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Jon Thompson
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Retired journalist, erstwhile fly fisherman, dedicated folkie.
Heather: “The administration appears to be floundering as it tries to respond to the popular outrage.”

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January 27, 2026
The murder of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis on Saturday morning at the hands of federal agents has put wind in the sails of those trying to rein in the Trump administration at the same time it has sent t...
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January 28, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Heather: “But Americans are not buying it. They are coalescing around the idea of the American people versus an out-of-control government.”

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January 25, 2026
As the nation mourned the killing of VA ICU nurse Alex Pretti yesterday at the hands of federal officials in Minneapolis, President Donald J.
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January 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Heather: “Now the Trump administration is made up of radicals who are ignoring that Constitution and that Bill of Rights in their open attempt to create a white nationalist nation.”

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January 23, 2026
Tens of thousands of Minnesotans took to the streets today in bitter cold temperatures with wind chills of -20°F (–28°C) to protest the occupation of Minneapolis and St.
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January 24, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Heather: “Podcaster Joe Rogan has compared ICE to “the gestapo,” and Greg Sargent of The New Republic noted that a majority of both young voters and those without a college degree, those who tend to be easy for MAGA to reach, disapprove of ICE enforcement.”

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January 22, 2026
Vice President J.D.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Heather: “The president of the United States went on to give a virulently racist, insulting, rambling speech in which he complained that people call him a dictator but that ‘sometimes you need a dictator.’”

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January 21, 2026
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this morning, a visibly exhausted president of the United States of America rambled in angry free association in a speech before the world’s leaders.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Heather: “The Trump administration is trying hard to project dictatorial strength and power, but the narrative is slipping away from it.”

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January 17, 2026
After the extraordinary pushback on President Donald J.
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January 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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U,S. Imperialism in Venezuela
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Shared on my "Resist and Heal" Substack.

#Venezuela #oil #politics #economics #Colonialism
January 16, 2026 at 9:43 AM
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January 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Introducing the MAGA Health Plan:

✨ Don T Care ✨

Sick? Don’t care.
Poor? Definitely don’t care.
Insurance profits threatened? Now we care.
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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January 17, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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Alt text for post below - political cartoon of front of house with flaming bag left on porch and boy-sized Putin running away... House labeled NATO - flaming bag that we would infer is 💩 labeled tRump
my post... I'd like to see this photoshopped with tRump's toupee coming up our bag next to flames
January 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
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Political Cartoon of the Day by Jeff Danziger.
January 15, 2026 at 9:39 PM
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And bravo to @mluckovich.bsky.social for doing the same.

If you haven’t focused on the major role political cartoonists play on highlighting the threat we face, particularly now with legacy media often making questionable choices, then you’ve missed something important. Support these folks!
January 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Pat Chappatte @PatChappatte on #Greenland having a plan #NATO @GlobeOpinion – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
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Our great political cartoonists should have millions of followers!
January 16, 2026 at 1:34 AM
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@ivehaditpodcast.bsky.social someone else (acclaimed political cartoonist @mluckovich.bsky.social) using “Moses Mike”
January 16, 2026 at 4:15 AM
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My poorly photoshopped political cartoon. I really want to see Trump as Gollum stroking the Peace Prize Muchado just gave up to him in the now overly gold Oval Office. My art skills are musical, not visual :-(
January 16, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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Matt Davies @MatttDavies on #Trump #IranMassacre #IranianRevolution2026 #IranProtests #Iran – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 AM
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Bill Bramhall @BillBramhall on #NobelPrize #Trump – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Why did Buddha Trump deface this restaurant menu? These political cartoons are getting weird, man
January 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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bsky.app/profile/craz... political cartoons are no longer cartoonish … still life realism now
January 16, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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Peter Brookes @BrookesTimes on #NobelPrize #Trump #trumpnobeldepazxliberarvzla #CorinaMachado @thetimes – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
January 16, 2026 at 8:38 PM
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I have said this before, but it needs to be repeated.

I Love Political Cartoonists! 🖕 AI
January 16, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Ugh. Profoundly true, unfortunately. Sad day when political cartoonists report the news better than any MSN media (looking at you, cBS)
Testing our sanity
January 16, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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The best thing about this political cartoon is that he is wearing the Nobel Medal...which he 100% is going to do in real life
January 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM