This cartoon was created and published in the sliver of time between Congress passing a 45 day stop gap measure to prevent a government shutdown (for now) and the inevitable ouster of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Kevin[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Fetch enjoys the chaos even as he despises the chaotic actors of the Republican Party. I’m more with the goose, demanding a government that serves the people — although like Fetch I don’t think these people are capable of it.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Last week the House of Representatives held a hearing on the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic. Because Republicans are now in charge of the House, the door was open to bad faith science, wild speculation, utter nonsense, and even a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I doubt there is a “right side of history.” There are right things to do — fight fascism, advance human rights, reorganize society to meet everyone’s needs and liberate them from drudgery, etc — but I don’t think history is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We have a new Worst Gun-Related Mass Killing In Modern History in the massacre in Las Vegas last week. Somehow an abusive jerk managed to sneak an arsenal of weapons into this hotel room (most likely “comped” by management due[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You can read more comics like this at the Fetch page. This week’s strip stars an old friend of mine, Barry Deutsch. We often have conversations like this, where we try to figure out how much we should expect American[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s strip stars an old friend of mine, Barry Deutsch. We often have conversations like this, where we try to figure out how much we should expect American society to support the people who comprise it. The Democratic side[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…but Congresscritters do not see inherent conflicts of interest or bribery in the close connections between campaign contributions and contract awards to their donors. “Simply because a member sponsors an earmark for an entity that also happens to be a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…