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the worst team owner in the NFL is finally selling. Dan Snyder has agreed in principle to sell the Washington Redskins, er…Washington Football Team, I mean, the Washington Commanders to Josh Harris for $6.05 billion. Did you hear Dr. Evil’s voice in your head when you read $6.05 billion?
Snyder bought the team for $800 million in 1999 and immediately fired 25 employees. The next season, he signed retiring stars Deion Sanders, Jeff George, Bruce Smith, Mark Carrier, and Andre Reed to huge contracts, and most were gone midway through their second season with the team.
He continued with the stupid business decisions and was the first owner to charge for fans to attend practices. Scouts from other teams came to those practices and said after the season that they knew what was coming from Snyder’s team. Snyder once sold rancid peanuts to fans. On the fifth anniversary of 9/11, Snyder sold commemorative caps. He sued season ticket holders. He once banned fans from bringing signs to games. Snyder once hired an offensive play caller whose previous job was calling bingo games. He traded three first-round picks and a second-round pick to draft Robert Griffin III.
Snyder was known for being a jerk. Early in his tenure as owner, he left a gallon of Baskin-Robbins on the desk of a defensive coordinator with a note saying, “This is what I like, not vanilla.”
He went through a lot of coaches. After firing Norv Turner, he hired receivers coach Terry Robiskie who only lasted one season. He fired 8-8 Robiskie to hire Marty Schottenheimer, who was an ESPN analyst at the time (and had once said he could never work for an owner like Snyder), but was still under contract to the Kansas City Chiefs. To Get Schottenheimer, Snyder gave Kansas City two third-round picks. After going 8-8 and winning eight of its final eleven games, Snyder fires Schottenheimer for University of Florida coach Steve Spurrier. Snyder was always dazzled by the big names and gave Spurrier a five-year $25 million contract.
Spurrier spent more time on golf courses than with the team and even his announcement after two seasons came while he was on a golf course. Next, Snyder hired legendary Washington coach, Joe Gibbs, who had taken the team to three Super Bowls in his first stint as coach. Gibbs lasted four seasons before returning to Nascar. He took the team to the playoffs twice in his second stint, winning one game in 2006 which was the last playoff win in the Snyder era. They replaced Gibbs with Jim Zorn, who they chose over Pete Carroll, who went on to take the Seattle Seahawks to two Super Bowls, winning one. Carroll had already won two national championships, back to back. Zorn was hired as offensive coordinator before a head coach was hired, then promoted to head coach within two weeks.
After Zorn’s one season which really surprised nobody, Snyder went through coaches Mike Shanahan, Jay Gruden, Bill Callahan, and Ron Rivera.
When the team was still the “Redskins,” Snyder issued a statement saying, “”We’ll never change the name. It’s that simple. NEVER — you can use caps.” I guess it wasn’t that SIMPLE.
And then things get really bad. In 2018, Washington cheerleaders took a trip to Costa Rica for a photo shoot where they were asked to pose topless and accompany team sponsors to nightclubs. In 2020, The Washington Post reported on the team’s toxic culture and 15 women alleged they were sexually harassed and verbally abused by former team employees. A few months later, 25 more women made the same allegations. And then, the Post reported that Snyder paid a former team employee $1.6 million in 2009 as part of a settlement after she accused him of sexual misconduct while flying on his plane. In 2021, the NFL fined Washington $10 for its toxic workplace culture and Snyder stepped down from day-to-day duties running the team.
In 2021, The Wall Street Journal released emails between Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden (while he was an analyst at ESPN) and former Washington general manager Bruce Allen (while he was still with Washington) that were homophobic, sexist, and racist. Gruden resigned and allegations are made that Snyder is behind the leaked emails in order to take the blame off him for the toxic workplace culture. Congress and the NFL both investigate the Washington Football Team, as it was known at the time.
