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Barry Deutsch
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Cartoonist and general schmuck. I do political cartoons, SuperButch, Hereville, and Wings of Fire. My policartoons: www.leftycartoons.com or click #PoliCartoon SuperButch: www.superbutchcomic.com Support the cartoons! patreon.com/barry
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · Aug 30
Hey, I have a new PDF collection out! It's 200 pages long and includes 100 cartoons, plus text pieces and lots of behind-the-scenes art and photos.

Everyone who joins my Patreon at the $3 level gets a copy!

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My New PDF Book! (Image of book cover: "Why Must They Shove It In My Face?") 200 pages packed with cartooney goodness!
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Narancia⚧️ still in the blue wonder @naranciazebest.bsky.social · 4h
Like I said before and many times, the main core of ableism is that able people cannot imagine disabled people as happy. This is why they'd rather push assisted suicide programs rather than add more ramps and increase disability assistance budget. Because if they were in their shoes, they rather die
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 14h
You're So Brave, I'd Rather Be Dead

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has six panels. The first five panel shows a woman with blue hair with a thin pink streak, thin oval glasses, and arms that end slightly above where her elbows would be. In each panel she appears, she’s in a different setting talking to a different person. I’m going to call her GLASSES. PANEL 1 A caption at the top of the panel says “Monday.” A brown-haired woman, hands clutched together in front of her chin, is anxiously staring at Glasses. Glasses, who was walking and is wearing a backpack, turns back to look at the woman. ANXIOUS: You’re so brave. I’d rather die than live like that! GLASSES: Um… Thank you? PANEL 2 A caption says “Tuesday.” In a grocery store, a muscular man in a sleeveless tee, who is pushing a grocery cart, talks loudly at Glasses. He is between Glasses and the shelf, and Glasses is gesturing towards the shelf behind him, looking a little annoyed. MUSCLES: I can’t imagine being you. I’d rather be dead. GLASSES: Dude, I just want some Pop Tarts. PANEL 3 A caption says “Wednesday.” Glasses is seating in the… what do you call those things? The sort of built-in stadium seating some college lecture halls have, with a series of long curved benches and desks, each one on a higher level as they get further from the front of the room, so everyone has a good view of the professor. Glasses has a laptop open on the desk in front of her. We can see a couple of bored looking students in the row behind Glasses. Next to Glasses is a man wearing a jacket, one of those “image of a necktie” tee shirts, with his black hair in a long ponytail and an expression of extreme disgust. Glasses looks very annoyed as she responds to him. PONYTAIL: I couldn’t stand not wiping my own butt. I’d die first! GLASSES: Shockingly, butt wiping isn’t actually the pinnacle of human existence. [Transcript continues in next image] [Transcript continues from previous image] PANEL 4 A caption says “Thursday.” Glasses walks down a city sidewalk, a cartoon cloud indicating grumpiness floating above her. Behind her, a man wearing sandals and pants with torn knees, and carrying a shopping bag, grins as he talks at her; she doesn’t even bother turning back to look. SANDALS: It’s inspiring that you haven’t committed suicide. PANEL 5 A caption says “Friday.” An older couple, a man and a woman, are looking at Glasses; the man, wide-eyed, is speaking, but is cut off by Glasses yelling at him, leaning forward angrily. MAN: I’d rather be dead than- GLASSES: I don’t want to die. I have a great life! Except for ablebodied people telling me my life isn’t worth living! PANEL 6 The “camera” pulls back to show the man and woman now standing by themselves; Glasses, it is implied, has stomped off and left the scene. The man and woman look annoyed as they look in the direction Glasses went. MAN: Those people are so rude! WOMAN: Obviously it’s the disability that makes her so angry.
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Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 1d
It's entirely routine after a journalist, local lawmaker or citizen activist with a phone gets roughed up for DHS to claim that person had assaulted or obstructed agents. It's often hard for outsiders to weigh the conflicting stories (and especially, of course, if footage is unavailable!) /5
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10h
One way of thinking about the Trump administration is that the worst people in American government are pushing out the best people in American government
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Their interview, described in a federal lawsuit filed last week by Mr. Driscoll and two other recently fired senior FBI officials, began with benign questions about the gravest threats to the nation and possible adjustments to the FBI's structure, but then took a swerve: Who had Mr. Driscoll voted for? When did he start supporting President Donald J. Trump? And had he voted for a Democrat in the past five elections? He declined to answer those three, noting to the 29-year-old attorney and former podcaster that the questions were inappropriate and potentially violative of the Hatch Act. Mr. Ingrassia asked another question that would in the ensuing weeks take on greater significance: Did Mr. Driscoll think the FBI agents who had "stormed" Mar-a-Lago in August 2022 should be held accountable? Mr. Driscoll said no, since they had been executing legal search warrants.
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Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition) @shaneburley.bsky.social · 6h
Biggest strike of the year about to happen in Oregon. You coming to the picket line or what?
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Oregon Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals (AFT 5017) @ofnhp.bsky.social · 12h
We’re fighting for safe staffing, fair wages & the time to care for every patient. Time for Kaiser to get serious about bargaining an agreement that ensures retention and recruitment of skilled healthcare providers.

