@markhaase.bsky.social
Therapist (https://www.betterhelp.com/mark-haase); husband; father; incipient cartoonist and flash-fiction writer; observer of autocratic governments (I.e., the US); and a few other things I might write but my Vyvanse has given up the ghost.
“Out, damned spot, out, I say!”
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
“Out, damned spot, out, I say!”
“Oh, I forgot: You’re in my thoughts and prayers.”
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“Oh, I forgot: You’re in my thoughts and prayers.”
The president is basically a used-car salesman, but what he sells is anything that will bolster his ego or bank account.
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 AM
The president is basically a used-car salesman, but what he sells is anything that will bolster his ego or bank account.
Can someone say Fawn Hall, with less split ends.
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Can someone say Fawn Hall, with less split ends.
2. I knew but I really didn't know. And now I know I didn't know, at least something about this other something I was aware of but not then, but possibly, and who knows maybe more tomorrow we will all know, maybe, but not maybe..."
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
2. I knew but I really didn't know. And now I know I didn't know, at least something about this other something I was aware of but not then, but possibly, and who knows maybe more tomorrow we will all know, maybe, but not maybe..."
1. Like I saw somewhere, President Trump is like the high schooler giving a speech on a book he hasn't read.
"The book, well, I can say so much about it. What can't be said? It's a book that talks about themes, important themes, themes we all need to read about and know. Ideas and themes...
"The book, well, I can say so much about it. What can't be said? It's a book that talks about themes, important themes, themes we all need to read about and know. Ideas and themes...
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
1. Like I saw somewhere, President Trump is like the high schooler giving a speech on a book he hasn't read.
"The book, well, I can say so much about it. What can't be said? It's a book that talks about themes, important themes, themes we all need to read about and know. Ideas and themes...
"The book, well, I can say so much about it. What can't be said? It's a book that talks about themes, important themes, themes we all need to read about and know. Ideas and themes...
I think the emails are referring to a Donald Trump from Paterson, NJ, a well-known paranormal researcher and lead singer of a Pantera cover band.
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I think the emails are referring to a Donald Trump from Paterson, NJ, a well-known paranormal researcher and lead singer of a Pantera cover band.
Wait, isn’t that Woody Harrelson?
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Wait, isn’t that Woody Harrelson?
Seems true. If Joe Biden did this, Fox News and it’s devotees would be on roofs in sackcloth and ashes screaming like banshees.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Seems true. If Joe Biden did this, Fox News and it’s devotees would be on roofs in sackcloth and ashes screaming like banshees.
Speaker Johnson finally said something that is true.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Speaker Johnson finally said something that is true.
President Trump (thinking): When do I get my cookies and milk?
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
President Trump (thinking): When do I get my cookies and milk?
But I’m sure his golf game has mightily improved.
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
But I’m sure his golf game has mightily improved.
This must be AI—where’s Baby Trump’s tie?
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
This must be AI—where’s Baby Trump’s tie?
Absolutely true.
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Absolutely true.
Trump, like Tom and Daisy in The Great Gasby, “let[s] other people clean up the mess [he] made.”
November 2, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Trump, like Tom and Daisy in The Great Gasby, “let[s] other people clean up the mess [he] made.”
Powerful. This man seems like E.J. Dionne Jr., Noam Chomsky, and Howard Zinn rolled up together. Much knowledge and wisdom in so few words.
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Powerful. This man seems like E.J. Dionne Jr., Noam Chomsky, and Howard Zinn rolled up together. Much knowledge and wisdom in so few words.
Wise words well spoken.
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Wise words well spoken.
It's totally reasonable not to want a president with the scruples of Caligula.
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
It's totally reasonable not to want a president with the scruples of Caligula.
Please be patient...once me, my family, and all my friends are filthy rich trillionaires, then we might, just might, let you have your country back [or what's left of it].
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Please be patient...once me, my family, and all my friends are filthy rich trillionaires, then we might, just might, let you have your country back [or what's left of it].
He looks Rod Blagojevich on a bad-hair day.
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
He looks Rod Blagojevich on a bad-hair day.
They didn't just hit a nerve, they hit his amygdala with a stun gun.
October 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
They didn't just hit a nerve, they hit his amygdala with a stun gun.
He's gone from The Apprentice to The Reprehensible.
October 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
He's gone from The Apprentice to The Reprehensible.
The lady to the right seems to be in every video of Mike Johnson speaking. I can imagine her going off a Young salesperson at Bath and Body Works: "The Pistachio Glaze gives me migraines. I said the Japanese Cherry Blossom, damn you!"
October 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The lady to the right seems to be in every video of Mike Johnson speaking. I can imagine her going off a Young salesperson at Bath and Body Works: "The Pistachio Glaze gives me migraines. I said the Japanese Cherry Blossom, damn you!"