This might be one of the best things Flaming Hydra has ever published.

It would be great if people on this website could learn to process episodes of stress and uncertainty in a way that doesn't involve attacking and devouring one another like exotic fighting fish.

Floida

Same set of issues had a running plotline about the Kingpin buying a media propaganda network in an obvious metaphor for Rupert Murdoch, by the way

Ah, the progress of history

So...what we were doing on Thursday, then

Throughout my lifetime, the front half of every Republican presidency is when they start reckless wars of domination, and the back half is when they crash the US economy. They also cut taxes and say some very nice things about white people, though, so you can see why we repeat this every 10 years.

Oh, so they're actually doing the meme

Every millennial Republican longs to recapture the thrill of those 18 months in 2002-03 when every Democrat was a terrorist, and every fry was battered in freedom. Cargo cult Toby Keith stuff.

Can't believe Dick Cheney didn't hold on long enough for this.

Didn't even take the time to give us cutaway drawings of Maduro's mountain lair first.

American people prepare to celebrate forcible overthrow of country they can locate later at some point.

This is criminal and insane, and it's now incumbent on all of us to oppose it with every ounce of our conviction. We will not be dragged into an illegal war at the whim of would-be warlords.

The oddest thing about this post is how out of step it is with modern Republican propaganda, which visibly hates America, and prefers sloppy AI-generated medieval warriors to actual American iconography. Bari Weiss thinks she's working for George W. Bush.

It's like if a Teddy Ruxpin went on a killing spree, and the news reporting was, "reached for comment, the bear said he really likes talking to people."

Why does he keep telling us about these

In case you're curious about the range of Mamdani's vibes, my dad, a 70-year-old retired an electrician who lives 3,000 miles from New York City, just called to ask if I knew how he can join the DSA.

I, too, have decided to nullify the entirety of the past 12 months unless specifically enumerated in declarations to follow

Come to think of it, Mamdani is a great, interesting test case for a different kind of deliverism: make a short grocery list of what you're promising; repeat it relentlessly until people can't forget it; then work like hell to get them done. Will he pull it off? We'll see!

Mr. President, blink twice if you need a safe place to stay tonight

I want to be in the room when It Happens, the room when It happens.

Happy new year, everyone. May 2026 be the year It Happens.

It’s sad that we have to return him to his cubby in the underground subway station tonight, but I know he’ll emerge again in 250 years, when our people are once again in need

Disney has entered its Itchy and Scratchy Land era

"Much different and stronger form" is so funny, like he's going to send Force Ghost Pete Hegseth to stamp out villainy on West Burnside when the time is right

I haven't seen EDDINGTON (2025), and every time someone on this site talks about EDDINGTON (2025) my brain immediately corrects it to PADDINGTON (2014), and frankly I don't think my life is any less for it

I'm fascinated by the ICE plan to recruit outside military bases, because either a) they're trying to outbid military recruiters, or b) they're totally fine settling for the freaks the Pentagon won't touch.

Well, thank goodness the year is finally over, and I certainly hope no one decides to do another

Do any comics writers/ letterers I know want to answer a quick couple questions about emphasis in dialogue, on the record?

I'm not going to do a "things I'm proud of from 2025" thread because there isn't very much and most of it was bad. But this piece from January, about the perils facing political cartoonists staring at the oncoming train of authoritarianism, still rings true.

What's so embarrassing is that Bari Weiss is Larry Ellison's idea of someone liberal intellectuals would respect. It's like the Tarantino thing about how Clark Kent is Superman making fun of humans by doing a silly impression of us.

These guys always overreach. Always. They can't help it. They had a nice little James O'Keefe pseudoscandal going on: could have ridden it to an election, maybe. So of course their response is to make sure millions of Minnesota kids lose child care right now.

Ineffectual CIA crimes in Latin America really not disproving the Reagan With More Dementia theory of this administration.

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Two things, both true: 1) Musk, Thiel, et. al. believe they're machiavellian chessmasters who alone know the truth and can manipulate the Masses. 2) They are the world's biggest marks for their own bullshit.

I slipped on a subway platform and did a perfect pratfall before landing on my butt directly in front of John Mulaney

Four words: government-subsidized Uber Eats

The real hand is going to become a relic in the breakaway Catholic Church founded by JD Vance, and pilgrims will drop dollars into its palm in exchange for a symbolic pardon

Unitary executive theory meets the Ship of Theseus dilemma.

Mamdani becomes our second consecutive mayor to spend inauguration day in dark tunnels beneath the bowels of the city, although our first to be aware it was inauguration day at the time

"True Trumpism has never been tried." - MTG

CEO Sauron appears on the scene you say

[Turning chair backwards] You know, I can think of another pretty cool dude who had holes in both hands, and he did something pretty special on christmas, too

Every single person in the United States should just assume we’re being sued by the president for something until he specifically tells us otherwise

Look, it's the 21st century, and a comprehensive science has been developed to explain the universe. But last year, New York City had both a total eclipse and an earthquake just prior to the fall of the American constitution, and I can sort of see where the Babylonians were coming from.

In 1987, people paid $9.95 annually so they could get yelled at about Batman on the internet 24 hours a day.

Billionaires threaten this every time something vaguely left-wing is on a ballot (they just finished threatening to leave NYC two months ago), and never understand why, "I, Adolf Bork, inventor of the beloved Dystopia Machine, will reduce my presence in your life forever" doesn't win people over

This is the sort of comically hamfisted coverup that only works if someone has unfettered control over their own criminal investigators, court-guaranteed immunity for activities up to and including shredding legal documents, and presumed inviolability against any chance of impeachment, so alas.