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Portland-Area Kaiser Permanente Workers Could Strike as Soon as Next Week
Healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in Oregon and Southwest Washington are set to strike for five days beginning next Tuesday if they are unable to reach a contract agreement with the care consort...
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 14h
You're So Brave, I'd Rather Be Dead

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has six panels. The first five panel shows a woman with blue hair with a thin pink streak, thin oval glasses, and arms that end slightly above where her elbows would be. In each panel she appears, she’s in a different setting talking to a different person. I’m going to call her GLASSES. PANEL 1 A caption at the top of the panel says “Monday.” A brown-haired woman, hands clutched together in front of her chin, is anxiously staring at Glasses. Glasses, who was walking and is wearing a backpack, turns back to look at the woman. ANXIOUS: You’re so brave. I’d rather die than live like that! GLASSES: Um… Thank you? PANEL 2 A caption says “Tuesday.” In a grocery store, a muscular man in a sleeveless tee, who is pushing a grocery cart, talks loudly at Glasses. He is between Glasses and the shelf, and Glasses is gesturing towards the shelf behind him, looking a little annoyed. MUSCLES: I can’t imagine being you. I’d rather be dead. GLASSES: Dude, I just want some Pop Tarts. PANEL 3 A caption says “Wednesday.” Glasses is seating in the… what do you call those things? The sort of built-in stadium seating some college lecture halls have, with a series of long curved benches and desks, each one on a higher level as they get further from the front of the room, so everyone has a good view of the professor. Glasses has a laptop open on the desk in front of her. We can see a couple of bored looking students in the row behind Glasses. Next to Glasses is a man wearing a jacket, one of those “image of a necktie” tee shirts, with his black hair in a long ponytail and an expression of extreme disgust. Glasses looks very annoyed as she responds to him. PONYTAIL: I couldn’t stand not wiping my own butt. I’d die first! GLASSES: Shockingly, butt wiping isn’t actually the pinnacle of human existence. [Transcript continues in next image] [Transcript continues from previous image] PANEL 4 A caption says “Thursday.” Glasses walks down a city sidewalk, a cartoon cloud indicating grumpiness floating above her. Behind her, a man wearing sandals and pants with torn knees, and carrying a shopping bag, grins as he talks at her; she doesn’t even bother turning back to look. SANDALS: It’s inspiring that you haven’t committed suicide. PANEL 5 A caption says “Friday.” An older couple, a man and a woman, are looking at Glasses; the man, wide-eyed, is speaking, but is cut off by Glasses yelling at him, leaning forward angrily. MAN: I’d rather be dead than- GLASSES: I don’t want to die. I have a great life! Except for ablebodied people telling me my life isn’t worth living! PANEL 6 The “camera” pulls back to show the man and woman now standing by themselves; Glasses, it is implied, has stomped off and left the scene. The man and woman look annoyed as they look in the direction Glasses went. MAN: Those people are so rude! WOMAN: Obviously it’s the disability that makes her so angry.
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Sophie Alboronzo @freyathedragon.bsky.social · 6h
This is the best thing I’ve ever seen

