By Bill Stokes Illustration by Michael DiMilo Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis running into a problem with the introduction of their Corrupt Presidential Kidnap Plan whereby corrupt presidents from around the world kidnap each other into oblivion. It seems that no other corrupt president is willing to kidnap the corrupt US …
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Kickass and Kidnapped Presidents
Attribution: US Military, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be helping the keeper and Phyllis promote their “Corrupt Presidential Kidnap Plan” by which corrupt presidents constantly kidnap each other until they are reduced to melted butter in the manner of the fairy tale beasts that grabbed each other’s …
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A Year to Remember
Attribution: Photo by BoliviaInteligente on Unsplash By Geoff Carter Today is New Year’s Day, typically a time to look back at the events of the past year. This is a time when our triumphs, defeats, gains, and losses are examined, weighed, and measured. In many ways, 2025 might be a year we would not care to remember, but …
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Kickass and Christmas Accident
Attribution: Photo by Norman Tsui on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, looks over the keeper’s shoulder as he and Phyllis view the tragic Christmas morning news under the headline: “SANTA MISSING AFTER SLEIGH CRASHES INTO NONEXISTENT WHITE HOUSE WING.” The unredacted story followed. “In what witnesses described as a terrible accident, Rudolph, using misinformation from elf …
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Christmas Spirit 2.0
Attribution: Sheila Sund from Salem, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter This piece will be published on Christmas Day, 2025, so Merry Christmas to everyone. May God bless us, every one—and God knows we need it. Despite enduring one of the most malignant, avaricious, spiteful, and vindictive men to ever hold …
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Kickass and Epstein Files
Attribution: United States Justice Department, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper did not think his identity would show up anywhere in the released Epstein files, but he checked anyway. And what he thought at first might be a photo of him swimming in the Epstein …
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Kickass and Santa Letter
Attribution: Photo by Y M on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper and Phyllis receiving the POTUS list of executive facts to help the kids compile this year’s Letter to Santa. 1. Santa’s address has been changed from North Pole to Mar-a-Lago. 2. Santa is still a fat man but he no longer has facial …
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Kickass and Calling Reporters Names
Attribution: DonkeyHotey, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the keeper passing the word that when it comes to calling reporters derogatory names, the POTUS—with his “piggy” and “bad person” is a minor leaguer. As he thinks back over the years at some of the names he was called, …
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Revolution Redux
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter There have been instances when the sometimes all-too-thin lines between art and reality have intersected, crossed, and become blurred. The China Syndrome, a film about safety violations at a nuclear power plant, was released only twelve days before the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant. Wag the …
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Kickass and Pardoning Ceremony
Attribution: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports the following: TWO TURKEYS TALKING: 1ST turkey, “So you were at the White House pardoning ceremony then?” 2nd turkey, “Yes, and it was even more of a fiasco than usual.” 1st turkey, “How so?” 2nd turkey, “The POTUS got confused and announced …
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Kickass and Quiet Piggy
Attribution: Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis have learned that under a “Quiet, Piggy!” executive order administered by Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi, “The Three Little Pigs” fairy tale has been scrubbed of the original account of the wolf’s …
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Enough is Enough
Attribution: Chad Davis., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter After the Proposition 50 referendum, in which voters resoundingly endorsed the California legislature’s plan to redistrict their voting districts in response to the Republican Party’s partisan gerrymandering of Texas, Governor Gavin Newsom said, “after poking the bear this bear roared.” (Instagram) Of course, the bear …
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