Josh Fruhlinger
@jfruh.bsky.social
I am the Comics Curmudgeon, among several other things.
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Josh Fruhlinger
@jfruh.bsky.social
· Nov 19
i am disappointed that george pataki is not president yet
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Can you be orientalist towards Scandinavians? The longest thread in the history of diplomatic relations has been closed after 43,205 demarches.
January 19, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Can you be orientalist towards Scandinavians? The longest thread in the history of diplomatic relations has been closed after 43,205 demarches.
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I think the most important phenomenon of Trump-era politics that people don't understand is that if people have to pretend to believe something for long enough they eventually start believing it for real.
I would like to think the Mad King proclaiming “I will continue to illegally raise taxes on the American people until the NATO alliance collapses” would be the type of statement to cause Congress to act, but I’m not sure there’s any red line the GOP Congress has anymore.
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
I think the most important phenomenon of Trump-era politics that people don't understand is that if people have to pretend to believe something for long enough they eventually start believing it for real.
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the only thing Democrats should be saying on Greenland is "this is evil and wrong and if we do it we will be punished"
like do i trust bernie would oppose the annexation? yes. do i think this is good messaging that is what EU allies need? no
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 AM
the only thing Democrats should be saying on Greenland is "this is evil and wrong and if we do it we will be punished"
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once again tapping the sign 😔
January 19, 2026 at 4:02 AM
once again tapping the sign 😔
the brite spot in echo park. i loved it bc it had the kind of diner fried chicken i liked, a pie case, and it was open late. i ate the friend chicken and pie
Sunday night timeline cleanse
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
please tell me about your favorite lost restaurant (closed for at least 5 years, like I really want you to go back into the vault), why you loved it and what you ate there
January 19, 2026 at 2:12 AM
the brite spot in echo park. i loved it bc it had the kind of diner fried chicken i liked, a pie case, and it was open late. i ate the friend chicken and pie
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this is gonna be a long list
January 19, 2026 at 2:09 AM
this is gonna be a long list
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One tough thing for people who get abducted by ICE is that they have no charges against them, so nobody from the agency is attached to their detainment. They just get held up, roughed up, and robbed of their valuables for no reason until ICE figures that out, and then they get dumped outside.
January 18, 2026 at 10:14 PM
One tough thing for people who get abducted by ICE is that they have no charges against them, so nobody from the agency is attached to their detainment. They just get held up, roughed up, and robbed of their valuables for no reason until ICE figures that out, and then they get dumped outside.
i know i should not even engage w/the supposedly serious "what are libs gonna do, give greenland BACK?" arguments but i honestly do not believe congress would do anything to formally annex the country so "giving it back" would just be a matter of withdrawing from an occupied foreign territory
January 19, 2026 at 12:07 AM
i know i should not even engage w/the supposedly serious "what are libs gonna do, give greenland BACK?" arguments but i honestly do not believe congress would do anything to formally annex the country so "giving it back" would just be a matter of withdrawing from an occupied foreign territory
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I think Democrats should claim that they're going to make immigration tougher, and then simply describe a better version of system when asked about it. Polling consistently shows that the public wants to get tougher, and also that their version of tougher is *weaker than the actual system now.*
September 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I think Democrats should claim that they're going to make immigration tougher, and then simply describe a better version of system when asked about it. Polling consistently shows that the public wants to get tougher, and also that their version of tougher is *weaker than the actual system now.*
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Me, an idiot: I'm worried about these parties that seem really hostile to darker-skinned people.
James Orr, an actual associate professor at actual Cambridge University: It is impossible for populists to be undemocratic, because of the Greek origins of the word "democracy".
James Orr, an actual associate professor at actual Cambridge University: It is impossible for populists to be undemocratic, because of the Greek origins of the word "democracy".
January 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Me, an idiot: I'm worried about these parties that seem really hostile to darker-skinned people.
James Orr, an actual associate professor at actual Cambridge University: It is impossible for populists to be undemocratic, because of the Greek origins of the word "democracy".
James Orr, an actual associate professor at actual Cambridge University: It is impossible for populists to be undemocratic, because of the Greek origins of the word "democracy".
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I was just at a comedy show and the guy next to me says "wow, he's really funny" and his buddy goes "yeah, but that's only because it's his job." I'm going to be thinking about this comment a lot
January 18, 2026 at 10:21 PM
I was just at a comedy show and the guy next to me says "wow, he's really funny" and his buddy goes "yeah, but that's only because it's his job." I'm going to be thinking about this comment a lot
random Q but do people have a brand/model of corkboard that they like? i need a new one for my office and all i assumed a basic one would be fine but all the ones on amazon have a certain number of reviews that are like "oh this is too thin for normal pushpins btw, they just fall out"
January 18, 2026 at 11:39 PM
random Q but do people have a brand/model of corkboard that they like? i need a new one for my office and all i assumed a basic one would be fine but all the ones on amazon have a certain number of reviews that are like "oh this is too thin for normal pushpins btw, they just fall out"
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Greeks, presumably.
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss tweets that Robert Jenrick is a "trojan horse" who is "getting his orders" from some unidentified shadowy force of global conspirators
January 18, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Greeks, presumably.
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🎶give me the bleach, boys
and free my soul
i’ll fall into a cherry blossom hole
and drift away🎶
and free my soul
i’ll fall into a cherry blossom hole
and drift away🎶
January 18, 2026 at 10:32 PM
🎶give me the bleach, boys
and free my soul
i’ll fall into a cherry blossom hole
and drift away🎶
and free my soul
i’ll fall into a cherry blossom hole
and drift away🎶
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Greenland would be the 12th largest country in the world by area, and is significantly bigger than Alaska. It's really big, even if the Mercator projection makes it look much bigger than it actually is.