Ribbit ribbit motherfuckers
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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 7h
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 10h
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Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest. There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day. What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid. It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.
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KathleenLCulbertson @pastorkathleen.bsky.social · 13h
Ugh I hate when ableds do this so much
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 14h
You're So Brave, I'd Rather Be Dead

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has six panels. The first five panel shows a woman with blue hair with a thin pink streak, thin oval glasses, and arms that end slightly above where her elbows would be. In each panel she appears, she’s in a different setting talking to a different person. I’m going to call her GLASSES. PANEL 1 A caption at the top of the panel says “Monday.” A brown-haired woman, hands clutched together in front of her chin, is anxiously staring at Glasses. Glasses, who was walking and is wearing a backpack, turns back to look at the woman. ANXIOUS: You’re so brave. I’d rather die than live like that! GLASSES: Um… Thank you? PANEL 2 A caption says “Tuesday.” In a grocery store, a muscular man in a sleeveless tee, who is pushing a grocery cart, talks loudly at Glasses. He is between Glasses and the shelf, and Glasses is gesturing towards the shelf behind him, looking a little annoyed. MUSCLES: I can’t imagine being you. I’d rather be dead. GLASSES: Dude, I just want some Pop Tarts. PANEL 3 A caption says “Wednesday.” Glasses is seating in the… what do you call those things? The sort of built-in stadium seating some college lecture halls have, with a series of long curved benches and desks, each one on a higher level as they get further from the front of the room, so everyone has a good view of the professor. Glasses has a laptop open on the desk in front of her. We can see a couple of bored looking students in the row behind Glasses. Next to Glasses is a man wearing a jacket, one of those “image of a necktie” tee shirts, with his black hair in a long ponytail and an expression of extreme disgust. Glasses looks very annoyed as she responds to him. PONYTAIL: I couldn’t stand not wiping my own butt. I’d die first! GLASSES: Shockingly, butt wiping isn’t actually the pinnacle of human existence. [Transcript continues in next image] [Transcript continues from previous image] PANEL 4 A caption says “Thursday.” Glasses walks down a city sidewalk, a cartoon cloud indicating grumpiness floating above her. Behind her, a man wearing sandals and pants with torn knees, and carrying a shopping bag, grins as he talks at her; she doesn’t even bother turning back to look. SANDALS: It’s inspiring that you haven’t committed suicide. PANEL 5 A caption says “Friday.” An older couple, a man and a woman, are looking at Glasses; the man, wide-eyed, is speaking, but is cut off by Glasses yelling at him, leaning forward angrily. MAN: I’d rather be dead than- GLASSES: I don’t want to die. I have a great life! Except for ablebodied people telling me my life isn’t worth living! PANEL 6 The “camera” pulls back to show the man and woman now standing by themselves; Glasses, it is implied, has stomped off and left the scene. The man and woman look annoyed as they look in the direction Glasses went. MAN: Those people are so rude! WOMAN: Obviously it’s the disability that makes her so angry.
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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 17h
Please let this be the start of the industry not giving a damn about outrage grifters. I think there have been enough examples proving that nothing they say matters.
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Popverse @popversesays.bsky.social · 17h
Announced at NYCC 2025: DC Vertigo to finally let Swamp Thing meet Jesus Christ in new four-part restoration of a cancelled controversial 1989 storyline.

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DC to finally let Swamp Thing meet Jesus Christ in new four-part restoration of a cancelled controversial 1989 storyline
Rick Veitch's lost issues of Swamp Thing will see print in 2026 as Swamp Thing 1989.
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 13h
Oh, that's really good. I might swipe that from you. (Unless you strongly object).
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 14h
You're So Brave, I'd Rather Be Dead

