Sunday Cartoons: Electric Collars
Posted: July 6, 2025 Filed under: just because 8 Comments
So this shit is happening:
I suggest you read the comments.
Where is the national guard?
Let’s just get to the cartoons today…
Via Cagle:
Fuck that “America First” shit.
You know what they are doing here in Georgia? They have made a new license plate for asshole MAGA shitheads:
As if the damn red hats and fucking Trump flags weren’t enough. These Trump cultists go overboard on their MAGA Trump displays. Around here it is like looks like someone vomited a mixture of Jesus and Flag propaganda, with a smattering of Trump Mar-a-Lago gold tacky ass gilt. It is disgusting.
At least we end on a happy note…
Take care and be safe.
peej
Carissa
ecocatwoman
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Mona (aka Wonk the Vote)
Sky Dancing 
Death toll in Texas is over 50, with twenty plus still missing:
I can’t even imagine the psychological toll of having to search for dead children.
katiephang
Here is the latest from Texas (as of 11:50 a.m. ET)The death toll is now at 69 people across five counties. In Kerr County, officials this morning have reported 59 deaths: 38 adults and 21 children. 11 children remain missing from Camp Mystic.
Some miracle news for two Texas families.
Two little girls were just found and rescued 27 ft high in a tree near Center Point, TX.
BREAKING: Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel pounds the drums for Europe to stand up to Donald Trump’s coercive tariffs and slams J.D. Vance’s opinions about “freedom” as a grave threat to democracy.
This is what real global leadership looks like…
“I made the mistake of saying, ‘Donald, we should shake hands,’ and he didn’t. He wanted to draw attention to himself. That’s what he wants: to distract and have everyone look at him,” Merkel said at an event in Greece, recalling an infamous Oval Office meeting during which Trump refused to shake her hand on camera, only to then shake it when the cameras left.
“You can see this in what he is doing with the tariffs. Ultimately, he must deliver good results for the American people. He has to prove his abilities, at least to his own country,” she continued.
She urged Europe to “stand united and not be intimidated when Trump imposes more tariffs on the bloc, but we should retaliate with tariffs of our own.”
“I’m not saying we should break off relations with the U.S., but we must negotiate. Even the U.S. cannot survive alone,” said Merkel.
“I see a problematic development. When Vice President Vance says, ‘We are partners, and we will only support you if you agree with our concept of freedom,’ which means no rules and no controls, that is indeed a threat to our democracy,” she added.
While Trump and his MAGA minions promised to negotiate “90 deals in 90 days” after pausing their so-called “reciprocal” tariffs, the vast majority of the deals have failed to materialize. Foreign countries are reluctant to negotiate with Trump because he is a demonstrably unreliable partner who could agree to terms and then turn around a few months later and slap the tariffs back in place.
The deadline for the EU trade deal is July 9th but there are already rumblings that it could be delayed, once again proving that TACO Trump “always chickens out.”
Europe must stand strong. The American people stand with you. We do not support these destructive tariffs
Texas lawmakers failed to pass a bill to improve local flood warning systems this year
For the last three days, state Rep. Wes Virdell has been out with first responders in Kerr County as they searched for victims and survivors from the devastating floods that swept through Central Texas early Friday morning.
“All the focus right now is let’s save all the lives we can,” Virdell, who was still on the scene in Kerrville, told The Texas Tribune on Sunday.
Virdell’s closeup view of the havoc wreaked on his district has made a lasting impression, he said, and left him reconsidering a vote he made just a few months ago against a bill that would have established a grant program for counties like Kerr to improve the warning systems they use to notify residents of life-threatening disasters.
“I can tell you in hindsight, watching what it takes to deal with a disaster like this, my vote would probably be different now,” the freshman GOP lawmaker said.
The measure, House Bill 13, also would have created a new government body to craft a statewide plan for using emergency equipment. It died in the Texas Senate, prompting newfound questions about whether lawmakers should have done more to help rural, cash-strapped counties stave off the deadly effects of future natural disasters.
As of Sunday evening, at least 79 people had died in the floods. Of those, 68 were in Kerr County, many of them camping or attending a private summer camp along the Guadalupe River.
Virdell, a Hill Country native who lives in Brady, about 100 miles away, made his way to Kerrville early Friday after seeing news that rains raised the Guadalupe more than two feet, swamping its banks in Hunt and other river communities that host thousands of holiday vacationers.
He stressed an alarm system, such as sirens used in tornado-prone Texas counties, may not have helped much in this instance because the floodwaters came so quickly. Between 2 and 7 a.m., the Guadalupe River in Kerrville rose from 1 to more than 34 feet in height, according to a flood gauge in the area.
“I don’t think there was enough evidence to even suspect something like this was going to happen,” he said. ”I think even if you had a warning system there, this came in so fast and early in the morning it’s very unlikely the warning system would have had much effect.”
Virdell said he doesn’t recall the specifics of the bill or why he opposed it, though he guessed ”it had to do with how much funding” was tied to the measure.
State Rep. Ken King’s HB 13 would have created The Texas Interoperability Council and tasked it with crafting a statewide strategic plan governing the use of emergency equipment and infrastructure. Even if it had passed, it would not have gone into effect until Sept. 1, after the Hill Country flooding.
The bill would have also created a statewide communications network for first responders and provided grants for counties to help pay for improved communications and warning systems, including radio towers. The bill’s initial $500 million cost drew heavy criticism from fellow Republicans including state Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington.
“This shouldn’t be about anything other than the fact that it’s a half a billion dollars,” Tinderholt, a hardline conservative and budget hawk, said during the April 1 House floor debate. “This is probably one of the most simple votes we should be able to take today. It’s that this interoperability council is going to spend money to try and get these departments to be able to talk together.”
I frankly have no idea why anyone wants to live in Texas. I tried to get out of Texas as soon as possible after Katrina. It’s like they take pride in being stuborn and ignorant. I swear!