely not so we can take over the government and play god with infinite wealth and power. 3. Every time they bring up the "story," mention something real that IS harming Americans. "At least two women in Georgia died after they couldn't access legal abortions and timely medical care" -- ProPublica Trump in debate with Kamala Harris: Everybody wanted this! Harris gives him skeptical look
#politics #cartoon #election #uspol #Election2024

Latest comic: Prairie Progressives
#uspol #USPolitics #cartoon #comic #TimWalz #media #journalism #rural
Prairie Progressives 1. The popularity of Tim Walz has reporters flummoxed Tim Walz holding a piglet flanked by supporters Reporter: What -- are we expected to cover these people as "real" Americans? 2. Reporter in diner interviewing guy in a Harris-Walz t-shirt: You're from a small midwestern town... and you're pro-choice and pro-union? Diner guy: You've been hanging out in the wrong diners, buddy. 3. Reporter in field interviewing woman: But--but--rural folks aren't progressive! Woman: Have you studied the history of farmers' and labor movements at all, my dude? 4. Reporter holding up MAGA hat to bearded guy: Come on -- don't you like MAGA just a teeny bit? Put on this hat and say something adorably rude. Guy: When do I get my valorizing puff piece? Reporter: Not until you put on the hat.
#Comic #cartoon #Media #journalism #uspol #uspolitics #rural #timwalz

Latest comic: Critics to ignore

#uspol #elections #2024election #kamala #KamalaHarris #women #gender #comic #cartoon #media

CRITICS TO IGNORE 1. Pundit: The Democratic Convention failed to speak to America's barbarian-curious young men who just want to drag women around by their hair. Helmeted man in furs in the background dragging a woman by her ponytail Pundit: Will no one think of them? 2. Elizabeth Warren was too wonky and full of boring plans. Kamala Harris is all style and no substance. Why can't these ladies ever get it right? 3. Dems calling Trump and Vance "weird" is extremely alienating to those of us who believe in civility. Why can't they stay positive? 4. What is this "joy" of which the Democrats speak? Everyone knows a winning campaign is a miserable slog!
#Comic #cartoon #Media #Elections #gender #women #uspol #2024election #kamalaharris #kamala

Turns out ecologists and entomologists around the world have been warning about declining insect numbers for years. The culprits are climate change, habitat loss, light pollution, intensive farming, pesticide and fertiliser use. But it’s a struggle to get people to act.

It’s not just about bees and butterflies, the poster children of the pollinator world. Other, less photogenic pollinators such as hoverflies, moths, wasps, soldier beetles and earwigs are also showing declines. Several of these species don’t just pollinate. They also eat the pest insects that ruin crops.

Already, in the apple and pear orchards of south-west China, depleted populations of pollinators have forced farmers to hand-pollinate their trees, carrying pots of pollen and paintbrushes with which to individually pollinate every flower. If it sounds labour-intensive and time-consuming, that’s because it is.

#green #ukpolitics #uspol #ukpol #climate #environment #insects #agriculture #farming

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The Weekend Essay Life & Arts Where have all the insects gone? The tiny creatures on which the world depends seem to be in decline. But what does the data really say — and what is to be done?
#environment #farming #Climate #agriculture #insects #uspol #ukpolitics #ukpol #green

Latest comic: Weirdo Welfare

#2024election #uspol #vance #democracy #fascism #billionaires #extremism

WEIRDO WELFARE 1. IT'S A GROWING SOCIAL CRISIS: FAR-RIGHT POLITICIANS GETTING HANDOUTS FROM NANNY BILLIONAIRES. Thiel to Vance - I'LL BE YOUR SUGAR DADDY. Sign in background says Welcome to SILICON VALLEY 2. FIRST THEY'RE GIVEN THEIR OWN PRIVATE EQUITY FUND, SPONGING OFF OTHER PEOPLE'S HARD WORK. Vance in hammock with laptop - I'M GETTING CALLUSES ON MY CLICKING FINGER! 3. THEN THEY'RE GIVEN MILLIONS TO RUN FOR OFFICE, CONTINUING A CYCLE OF DEPENDENCY. BILLIONAIRE HAND HOLDING LARGE CHECK - CUT MY TAXES AND END DEMOCRACY! Vance - RIGHT, BOSS! I'M FIGHTING THE ELITES! 4. INDEED, THESE MOOCHERS SEEM INCAPABLE OF SHAME. VANCE AT PODIUM - WORKING CLASS PEOPLE JUST NEED TO PULL THEMSELVES UP BY THEIR BILLIONAIRE STRAPS LIKE I DID!
#fascism #billionaires #democracy #uspol #2024election #vance #extremism

