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D Anderson
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Advocate for liberal democracy, equity, and human rights
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I'm not sure the temperature can be brought down. This is what Gaza looks like right now. If your family lives there, how can you stay calm?
Picture of Gaza devastation as seen from Israel.
May 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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There's a Chicago GOP?
I hate Illinois Nazis.
March 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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I thought Yosemite Sam stole it. I'm guessing trump thinks Fort Knox is the same as in a 1954 cartoon. (14 Carrot Rabbit)
14 Carrot Rabbit: Yosemite Sam steals gold from Fort Knox.
February 24, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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John Candy - "There's a time to think, and a time to act. And this, gentleman, is no time to think."
February 11, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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The stupidity is off the charts. Plenty of good descriptions for him in this list.
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February 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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He's so full of shit. I wish we had a media that would stand up to the never ending lies from Republicans. 43 pounds of fentanyl in 2024.
Graph showing nearly zero pounds of fentanyl seized at the US-Canada border. 43 pounds in all of 2024 to be precise.
February 2, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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I get home from the kids hockey game, and see this. "It can't be that bad, he didn't actually call for ethnic cleansing, right?". Check the Guardian, and it's worse than I thought. I will *never* forgive anyone who voted for this criminal.
Here is the extracted text from the image: "I'd rather get involved with some of the Arab nations and build housing at a different location where they can maybe live in peace for a change," Trump told reporters on Air Force One. "You're talking about probably a million and a half people, and we just clean out that whole thing and say: 'You know, it's over.'"
January 27, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Your new order has arrived! (credit: Jen Sorensen)

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A comic strip by Jen Sorensen. Panel 1: A man in a delivery uniform stands at a door, holding a package labeled "Your New Order Has Arrived." He asks, "Hey there, Americans! Are you ready for the big cultural revolution?" Panel 2: A woman inside the house looks confused and asks, "The what now?" Panel 3: The man from panel 1 says, "Oh right, the New Deal safety net, consumer protections, worker rights—those are probably doomed. You can bet on meme coins, though!" Panel 4: A woman at a bar looks horrified and says, "I... just want housing and healthcare?" Panel 5: The man from panel 3 says, "Enjoy the delightful blend of Russian-style disinformation, Iranian theocracy, and Hungarian crackdowns on education." Panel 6: A woman at a bar looks confused and says, "You say people voted for this? I haven't heard about any of it." Panel 7: An older man at the bar looks concerned and asks, "Are you sure you're talking about this country?" Panel 8: The man from panel 1 says, "It's the year zero, baby!"
January 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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I took my family to Fort Breendonk during a recent trip, and did my best to hold myself together for the first part of the fort, but lost it when we turned a corner and saw the gallows. I can't imagine not being emotionally impacted by Auschwitz.
Picture of the gallows at Fort Breendonk in Belgium.
January 23, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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They need to have this headline shoved in their faces every day for the next 4 years.
NPR headline from Aug 6, 2020: "Trump signs executive order that will effectively ban use of TikTok in the US".
January 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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And Republicans jammed it in to a bill providing aid for Ukraine and Israel. This was why it got out of the Senate and Biden couldn't veto it. I wish facts still mattered, but America seems to be desperate to get back to the dark ages.
Report showing that Republicans jammed this TikTok ban into another bill providing aid to Ukraine and Israel.
January 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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And the bill (HR 7521) was written and sponsored by Republicans. I assume close to zero percent of these people actually know this.
Bill banning TikTok, sponsor Mike Gallagher, a Republican.
January 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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We need to remind everyone that more Republicans than Democrats voted for this. All I've seen is people blaming Biden, as though he passes laws all on his own.
Votes in the US house to ban TikTok .... 197 Republican, 155 Democratic voting YES. 15 Republican, 50 Democratic voting NO.
January 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Hahaha... perfect. I wonder if Rufus also is in a heavy metal band.
Cover of Bloom County comic collection, titled "BILLY AND THE BOINGERS BOOTLEG".
January 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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I bet Mr. Ugewang is incredibly disappointed that they didn't get their vanity plate.

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List of rejected Illinois vanity license plates.
January 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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"It's also four Fs, but we didn't know it was gonna come off like that."
From IASIP, Frank's flag is four Fs, looking like a swastika.
December 29, 2024 at 2:55 AM
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Nothing better than Calvin and Hobbes for a bad mood.
Calvin and Hobbes, Calvin says "I like these cold, gray winter days." "Days like these let you savor a bad mood."
December 20, 2024 at 4:40 AM
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I will never forgive the 70+ million who voted for this.
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December 13, 2024 at 11:03 PM
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Here's how much Canada exports to the US. Gas, cars, construction materials, electronics.... it's all going up.

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Table of Canada exports to USA in 2023.
November 26, 2024 at 12:20 AM
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Umberto Eco summarized it nicely in his essay "Ur-Fascism" (aka "Eternal Fascism").
Since both permanent war and heroism are difficult games to play, the Ur-Fascist transfers his will to power to sexual matters. This is the origin of machismo (which implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, from chastity to homosexuality). Since even sex is a difficult game to play, the Ur-Fascist hero tends to play with weapons—doing so becomes an ersatz phallic exercise
November 24, 2024 at 9:19 PM
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We could all use a Knope-Wyatt Unity Quilt right about now.
From Parks&Rec, the Knope-Wyatt Unity quilt.
November 17, 2024 at 6:18 AM
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Unlikely, because in fascism, life is a permanent warfare. They will never admit they were wrong. Umberto Eco's "Ur-Fascism" essay put it best.
9. For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle. Thus pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. It is bad because life is permanent warfare. This, however, brings about an Armageddon complex. Since enemies have to be defeated, there must be a final battle, after which the movement will have control of the world. But such a “final solution” implies a further era of peace, a Golden Age, which contradicts the principle of permanent war. No fascist leader has ever succeeded in solving this predicament.
November 14, 2024 at 4:35 AM
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Corporate America quickly embraces the "Gaetz doctrine"
Starbucks sign: "1/2 off Gentleman's Lattes"
November 13, 2024 at 11:53 PM
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From Idiocracy, "He won a contest, got to be a cabinet member"
November 13, 2024 at 11:49 PM
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3 signs on top of each other... "WOW!", "SEE THE UNBELIEVABLE", "MYSTERY HOLE".
November 13, 2024 at 2:31 AM