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Christine Riter
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If it’s possible, my mouth is filthier as I age. Martinis are my vibe, in a proper martini glass. 🍸

I call my reps often. Citizens United ended democracy.

WTF is happening? Former twit. From Utah. No lists, DMs, or gofundme, please.
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Political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com and cartoonist Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

Education cuts
Transgender rights removed
Judiciary independence (not)

Some of this year’s “Utah priorities” on the legislative calendar. #utpol
Political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune and cartoonist Pat Bagley. A single panel titled, “Ask Not”. Bagley depicts typical Utah politicians as spectacled, bald, white men, wearing blue suits, red ties, white shirts. One is placed in front of a speaking podium, behind him there are two in chairs, and a handful face him to listen to his speech. At the podium, the speaker has two word bubbles which say: “Ask not ‘What can I do for Utahns’,”. The other: “Ask, rather ‘What can I do to Utahns’.” The Utah legislature is in session.
February 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Screenshot of a DuckDuckGo search of “Melania”.

I’m petty that way.
Screenshot of a “Melania” documentary search. Multiple headlines suggest the First Lady’s movie is a bust.
January 30, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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Screenshot of the “Opinion Page” courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

You guys, the US is not ok.
Screenshot of the “Opinion Page” courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune. On top is a Pat Bagley political cartoon. Center is an editorial regarding the threat to the Utah judiciary by the Utah legislature. Bottom are two editorial essays. One regards trump’s relentless quest for power. The other, about continuing public land grabs by the Utah delegation.
January 29, 2026 at 3:33 PM
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Screenshot of an editorial in today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

Trump’s bullying of Europe forces those countries to coalesce without US.

Isolationism didn’t work before. Why is trump so hell-bent on bringing it back?
Screenshot of an editorial courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, “The end of NATO is coming, and that’s no disaster”. Author Rajan Menon, NYT. A frank opinion about how Europe can re-group without the US and NATO.
January 28, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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A screenshot of a political cartoon from the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

Which is your reality?

We know what trump’s, his cabinet, and most republicans in congress, is.

See the truth. Speak the truth. You know the truth.
Screenshot of a political cartoon that appears in the Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, “Pick a side”. It’s a single panel divided in half. On the left is a drawing of a worried man. On the right, that same man is blindfolded. In the “worried man’s” half, the words: “The side who can’t believe what they are seeing with their own eyes in their own country. “Blindfolded man”: The side where your own country is telling you what you saw with your own eyes.”
January 28, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Screenshot of two editorials that appear in today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

The top editorial reminds us of the many ways Trump’s transactional power grab is occurring.

Klein’s editorial reflects on one man’s refutation of this power.
A screenshot of two editorials courtesy of today’s Salt Lake Tribune. Top of page: “Trump is engineering regime change, right here at home”. Author, EJ Dionne, NYT. Bottom of page: “Canadian Prime Minister Carney’s Davos speech is a flat-out refutation of Trumpism’s foundational belief”. Author, Ezra Klein, NYT.
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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screenshot is courtesy of an article in today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

Headline/sub-headline don’t speak to the gravity of
Alex Pretti’s (alleged) murder.

And Representative
James Comer suggests agents “go elsewhere”? To terrorize other cities?🤦🏽‍♀️

Trump’s gotta end this evil op.

Ffs
Screenshot of an article in the Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, “Republicans struggle to respond to shooting, reflecting political peril. Subtitle: “Some defend the administration, but others have raised concerns, suggesting possible dissent.” Author, Catie Edmondson, NYT. Article discusses those congress members who support/disagree with the president on the shooting by ICE/CPB agents of Alex Pretti on Saturday.
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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A screenshot courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune’s “Opinion” page.

Trump’s Gestapo-like tactics of rounding up, dragging from homes/courts/hospitals, shooting protesters dead…..

It’s beyond evil.

What kind of demented administration thinks any of this is ok?

