Attribution: U.S. Department of Defense Current Photos, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog asks the keeper and Phyllis and their fellow American citizens how they deal with the designation of accomplices in the murder of 11 passengers on a boat in international waters when the Navy, following Trump’s orders, …
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Category:Oligarchy
Working Class Blues
Illustrated by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter We marched in the Labor Day parade yesterday. I fell in with my old union, the MTEA, as we lined up with firefighters, machinists, ironworkers, electricians, plumbers, and hospitality workers. Thousands participated. It can be argued that what truly made America great was not the rugged individualism embodied by …
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Cornered
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter We’re in deep trouble and there doesn’t seem to be anything anybody can do about it. Our rights, our way of life, and our democracy are under attack from within. Armed soldiers are patrolling the streets of our greatest cities, U.S. citizens are being arrested, detained, and deported …
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Kickass and the Coup
Photo by Bill Stokes By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper ready to pack his original Army duffle bag that somehow survived the years, and his mess kit of course, for the inevitable military coup required to stop the dictatorial vermin from doing their Hitler-like number on the US and buying the …
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Election Theft
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Since day one of the second Trump presidency, our nation has been rocked by one of the most outrageous power grabs in American history. On his first day in office, the president issued a raft of executive orders slashing federal funding, shutting down entire departments, approving DOGE invasions …
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Founding Fathers, Lost Sons
Attribution: John Trumbull, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter About a month ago, my brother, a historian himself, gave me a copy of Rick Atkinson’s The British are Coming, the first volume in his American Revolution trilogy. Mr. Atkinson is a renowned historian, having penned another series, The Liberation Trilogy, about the Allied Victory in …
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Project 2005
Attribution: Win Henderson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Recently, my wife and I have taken to going over to my mom’s place and watching TV with her. We watched—and she loved—the harrowing Zone of Interest, the fascinating Queen’s Gambit, and even some episodes of The Sopranos. She didn’t care much for Janet Planet or Ted Lasso, but that’s …
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Dialogues on Big Bilious Billionaire Boys’ Bill: Profiles in Avarice
Illustration by Michael DiMilo Featuring the Fabulous Dadbots: Dave S., Mark M., Mark O., Dennis C., John K., and Geoff Carter Hey bots, Well, it’s about to become the law of the land. Somehow, Trump and the spineless Republican invertebrates (redundant, I know, but their lack of courage bears repeating) have passed the bilious Billionaire …
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Chinese Finger Trap
Attribution: carol, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter Let’s try a reality check: These are only a few—the greatest hits—of the latest conspiracy theories. Of course, we have the golden oldies like the earth is flat, contrails are poisoning people, Area 51 was an alien landing site being concealed by the government, and …
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Kickass and Canada Ostriches
Attribution: Oleksiy.golubov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, noting how the keeper likes to stay informed about issues involving Canada since it is Phyllis’s birthplace, he was intrigued by the news that RFK Jr, the US Sec. of HHS sent a letter to Canada’s prime minister asking that 400 …
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Depraved Indifference
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter According to The New York Unified Court System, “DEPRAVED INDIFFERENCE TO HUMAN LIFE refers to a person’s state of mind in recklessly engaging in conduct which creates a grave risk of death. A person has a depraved indifference to human life when that person has an utter disregard for …
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Wake-up Call
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The second Trump presidency has been an unnatural disaster—as damaging as a Category 5 hurricane. And like a hurricane, this administration has wrought extensive and irreparable damage, damage to our government, our people, and our country—and to the people of the world who have depended on American aid. …
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