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has six panels. The first five panel shows a woman with blue hair with a thin pink streak, thin oval glasses, and arms that end slightly above where her elbows would be. In each panel she appears, she’s in a different setting talking to a different person. I’m going to call her GLASSES. PANEL 1 A caption at the top of the panel says “Monday.” A brown-haired woman, hands clutched together in front of her chin, is anxiously staring at Glasses. Glasses, who was walking and is wearing a backpack, turns back to look at the woman. ANXIOUS: You’re so brave. I’d rather die than live like that! GLASSES: Um… Thank you? PANEL 2 A caption says “Tuesday.” In a grocery store, a muscular man in a sleeveless tee, who is pushing a grocery cart, talks loudly at Glasses. He is between Glasses and the shelf, and Glasses is gesturing towards the shelf behind him, looking a little annoyed. MUSCLES: I can’t imagine being you. I’d rather be dead. GLASSES: Dude, I just want some Pop Tarts. PANEL 3 A caption says “Wednesday.” Glasses is seating in the… what do you call those things? The sort of built-in stadium seating some college lecture halls have, with a series of long curved benches and desks, each one on a higher level as they get further from the front of the room, so everyone has a good view of the professor. Glasses has a laptop open on the desk in front of her. We can see a couple of bored looking students in the row behind Glasses. Next to Glasses is a man wearing a jacket, one of those “image of a necktie” tee shirts, with his black hair in a long ponytail and an expression of extreme disgust. Glasses looks very annoyed as she responds to him. PONYTAIL: I couldn’t stand not wiping my own butt. I’d die first! GLASSES: Shockingly, butt wiping isn’t actually the pinnacle of human existence. [Transcript continues in next image] [Transcript continues from previous image] PANEL 4 A caption says “Thursday.” Glasses walks down a city sidewalk, a cartoon cloud indicating grumpiness floating above her. Behind her, a man wearing sandals and pants with torn knees, and carrying a shopping bag, grins as he talks at her; she doesn’t even bother turning back to look. SANDALS: It’s inspiring that you haven’t committed suicide. PANEL 5 A caption says “Friday.” An older couple, a man and a woman, are looking at Glasses; the man, wide-eyed, is speaking, but is cut off by Glasses yelling at him, leaning forward angrily. MAN: I’d rather be dead than- GLASSES: I don’t want to die. I have a great life! Except for ablebodied people telling me my life isn’t worth living! PANEL 6 The “camera” pulls back to show the man and woman now standing by themselves; Glasses, it is implied, has stomped off and left the scene. The man and woman look annoyed as they look in the direction Glasses went. MAN: Those people are so rude! WOMAN: Obviously it’s the disability that makes her so angry.
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 14h
Are You GENUINELY Poor?

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows two men: A not-wealthy looking man with shaggy hair and some stubble, and a bald man in glasses, wearing a business suit and tie. Each panel shows them on a sidewalk. PANEL 1 Shaggy is wearing a wrinkled collared shirt and jeans. Necktie is wearing a gray suit with a tie with a dot pattern. It’s bright daytime. Shaggy, with his back turned to Necktie, is looking at and poking a smartphone, and, in the helpful way people so often do in the first panel of my cartoons, talking aloud to himself. Necktie is turning to look at, and yell at, Shaggy. SHAGGY: I can’t find a job and I’m out of money… Time to google “food stamps.” NECKTIE: Food stamps are for people who are genuinely poor. If you were poor, you wouldn’t own a smartphone, would you? PANEL 2 A caption says “one week later.” From the light, it appears to be early evening. Shaggy is looking worried and has a hand on his chest; Necktie is sternly talking to, and pointing at, Shaggy. SHAGGY: I sold my phone, but now I’m out of money again. NECKTIE: So sell your car. No one who owns a car is poor. PANEL 3 A caption says “one month later.” The same two men, on a similar patch of sidewalk. Shaggy is wearing sweatpants with a stripe down the side, and a hole in one knee, and a tee shirt. Necktie is wearing a dark blue suit, a black shirt, and a light-colored necktie. Shaggy is sitting on the curb, slumping. Necktie, talking to Shaggy, looks cheerful. SHAGGY: Now I’ve got no money for food, no phone for job hunting, and no car to get to a job! NECKTIE: Excellent! Now you’re genuinely poor! PANEL 4 Shaggy, looking hopeful, is looking up at Necktie. Necktie folds his arms and grins even more. SHAGGY: So now you’re okay with me getting food stamps? NECKTIE: Nope!
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 15h
As Support for Israel in US Collapses, Trump Flips and Supported Peace Deal Hamas Proposed in February 2024
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As Support for Israel in US Collapses, Trump Flips and Supported Peace Deal Hamas Proposed in February 2024
Its a farce to talk about a Peace Prize for Trump when he was promoting ethnic cleansing of Gaza just six months ago
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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 18h
To the extent we should celebrate, it is that Gaza will receive even a temporary reprieve. But an end to the hostilities for an undefined period of time does not mean the war has ended, and the war on Gaza is only one theatre in the broader war on Palestine which has no foreseeable end in sight.
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 1d
Zohran Mamdani hops on a Citi Bike and a woman heckles him, shouting “communist!” He responds, “That’s cyclist”
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 17h
I am cautiously thrilled ("cautiously" because I won't be surprised if this deal breaks down, although I certainly hope it won't).
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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 21h
It’s never about healthcare. It’s about insurance plans.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 21h
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Rebecca Cohen @gynostar.bsky.social · 20h
I'm in this photo and I don't like it
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · Aug 28
At Least The Fruit Subscription Services Run On Time

