Thursday Cartoons: King Me

Posted: February 20, 2025 | Author: | Filed under: just because | Comments Off on Thursday Cartoons: King Me

Morning. So I have a few things for you to follow…

Yesterday Trump tweeted this:

Then the actual White House tweeted this:

And if that wasn’t shitty enough…this happened:

It is disgraceful. But I truly think nothing is going to happen.

All these people commenting on the various news outlets…saying, “Reagan is rolling in his grave.” And how they can’t believe the Republicans are so quiet. Or why aren’t even the Trump supporters making complaints…(This hand wringing mostly over the fact that Trump has sided with Putin/Russia regarding Ukraine.) I have been yelling at the TV…they don’t care! The politicians and the Trumpets don’t care!

These assholes haven’t cared for a while. And I don’t think Trump followers will be concerned about anything affecting them, because it is a cult and they think he is their savior. So to them …King has double meaning.

In other news:

REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.

— steven monacelli (@stevanzetti.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T22:04:06.144Z

Jamal Khashoggi on Line 1

— @GottaLaff (@gottalaff.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T22:47:05.612Z
https://bsky.app/profile/leahmcelrath.bsky.social/post/3likoxzqzyk2t

"He didn't call people with imperfect health the 'Untermenschen,' but the implication lingered throughout.""As Rebecca Traister pointed out, 'The administration has even added an 'A' to its DEIA code, indicating 'abilities' for extra-eugenicist oomph.'"www.salon.com/2025/02/19/r…

— Amanda Marcotte (@amandamarcotte.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T11:28:46.192Z

In their zeal to cut media contracts, DOGE appears to have cancelled the Securities and Exchange Commission's contract with Westlaw (which is owned by Reuters' parent company). Total savings: $0.

— Brad Heath (@bradheath.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T12:55:46.346Z

It was sent out this morning. I hope everyone who reads it finds a bit of hope.www.democracydocket.com/me-subscribe…

— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T13:33:41.341Z

Cartoons via Cagle:

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— Lalo Alcaraz (@laloalcaraz.bsky.social) 2025-02-19T16:56:01.587Z

Take it easy and stay safe.

Tuesday Cartoons: Stabbed in the back.

Posted: February 18, 2025 | Author: | Filed under: 2025 Coup, 2025 What Fresh Hell?, just because | 10 Comments

Morning. I am so sick of that fucking orange turd, and he hasn’t even been president a month yet.

Did you see the latest?

Elon what’s to see the gold in Fort Knox:

'It's gone': Elon Musk suggests without evidence that gold was 'stolen' from Fort Knoxwww.rawstory.com/fort-knox/

— JJ Lopez (@jjlopez1970.bsky.social) 2025-02-18T02:54:42.838Z

You know, James Bond had to fight Goldfinger and Oddjob to keep them out of our gold deposits. Who the fuck is going to fight Elon and Trump?

Here’s some news updates:

Last week, Elon Musk appeared alongside Trump in the Oval to defend the work of DOGE. Looking directly at Musk, Trump asked; “Could you mention some of the things *your team* has found?” Tonight, the government claimed that Musk isn’t in charge of DOGE & isn’t a DOGE employee.

— Anna Bower (@annabower.bsky.social) 2025-02-18T05:03:05.189Z

Trump Admin fired all of the US Attorneys appointed by Biden, informed them by email, and sent the messages to the wrong email addresses. Not just classless, but incompetent, too.

— Barb McQuade (@barbmcquade.bsky.social) 2025-02-18T03:08:11.169Z

Reposted in case anyone still thinks they aren’t coming after your Social Security payments.

— Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) 2025-02-18T02:43:29Z

They're not even trying to hide it. This DOJ is going to investigate people for imaginary crimes in revenge for Trump being prosecuted for his very real crimes against the country. And they're proud of it.

— Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) 2025-02-18T02:43:38.896Z

“The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), including some who maintain critical air traffic control infrastructure, despite four deadly crashes since inauguration day.”www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025…

— Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) 2025-02-18T02:41:56.478Z

Elon Musk's DOGE team of misfits have fired everybody at the Federal Aviation Administration ✈️ who is a probationary employeeThinking they have got rid of all the new hiresIt turns out many of these were experienced technicians, recently promoted and were on probation for their new senior role

— Louis 〓〓 (@louishenwood.bsky.social) 2025-02-16T21:50:11.940Z

IRS reportedly preparing to give Musk’s Doge agency access to taxpayer data

— The Guardian (@theguardian.com) 2025-02-17T17:18:36Z

Elon musk is the richest man in the world, he could be funding hospitals, medical research and universities. He could be solving the climate crisis. He could be feeding, hungry children. Instead, he’s trying to make sure that your grandmother doesn’t get an extra dollar of Social Security.

— Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) 2025-02-17T13:49:23.679Z

Cartoons via Cagle:

This is good to see:

Stay safe…it’s an open thread.

Sunday Cartoons: Trump is a Dictator

Posted: February 16, 2025 | Author: | Filed under: just because | 9 Comments

It has been happening since day one!

