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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 15h

It'll be a real relief if farmers & other rural Americans finally learn from the second kick of the mule…
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Scene has a farmer sitting on the ground in the center of the image, as two dogs try to chew off his arm & leg. A con man dressed in his flim-flam "finery" is holding a check out to the farmer, saying "Greetings, Mr. Farmer. The president sent this generous check to bail you out from your current situation." The con man continues, "He asks that you not forget him come election time…"

The farmer replies to the con man, "Don't you worry. I'll remember."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans have put themselves in a pickle over the shutdown - and most Americans know it…
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Scene has a giant jar of pickles taking up the left 2/3 of the image. The jar is filled with green "juice", and an anthropomorphic elephant wearing a red sweatshirt floating inside the jar, which is labeled "shutdown." The elephant-man is looking outside the jar to an anthropomorphic donkey who is wearing a blue sweatshirt. The donkey-man is pointing at the jar and saying to the elephant-man, "Look like you've got yourself in a bit of a pickle!"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 8d

When it comes to the U.S. govt. shutdown, Republicans have sawed off the only political branch they were standing on…
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Scene is a close-up of a pink elephant falling from the sky, holding a saw in its hand. A large tree branch is also falling with the elephant, as the elephant grits its teeth, and a thought bubble comes up that says "*#%?! Democrats."

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 9d

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The actual "enemy from within"

Trump lays the groundwork for using the military on dissent.

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 9d

Prior proper preparation is a great way to avoid disasters - but only if those with the power to make change, like voters, actually use it.
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Scene has a very messy, very blood-covered butcher, with "Tariffs" written on his hat, taking up the entire left side of the image. He's standing in front of a butcher's block table, and on that is what's left of a bird, labeled "U.S. markets." On the right side of the image, further back, is a brunette white woman & a white man farmer. The woman is labeled "Ag. Sec. Rollins" and she's holding the arm of the farmer, who is blindfolded, and trying to find his way forward. She says to the farmer, "Good news… We're working on your ag assistance check check right this minute!"

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The Politics Bar @thepoliticsbar.bsky.social · 13d

Indeed, @mswmedia.com. Read more about it here:
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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 13d

While the mainstream media is mostly ignoring the farm crisis, or covering it badly, the fact is that U.S. farmers have done this to themselves and the rest of America twice - and yet they still expect socialism to save them…
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Scene is outside, with two men and a dog, as a dark storm cloud - labeled "Trump Tariffs" - approaches. The man at the left-center of the image is a farmer, holding a bushel basket labeled "Ag Subsidies" looking up at the sky plaintively. Next to him is a businssman, labeled "U.S. Businesses" crouching as h holds an empty trash can over his head to protect him from the coming storm. The businessman has a thought bubble where he's thinking, "I don't have the heart to tell him he's been receiving socialism all along;"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 10d

Trump & company are firing blanks when it comes to their empty legal attacks on Comey;
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Scene has Jim Comey hanging on a hook on the left side of the image, looking to the right at a giant cannon aimed at him. On the right side of the image is that cannon, and three little green men, one sitting on top of the cannon, and two standing in front of the cannon. The little green men are all waring vaguely militaristic uniforms, with "DOJ" on their caps. One of the green men is yelling at another saying "AMMUNITION?! How could you forget the AMMUNITION?!"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 12d

Given all the lies Donald Trump & his team pushed at the U.N. General Assembly this week, there was one true message he sent to the world - and one nearly universal response…
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Scene has a giant green globe with a face covering the right half of the image. The globe is facing Donald Trump, in his traditional dark suit and overly long red tie, holding a dog collar, and pointing behind him, assertively. The giant globe is sticking out its tongue, giving Trump a giant raspberry, making clear their disagreement with him.

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 13d

While the mainstream media is mostly ignoring the farm crisis, or covering it badly, the fact is that U.S. farmers have done this to themselves and the rest of America twice - and yet they still expect socialism to save them…
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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 15d

While Republicans in Congress refuse to pay for a government that protects our kids, those same Congressional Republicans want Americans to pay millions more so they can have even more protection. That doesn't add up…
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Scene has a kid standing next to an anthropomorphized elephant, both of them pulling up or open their shirts to show off numbers written on them. The kid asks the elephant-man "So how many times did you get shot?" The elephant-man has the number "2" on his chest. The kid, on his chest & stomach has a note that says "2000+ school shootings."

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 16d

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 18d

There's at least one thing almost everyone can agree on today - though it's not what kind of vigil to be having right now…
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Scene is a group of four people all holding candles as a vigil. On the left side of the image is one older white guy, and on the right side of the image are three people, a white woman, a brown man wearing glasses, and a young white man., labeled "Writers," "Cartoonists," and "Comedians."