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This cartoon has four panels. Each is a different scene, but they all focus on the same character, an ordinary-looking white guy with glasses, wearing a polo shirt. I'll call him "Glasses." PANEL 1 Glasses is walking in a city as he reads his phone. In the background, across the street, we see a group of protestors with signs saying "Stop It!" and "Enough Already!" GLASSES (thought): Bills, bills... Oh, well, whatcha gonna do? PANEL 2 Glasses is sitting on a bench at a bus stop, still reading his phone. There are a couple of sleeper tents on the sidewalk. GLASSES (thought): Oh, wow, the news is awful... We really are descending into fascism. PANEL 3 Glasses is stepping off a bus, while still staring at the phone in his hand. In the foreground, a couple of men wearing backwards baseball bats, their faces hidden by balaclavas, are wrestling a woman into submission. GLASSES (thought): I should put my phone away... Can't lose another day to doomscrolling. PANEL 4 Glasses, now in sweatpants, is on a sofa in his living room, still reading his phone. Through a window behind him, we can see masked soldiers marching by. GLASSES (thought): Should I join a fruit subscription service?
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 21h
The worst part about the AI bubble popping is how many average people will be affected by the economic fallout. People will lose their job, kids will go hungry, and families will lose their homes. Yet these billionaire bastards won't feel a thing other than a decline in their net worth.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 21h
One of the crazy things about the AI bubble bursting is that consumer sentiment toward AI has always leaned skeptical to outright negative but it’s an industry propped up by pure billionaire greed, sycophancy, and childish fantasy
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Center for International Policy @cipolicy.bsky.social · 21h
🚨NEW statement by @nancyokail.bsky.social in response to the agreement of an initial phase of a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Full Statement 🔗 internationalpolicy.org/publications...
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NPR @npr.org · 22h
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
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Municipal Fox @amunicipalfox.bsky.social · 1d
This frog is your FRIEND
He fights for FREEDOM
Person in a frog costume faces down ICE agents
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Jonathan Ladd @jonmladd.bsky.social · 21h
Kristi Noem should never have been confirmed after this. It ended up being a perfect representation of what she would do.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · May 20
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?

NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country

HASSAN: That's incorrect
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · Aug 28
At Least The Fruit Subscription Services Run On Time

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This cartoon has four panels. Each is a different scene, but they all focus on the same character, an ordinary-looking white guy with glasses, wearing a polo shirt. I'll call him "Glasses." PANEL 1 Glasses is walking in a city as he reads his phone. In the background, across the street, we see a group of protestors with signs saying "Stop It!" and "Enough Already!" GLASSES (thought): Bills, bills... Oh, well, whatcha gonna do? PANEL 2 Glasses is sitting on a bench at a bus stop, still reading his phone. There are a couple of sleeper tents on the sidewalk. GLASSES (thought): Oh, wow, the news is awful... We really are descending into fascism. PANEL 3 Glasses is stepping off a bus, while still staring at the phone in his hand. In the foreground, a couple of men wearing backwards baseball bats, their faces hidden by balaclavas, are wrestling a woman into submission. GLASSES (thought): I should put my phone away... Can't lose another day to doomscrolling. PANEL 4 Glasses, now in sweatpants, is on a sofa in his living room, still reading his phone. Through a window behind him, we can see masked soldiers marching by. GLASSES (thought): Should I join a fruit subscription service?
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