The Supreme Court issued a "code of ethics" which is a first for the the highest court in the land but doesn't actually insert a new ethics policy or guideline for the justices to follow. The "code" doesn't place any new guidelines on corrupt justices like Clarence Thomas, who has taken luxury vacations, loans for... Continue Reading →
Trump Vermin
If you don't see the threat Donald Trump presents to this nation, then you're betraying it. When I showed this cartoon to proofreader Laura today, as I do for every cartoon, she replied that this was more truth than satire and the cartoon made her "queasy," which means it's a good cartoon. Alexandra Petri wrote... Continue Reading →
Bear to Travel
A lot of Americans have this belief that the United States is the most popular nation in the world and everybody wants to come here. Without ever citing anything specific, other than "freedom," they claim the U.S.A. is the best country in the world. But the truth is, most people in the world don't want... Continue Reading →
Take Me With You
A disturbing new poll from The New York Times and Sienna College has Donald Trump ahead of President Joe Biden in five of six swing states that will decide the 2024 presidential election. The good news for President Biden is that this is early and there's still a year to go. The bad news for... Continue Reading →
Youngkin Bumpkin
President Joe Biden has very low approval ratings nationally while political analysts keep saying Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, is popular in Virginia. But a poll conducted by the University of Mary Washington Center for Leadership and Media Studies (right down the street from me) last September says in a hypothetical presidential general election... Continue Reading →
Puff Puff Pass GOP
President Joe Biden is doing so poorly in the polls that even a failed president (sic) and racist stupid dumbass like Donald Trump is beating him yet despite that, Democrats won big last night. Democratic governor Andy Beshear won reelection last night in Kentucky against a Trump-endorsed opponent who tried to nationalize the election. Beshear... Continue Reading →
Trump Temper Tantrum
Donald Trump testified yesterday in the New York civil trial that threatens the existence of his business empire. While legal experts pontificate and speculate on how the outcome of the judge's ruling will be affected by Trump's testimony, the one thing that's clear is Donald Trump is a grifter and a conman. Numbers don't lie,... Continue Reading →
Tangled
It only took a little over four hours for a jury to find FTX cofounder Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. There were two counts of wire fraud and five counts of conspiracy that ranged from commodities fraud to laundering money. The victims were customers of FTX, lenders to Alameda... Continue Reading →
Aloha Santos
George Santos survived an effort to expel him from the House with 31 Democrats voting against the effort. It would have taken two-thirds of the House to kick him out but the effort couldn't even get a simple majority. Santos is currently facing a criminal trial and a House investigation. Most members said he should... Continue Reading →
Republicans’ Chosen People
New Speaker of the House MAGA Mike Johnson has refused to attach aid to Ukraine to Aid to Israel, but he has attached cuts to the IRS. How does that work? Johnson said standing with Israel is a "more immediate need than IRS agents." But it's not about new IRS agents. Republicans have been barking... Continue Reading →