The old white guy asks the other three, "Is this the vigil for the death of Charlie Kirk?" And the brown man "Cartoonist" responds, "No. This is the vigil for the death of free speech."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 19d

No matter what kind of circus someone tries to distract you with, or what they claim their intentions were, the law is still the law.
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Scene is a room with a large green chair in the center of it. On the chair is a buffoonish caricature of Nebraska Gov. Jim "Pig" Pillen, wearing an old-style leather football cap labeled "Pillen." On his head sits a circus monkey, wearing a hat, and holding a balloon labeled "Kornhusker Klink." Pillen is looking at a book, labeled "Trump playbook," as a thought bubble comes out of his head, saying "I know! I'll give 'em a $20 million property tax cut!"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 25d

While much of the mainstream news media will still be chasing attention metrics over *that* shooting, without getting their facts correct, RFK Jr. will trying to take away more vaccines this week…
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Scene is a hiking trail at night. A disheveled Uncle Sam is walking along the trail with a walking stick, ringing a bell, yelling "Unclean! Unclean!" as he as a sign around his neck that says "RFK Vaccine Mandates."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 25d

Americans of almost every type - except the top 1% - are about to join a club of folks opening that giant bag of nastiness that Donald Trump & Republicans left us all in the big ugly bill. It ain't gonna be pretty…
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Scene has two men holding bags that are clearly leaking something nasty. One of the men is wearing a collared shirt & yellow sweater labeled "Voters." another is wearing the typically stupid MAGA-style ball cap with a large "T" on it. A third man, wearing a seed cap, apparently also dragging a bag, is coming into the image from the right side. The man labeled "Voters" says to the farmer, "Hey there, Buddy - Join the club…"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Sep 6

As the costs & consequences of Trump & Republicans' "Big Beautiful Bill" start to land on states, like they are in Nebraska, Democrats have every right to say "Told ya so"…
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Scene is a large bird's nest on a mountain, with mountains and sky in the background. Standing in the nest, in the center right foreground, is an anthropomorphized elephant man labeled "Nebraska" holding up a giant egg labeled "Big Beautiful Budget Bill" and showing it off to his colleague, an anthropomorphized donkey man, standing to the center left outside the nest. The donkey man is horrified, as h sees a giant buzzard coming out of the sky behind the elephant man, talons out, hading towards them - and the buzzard is labeled "$217M cost."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Sep 3

When even snake oil salesmen are ashamed at your shamelessness, you should definitely step aside…
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Scene is a stage for a magic trick. On the left side is a small magician's table, with a bottle on it labeled "MAHA Elixer." In the center of the image is RFK Jr, with a hole in his head, holding a magic wand towards the bottle. To his right, towering over RFK Jr, stands a gaudily dressed carnival barker-type man, holding a bottle labeled "Snake Oil." He says to RFK Jr, "I order you to cease and desist! You're giving the profession a bad name…"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Sep 3

ICYMI, some states - like Nebraska - have made a deal with the devil & ICE.

It should surprise no one that both aren't being entirely honest about the deal.
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Scene is a countertop, in Hell. On the left side on the image is a devil, smiling to two men at the counter, and gesturing towards a big bag of money he's holding. One of the men, wearing a gaudy yellow and black plaid suit, is looking greedily at the bag of money, slobbering. Next to him at the counter is another man in a blue suit labeled "Red States." The devil says to them both, "…And all you gotta do is build a little ol' concentration camp in your state and the money is all yours…"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Sep 1

Today's a day off for many Americans - but don't let the day go by without thanking those who made it possible.
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Scene shows a union worker in a safety vest & hard hat, walking toward the left side of the image, smiling as he carries a ladder and a hammer away from a banner he just hung up on the right side of the image. The banner has multiple bullet points, including:" • Collective Bargaining • Sick days • Decent pay • Health benefits • Paid holidays • Pensions"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Aug 27

What Donald Trump Really Thinks About Free & Fair Elections
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Scene is a giant overweight Donald Trump taking up most of the image space, with no pants on, squatting on top of an open ballot box, labeled "Free & Fair Elections."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Aug 26

Some ideas are far less brilliant than they seem, to those in charge…
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Scene is clearly a concentration camps, with a barbed wire fence and watch tower in the background. In the foreground, on the left side of the image sits a buxom woman dressed in a suggestive grey military uniform, with a crop/whip, sitting under a hand-made sign that says "Work will make you free." In the center right of the image stands a guy in green plaid pants, a blue collared shirt, and red sports coat, wearing a football helmet from the early 20th century, labeled "Gov. Pillen." He's holding up a small prisoner, giving them a wedgie, and saying to the woman, "Here's an idea! We dress our 'detainees' in red and white stripe uniforms for Husker home game days!"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Aug 25

As "harvest time" draws nigh, it's key to remember "reaping" has all kinds of meanings…
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Scene is a barnyard, with a killing stump in the center of the image, two giant chickens and a man. The giant chicken on the left side of the image - labeled "recession" - has a hatchet and is looking pointedly at the man. The man is tied up and is being held by a rope in the hand of the other giant chicken, on the far right of the image, which is labeled "tariffs." The man, near the killing stump in the center of the image, is looking worriedly at the chicken on the left - and the man is labeled "Nebr. Economy."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Aug 20

While Trump's focused on his authoritarian cosplay, the price of groceries - which he promised to bring down on day one - is still going higher. And most Americans have a beef with him over that…
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Scene on a corner in a big city. On the left side of the image, stands a cow, and a guy bending down to get a selfie with the cow. On the right side of the image is a farmer, talking to a local reporter, and saying "I figured with prices as high as they are, this may b the closest some folks come to real bf for a long time."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Aug 20

When it comes to being fiscally responsible, don't believe what Republicans tell you. Believe what they've shown all of us.
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Show, Don't Tell

The Truth About Who Republicans Love

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · Aug 18

It was a rendezvous of two monsters…
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Scene is reminiscent of famous World War II cartoonist David Law 's piece entitled "Rendezvous." Vladimir Putin is on the left half of the image, with his blood-soaked hands, politely bowing, while wearing a crown. On the right side of the image, Donald Trump is also wearing a crown and bowing. Putin says to Trump, "Ah, The Destroyer of American Democracy, I Presume…" And Trump replies, "The Murdering Rapist of Ukraine, I Presume."

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