Latest comic: JD Vance is an anti-abortion extremist

#cartoon #politics #uspol #2024election #jdvance #abortion

AD-VANCE-ING AN EXTREME AGENDA 1. IN 2022, JD VANCE SUPPORTED "MINIMUM NATIONAL STANDARDS" FOR ABORTION--CODE FOR A FEDERAL BAN. Vance reading Abortion Thesaurus with tagline THE BEST EUPHEMISMS! HMM... 2. WHEN ASKED ABOUT EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE AND INCEST IN 2021 HE SAID THIS: TV AUDIO - "TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT." Woman in OHIO STATE t-shirt - SO... FORCING A WOMAN TO BEAR HER RAPIST'S BABY IS NOT WRONG? 3. AS A SENATOR, HE SIGNED A LETTER DEMANDING A BAN ON THE MAILING OF ABORTION MEDICATION. Vance checking empty mailbox - LESS MAIL, MORE MALES! 4. HE ALSO SIGNED A LETTER OPPOSING RULES THAT WOULD LIMIT POLICE ACCESS TO WOMEN'S MEDICAL RECORDS. Vance as cop - BAD GIRLS, BAD GIRLS WHATCHA GONNA DO WHEN THE OVULATION OFFICER COMES FOR YOU?
#politics #cartoon #uspol #abortion #2024election #JDVance

This is my impression of #JoeBiden withdrawing from the #2024election and using ‘the force’ of his bipartisan team-building skills to help the #Resistance defeat #fascism ‘from an elevated position’. #StarWars #USpol
The scene from Star Wars where Darth Vader thinks he is striking down Obiwan Kenobi, who has actually transitioned to being one with the Force.
#starwars #fascism #resistance #uspol #2024election #JoeBiden

Latest comic: Lowering the temperature

#uspol #cartoon #2024election #authoritarianism #fascism #media #politics

Lowering the temperature 1. News anchor - Welcome to punditspew! Our guests tonight are Democratic strategist Dan Doormat and Trump campaign adviser Mr. Perkins. Dan - Hello. Mr. Perkins - WOMAN, WHY AREN'T YOU AT HOME WITH YOUR BABIES? 2. Anchor - So, let's talk about what Trump's second term would be like. Mr. Perkins - WE WILL PURGE THE VERMIN AND SMITE THE UNHUMANS IN OUR GLORIOUS NEW REICH! 3. Dan - If I may speak, that sounds a little scary and authoritarian. Anchor - This just in -- someone attempted to shoot the former president, but he is fine. 4. Dan - I'm glad he's okay. Mr. P - THIS IS YOUR FAULT FOR CALLING US AUTHORITARIAN! Anchor - Both of you need to turn down the temperature!
#politics #cartoon #fascism #Media #uspol #authoritarianism #2024election

Latest comic: A second Revolution?
#uspol #elections #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #election2024
1. After the Supreme Court ruled in favor of presidential immunity, the head of the highly influential Heritage Foundation said this: Roberts wearing Project 2025 pin: "We are in the process of the second American revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be." 2. All pro-democracy Americans are being put in the role of domestic abuse victim. Man in armchair drinking beer threatening wife walking by with laundry basket in background - Woman, don't make me angry and I won't hurt you. 3. By this logic, the opposition is always the provocateur. Young man in red ballcap with AR15 after having shot protester who was holding DEMOCRACY NOT MONARCHY sign - The protester made me do it! 4. So if you're not on board with insurrection, you're the insurrectionist -- not this guy. Insurrectionist - It'll be bloodless after there's no left left!
#fascism #Elections #democracy #uspol #authoritarianism #Election2024

Latest comic: The Supreme Court ruling overturning the Chevron doctrine was largely overlooked in the wake of the debate, but possibly even more apocalyptic. In short, the Republican majority gutted the precedent that gave deference to scientists and other experts at setting regulations for air and water pollution and food safety.

