This week's comic: What can we do about a Supreme Court packed with corrupt extremists?

#supremecourt #scotus #democracy #law #abortion #cartoon #comic

when folks learn to wrong lesson from history we must all work to ensure they never get power again or history will repeat itself.

#democracy is more than how we vote.

Thank you for this statement and fuck these fascists.

#nextcloud #antifa #democracy

Latest comic on pundits still making excuses for Trump

#fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #journalism #media #insurrection #election #politics #cartoon #comic

Looks like this strip is already making the rounds. Fun with ethno-nationalist dog whistles!

#politics #cartoon #fascism #authoritarianism #democracy #comic

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.

#uspol #politics #cartoon #democracy #authoritarianism #republicans #theocracy #lgbtq

Drew this one just before an insurrectionist was elected Speaker of the House

#uspol #cartoon #politics #fascism #democracy #authoritarianism

Neglected to post this cartoon from a couple weeks ago: Always blame the left!

#uspol #media #journalism #authoritarianism #democracy

Latest comic: The Real Conspiracy

#misinformation #disinformation #authoritarianism #democracy #cartoon

Ben Sargent's latest Loon Star State cartoon, from the July/August 2023 issue of Texas Observer magazine: https://www.texasobserver.org/issues/july-august-2023-abbotts-border-boondoggle/

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#politics #news #USpol #Texas #GregAbbott #HB2127 #democracy #journalism #comics

Latest comic on a Delaware town's bill that would allow LLCs and other corporations to vote in local elections:

#democracy #voting #plutocracy

Democratic Underground shared this quote from my 2009 book, Unscientific America, as a quote for the day.

It’s interesting to return to in 2023, especially given my research on scientific decision making in Congress. I’m not quite sure how I would change it at first glance, but my perspective is more nuanced 14 years later. #science #democracy #politics

🟠Solidarity demo for Just Stop Oil and open letter

Today in Helsinki by the 🇬🇧embassy!

🟠Read and sign our open letter - we demand release of JSO prisoners (who got 3yrs and 2yrs 7mths in prison) and express the concern for the new police laws in the UK which severely damage civil liberties.

🟠Please support the peaceful climate protestors, and uphold the right to protest.

https://www.facebook.com/events/226202056680702?

https://tinyurl.com/FreeMorganAndMarcus

#ClimateCrisis #JustStopOil #ukpolitics #democracy #justice #climate

Content warning: US election, politics, journalism Click to open/close

“By treating a major Republican victory in 2022 as a foregone conclusion, the media didn’t just get it wrong, it created a permission structure allowing normal people to seriously consider voting for an extremist, nativist, anti-governance party. It’s kind of a miracle we survived.”

#journalism #democracy #media #elections

https://presswatchers.org/2022/11/its-not-a-fluke-its-a-rot-why-the-political-media-blew-the-2022-election/

It’s not a fluke, it’s a rot: Why the political media blew the 2022 election | Press Watch

Ever since they started handicapping the 2022 election, political journalists have refused to even consider that voters might reject extremism.

^{Dan Froomkin (Press Watch)}