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Welcome to the US

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Wealth Hoarders

It occurred to me that the world's richest people who seek to accumulate ever more wealth and power are not unlike the troubled souls on the reality show "Hoarders" -- although I have far more compassion for regular hoarders.

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There's a whole industry of political consultants and media figures making hay by relentlessly scolding Dems (and random people online who get conflated with Dems) for causing all of this, while billionaires flagrantly destroy our institutions and Trump voters embrace ever more extreme positions. It's a self-defeating doom loop.

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Latest comic: What lives matter?

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First (and Last) Contact

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Feds Crack Down on Spring Migration

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A "Manly" Economy?

In case you missed it, there's been a substantial propaganda campaign from MAGA elites to convince the masses that Trump's destructive economic policies will make men more "masculine." The dialogue coming from the TV in the first panel of this cartoon is taken directly from a Fox chyron, "TRUMP'S TARIFFS WILL MAKE YOU A MAN?" Meanwhile, Trump is actually dismantling rules that protect miners from silica exposure.

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Veneer of Normalcy

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A Simple Plan

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No one should be disappeared to a faraway prison cell for writing an opinion column.

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I want to acknowledge that several Dems have been courageously speaking out and doing everything they can to repel this onslaught.

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1980s pop culture was filled with reminders of the existential threat posed by the Soviet Union, some of it jingoistic (Rocky IV comes to mind), and some of it deeply chilling, such as the Sting song "Russians" referenced in the first panel.

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"Protecting the Children"

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What's the point of an economy that no longer serves the interests of human beings?

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The Consumer Financial Destruction Bureau

Founded by Elizabeth Warren in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the CFPB addressed all sorts of sleazy practices in the financial services industry, from shady loans to exorbitant junk fees to insecure payment apps. They recovered some $21 billion on behalf of the American people. The CFPB was an example of good government fighting corporate abuses on behalf of the public. Yet how many voters even knew or heard about it?

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Pluto-brats

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Beware of Three-Letter Acronyms!

The term "DEI" is being used as a cover to tear apart much of the federal government. And they've started invoking the scourge of "DEIA" too, which refers to accessibility.

It's not that this language didn't exist before, but it's being weaponized now. Suddenly DEI has replaced "diversity initiatives," "civil rights," "equal rights," "fairness," and "anti-discrimination" in everyday conversation. I would suggest that one small thing we can do is return to using those actual words.

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