#supremecourt #environment #uspol #cartoon #pollution #science #law

1. After Biden's widely panned debate performance, a bombshell dropped. Supreme Court justice John Roberts - Yo ho ho! From now on, everyone's favorite court will control the entire regulatory apparatus of the federal government! J-ROB out! FOOTNOTE - Overturning 40-year-old Chevron doctrine Justice Elena Kagan slaps forehead in frustration 2. Media reaction was swift. Pundit - Only someone with cognitive failure would put these judges in charge of the science of clean air and water. Pundit 2 - They're clearly unfit to run the court, let alone the EPA and FDA! 3. Newspaper headline on front page of the Press-Pontificator - FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY, WE MUST IMPEACH THE CORRUPT JUSTICES AND EXPAND THE SUPREME COURT Foreign diplomats issued statements. Diplomat - A disaster. 4. Sarcasm aside, the top criteria for evaluating any presidential nominee should be, will you fight to expand the court? Auditioning candidate at candidate tryouts - We must be very careful about respecting the legitimacy of -- Director sitting in director chair - NEXT! Meanwhile, SCOTUS pronounces Trump king!
#science #cartoon #environment #Law #uspol #pollution #supremecourt

This week's comic: Many white Americans fail to assimilate
#cartoon #comic #race #immigration #racism #uspol
MANY WHITE AMERICANS FAIL TO ASSIMILATE 1. Some self-segregate in homogeneous neighborhoods Gated community with sigh saying Caucasian Pointe, no trespassing 2. Others fly the flag of a foreign country Pickup truck flying Confederate flag blasting 'AND THIS BIRD YOU CANNOT CHANGE' with caption reading 'traditional folk music' 3. Many refuse to speak contemporary English. Scowling woman: Seems like the homos and orientals are everywhere! 4. Will these stubborn holdouts ever integrate into our multiracial society? Younger brown guy pointing to old white guy in MAGA hat and Trump t-shirt: It might help if they stopped wearing those funny hats.
#Comic #cartoon #Immigration #racism #uspol #race

Latest comic: The Great Regression

#cartoon #comic #fascism #race #abortion #lgbtq #democracy #uspol

The Great Regression 1. A FEW YEARS AGO Newspaper with headline #METOO MOVEMENT REVEALS SEXUAL ASSAULTS NOW Doctor to woman - SORRY, NO ABORTIONS EVEN FOR RAPE! 2. A FEW YEARS AGO BLACK LIVES MATTER t-shirt NOW STATE U. White man speaking to Black woman - WE'RE ENDING DIVERSITY PROGRAMS. BYE! 3. NOT SO LONG AGO GAY MARRIAGE GOES MAINSTREAM Gay couple in tuxes NOW Mother to librarian - THIS GRAPHIC NOVEL HAS A GAY CHARACTER! WE'RE SUING YOU! 4. SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT Obama smiling SOON FIRST SUPREME COURT- ENABLED DICTATOR-KING? Trump in crown and king's robe
#Comic #cartoon #lgbtq #fascism #democracy #uspol #abortion #race

Latest comic: Where's the crisis?

(Drawn before events of last week, but still relevant!)

#protest #columbia #gaza #college #firstamendment #cartoon #uspol

WHERE'S THE CRISIS? 1. Palestinian family with hungry children among ruins TWO MILLION GAZANS ON THE BRINK OF FAMINE AFTER THEIR ENTIRE SOCIETY HAS BEEN DESTROYED - MAJOR CRISIS 2. PEACEFUL ENCAMPMENT RESPONDING TO THIS CRISIS Student encampment with protest signs CEASEFIRE NOW and JEWISH STUDENTS FOR PALESTINE NOT A CRISIS 3. COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS CORRUPTED ВУ RIGHT-WING DONORS AND ACTIVISTS Executive guy to college president: CALL THE COPS ON YOUR STUDENTS OR WE'LL DEFUND THE SCHOOL AND HAVE YOU FIRED. ACTUAL CRISIS 4. NEWS ORGS DEMONIZING PROTESTERS TRYING TO END ATROCITIES News anchors: OUR TOP STORY TODAY: AMERICA'S COLLEGE CAMPUSES IN CRISIS! ALSO, RAFAH WAS FLATTENED TODAY. NOW LIVE TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY! A NEVER-ENDING CRISIS
#cartoon #protest #uspol #college #columbia #gaza #firstamendment

I've been drawing strips for years about attacks on students' right to protest, yet strangely I've never been invited to give a TED Talk, speak at an "ideas festival," or pen a column for the Atlantic.