In 2022, former Washington cheerleader and marketing manager Tiffani Johnston told members of the House Committee for Oversight and Reform that Snyder placed his hand on her leg while at a dinner function and later unsuccessfully tried to force her into his limousine while singing Billy Ocean’s “Get out of my dreams and into my car.” OK, I might have made that last part up. The NFL hires a former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York and former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the claims.
Later in 2022, Anheuser-Busch, which has sponsorship deals with 26 teams, and the NFL, end their relationship with the Commanders. Former Washington employee Jason Friedman testifies before the House Oversight Committee alleging financial improprieties, including a claim that Washington withheld ticket revenue that was supposed to be shared with other teams. The committee sends a 20-page letter to the Federal Trade Commission regarding a “potentially unlawful pattern of financial conduct” by the franchise.
The Virginia attorney general’s office informs the Commanders it will investigate the allegations of financial impropriety. The D.C. attorney general also begins an investigation. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell testifies before the House Oversight Committee while Snyder refuses and flies to France.
In June 2022, The House oversight committee releases a 29-page report with new allegations against Snyder. The report concludes that Snyder conducted a “shadow investigation” to try to discredit the media and others who he thought played a role in making accusations against him and the organization. Among the report’s findings: Snyder sent private investigators to the homes of those who accused him to offer them “hush money.” Snyder finally testifies, remotely from out of the country.
In October 2022, ESPN reported that Snyder told people in his inner circle Goodell and other owners can’t “fuck with me” because of information he has on all of them. The report stated that Snyder had collected information on six other owners, including Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Later that month, Colts owner Jim Irsay tells reporters at the owners’ meetings: “I believe there’s merit to remove Snyder as owner. Unfortunately, I believe that’s the road we probably need to go down and we just need to finish the investigation, but it’s gravely concerning to me the things that have occurred there over the last 20 years.”
Snyder released a statement that he will “never” sell, but doesn’t make it all caps this time. The very next month, Snyder announces he’s hired Bank of America Securities to consider “potential transactions” for selling the team.
In the same month, the D.C. attorney general files a civil lawsuit against Snyder and the Commanders saying it is for “colluding to deceive residents of the District of Columbia about their investigation into a toxic workplace culture that impacted employees, especially women.” A week later, the AG files a second lawsuit accusing the team of cheating season-ticket holders in the District out of $200,000 in deposit money.
In December, the House Oversight Committee releases a report stating that Snyder “permitted and participated in” creating a toxic workplace culture. the allegations in the report include that Snyder leaked the Gruden/Allen emails.
And yesterday, ESPN reported that Snyder has reached a preliminary nonexclusive agreement to sell the team to Josh Harris, who also co-owns teams in the NBA and NHL, for a record $6.05 billion. The sale would require league approval which could come as early as next month. There are still other potential buyers.
Last month, Dan Snyder’s team won a poll among players in the NFL for being the worst team to play for.
Music note: I listened to Foo Fighters.
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There’s a lot to be concerned about the day after Ron DeSantis wins the presidency…if he is ever to win it. There’s a lot of time between now and election day, 2024 so it’s very early in the race despite the fact we already have two official candidates, and DeSantis isn’t one of them. But, it doesn’t look like DeSantis will be the GOP nominee in 2024.
A Harvard University poll has Trump over DeSantis by 12 points but a poll by Morning Consult has him up by 25. Neither of those has him as high over DeSantis as Trump’s favorite pollster which he touted at his recent Waco hate rally, Catturd2, a Twitter account that has Trump 45 points over DeSantis. I’m sure we’ll all be keeping our eyes on Catturd’s prognostications throughout the presidential race.
But time can change perceptions. For example, there were a few minutes in 2008 when some people didn’t see Sarah Palin as a raving lunatic shooting wolves from helicopters. Maybe between now and November 2024…or 2028, DeSantis will develop some charm and a personality. Maybe people won’t see him as much of a high white boot-wearing goose-stepping knee-jerk fascist asshole pointing his finger in the faces of high school students. Maybe people other than Nazis will have warm gushy feelings deep down inside when they hear the name “Ron DeSantis.”
