When the Wendy's logo matches yer vibe.

Tattoo boy SecDef playing Army and trying to rebrand the military as “we kill people for a living” is going to blow back on him in an enormous way, I’m starting to believe.

Robert Brindley (British, b. 1949). Sparkling Morning Light, Grand Canal, Venice (acrylic).

so many of our current problems stem from americans not being able to comprehend that a guy they know from tv might actually be stupid

Under my regime, the tech industry must have all new technologies approved by a citizen jury who assess 1) what problem the tech is attempting to address and 2) whether it actually addresses it

Do forced takeovers of universities ever do anything good? (Rhetorical)

Tesla robots have human operators?! There’s a person in a VR helmet making the robot do all of its motions? What is the bloody point, then? My god.

MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported? NOEM: We haven't deported veterans MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

I’m reading Obama’s first post-presidency memoir A Promised Land and getting incensed as he describes the beauty of the now-demolished East Wing. Where are all the artworks now? Under rubble? You know no one did a responsible inventory and safekeeping.

A mob boss indeed.

Social media was a mistake and now we're stuck with a dumbass president and every person who uses it suffering from some type of mental health condition.

There was a whole preamble dream too complex to discuss here, but I had an intricate, extensive dream about the history & demise of “steam restaurants,” which was nothing like anything in real life, no, it wasn’t like your regional specialty place, don’t ask, and it was PBS-documentary level.

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I love this artist’s watercolors of pets.

If this is true, the US is truly a failed state openly embracing Nazism.

This reminds me of my last boss who argued me for days and then forced me to change a font my department had used for a decade that I later read was one of the most readable, recommended fonts.

It’s funny that half the republicans say the economy is terrible and it’s all joe Biden’s fault, and the other half say the economy is amazing 💀

Republicans...

Morning.

Hell yes, another fantastic victory after Democratic candidate Eileen Higgins was elected Mayor of Miami flipping it from red to blue and becoming Miami’s first Democratic Mayor in 30 years. A hopeful sign for things to come.

You will be visited by 3 spirits.

Trump is an infirm, sundowning grifter owned by a collection of notorious criminals and it's not even a secret. If this were a functioning country we would have already ended this.

Good. Let a country with a real justice system have him.

There isn’t a single person in Trump’s administration that is there to serve.

Teach a man who hates socialism and votes for authoritarianism to farm and he can receive socialist handouts for life from the government that bankrupted him in the first place.

Maxwell Rice, fisrt grade prezadint

I feel sympathy and anger that critical thinking is not being taught in the schools or in the home. This is intentional by the government but parents are abdicating their responsibility too.

RIP bassist Tetsu Yamauchi, who replaced Ronnie Lane in Faces. He also served in the band Free, among other groups.

Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.

Hey, hey, RFK How many kids did you kill today?

Congressional investigations are likely the ONLY accountability this administration will face. Bondi won't arrest anyone. US officials can't be tried at the Hague. And even if we get a new AG in 2029, Trump is going to pardon everyone. These midterms are crucial for accountability.

I think more about John Lennon being shot than Charlie Kirk and that was 45 years ago.

Fine gig tonight at the Beat Kitchen by Chicago band The Gunshy, led by Matt Arbogast, for their new album Hurricane Umbrellas.

Great article by a friend.

They call women’s healthcare “baby-killing,” and then they do this.

It's wild how rapidly America went from "undefeatable anchor of the global dominant empire" to "collapsing rogue terrorist state" ...when really the only thing that changed is how loud and stupid the man they point all the cameras at is.

I really didn’t need another reason to dislike soccer.

I’m not sure we could look less Italian, but a guy came up to me and a friend tonight and said “Wow, you guys are like real Italians, right? You’ve got the cool cap [my friend] and your shirt is blue [me]…”

Insomnia watching: my channel surfing landed on five minutes of My Friend Flicka and now I’m traumatized

If only political cartoonists were appreciated, Trump would be ousted.