Republicans? Where are you? #utpol
Screenshot of the “Opinion” page in the Salt Lake Tribune. It features a Pat Bagley political cartoon at the top. An essay written by two women representing Mormon Women for Ethical Government, appears below the cartoon. Below the essay are three short, written opinions by three different Utahns. Each of the above reflect the awful and deadly policies regarding Trump’s ICE raids in US cities.
January 27, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Screenshot of an article in the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

Utahns, this petition is meant to repeal Proposition 4 (Better Boundaries). Don’t sign.

If you wish to change your mind, contact your county clerk and you can remove your signature.

Your voice. Your vote. Your power.
#utpol
Screenshot of an article in the Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, “Trump urges Utahns to get behind GOP ballot measure to restore gerrymandering”. Authors Robert Gehrke and Emily Anderson Stern, both SLT. Article reports on the progress of the Utah GOP legislators’ signature-gathering efforts at repealing Proposition 4, the Better Boundaries initiative voters passed in 2018.
January 26, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Screenshot of an article in the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

Protests are our right.
Screenshot of an article in the Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, “Demonstrators flood Minneapolis streets, hundreds of businesses close to protest ICE”. Authors: Chris Hippensteel, Talva Minsberg, Maja Coleman, and Summer Rabold, NYT. Inset photo, courtesy of Vincent Alban, NYT. Shows a thoroughfare in the city with protesters and signs.
January 24, 2026 at 3:13 PM
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Political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com and cartoonist Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

Odious speech at Davos, indeed.

My god.
Political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune and cartoonist Pat Bagley. A single panel titled, “Rambling Man.” Trump’s drawn at a microphone at the Davis summit. Blue suit, red tie, orange face. He’s facing away from the audience. trump is bent over and farting. The emittance is drawn as a green cloud and the word “Greenland” is written inside. Audience is drawn with lips pursed, eyes closed, trying to fend off the odor. I think Putin is drawn in the lower right hand corner, equally repulsed but with a slight smile on his face.
January 23, 2026 at 2:53 PM
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This is a screenshot of a response letter I received from Senator John Curtis (R-UT). I called him just after trump’s capture of
Nicolas Maduro.

Question for Curtis: Why not “regime change” Putin for his illegal invasion of Ukraine?

But he’s watching this Venezuela situation closely.🤦🏽‍♀️ #utpol
Screenshot of a response letter to me from Senator John Curtis. It’s regarding the capture/trump response to Maduro’s capture.
January 23, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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Political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com and cartoonist Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

WTF are we even doing?!🤦🏽‍♀️
#utpol
Political cartoon courtesy of Salt Lake Tribune and cartoonist Pat Bagley. A single panel titled, “Soldier Boy”. It depicts a GOP elephant in fatigues, throwing a US soldier from an airplane. The soldier is descending on Greenland. Shown dotted with a few houses, a bewildered Greenlander, and a dog. Above elephant’s head, a sign: “Sending our sons* to war”. As he’s throwing the soldier out he says, “FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF TRUMP!” The *asterisk emphasizes: Dept. of War Sec. Hegseth says ‘girls not aloud’.”
January 21, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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A screenshot of the major market indexes this morning.

When an egomaniac doesn’t get his peace prize, he gets cranky.

#Felon47
Screenshot of Business News major stock indexes. Dow, S&P, Nasdaq, all glaring red, currently.
January 20, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Screenshot of an editorial in the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

You thought “It can’t happen here”?

Trump proves everyday autocracy is here. As he instigates it.

Prove me wrong.
Screenshot of an editorial in today’s Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, “We are ruled by a hateful, proudly ignorant megalomaniac, whose claim to power is absolute. The time to act is now. Author, M. Gessen for the NYT. The essay describes all the ways president trump has corralled power in all aspects of his administration.
January 20, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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A screenshot taken from the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com Public Forum page.

This is the congressional switchboard number: 202-224-3121. As an alternative to writing letters.

Speed dial your House/Senate reps if you’d rather leave a message. #utpol
This editorial appears in today’s Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, Spate of horrific policies”. The authors implore us to contact our congressional reps to pushback against trump’s policies, which they number from 1-8.
January 20, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Screenshot of a political cartoon in today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com by cartoonist Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

Bagley’s all out of fu**s to give.