But whether you have warm gushy feelings for Meatball Ron or not, he’s a fascist. He’s looking to turn Florida into a dictatorship where he chooses the kind of education your kids have, tells Disney what content they can create (only Herbie movies), and a place where he fires elected officials. Also, no images of penises allowed which is ironic since the state resembles a flaccid penis.
So if Meatball becomes president, will there be a national ban on black history, science, math, or any education on LGBTQ?
For example: After it was revealed that yesterday’s shooter was a transgender person, I had fucknuts tweeting at me that my cartoon was wrong because trans is the same as drag. Those people need to be educated that trans and drag aren’t the same thing, but under a Meatball regime, that education won’t be available.
Ron DeSantis is smarter than Donald Trump and his legislative record is more successful than the Former Guy’s. Ron DeSantis as governor gets things done, sure they’re all horrible things, but he gets them done. The only thing saving us from a Ron DeSantis dictatorship is his lack of a personality. Florida is not the rest of the nation and Pudding Fingers has a steep hill to climb to win over the rest of the nation. Spoiler alert: He will not charm the country.
Donald Trump is an entertainer. Sure, it’s only appealing if you have the maturity of a stupid racist 12-year-old, but he wins over those people. People like what DeSantis does while not really liking him. He’s not a cult leader the way Trump is.
DeSantis has huge obstacles preventing him from defeating Trump in the Republican primaries. He has to win over Trump’s voters. He can’t do that by telling the truth and saying Trump lost the 2020 election and he can’t do it by attacking Trump. And if he flatters Trump, then he’s telling primary voters to vote for Trump. So far, he’s doing a weird tightrope walk by defending Trump from the Manhattan Attorney General while saying, “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair.” Be careful what you stick your fingers into there, Meatball.
Oddly enough, I don’t believe Trump can win the general election as he’s lost the popular vote in two straight elections, but he will probably win the nomination. While I don’t think DeSantis can win the nomination, I think he would have a better chance than Trump to win the general election if he were to win the nomination.
Trump needs to be careful too because he’s criticizing DeSantis’ record as governor but even Trump supporters like the job Meatball’s done as governor. They are fascists. Trump should stay away from policy because he’s not good at it, and stick with what he does best, which is create juvenile nicknames.
So far, we have “Ron DeSanctimonious,” which DeSantis has said he kinda likes. There’s also “Meatball Ron” and I hear Trump is workshopping “Ron DisHonest,” “Ron DeEstablishment,” and “Tiny D” which could bounce back on Tiny Donald. How about “Boots DePudding Fingers?” Ron claims he never finger-banged that pudding, but Trump also lies about where his fingers have been. Has Trump tried “Ronald McSantis?” What about “Ron DeDumDum?” I got it! “Ron DeDumbass!”
Either way, a Trump or DeSantis presidency would be ruinous for this nation. Maybe the Washington Monument isn’t as much of a phallic symbol and more of a middle finger to Republicans.
Creative note: I wrote this last Friday and was drawing it yesterday (Monday), but I put it aside to cover the school shooting in Nashville.
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The owner of the Washington Redskins, I mean the Washington Football Team, I mean The Washington Commanders, Dan Snyder, is a pervert and I believe all the accusations that are coming out about him. There’s your blog, kids.
I’m tired. I’ve been traveling since 8:00 AM this morning, east coast time. And when I wasn’t traveling, I was spending an hour and a half sitting on tarmacs. One reason was that Vegas is windy so we had to sit in Denver for 30 minutes. The other reason was that there was paperwork in Washington, so we had to sit on the tarmac for an hour. Paperwork? Fuck you, Frontier Airlines.
I wasn’t going to give you a new cartoon today, and if you’re on east coast time, I barely made it. But, I thought it’d be fun to draw the cartoon in airports and tease people about what I was drawing and where I was going. This cartoon was drawn in Virginia (I roughed and did the speech bubble there), Washington, D.C, Denver, and published in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Yes, kids. I’m in Las Vegas, Nevada. Why am I in Las Vegas, Nevada?
