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Sam Bellamy

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Not the pirate. Contributor to fightthefire.substack.com, an all free site. Winner of multiple prestigious awards from dogs. Whistles through darkness. Resists, persists, insists. Aspires to ask "WTF did you just say?" at a WH press conference.

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 14h

New at Fight the Fire. All links and subscriptions are free.

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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 3d

New at Fight the Fire, where all links and subscriptions are free.

"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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 4d

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

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'The president is unhinged. He is unwell.'

Rep. Madeleine Dean confronts Speaker Mike Johnson with the truth

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 8d

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

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Please change these dirty indicters

Cartoon by Shields

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 8d

"Americans are rightfully enraged by the sight of masked officers seizing people from the street and other public places, shoving them into unmarked vans and whisking them away, some never to be heard from again."

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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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 1d

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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.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

Cartoon by ShieldsThanks for reading!

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.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.

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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

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 14h

New at Fight the Fire. All links and subscriptions are free.

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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 7d

A free* piece from Fight the Fire on our latest national embarrassment.

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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · Aug 10

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · May 6

Fight the Fire's Christopher Shields portrays the fate of the national park system in Trump's tiny hands -- this land was your land, this land was my land.

This land was your land, this land was my land ...

Make us an offer! It's the Billionaire and Corporation Tax-Cut Sellathon, going on now!

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 20h

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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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 8d

"Was Thursday 'Bring Your Child to Work Day' at the U.S. Department of Justice? Did an unattended toddler draft the two-page indictment against former FBI Director James Comey?"

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'One of the worst human beings this Country has ever been exposed to'

No, not Trump - James Comey, according to Trump

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 14h

New at Fight the Fire. All links and subscriptions are free.

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

fightthefire.substack.com

Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 20h

He is. You're probably already aware, but more here:
www.youtube.com/@hellswelles

Come for the songs, stay for the songs

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 20h

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

www.youtube.com

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 8d

Samuel L. Jackson, with few choice words for Trump.
Watch the Snakes on Plane star take on the snake in the Oval Office.

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Samuel L. Jackson, with few choice words for Trump

Watch the Snakes on Plane star take on the snake in the Oval Office

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.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?"

YouTube video by Jesse Welles

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 5d

Netflix has added "Idiocracy." I'm not sure anymore if it's a comedy or a documentary, but I'd recommend it for a few laugh-out-loud moments.

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 19d

Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire.

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All opinions are his own. (Or else.)

Cartoon by Shields

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 1d

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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Fight the Fire | Substack

Defend democracy: join the patriotic bucket brigade. Click to read Fight the Fire, a Substack publication.

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 1d

I occasionally get inquiries from Bluesky users about whether we charge for Substack subscriptions, which is why I've been adding an explanation to most new posts.
The answer is no. All links and subscriptions are free. NO two-tier subscriptions where access depends on payment.
Take a look!

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Sam Bellamy @sambdesk.bsky.social · 1d

Re an earlier post on our free subscriptions:
We don't begrudge Substack writers and cartoonists who do charge. Please support them, too. A former journalists, we're not inclined to work for free either. But we currently have the means to do this as volunteers to help fight the Trumpster fire.