And so should we all be. 😔 #utpol
Political cartoon in today’s Salt Lake Tribune. Cartoonist: Pat Bagley. Titled “Government name change”. A single panel. A Lady Justice statue in the foreground, shown tied up and gagged. Two construction workers drawn to her right, carrying a square sign, “Dept. of Justice”. On the building behind Lady Justice is a replacement sign: “Dept. of Pedophile Protection”.
January 20, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Screenshot of an article in today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

Not a typo
A real letter was sent
By a not-stable man

He’ll kneecap anyone/anything to get what he wants.

Like a mob boss.

Utahns, you’d better be speed-dialing your reps by now.
#utpol
Screenshot of an article in the Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, “Trump links his push for Greenland to not winning the Nobel Peace Prize”. Sandwiched between the article are two pics. Top: trump and Prime Minister of Norway in the White House. Bottom: protesters in Greenland.
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Screenshot of the “Drawn & Quartered” page of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

America under trump is more violent, expensive, less free, more isolationist.

Republicans, meh.

#2026Midterms
Six political cartoons courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune, “Drawn & Quartered” . These drawings show a world under trump that is far more violent, expensive and less free.
January 18, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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Grabbed this screenshot of a section in Senator
John Curtis’ (R-UT) weekly newsletter.

I haven’t seen the same support for MN protesters (or other American protesters), or condemnation of the shooting of Renee Good by an ICE agent.

Maybe it’ll be in his next newsletter? 🤷🏽‍♀️
#utpol
Screenshot of a section from Senator John Curtis’ weekly newsletter. He shares trump’s message supporting Iranian protesters.
January 17, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Screenshot of an article in today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

Political donors
Former lawyers
Repeat criminals

Pays to know a convicted felon who happens to be POTUS.

Quid pro quo.
Screenshot of an article in the Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, “Trump sets fraudster free from prison for 2nd time, and also pardons political donor’s father”. Authors Kenneth P. Vogel and Suzanne Craig, NYT. Article discusses more convicted white collar criminals in trump’s orbit who were pardoned on Friday.
January 17, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Screenshot of an article in today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com

What effect did dumb dumb and the GOP think cutting r&d would have on the once robust US research system?

For a party that says we need to dominate China, they sure as hell are doing the exact opposite.🤦🏽‍♀️

FAFO.
#utpol
Screenshot of an article in today’s Salt Lake Tribune. Titled, “Chinese universities surge in global rankings as U.S. schools slip”. A graphic (inset) shows nine of ten are Chinese universities. Harvard is the only US university in the list.
January 16, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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Political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com and cartoonist Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

Drought
Desert
Data centers

Where will the water come from?

Growth, profits at all costs?! #utpol
Political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune and cartoonist Pat Bagley. A single panel titled, “Growing Alarm”. Three figures are drawn. Governor Spencer Cox, a farmer and his child. Cox is smiling in front of a large “Data Farm” sign. He’s gesturing towards a huge, built out data center. The farmer and his child are looking out on what was formerly their farm; now covered in buildings. The child asks, “What are they growing?” The father replies, “Alarm!”
January 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com and cartoonist Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social

“Mine!”

Precisely. #utpol
Screenshot of a political cartoon courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune and cartoonist Pat Bagley. A single panel titled, “The Liberator”. Trump is drawn at the left carrying a black barrel of oil. The Venezuelan flag is drawn on it. Trump in blue suit, a dragging red tie, and orange face is drawn as running away. “Mine!” Is captioned next to him. On the right are a Venezuelan man and woman. They are drawn with pleading hands wondering why they don’t get anything.
January 14, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Two editorials courtesy of the Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com “Public Forum”.

Utahns, call your reps. Use some the essayists words to tell them the country is on the wrong track.
#utpol

John Curtis
Mike Lee
Blake Moore
Burgess Owens
Celeste Maloy
Mike Kennedy
(All R-UT)
Screenshot of two editorials via the Salt Lake Tribune and its Public Forum.
January 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM