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If you can’t make a protest in person, attend virtually:
Bill Maher last night explained his decision to accept Mark Twain Prize: He just has to give the medal to Trump.
Trump yesterday, revealingly: “I hang out with losers because it makes be feel better. “I hate guys that are very, very successful and you have to listen to their success stories. I like people that like to listen to my success.”
Which drew these pithy responses among many others;
“A better explanation of his two administrations than any idea that any pundit has come up with,” wrote financial columnist Heidi Moore.
“The only moment of self-awareness in Trump’s life,” wrote podcaster and former Barack Obama strategist Dan Pfeiffer.
“Well, that explains the Cabinet!” said writer and political commentator Robert A. George.
Trump also said: “I’m going to take a few questions. You can ask me anything you want. You can talk sex.”
Heather Cox Richardson:
We are almost four weeks into a war with Iran, started without input from Congress by a president who is now contemplating sending soldiers to fight in a conflict he is eager to put into the rear-view mirror. Trump “is getting a little bored with Iran,” a senior White House official told Jake Traylor of MS NOW. “Not that he regrets it or something—he’s just bored and wants to move on.”
If you missed, Trump took a surprise detour this week to Graceland, where he signed a guitar and mused about whether he could beat Elvis Presley in a fistfight.
No Kings Music Picks
New “No Kings” tune from our local songwriter/singer Tom Chapin filmed partly near here and with guests Judy Collins, Noel Stookey of Peter Paul and Mary, David Amram, the Chapin Sisters and others….
Rhiannon Giddens and the Resistance Revival Chorus with the song of the year, by Woody, of course, “All You Fascists Bound to Lose.” Let’s hear it today, from California to the New York island…
From Tunes to Toons
Barry Blitt:
Bramhall:
Luckovich:
Wuerker:
Huck:
Britt:
Photo Finish
For “No Kings” day: The National Convention, The Pantheon, Paris.
Your collections almost daily are what give me hope that we will be rid of the Russian Ass(et) in the White House before much longer. I would welcome the British for a Repeat of the War of 1812. Remove the cr*p.
I would like to contribute my latest editorial cartoon animation to the cause! https://grandawg.substack.com/p/thinks-hes-king-rambo?r=6qk45r