There’s a huge story about to happen and CNN wanted me on the ground to cover it in my cartoony style. Nah, that’s not it.
The big paper here in Las Vegas flew me in for a job interview. Nah, that’s not it.
Wayne Newton called in sick and they asked me to fill in. Nah, that’s not it.
I owe some big money to the sharks and figured if I made an appeal in person, they wouldn’t break my drawing hand. Nah, that’s not it.
I got lost. That could be it.
Honestly, I’m in Las Vegas because I’ve never been here before and a great deal came my way right when I was going Virginia winter stir crazy. The funny thing is, I’m in Las Vegas and I don’t have any plans. I don’t wanna see a show. I don’t want to gamble. I don’t want to hit any clubs. I don’t want to go to strip joints. And, I definitely don’t want to go where it’s legal to do what’s not legal everywhere else in the country. So, I’m just going to sight-see and draw cartoons for a couple of days all by myself. Did I mention it’s cheap?
By the way, I asked the shuttle driver if you pronounce it “Nevada” or “Nevada.” He said he’s lived here his entire life and it’s always been “Nevada.” Now you know.
I wish you were here.
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No long blog today because I need to prepare for my trip tomorrow. But, I’m going to make it up to you on Monday with a long blog post. You’ll see.
As for this, I had to look up “turret.” As in, I had to Google what those castle tower thingies are called.
Laura, my proofer, gave me a turret story this morning after reading today’s cartoon.
Laura was walking on a college campus once at night with a friend. Apparently, this college had turrets because her friend said, “Look at all the turrets.” Laura looked down at her feet in horror and said,”Where?” And he said, “Turrets! TurrETS. Not turds.”
And that, my dear readers, is how today’s blog got its name.
Things are about go get insane over the next week…and may remain that way for a while. Hang in there and remember, I’ll be here dropping these cartoon bombs and columns throughout.
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Racists don’t like it when racism is pointed out. They don’t like being told racism is a problem. They don’t like being told it’s something we need to work on. Racists want to believe everything is fine and no pun intended honky dory.
I once had a racist tell me that racism had been eradicated in the business world because Herman Cain was an executive for Godfather’s Pizza. It’s like saying racism doesn’t exist in the NFL anymore because there are 3 black coaches out of 32 or racism is gone from the entire nation because we elected a black president. Racists want everyone to be quiet about racism so they can continue to be racists without being hassled about it.
Donald Trump is not pleased. Why? Because Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump has taken a side in race relations and that is the racist white side. You know, the Republican side. The Black Lives Matter movement is spreading across this nation in large cities and small towns alike. It has gone international. Donald Trump is very much opposed to it and has even tweeted a letter calling protesters, not rioters or looters, but protesters, “terrorists.” The president (sic) of the United States wants to call in the military to stomp out peaceful protests and even gassed peaceful protesters in front of the White House so he could walk across the street with a photo-op.
Kaleigh McEneny, the White House spokesgoon who swore during her first press briefing that she would NEVER lie to us, said teargas was NOT used against the protesters. She said this despite it being live on TV and later the Park Police, who initially said it wasn’t teargas, came out and said, “OK…it was teargas.” Where’s McEnany’s retraction and apology for lying and breaking her promise? Adviser Kellyanne Conway actually said the photo-op wasn’t a photo-op, but she has a long track record of lying to us.
Mayor Bowser said, “We want to call attention today to making sure our nation is more fair and more just and that black lives and that black humanity matter in our nation.” Well, Donald Trump can’t agree with that. Then, she had a green street sign
Black Lives Matter Plaza” affixed to a street lamp right outside St. John’s Church, where Donald Trump can surely see in case he wants to stage another photo-op there. But, if he misses that, perhaps he’ll see “Black Lives Matter” on the street leading to his front door.