Real issue is it's mostly uninhabitable. It has about as many people as American Samoa or CNMI.
Real issue is it's mostly uninhabitable. It has about as many people as American Samoa or CNMI.
January 18, 2026 at 10:54 PM
Greenland would be the 12th largest country in the world by area, and is significantly bigger than Alaska. It's really big, even if the Mercator projection makes it look much bigger than it actually is.
Real issue is it's mostly uninhabitable. It has about as many people as American Samoa or CNMI.
Real issue is it's mostly uninhabitable. It has about as many people as American Samoa or CNMI.
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“When foreigners after looking about for some other Country in which they can obtain more happiness, give a preference to ours, it is a proof of attachment which ought to excite our confidence and affection.” —Benjamin Franklin
Indeed. I, for example, am inordinately proud of the fact that my mom became an American by choice.
Becoming an American is an act of love for this country. And so is the typical act of illegal immigration--it's an attempt to get at least a little piece of being an American.
Becoming an American is an act of love for this country. And so is the typical act of illegal immigration--it's an attempt to get at least a little piece of being an American.
It also pisses me off because naturalized citizens had to go through a process. They had to *do stuff* to become citizens.
I didn't have to do anything.
If anything, they ought to be *more* citizen than me, not less. Never met anyone who loved America more than immigrants love America.
I didn't have to do anything.
If anything, they ought to be *more* citizen than me, not less. Never met anyone who loved America more than immigrants love America.
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
“When foreigners after looking about for some other Country in which they can obtain more happiness, give a preference to ours, it is a proof of attachment which ought to excite our confidence and affection.” —Benjamin Franklin
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one thing about every republican politician is that every last one of them is loyal to the party and disloyal to the republic. bill cassidy would knowingly murder american children to save the party. in fact, he did.
Also, if he's getting shivved by Trump anyway, why not return the favor and become one of the small group of Senators who can stop this nonsense.
Cassidy sentenced countless children to death, knowingly, by confirming RFK
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
January 18, 2026 at 5:47 AM
one thing about every republican politician is that every last one of them is loyal to the party and disloyal to the republic. bill cassidy would knowingly murder american children to save the party. in fact, he did.
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The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
A few days ago, Fox News was whining about ICE agents getting heckled at a Mexican restaurant in Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
Meanwhile, in the town of Willmar, ICE agents had lunch at a Mexican restaurant, waited until it closed, then confronted and arrested three workers as they left.
ICE agents ate at a Minnesota Mexican restaurant before arresting staff
Immigration law enforcement agents reportedly followed employees out of the restaurant after they closed for the evening
www.independent.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The more I think about this, the angrier I get. It takes a particularly virulent strain of sociopathy to sit and let hard-working people serve you a meal knowing that you plan to arrest them and send them off for deportation once they're off of work.
Really depraved shit.
Really depraved shit.
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Nobody wants to anger the fuhrer themselves and everyone assumes the idea is so self-evidently stupid and self-destructive that somebody else will stop it.
1) Here's the thing: this Greenland thing is wildly unpopular. Like 50 points underwater. WTF is wrong with the GOP that they feel the need to run and defend this thing that the American people absolutely fucking do not want?!
Cruz: "When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend President Trump for being single-mindedly focused on America first... I believe it is overwhelmingly in America's national interest to acquire Greenland... the whole history of America has been a history of acquiring new lands and new territories"
January 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Nobody wants to anger the fuhrer themselves and everyone assumes the idea is so self-evidently stupid and self-destructive that somebody else will stop it.
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ICE: "followed by will stancil"
January 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
ICE: "followed by will stancil"
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Hi it's me, author of "Fuck Unions: Why Dems Need To Destroy Those Dirty Sweaty Hogpeople" back with my latest book, "Gone Woke: How Democrats Lost Their Connection To The Working Class"
January 18, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Hi it's me, author of "Fuck Unions: Why Dems Need To Destroy Those Dirty Sweaty Hogpeople" back with my latest book, "Gone Woke: How Democrats Lost Their Connection To The Working Class"
v funny that the trump admin thinks running his rambling unedited is good PR
Bari Weiss sticking her fat head in a vice for these demented psychopaths👍
White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview
Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to broadcast new interview with president in full and without edits
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:53 PM
v funny that the trump admin thinks running his rambling unedited is good PR
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2026/0... don't you guys have a television to watch or something
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2026/0... don't you guys have a television to watch or something
endless discourse on the "universal" ideas in 1984 abt what a totalitarian state could be like have people forgetting the very particular aspects that comment on the real world in the 1940s, like the vibe that britain was now just an airbase for american forces to keep an eye on continental europe
Saw this and thought 1) this begging for Britain to be a vassal state is pathetic and unpatriotic and 2) how bizarre to imagine in 2026 that Britain is in any position to decide who controls the world.
January 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM
endless discourse on the "universal" ideas in 1984 abt what a totalitarian state could be like have people forgetting the very particular aspects that comment on the real world in the 1940s, like the vibe that britain was now just an airbase for american forces to keep an eye on continental europe
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And with Trump I, people assumed the constant work to constrain Trump and the worst elements of his admin were the baseline that would just automatically happen instead of an active effort
January 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
And with Trump I, people assumed the constant work to constrain Trump and the worst elements of his admin were the baseline that would just automatically happen instead of an active effort