This is from 2016.

#uspol #cartoon #protest #college #firstamendment

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO GUIDE TO FREE SPEECH Some clarifications to our weekly letter mandating “freedom of expression” on campus Are you from a dominant social group saying “politically correct” things? That is speech. We’ll protect it! Are you from a minority group protesting something said by the previous group? (Woman holds up sign saying “That was racist.”) Proceed with caution, you coddled millennial. Are you an invited speaker to whom we are paying a hefty fee, and also a war criminal/online harasser/extreme bigot/anti-science kook? We’ve got your back! Want to peacefully protest your university granting legitimacy to this person? (Students holding sign saying “Disinvite the bigot”) Sorry, voicing that opinion is not speech. We are VERY, VERY concerned about “trigger warnings.” (Shout out to right-wing donors!) (Corporate guy with dollars in hand says “Yeah!”) But no need to mention the problem of campus sexual assault. Are you an LGBT student looking for a place where you don’t have to worry about being harassed? Sorry, no “safe spaces,” you wimps! Wait, we already have those? Oops!
#cartoon #protest #uspol #college #firstamendment

Latest comic: If media talked about the donor class the way it talks about college students

#uspol #cartoon #comic #college #protest #education

If media talked about the donor class the way it talks about college students 1. They're behind a free speech crisis on campus. College student protesters with signs saying "STOP THE GENOCIDE" and "JEWISH STUDENTS FOR PEACE" Executive-type guy in suit: That does it! I'm having you shut down. 2. They're oversensitive and self-centered. Black female professor walks by in background Man in suit: This diversity program threatens truly talented people like me. It must be abolished. 3. They're coddled and have no experience of hardship. Executive on private jet reading book entitled "How to replace labor with AI": Why do young people dislike corporate America when it's so great? Flight attendant: Martini, sir? 4. They insult people they disagree with without understanding them. Executive: @#!$ WOKE KIDS! I WILL BUY THEIR TIKTOK!
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Oh, nothing much, just the queer governor of #Massachusetts quietly doing the right thing (on this and many other issues) while much of the country goes insane.
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Last Week Tonight did a big food safety episode in its most recent season. LWT pointed out how jurisdictional gaps between FDA and USDA cause problems. And how underfunding is a big problem. Congress has been slashing budgets for decades.

When food safety affects children, society tends to pay more attention than when it affects adults. So regular media has been doing follow-ups on the lead contamination in applesauce.

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Lead-contaminated applesauce pouches expose issues with food safety oversight

The effects of an Oct. 2023 recall of applesauce pouches with high concentrations of lead are widening, raising questions about how food reaches store shelve...
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Latest comic on Trump calling his political enemies "vermin"

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Nothing's Shocking (for long) 1. Trump says something bad Trump speaking at a rally: "We will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country." (actual quote) 2. At first, people are shocked Man - This is completely unacceptable! Woman - It's what dictators say! 3. Then, normalization begins Woman - You know, sewer rats exhibit human-like social behavior, and they love pizza. And so do liberals! Man - Also, my critics on social media can be pests. Ha ha! 4. Until no one cares anymore News anchor - Representative Blitz Stormer, what are your thoughts on the 2024 election? Blitz Stormer - The DemocRAT party will be EXTERMINATED once and for all! News anchor - It's sure to be an exciting race!
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This week's comic: The things Mike Johnson has said are so over the top that I thought I might place him in the role of my flaming conservative character (hence the flames, in case anyone was wondering about that). It’s almost impossible to exaggerate this man’s theocratic worldview, so I tried to use actual quotes where I could.