Trump responded by complaining that the mayor keeps asking “us” for “handouts.” Handouts? Apparently, Trump doesn’t realize Washington, D.C. is a part of the United States and it’s the federal government’s job to partially fund the district, especially since the federal government won’t allow the district to have Congressional representation. Yet, citizens of the district must pay federal taxes despite not being able to be represented in Congress. Republicans who scream about taxation without representation are afraid the district would be represented by the Democratic Party. Trump also complained about the district’s budget and ignoring how much he has raised the federal debt for tax cuts for corporations, trust-fund babies, and rich assholes.
Black Lives Matter and the American Civil Liberties Union have both sued the Trump administration, specifically Trump and Attorney General William Barr for teargassing peaceful protesters so he could have his photo-op. Let’s hear Kayleigh McEneny defend Trump on this. William Barr defended the teargassing by saying the president (sic) has the right to walk across the street. That’s true but he doesn’t have the right to teargas people for a photo-op. Nobody was stopping him from walking across the street. Next time, try it without the teargas.
Bowser also ticked off Trump by sending him a letter demanding he withdraws military personnel and federal law enforcement from the district. She’s also concerned about unidentified law enforcement patrolling the streets. Yeah, what’s up with that? Goons for Trump?
Donald Trump doesn’t get it. He’s the type to respond to someone saying, “Black lives matter” with “All lives matter.” Donald Trump doesn’t get that the reason we never said “All lives matter” is that we never had to.
Donald Trump is a racist and he’s probably an illiterate one at that. Someone can read “Black lives matter” to him but they’re not going to be able to understand it for him.
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Donald Trump is proud of the fact he doesn’t know much history and has never read a presidential biography. It wouldn’t matter if he had since he prefers to ignore facts and just make shit up. The president of the United States is proud to be ignorant which is even more of a fault when you’re also stupid.
Politico reports that during a visit to Mount Vernon (in case you’re a Republican and like Donald Trump, Mount Vernon was George Washington’s home) last April with French President Emmanuel Macron, Trump learned that our first president (in case you’re a Republican, that’s George Washington) was a major real-estate developer during his time. He wondered how rich he was, and according to three sources, why he didn’t name the compound after himself.
The sources reveal that Trump said, “If he was smart, he would’ve put his name on it. You’ve got to put your name on stuff or no one remembers you.” The VIPs’ tour guide for the evening, Mount Vernon president and CEO Doug Bradburn, told Trump that Washington did, after all, succeed in getting the nation’s capital named after him. “Good point,” Trump said.
Bradburn reportedly told several people that the French president and his wife were more knowledgeable about the history of the property than Trump. Trump was critical of the size of the rooms and stairs, but was impressed by Washington’s bed saying it was “a good bed to die in.”
In that city named after Washington where Trump lives, is a monument named after Washington, which Trump can see from the White House. Also in Washington, DC is George Washington University. Maybe from all of his billions, or more accurately, millions, Trump noticed Washington’s face on the one dollar bill.
As for remembering Washington, there is a state named after him (in case you’re a Republican, that’s Washington state). There are 31 counties and 241 towns named after Washington. There are at least twelve universities named after Washington. There are four forts named for Washington. The private residence of Queen Liliʻuokalani of Hawaiʻi is named after Washington. There are four geological features (mountains and lakes) featuring the name “Washington.” There are nine parks and five neighborhoods named after Washington. It would be extremely difficult to count how many bridges, streets, parkways, highways, and circles are named “Washington.” There are monuments across the country to Washington. He is one of the four presidents on Mount Rushmore, where Trump’s likeness will NEVER be.
There are statues of Washington, not just in the United States, but in other countries including Peru, France, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Thailand, Hungary, Argentina, and even the United Kingdom, who Washington led a revolution against.
I think it’s safe to say that we remember George Washington.
