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DrMacLeodCartoons

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Historian. Cartoonist. Atheist. Scot. Author of 'The Second Disruption,' 'Evansville in WW2’, 'The Cartoons of KK Knecht' and 'Lost Evansville" and wrote the documentary ’Evansville at War.’ He/Him🏳️‍🌈

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What a game! #RedSox

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Defector @defector.com · 8d

What's a dollar really worth to these ghouls? defector.com/whats-a-doll...

What’s A Dollar Really Worth To These Ghouls? | Defector

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew over at SFGATE, and buy Drew’s books while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking…

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Tim O’Brien @timobrien.bsky.social · 8d

“For the first time since The Times began polling on this issue in 1998, more U.S. voters sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/p...

Americans’ Support for Israel Dramatically Declines, Times/Siena Poll Finds

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 9d

The decision by Eric Adams to suspend his reelection bid is unlikely to slow the upstart candidacy of Zohran Mamdani. He’s polling well ahead of Andrew Cuomo, with five weeks to go before Election Day. Persistent attacks by Trump are only serving to burnish Mamdani's image with New Yorkers.

Mamdani seen holding lead over Cuomo in New York City mayoral race, analysts say

NEW YORK (Reuters) -The decision by New York City Mayor Eric Adams to suspend his sputtering reelection bid is unlikely to slow the upstart candidacy of democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani, political ...

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 22d

“I mean, your society’s broken, so who should we blame? Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.”

—Iain Banks
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Iain Banks: the final interview

Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 9d

Paris celebrated the opening of its 300th “school street”: landscaped & pedestrianized or semi-pedestrianized blocks situated in front of schools. Most have been completed since 2020.

Paris passe le cap des 300 rues piétonnes près des écoles pour être « plus accueillante aux enfants »

La municipalité, qui a organisé samedi une fête dédiée, tire un bilan positif de ces espaces piétonnisés aux abords des établissements scola

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Lead off cartoon in today’s Daily Cartoonist

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11d

Jesus Christ, how are you so unbelievably bad at this?

A deeply unpopular president is recklessly destroying our government, wrecking our democracy, covering up pedophilia and now threatening to use military force against our own citizens but you're tsk-tsking about protecting healthcare?

Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social · 11d

The Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful.

Here’s a thought.

Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.

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Ezra Klein is a walking definition of a sophomore - a wise fool.

David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 11d

On the left is Ezra Klein saying that Dems must start "taking political positions that’ll make it more likely to win Senate seats in Kansas & Ohio & Missouri" including "running pro-life Dems."

On the right is how those states voted.

Why do media outlets depict this person as an election expert?