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A RETURN TO MORALITY 1. Cable news anchor: Welcome to Punditspew! With me tonight is the new Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson. Mike Johnson with flames shooting out of mouth: The 18th century is BACK! What is this "television" you say I'm on? 2. News anchor: Speaker Johnson, what do you think about the state of America? Johnson: "Experts project that homosexual marriage is the dark harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy that could doom even the strongest republic." 3. Anchor: And what is behind the epidemic of gun violence? Johnson: "No-fault divorce laws!" "The sexual revolution!" "Radical feminism!" "Legalized abortion!" "We're living in a completely amoral society." 4. Anchor: Now, about that attempt you made to overturn the 2020 election for Trump... Johnson: "We live in a postmodern culture. Postmodernism is defined by the absence of truth." But I will set things right!
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Drew this one just before an insurrectionist was elected Speaker of the House

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INTIMI-NATION 1. Party leaders and followers show how it's done! First, try to overturn election results through violent insurrection. Capitol building with January 6 rioters in front. In the crowd is a "Stop the steal" sign and a hangman's noose 2. After that, bully state officials and Congresspeople into not certifying the vote. Republican lawmaker: They'll firebomb my house if I don't do this! (Pushes nay button) 3. When that doesn't work, harass judges and prosecutors who try to hold people accountable for crimes. Prosecutor holding indictment papers, being harassed. Thought balloon: I did not sign up for this. 4. Then threaten members of your own party who won't support an insurrectionist for speaker of the House. Voice on Congressman's wife's cellphone: Get your husband to vote for our man or we're coming after you! Kicker at bottom of panel: Democracy at work!
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Neglected to post this cartoon from a couple weeks ago: Always blame the left!

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Always Blame the Left 1. Dems are constantly being blamed for Republican extremism. Pundit on TV show Nattering Noggins: If Democrats want to defeat Trumpism, they need to stop moving so far to the left. 2. But what exactly have the Dems done that's so radical? Woman: That does it! Lowering prescription drug prices and funding infrastructure are too far out for me. I want a right-wing dictatorship! 3. Like someone's not going to be a neo-Nazi because Democrats shift slightly rightward? Insurrectionist: Hmm... I was hoping to violently overthrow the government to install a white ethno-state. But if they cut back on school lunch programs, I'll reconsider. 4. Maybe it's time to start blaming fascism on fascists. Female pundit on Nattering Noggins: The right has been propagandized into extremism for decades. Pundit from first panel: What an unserious opinion! You need to move to the right.
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Latest comic on a certain pundit's infamous $78 airport meal

(For those outside the US, the commentator David Brooks has made a career out of piously trolling liberals for their supposed decadence and lack of morals.)

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Man of the People 1. Ubiquitous pundit David Brooks recently complained on social media about an airport meal costing $78 -- when most of that was liquor. Photo of a hamburger, french fries, and a glass of bourbon with tweeted caption "This is why Americans think the economy is terrible." The hamburger and french fries cost $18. 2. Brooks at a counter in a wine shop with bottle of wine and bag of bread: You can't go to a wine shop and buy a bag of bread flutes and a bottle of 2009 Chateau Latour Premier Grand Cru for under $1600. Thanks, Bidenomics! 3. Brooks looking into a mirror trying unsuccessfully to button his pants: Hmm... this bespoke suit no longer fits. My voracious consumption of grilled meats and adult beverages is but a failed quest to fill the modern spiritual void created by liberals. 4. Brooks at computer: Why, people are rudely mocking me on social media! Time for another column on the loss of virtue among today's self-absorbed, decadent youth.
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Senator Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90 nytimes.com/2023/09/29/us/poli… #news #politics #uspol
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Latest cartoon on the right's plans to destroy the "administrative state" and replace government workers with cronies under the next Republican president

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Cheeseburger in Paradise 1. The right has big plans to destroy the "administrative state." It's gonna be fun! Older guy checking empty mailbox: Finally! I'm not getting my Social Security checks anymore! 2. Woman in front of raging fire with oil drilling pump in the background: Free at last from the tyrannical threat of green energy! 3. Guy watching TV. On screen the Q-Anon shaman from January 6 insurrection has been named the new Attorney General Guy: I'm so glad they replaced the entire justice department staff with true patriots. 4. Cheesy guy in pink polo shirt sitting on a deck chair eating a hamburger as smokestacks spew pollution behind him and right-wing militia guys roam with guns: I'm living the dream -- eating an uninspected E. coli-filled burger in a land run by tech billionaires and religious warlords.
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