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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 14h

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Attorney General Bondi will NOT be taking your questions now.
Look, she doesn’t need anyone’s stinkin’ oversight, and damn you for asking.

Attorney General Bondi will NOT be taking your questions now

Look, she doesn’t need anyone’s stinkin’ oversight, and damn you for asking

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 1d

New column at Fight the Fire. (All links and subscriptions are free. No catches, no fine print.)

Donald's Office of Justice is all about 'punishing the president's perceived enemies.'
Fired prosecutor sounds a familiar alarm that Trump is destroying the rule of law.

Donald's Office of Justice is all about 'punishing the president's perceived enemies'

Fired prosecutor sounds a familiar alarm that Trump is destroying the rule of law

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The Republican epidemic of 'L-O-L-A Syndrome'
Elon Musk leads a boycott of Netflix to protect us all from transgender cartoon characters.

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The Republican epidemic of 'L-O-L-A Syndrome'

Elon Musk leads a boycott of Netflix to protect us all from transgender cartoon characters

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 3d

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A medbed can't cure what ails Trump.
Cabinet and Republicans endanger us by ignoring the unhinged man in the Oval Office.

A medbed can't cure what ails Trump

Cabinet and Republicans endanger us by ignoring the unhinged man in the Oval Office

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 10d

From Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire:

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Trump's latest approval rating

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · Sep 6

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How are the grocery prices going for you, MAGA?

fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · Jul 23

One of the most-viewed cartoons by Christopher Shields at the Fight the Fire. Grab a free subscription on Substack to see them all.
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This year’s model

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 8d

From Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire. (Click for full view.)

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Please change these dirty indicters

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Update: Fight the Fire's Substack site now has subscribers in 50 states and 24 countries.
If you're not already a subscriber - everything's free - check out our homepage and archives. If you like what you see, please join us! We'd love the company and the support.

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"Quite a few Republican men appear to suffer from a severe case of L-O-L-A Syndrome, typified by an irrational fear they’re going to be attracted to a woman who was born a dude or, conversely, befriend a dude who was born a woman."

The Republican epidemic of 'L-O-L-A Syndrome'

Elon Musk leads a boycott of Netflix to protect us all from transgender cartoon characters

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 6d

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Republicans have apparently given up trying to convince Americans, including Donald Trump’s MAGA base, that the GOP is not protecting pedophiles named in the voluminous Epstein files.

'Let's stop attacking pedophiles'

Tongue-tied Ted Cruz inadvertently discloses the GOP strategy on the Epstein files

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Watch Congresswoman Madeleine Dean confront House Speaker Mike Johnson's about Trump's unfitness to serve.

'The president is unhinged. He is unwell.'

Rep. Madeleine Dean confronts Speaker Mike Johnson with the truth

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 14h

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Attorney General Bondi will NOT be taking your questions now.
Look, she doesn’t need anyone’s stinkin’ oversight, and damn you for asking.

Attorney General Bondi will NOT be taking your questions now

Look, she doesn’t need anyone’s stinkin’ oversight, and damn you for asking

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 6d

A new toon from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire. (Click for the full view.)

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The GOP's big, beautiful shutdown

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 7d

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Weirdos say no more beardos - and some scary stuff.
Hegseth and party-crasher Trump didn't exactly wow the nation's military command.

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UPDATE: Weirdos say no more beardos - and some scary stuff

Hegseth and party-crasher Trump didn't exactly wow the nation's military command

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 21h

A new one from Jesse Welles:

Temu Patton
In front of the American flag,
Saying you're all too damn gay.
Yeah, you're all too damn fat.
All the golden stars and the purple hearts looked dead,
As spray-on Napoleon Commander Casino said,

'Get ready, boys.
Look pretty.
We're goin into the city.'

We're Going to the City

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 21h

A new one from Jesse Welles:

Temu Patton
In front of the American flag,
Saying you're all too damn gay.
Yeah, you're all too damn fat.
All the golden stars and the purple hearts looked dead,
As spray-on Napoleon Commander Casino said,

'Get ready, boys.
Look pretty.
We're goin into the city.'

We're Going to the City

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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It's not Portland that's "out of control, crazy."
Trump surprises Pentagon with a decree to invade supposedly war-ravaged city.

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It's not Portland that's 'out of control, crazy'

Trump surprises Pentagon with a decree to invade supposedly war-ravaged city

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 24d

Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire:

The Epstein 'hoax,' up close.

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The Epstein hoax, up close

Cartoon by ShieldsThanks for reading!

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He really shouldn't worry so much about his legacy. It's all set.

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All opinions are his own. (Or else.)

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Give us some of that old-time separation of church and state.
Oklahoma finally can bid its Bible-pushing school chief goodbye. But apparently he's ours now.

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Give us some of that old-time separation of church and state

Oklahoma finally can bid its Bible-pushing school chief goodbye. But apparently he's ours now.

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fightthefire.bsky.social @fightthefire.bsky.social · 5d

Jesse Welles with a hilarious takedown of RFK Jr. and Trump over that thing our very stable genius can't pronounce.

"Who needs evidence when your pal's the president?"

Tylenol

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'They wanna come out and dirty me up?'
ICE's Homan says bring it on - which is precisely what congressional investigators should do in the case of the $50,000 bag o'cash

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'They wanna come out and dirty me up?'

ICE's Homan says bring it on - which is precisely what congressional investigators should do

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