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Kevin Moore

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Cartoonist, librarian. Webcomics: Fetch, Wanderlost, political cartoons. He/him. Please support me at: http://patreon.com/kevinmoore http://about.me/kevinwmoore

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 2d

What Now: "Consolation Prize"

Title: What Now, by Kevin Moore. www.mooretoons.com
Four panel cartoon.

Panel 1: Trump whines at Marco Rubio, who looks ecstatic.
Trump: Huh? No Peace Prize for me? Maybe time to bomb Sweden!
Rubio: Norway, sir. But don't bother -- we won!

Panel 2: Rubio continues to look happy, while Trum gets confused.
Rubio: I recommended Maria Machado myself -- she is totally in line with our policy objectives.
Trump: Whuh?

Panel 3: Rubio tries to explain as Trump clutches his head in pain.
Rubio: She thanked you for "working for peace" -- and approved of your war crimes against boats for Venezuelans, despite no proof they're narco-traffickers.
Trump: I don't get it.

Panel 4: Rubio looks exasperated, while Trump cries like an infant.
Rubio: She'll make a great puppet for a coup!
Trump: I don't want puppets! Gimme prizes!

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han olliver @hanolliver.bsky.social · 4h

it's almost daily you see a moderately known person with a large following authoritatively say that covid isn't a big deal anymore and you go okay so what studies have you been reading because hundreds of thousands papers disprove that and they're just like well because I think so. vibes alone.

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graham steele @grahamsteele.bsky.social · 2h

Congress created the CFPB by law and only Congress can “close down” the CFPB.

Russell Vought simply does not have the legal authority to do this.

Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers reut.rs/4qjMIyT

White House budget director Vought plans to shut down CFPB within months, says it's no longer protecting consumers

White House budget director Russell Vought said he wants to close the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and expects to do so within the next two to three months.

reut.rs

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 6h

The Mozart role … that looks trickier. Tom Hulce rode the precipice of annoying while retaining humanity and compassion. Good luck to the new guy.

Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 6h

And I can’t hate on Paul Bettany. He might have a good take on Salieri. Probably not better than F Murray, who owned that role. But he might be interesting to watch.

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 6h

I can’t get upset at a remake of Amadeus, because the original movie was adapted from a stage play (with a different ending); it’s a classic you can’t replace; and it’s not even historically accurate (which is besides the point, anyway.)

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 8h

Did Charlie want slaves, too?

Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 8h

I admit I have some sense of satisfaction when my skepticism is rewarded, but it pales besides the fear I have for the people affected and the anger I feel against the perpetrators.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Trump Administration Authorizes Covert C.I.A. Action in Venezuela

www.nytimes.com

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Jeff Yang @originalsp.in · 10h

ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.

He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11h

“the constitution forbids race conscious remedies” would be news to the people who wrote the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments

Michael Li (李之樸) @mcpli.bsky.social · 11h

Griem goes there, arguing in response to Justice Jackson that there can be no race-conscious remedy absent a finding of intentional discrimination.

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 12h

My pleasure. Be Kind, Rewind is one of my favorite video essay channels and Vanessa Redgrave is a badass.

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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 1d

NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 1d

It's my policy to never portray Trump as the tough guy he wishes he was. He's a whiny, thin skinned bully who can't take any criticism. Worse than that, his regime is murderous and corrupt.

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Vanessa Redgrave did not screw around. Great vid by Be Kind, Rewind.
youtu.be/uqcCBmp5BsU?...

Vanessa Redgrave on her problems getting a documentary on the Palestinian crisis in Lebanon shown in the US:
"I also showed the film to various Public Broadcasting Service producers, who said they would lose their oil sponsors if they screened it. I took the film to CBS, who said it was their policy never to buy a film by an independent producer whom they had no commissioned. I pressed on higher ups and was told that the film was 'not objective.' This was at a time when not one American or European network had shown a film about the Palestinians.."

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Leah Millis @leahmillis.bsky.social · 1d

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 1d

Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.

Photo from Chicago: DHS militarized agent holding a gun up directly in someone’s face as the victim has their hands up, pleading for them not to shoot.

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Look I've been holding off from months asking this on Bluesky because of my pride but I need help.

My car needs brakes, my rent is past due and my step kid needs shoes.

I hate having to ask this

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I think it's really weird for a Nobel Peace Prize winner to approve of this.
apnews.com/article/trum...?

US strikes another boat accused of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing 6, Trump says

President Donald Trump says the U.S. has struck another boat accused of carrying drugs in the waters off Venezuela.

apnews.com

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 1d

Why the weasel words?

Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 2d

Are we supposed to forget about genocide? I thought that was something we aren't supposed to forget. What about justice and reparations? What about the destruction and the starvation?

Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 2d

This time I added a logo to give these cartoons an identity. It might be a tad big. I might shrink it in future cartoons.

Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 2d

What Now: "Consolation Prize"

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Sunny Moraine @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social · 4d

Portland does not own the patent on inflatable animal costume protests, come on people

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 4d

Silverio Villegas Gonzalez

www.reuters.com/world/us/chi...

Chicago ICE crackdown's first casualty, a father of two, had built a quiet life in the US

An agent shot Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, father of two, during a massive immigration sweep.

www.reuters.com

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 4d

Probably because she was only 2 years older than my mom, Diane Keaton always felt to me like the cool aunt I never had. Not that she’d have ever thought of herself that way. RIP.

a woman is sitting in a chair with a glass of wine

Alt: Diane Keaton waves away a thought, embarrassed

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Kevin Moore @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 4d

I’m not sure how I’m supposed to feel about a Nobel Prize winner who supports Trump’s murder Venezuelans in a boat program. But I’m not impressed.

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