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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 5h

ICE agent stuck in 12 foot yard skeleton's ribcage. "Dale climbs when he gets scared. None of us can get up there. A 10-year-old called him 'Bone Bitch.' We are under attack!"

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 12h

My wife got carded and didn't have her ID, so I had to drag my white hair over to prove she could have a glass of wine. I'm a year younger than her, btw.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 18h

Nor'eastah this, nor'eastah that. How about being mor'nicah to me?

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Drew Starr @thedrewstarr.bsky.social · 20h

Excellent article.
Massachusetts is not a democracy in any meaningful way.

CommonWealth Beacon @cwbeacon.bsky.social · 21h

OPINION: Sooner or later, enough people will learn how democracy in Massachusetts is a lie. When they do, leadership’s iron grip will crack, not because those in power wanted to change, but because voters finally forced them to.

Why the Democratic supermajority on Beacon Hill won't pass Democratic bills - CommonWealth Beacon

Sooner or later, enough people will learn how democracy in Massachusetts is a lie. When they do, leadership’s iron grip will crack, not because those in power wanted to change, but because voters finally...

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 1d

can you imagine just sitting down to plan this and not feeling any shame or hesitation. seeing jane goodall on the tv as you’re doing it and how her thing was gorillas and yours is getting ready to deport a guy who’s been wrongly imprisoned since reagan’s first term

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Getchyer protest costumes now! www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...

Cartoon: Protest costumes

A cartoon by Brian McFadden. Follow me on � Mastodon ,� Bluesky ,� Patreon ,� or at � my website .

www.dailykos.com

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Cleaning the toilet five minutes before guests arrive so they think I live in an apartment that smells like chemicals.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Instagram really wants to sell me a scally cap and I think it's reassuring that they know nothing about me except my name and location.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Woody Allen defenders go in threes. You're up, Bill Maher!

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🎃 Fiona "Fi" Webster 🎃 @fiona-webster22.bsky.social · 1d

Attention cartoon fans! If you follow my recurring threads of editorial cartoons, you know the great work of Clay Jones @claytoonz.bsky.social. Please give a bit, if you can, to help him recover.

You can also support Clay by subscribing at open.substack.com/pub/claytoonz/

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 1d

Getchyer protest costumes now! www.dailykos.com/story/2025/1...

Cartoon: Protest costumes

A cartoon by Brian McFadden. Follow me on � Mastodon ,� Bluesky ,� Patreon ,� or at � my website .

www.dailykos.com

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K. Thor Jensen @kthorjensen.bsky.social · 1d

trying to spend my challenge coins to buy buzz balls at 8:30 in the morning

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @hayao.lol · 2d

friends, did you know that for as little as $1/mo you can help feed and clothe a political cartoonist?

Brian McFadden | Patreon

creating Comics

www.patreon.com

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 2d

🫡 Thank you Mr. Catbus! I did shit in a box and hand it off to a UPS guy to make sure I don't have cancer, so I guess I do hate that more.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 2d

Now watching. Finally.

The Onion Investigates: Jeffrey Epstein

YouTube video by The Onion

youtu.be

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 2d

They can keep one capital gain if they film a "Wealthy person takes the bus" video with a GoPro strapped to their rich head.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 2d

I'll take it and use it for good. (Housing and feeding a guy who didn't go to Riyadh.)

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 2d

The kind of haunted house where they're really into it could scare the World's Problem to death.

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 2d

Hey, I'm 46!

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Brian McFadden @mcfadden.bsky.social · 2d

New comic's just posted for patrons. www.patreon.com/posts/protes...

(panel 1 - Title in a Spirit Halloween banner featuring an inflatable frog costume.)
Protest Costumes

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 3d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 3d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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