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Civic satire with teeth. A backbone forged in the Constitution. We stand against kings, cults, and cowardice—mocking what demands mockery, defending democracy without apology, and calling out every cheap attack on freedom.

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 8d

No dogs were harmed physically or emotionally in the making of this meme.

Politicians are a different matter.

#KristiNoem #DoesTheDogDie #RightsAndReason #Satire #DarkHumor

A shocked black-and-white dog looks to the side as a person’s hand points a revolver at its head. The image is darkly humorous. Below it, text reads: “Kristi Noem doesn’t check Rotten Tomatoes. She checks Does the Dog Die? — and if the answer’s no, she skips it. It’s a take off on the old National Lampoon cover - buy this magazine or the dog dies.

Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 8d

When the city lost all hope, seven frogs rode in from the wetlands.
They don’t ribbit. They don’t retreat.
They just HOP.
🐸🤠🌇
#TheMagnificentHop #PortlandNeedsHeroes #HoldingOutForAHero

A vintage-style Western movie poster titled “The Magnificent Hop” shows seven anthropomorphic frogs dressed as cowboy gunslingers standing in a desert at sunset. The central frog wears a sheriff’s badge and a wide-brimmed hat, flanked symmetrically by six companions — each in unique Western attire such as bandanas, cigars, and hats. The warm palette of ochre, red, and brown evokes a 1960s film poster, with bold serif lettering across the top reading “THE MAGNIFICENT HOP.”

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 11d

I thought they just sent people to special camps to become gay! I didn’t know there was a machine, but that makes sense. :-)

Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 12d

MAGA thinks schools are running “gender-conversion machines.”

Meanwhile, teachers are crowdfunding for pencils.

This is what they imagine — a Seussian nightmare powered by fear and fiction.

#RightsAndReason #FactsNotFear #SatireArt #EducationNotExtremism

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 12d

Still waiting…the anticipation is killing me…

#EpsteinFiles
#Anticipation
#KetchupStains

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 12d

Still waiting…

#gottruth
#epsteinfiles

Got Epstein files? Parody of old got milk ads

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 18d

Lee, Jackson, Stuart. Beards.

Without these “beardos,” the Confederacy would have been down quite a few warriors.

#Confederacy #MAGA #Beardos

Black-and-white portraits of three Confederate generals with full beards: Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and J.E.B. Stuart. The caption contrasts Pete Hegseth’s claim that “facial hair is incompatible with the warrior ethos” with these historic figures, highlighting the irony.

Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 20d

One of these things is not like the other.

#satire
#MLKJr
#Antifa

A meme split into three sections. Top right: an illustration of Martin Luther King Jr. with the quote, “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, boy, I hope he’s qualified.” Bottom left: a cartoon illustration of Charlie Kirk with MLK’s real quote, “I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” Across the middle, bold white text on a black banner reads: “Match the quote to the man. One preached equality. The other peddled racism. MAGA says they’re the same.”

Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 21d

The First Armored Division of Antifa has rolled on to Portland’s streets.

These are the terrorists Dear Leader warned us about…

#portland
#satire
#antifa

Cartoon of a rainbow-painted VW bus covered in protest flags and bumper stickers. Flags on the roof say “ANTIFA,” “Black Lives Matter,” and “Climate Justice Now.” The sides are plastered with stickers like “Tax the Rich,” “My Other Car Runs on Tofu,” and “Free the Bees.” A peace sign decorates the front. On the roof are yoga mats, crates, and a compost bin. A dog in a bandana rides shotgun, while a passenger plays a ukulele in the back. The license plate reads “ANT1FA.” Caption below: “ANTI-FASCIST EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.”

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 24d

Make MiddleEarth Great Again! I bet he’ll do something about those dwarves taking all those mining jobs, too.

#Satire
#gollum
#MakeMiddleEarthGreatAgain

Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · 26d

BREAKING: Mickey meltdown on Truth Social

President attacks Mouse.

#Satire #TinyHands #MakeDisneyGreatAgain

Fake Donald Trump post parody. At the top, a tweet-style message from @realDonaldTrump reads: “I never liked Mickey. Used to be FUNNY, not anymore. TOTAL has-been. Thinks he’s got the BIGGEST HANDS — WRONG. I have the BIGGEST HANDS. He’s got tiny hands, tiny ears. He better not PROTECT that late-night hack!!!! PATHETIC! TOTAL DISASTER. People are saying MICKEY IS FINISHED. Should have his citizenship revoked. Believe me! Thank you for your attention to this matter DJT.” It shows 65M views, dated Feb 22, 2025.

