5 Comments on “Sunday Cartoons: Hell Nope”

1. Mama Lopez says:

   October 5, 2025 at 9:32 am

   Try and have a good Sunday.

2. dakinikat says:

   October 5, 2025 at 1:59 pm

   https://monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-july-2025/#US

   USA’S CIVIC SPACE RATING:NARROWED

   The USA remains on the Watchlist as the assault on civic freedoms continues. The first six months of President Donald Trump’s second term exhibited clear signs of democratic backsliding: power consolidated in the executive, loyalists installed across institutions, independent media stifled, dissent criminalised and marginalised groups targeted.

   Amid an environment of intense political polarisation, tensions escalated following an incident of political violence against lawmakers from the Democratic Party. On 14 June 2025, an armed assailant in Minnesota shot and killed House Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, both of whom had been outspoken supporters of social justice and reproductive rights. In a separate but closely connected incident, the same armed man stalked and shot State Senator John Hoffman and his wife and attempted to shoot their daughter. According to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), politically motivated attacks against officials have surged, nearly tripling over the past five years compared to the previous 25 years combined.

   The crackdown on peaceful assembly has intensified. Since early June 2025, large-scale peaceful protests have taken place across the country in response to sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unlawful tactics, including raids, on undocumented immigrants. Between 6 and 10 June, over 350 protesters have reportedly been arrested in five cities (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Austin, New York, Dallas).

   On 7 June, President Trump ordered the deployment of 700 Marines and 2,000 National Guard personnel in Los Angeles, representing an alarming escalation of militarisation and federal overreach against migrant communities and peaceful protesters. The 40-day deployment raised concerns over the use of military forces to police protests and to support ICE operations. It also reflects the deepening conflicts between federal immigration policy and practice and sanctuary jurisdictions seeking to shield migrant communities from aggressive deportation tactics. The level of confrontation between protesters and law enforcement is the most severe since the peak of the Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.

   Journalists covering protests have been targeted. On 9 June, police officers in Los Angeles shot journalist Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet while she reported on anti-ICE protests in the city. Tomasi, a US correspondent for Australia’s 9News, sustained an injury to her leg. Similar cases of physical attacks against journalists covering protests in Los Angeles have also been recorded.

   On 14 June, Doraville police arrested Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist, during “No Kings” massive and peaceful protests against President Donald Trump in Georgia. Guevara, identified as a member of the press, was livestreaming the demonstration. Authorities charged him with obstruction, unlawful assembly, and walking on a roadway. Following his arrest, Guevara was transferred to ICE custody, despite holding legal residence status. At the time of writing, he remains detained.

   Press freedom faces mounting pressure under the Trump administration, with judicial harassment and drastic funding cuts targeting independent media. For example, on 18 July 2025, Congress voted to cut nearly USD 1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, threatening PBS, NPR and, critically, local stations. The move, the first successful presidentia request to cancel pre-approved funding in nearly three decades, signals serious concerns over media pluralism.

   The bill also includes rolling back billions of dollars in previously approved foreign aid, slashing humanitarian, development and global health programmes, as well as support for the United Nations and its agencies.

   Further curtailing freedom of association, recent state legislation would threaten the operational capacity of civil society. Since April 2025, Florida, Nebraska, and Arkansas have passed laws aimed at perceived foreign influence—particularly from China—targeting nonprofits. According to the International Centre for Not-For-Profit Law (ICNL), the new wave of state bills introduces broader provisions, including “foreign influence registration schemes and restrictions on charitable solicitation, which could have significant—and often unintended—impacts on charitable activity.”For example, Nebraska’s Foreign Agent And Terrorist Agent Registration Act (Legislative Bill 644), enacted in June 2025 and effective in October 2025, imposes sweeping registration requirements for any “agent” of a “foreign principal” from designated foreign adversaries under U.S. federal code (China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela).

   Additionally, on 4 July, President Donald Trump officially signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R.1), a 900-page tax package legislation with implications for the nonprofit sector. According to the National Council of Nonprofits, some provisions are projected to reduce nonprofit funding by an estimated USD 81 billion over the next decade, impeding the ability of civil society organisations to deliver essential services, particularly in underserved communities.

   Authorities have intensified crackdowns on those expressing solidarity with Palestinian rights. Foreign-born students and activists continue to face disproportionate reprisals, with cases such as the ongoing prosecution of Mahmoud Khalil, a student activist recently released on bail, illustrating the growing criminalisation of solidarity actions. The targeting of Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories since 1967, through illegitimate sanctions further underscores a broader attempt to silence international voices exposing the genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

   https://monitor.civicus.org/watchlist-july-2025/usa/

   Their press release from july is there too. It’s just getting worse.

3. dakinikat says:

   October 5, 2025 at 3:39 pm

4. dakinikat says:

   October 5, 2025 at 5:48 pm

   When I was a kid in Girl Scouts, I always thought Jane Goodall would make the best Troop Leader possible! I actually want a Jane Goodall Barbie. The first I probably would have in like 60 years.

5. dakinikat says:

   October 5, 2025 at 6:05 pm

   SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony…” http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

   — The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) 2025-10-05T22:20:55.274Z