There are two differences between the stuff named after Trump and Washington. Most things named after Trump, from wine to steaks to magazines to airlines to casinos, etc, don’t exist anymore. Trump’s first term isn’t over yet and already several properties have removed his name (it’s like the number 13…or herpes. You don’t want it). The things still named after Trump, like Trump Tower and Donald Trump Jr., are abject failures. Most things named after George are still there.
The other difference is, most things named after Washington were chosen by other people. Washington didn’t put himself on the dollar bill or Mount Rushmore. Everything named after Trump was named by Trump. Trump has to name stuff after himself because no one else is going to do it. Another difference between the two men is that people debate if Washington was our very best president, but there won’t be any debate about who is our worst.
In the future, you won’t be able to find anything named after Trump, just like nobody names anything after Hitler.
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When Roy Moore, Alabama’s Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate, had a woman accuse him of trying to have sex with her when she was 14, she wasn’t alone. Three other accusers joined her. More accusers came out the next day, and the next, and the next. We’ve hit double digits. You can make a pun out of “Moore” accusers.
After Minnesota Senate Democrat Al Franken’s accuser came out, she was alone and nobody has joined her since. The comparison between Moore and Franken isn’t fair. One was trying to get his rocks off with teenage girls while the other was staging comedy bits. One set a pattern while the other did not. But, politics is not fair.
Donald Trump tweets out an attack on Al Franken while remaining silent on Roy Moore and being tone-deaf regarding over 20 of his own accusers. Trump has boasted, very proudly, about groping women and barging in on teenage girls while they’re naked in a dressing room. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said it’s different because Franken admitted wrongdoing while Trump has denied his ever happened, even though he’s on tape admitting it.
For Republicans, lying, deflecting, and calling your accusers liars is more honorable than being honest, apologizing, and calling for an ethics investigation on your own past behavior.
People talk a good game about bridging the partisan divide, but they crap all over themselves when the perfect opportunity confronts them. Alabama’s governor has stated she believes Roy’s accusers but, she’s gonna vote for him anyway. She would rather have a pedophile in the Senate than someone she disagrees with. How is that being a good Christian?
The accusations against Franken won’t be the last to hit Washington. Watch how Republicans respond. The same people critical of Franken and have yelled for him to resign will be silent when Republicans are hit. The hypocrisy won’t matter. It’ll be like it just doesn’t exist to them.
Republicans will take a cue from Trump and Roy Moore. They’ll lie, deflect, and attack the accusers. Being honest is for Democrats.
Creative notes: I completed this cartoon early last night but I held it for today. I sent it to my clients and one of them has already scooped me and published it on their site.
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This cartoon is on today’s opinion page of The Seattle Times. It accompanies their excellent editorial.
Twenty-one people have been killed and eleven injured in seven mass shootings in Western Washington just this year.
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Sound Transit threw a large party to open new light-rail stations. The party costs taxpayers a whopping $858,000. Those attending were given nice schwag such as tote bags, wallets, lanyards, a commemorative pass. The argument for the party is they need to promote the station so people will use it. Really? It seems people would know there’s a new station in their neighborhood. Ridership has reportedly increased by 25,000 but I doubt that’s because there was a party.
On top of all this the agency is asking for an additional $50 billion. Those better be some very swanky tote bags.
Creative note: When my editor approved this she asked if it was “schwag” or “swag.” I told her it was “schwag” and that I double checked before I sent it to her, but I asked that she and her staff check again just to make sure. I’m always paranoid to tell someone I’m correct about something, even when I’m sure, to find out after publication that I made a mistake in my research. Her assistant assumed it was “swag” since her heard it in a Justin Beiber song. What the? We don’t trust Justin Beiber. What is he, Wikipedia now? I told him to check again and he found the same results I did which is that schwag stands for stuff and low-grade marijuana.
Learning it meant low-grade marijuana was news for both of us but I kinda figured the word had a pot connotation. I’ve known this smelly white dude with dread locks for years who is nicknamed “Schwag.” Nice guy. He’s always mellow.
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