Below, a graphic compares Mickey Mouse’s gloved cartoon hands labeled “BIG HANDS” versus a pair of tiny baby hands labeled “tiny hands.”

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · Sep 20

Donald Duck says: QUACK OFF, FASCISTS.

I QUIT. 🦆

#FreeSpeech #WeAreKimmel #QUACKOFF

An angry Donald Duck: Donald Resigns. I didn’t fight Nazis so Disney could sell out to corporate fat cats. Get your ears out of your butt, Mickey—viewers deserve honesty, not consolidation.

—Donald Duck, storming off with feathers flying

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Sep 20

Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.

Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.

People have power. Ask Target

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · Sep 19

I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · Sep 20

Colbert’s got nothing to lose.
Stewart could give a fuck less.
Meyers and Fallon — just a matter of time.

So what do you do?
You open the ACME app (now with one-day delivery), order a crate of TNT, maybe throw in a couple of anvils…

…and go out Wile E. Coyote style. 💥

Cartoon of Wile E. Coyote grinning while holding a stick of TNT and standing next to a TV showing Colbert, Fallon, Meyers, and John Oliver. Above him, bold text reads: “Come on boys, if we’re going out, let’s go out with a BANG!” The word “BANG!” is in red comic letters inside a yellow explosion.

Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · Sep 18

During WWII, Disney put their art to work against fascism. Donald Duck starred in Der Fuehrer’s Face, a wild cartoon where he dreams he’s trapped in “Nutzi-land.”

80 later, Donald is on the wrong side of history.

#Disney #WWII #DerFuehrersFace #Satire #HistoryRepeats

Black-and-white cartoon parody of Donald Duck at a desk in a grim Nazi-style setting. A framed portrait of Donald Trump hangs on the wall in place of Hitler. On the desk sits a book labeled Mein Kampf, a bottle marked “Nazi Swastika Sauce & Bugs,” and a saw. A cuckoo clock with a swastika is in the background. The image references the 1943 Disney short Der Fuehrer’s Face, reimagining Donald Duck under Trump’s authoritarian shadow.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 18

Pritzker: What's at stake here is free speech. It's our constitution and our way of life. Do we really want the president intimidating people, organizations to get others fired? People ought to be standing up and speaking out.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Sep 18

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel

Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.

www.yahoo.com

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · Sep 18

They weren’t called terrorists then. They were called heroes.

On June 6, 1944, antifascists stormed Normandy. Fascism didn’t fall on its own — it was resisted.

It was fought. It was defeated.

Resist. Persist.

#NeverForget #DDay #Resist #Antifa

Black-and-white photo of American soldiers landing on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. They wade through the surf toward enemy fire. Overlaid text at the top reads: “ANTIFA ‘Terrorists’ Land in Normandy, June 6, 1944.” At the bottom: “They weren’t called terrorists then. They were called heroes.”

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Sep 17

Trans rights are human rights.

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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · Sep 17

We've now distributed $2.1B+ in voter-approved Prop. 1 funding for local governments to build out supportive housing and mental health programs for homeless Californians.

After decades of inaction, we're making progress tackling each component part of the homelessness crisis.

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · Sep 17

The Constitution was exclusionary by design. Yet Enlightenment ideals slipped through the cracks. Abolition, suffrage, civil rights grew like dandelions in the sidewalk. The experiment isn’t finished. Democracy requires stubborn persistence. 🌼

A single dandelion pushes up through a crack in the sidewalk. White seed head against blurred background. Text on the image reads: “Democracy requires stubborn persistence.” The image symbolizes resilience and endurance in difficult conditions.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · Apr 25

I get asked constantly -- from friends, family, random people I meet, from separate friends' parents in the last 24 hours -- how I report on politics, especially now, without giving in to despair and cynicism.

I credit Mr. Rogers.

"Always look for the helpers." www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LGH...

Fred Rogers: Look for the Helpers

YouTube video by Alex Forsythe

www.youtube.com

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Rights & Reason @rightsandreason13.bsky.social · Sep 7