Remember when they mocked us for saying that democracy is on the ballot?

— Andrew Weinstein (@andrewjweinstein.com) 2025-02-15T22:13:00.257Z

“a party that has played down the atrocities committed by the Nazis” makes the AfD sound like a bunch of old biddies who can’t face facts. They want to *revive and repeat* the racist policies of the Nazis.

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) 2025-02-16T01:36:20.510Z

This point, from my old Obama DOJ colleague @joycewhitevance.bsky.social , is also spot-on and consistent with my newsletter post earlier today (though much pithier than what I wrote!). open.substack.com/pub/joycevan…

— Sam Bagenstos (@sbagen.bsky.social) 2025-02-16T01:21:00.840Z

The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available.

— ex-Lethality Jane (@lethalityjane.bsky.social) 2025-02-15T17:48:58.449Z

Cartoons via Cagle:

Stay safe…this is an open thread.

Thursday Cartoons: Lectern in the Oval

Posted: February 13, 2025 | Author: | Filed under: just because | 8 Comments

So, have you seen the latest?

The orange turd brought a lectern with the presidential seal into the Oval Office to make comments today.

See the clips below:

Trump slams Nicole Brown Simpson for choosing a bad murder

— Eric Columbus (@ericcolumbus.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T02:08:37.445Z

Trump: "Like on tractors that can handle anything from hurricanes to lightning to anything. They use magnets. It's a new theory — magnets. They're gonna lift the planes up. And it doesn't work."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-02-12T21:50:59.212Z

Pretty much sums it up.🤷‍♀️

— Khashoggi's Ghost (@urocklive1.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T03:43:13.927Z

Oh yeah…about those Tesla armored trucks:

Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.

— Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T00:19:04.363Z

Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. — after it was highlighted in reports

— Bobby Allyn (@bobbyallyn.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T03:26:14.193Z

A few other stories:

"USAID workers and their families abroad had no agency help in fleeing after looters overran their homes in Kinshasa…"apnews.com/article/trum…

— Rachel Maddow (@maddow.msnbc.com) 2025-02-13T03:34:24.502Z

About 75,000 US federal workers accepted the deferred buyout program of President Donald Trump's administration, a spokesperson for the US Office of Personnel Management said reut.rs/3Ez0avr

— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-02-13T03:31:47.363Z

"Details of the agreement were not made public in court filings, but X and Mr. Trump notified the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday that they had agreed to dismiss the lawsuit. Both parties agreed to pay their own costs…www.nytimes.com/2025/02/12/t…

— Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T03:28:16.514Z

Republicans want to prevent USDA from implementing rule to control SalmonellaBy Coral Beach https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/02/republicans-want-to-prevent-usda-from-implementing-rule-to-control-salmonella/

— Gail Waldby (@gailwaldby.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T02:31:09.609Z

📌I was the managing editor at Stars and Stripes and can tell you that Pete Hegseth is the first SecDef I am aware of to be openly booed by military families on a military base.📌This is the most significant pushback I have seen to this administration's racist, hostile initiatives.

— D. Earl Stephens (@dearlstephens.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T00:04:01.791Z

Not this next few items are about a horror bill called SAFE Act HR 22

The Save Act has already passed the House and is intended to suppress the vote among women. This is the 1st step in the GOP's effort to take away women's right to vote.

— lily (@everlily24.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T01:21:31.175Z

As many as 69 million women who have changed their last name to match their spouse’s do not have a birth certificate matching their legal name.msmagazine.com/2025/02/11/s…

— JJ Lopez (@jjlopez1970.bsky.social) 2025-02-12T19:25:18.044Z

You can read the bill here:

BILLS-119hr22ih.pdfDownload

Read more here:

The SAVE Act Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting. Here’s What You Need to Knowwww.glamour.com/story/save-a…

— JJ Lopez (@jjlopez1970.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T05:08:27.478Z

the SAVE Act, a bill that would require all Americans to provide a birth certificate, passport, or one of a few other citizenship documents every time they register or re-register to vote would disenfranchise tens of millions of eligible American citizens. http://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana…

— JJ Lopez (@jjlopez1970.bsky.social) 2025-02-13T04:45:04.270Z

Be safe…this is an open thread.

Tuesday Cartoons: The MAGA Zone

Posted: February 11, 2025 | Author: | Filed under: just because | 4 Comments

Good morning.

I’m having a colonoscopy this morning. So I will be awol today. This will be a quick post.

I’m watching a coup in progress…while people are having Superbowl parties. It feels like I’m in my own personal Twilight Zone episode. If only I could send Trump, Musk and all the MAGA idiots to the cornfield… but in reality, we are the ones that are being held hostage…in The MAGA Zone.

— JJ Lopez (@jjlopez1970.bsky.social) 2025-02-09T21:57:56.786Z

This is my American flag.

— JJ Lopez (@jjlopez1970.bsky.social) 2025-02-10T03:50:26.890Z

I felt I had to share a those two thoughts

This is an open thread. Stay safe.

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