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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 1m

We've been here before. So have the Germans, and the Russians.

I always learn a bunch reading Allison Silver's Substack. You can too too!

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American Life Under Trump Is No ‘Cabaret’

Plus: The Right's Long Tradition of 'Vengeance Politics'

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Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social · 2h

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 2h

To everyone who says, "But this won't matter": *MAKE IT MATTER.*

You have that power! This is not inside baseball and your friends and neighbors will likely be appalled. And if they're *not* appalled, don't be cynical yourself. Take the lead, give the cue.

Politico @politico.com · 6h

EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.

Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 2h

Back at it....
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Political cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 2h

The fact that this story isn't making more news points to the fact that the extremism, cruelty and racism is now just accepted as where we are now.
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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 6h

“WHERE’S MY MEDAL?!!!!”

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Paul Myers @pulmyears.bsky.social · 1d

A cartoon by Barry Blitt.

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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 1d

Newsday.com/matt

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 1d

aaand we are now over 2000 backers!

Yes, I'll be making some money off this thing, and that's good, but the whole point of the project was to get the books out into the world.

I'd like to get it to 3K before the thing is over.

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Our Long National Nightmare by Tom Tomorrow

Relive the trauma of the last five years through the cartoons of Herblock Award winner and Pulitzer nominee Tom Tomorrow.

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David 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @dskiwalker5750.bsky.social · 2d

"Mainstream news outlets appear uncomfortable wrestling with the degree to which pro-Trump media figures practice propaganda undertaken in bad faith toward expressly instrumental ends. We need them to get past that."

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely crucial point here by Greg Sargent. When we don’t call propaganda what it is, we co-produce it, and hasten disaster.
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MAGA Implodes over Kristi Noem’s “Stare Down” with Man in Chicken Suit

A good New York Times piece on Portland nevertheless demonstrates how the conventions of objective reporting fail to accurately capture the bad faith driving pro-Trump propaganda.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The people who want violent protests to happen are Trump, Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, Pete Hegseth, Tom Homan, and other senior appointees in his admin. They are doing everything they possibly can to provoke people to violence and it is obvious that is what they hope for daily.

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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 4d

Cartoonists do their best to keep up with another crazy week....

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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in th...

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Politico @politico.com · 4d

The Trump admin has started firing federal workers 10 days into the shutdown, according OMB Director Russ Vought — who called the firings "substantial."

At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

Vought sounds layoff siren: 'The RIFs have begun'

At least nine agencies appear to be affected.

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 5d

James Comey, Letticia James,....

(from the archives)

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 4d

THIS!! 👇👇

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pxmolina @pxmolina.bsky.social · 4d

It's Friday, and as such, there's a new @politico.com Cartoon Carousel, which this time includes one of my cartoons from this week. Want to know which one? Check out the complete collection here. And don't forget to share with your friends!
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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in th...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

NYT: Judge Perry said the Trump administration’s version of events was “simply unreliable” and that deploying troops anywhere in the state would “only add fuel to the fire.”

@nytimes.com #Chicago
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Matt Wuerker @mwuerker.bsky.social · 5d

Russell Vought's House of Horrors

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Marion @mawinon.bsky.social · 5d

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 6d

"No doubt Chuck Schumer and the head of Antifa (whose name escapes me at the moment) were in cahoots to shut down the government so that they can turn America’s national parks into training grounds for leftist guerrillas."

We Are Not Fascists, and If You Call Us Fascists, We Will Arrest You

President Trump had another successful week of what is already the greatest presidency of all time, and yet, the woke leftist mob continues to deli...

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Politico @politico.com · 5d

A federal judge in Illinois has barred federal agents from using force or threatening to arrest journalists in Chicago.

Illinois judge blocks federal authorities from using force against Chicago journalists

Chicago journalists and protesters sued senior administration officials this week, arguing that the government had prevented them from using their First Amendment rights.

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Politico @politico.com · 5d

REAKING: New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ.

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump foe, is indicted by Trump’s DOJ

She has been charged with one count of bank fraud by the same U.S. attorney who brought charges against James Comey.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 5d

"For Democrats, this particular moment of cartoonish graft presents a huge opportunity to unify around an anti-corruption platform.…Their agenda must meet the moment and include game-changing initiatives that let voters know they recognize corruption is pervasive."
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How Anti-Corruption Can Be a Winning Issue for Democrats

It’s a powerful, unifying theme—and it’s tied to the crisis of democracy under Trump.

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