Politoons 2022: I am the Warax, I speak for the MICs

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Leak, Son of Leak:

Novak Djokovic�s Australian Open hopes dashed after visa cancelled at airport (Guardian)

Broelman:

# ? Jan 6, 2022 22:02

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# ? May 25, 2024 00:21

Space Cadet Omoly: Jan 15, 2014; ~Groovy~

Vivian Darkbloom posted:

Ann Telnaes in the Washington Post. In the paywalled version, it explains who all the caricatures are.

Ann Telnaes is good enough at drawing that you can actually tell who her caricatures are supposed to be, a rarity among political cartoonists.

# ? Jan 6, 2022 22:15

Raised By Birds: May 5, 2013

quote:

THE REAL INSURRECTION WAS NOVEMBER 3RD, 2020

Last year on this day I watched a large crowd of Trump supporters walk into the Capitol Dome. My reaction? I was happy to see it. After all, the presidential election had just been stolen by the Socialist Democrats for a demented stooge named Joe Biden and nothing was done about it. Why not directly show our representatives that we were angry?

As it turned out, the dome breach was arranged to happen by the Socialist Democrats and a corrupt FBI. Pelosi made sure the Capitol was left unprotected. Barriers were taken down. FBI agents were everywhere. One of their operatives, Ray Epps, repeatedly yelled at Trump supporters and urged them carry their protests inside the Capitol building itself. Later, those who entered the building were thrown into a Washington D.C. prison to suffer heinous conditions and solitary confinement without bail or trail. That�s what socialists such as Pelosi do�they punish their enemies with prison torture and gulags.

Pelosi�s hatred for Trump has long been obvious. She presided over impeachment proceedings based on zero evidence and she shamelessly tore up President Trump�s State Of The Union speech. Her goal now is to prevent Trump from running again. This is Biden�s goal too when he feigns anger about the protest. Biden promised to unite the country, but he�s a colossal liar. He�s done nothing but create deeper division. Joementia could pardon all involved, but he doesn�t want wounds to heal. He wants to salt those wounds.

The Socialist Democrats continue to make the January 6 �riot� equal to 9-11 or Pearl Harbor, but it was only a protest and most Americans don�t see it as anything too momentous. Shame on those Republicans who are also calling it an �insurrection.� There was no insurrection. Nobody was armed except for armed government operatives. One of them murdered Ashli Babbitt.

Now the January 6 Committee is threatening and harassing Trump supporters who weren�t even there. Mike Lindell for example. It looks like anyone who supported Trump can now be accused of being an �insurrectionist.� Pelosi wants another impeachment of sorts. This time she�s going after millions of MAGA-minded Americans. She wants her revenge. When she�s finished she will leave her crime-addled, drug and feces-riddled San Francisco and move into her mansion on the coast of Florida (never mind climate change and rising seas) where she will luxuriate and spend her fortune amassed from years of crooked insider trading.

My sympathies go out to all the Trump supporters who are languishing in prison due to the election-stealing traitors who put them there.

� Ben Garrison

Without Bail or Trail

# ? Jan 6, 2022 22:21

Vib Rib: Jul 23, 2007; God damn this shit is
fuckin' re-dic-a-liss
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"I was happy to see it! We all wanted to do it, and Trump told us to do it, and we went willingly. What I didn't know at the time was that it would not succeed, and therefore we wouldn't achieve the power to pave over it, so now it was a trap."

# ? Jan 6, 2022 22:28

Trazz: Jun 11, 2008

"The insurrection was cool and good, but also it was Antifa's fault that these innocent patriots were ensnared!"

It's like that series of Kevin Sorbo tweets, but replayed in a loop for over a year.

# ? Jan 6, 2022 23:40

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

Garrison just low key admitting that the only reason it wasn't an insurrection is that it failed.

# ? Jan 6, 2022 23:41

Cloud Potato: Jan 9, 2011; "I'm... happy!"

Guardian:

"Martin Rowson on the various epiphanies beginning the year � The Christian festival of the Epiphany celebrates the three wise men�s visit to the baby Jesus"

Telegraph:

Tankers diverted from Asia to Europe as gas prices keep rising

Matt:

Independent:

Parts of NHS may be overwhelmed by Covid wave, admits Boris Johnson

Times:

Evening Standard:

Novak Djokovic�s Australian Open hopes dashed after visa cancelled at airport; BLM protesters cleared over toppling of Edward Colston statue

# ? Jan 7, 2022 00:11

VitalSigns: Sep 3, 2011

I love how his ideology is so impotent that in his wildest fantasies his people attempt to storm the Capitol and get routed by the police before breaching the gate.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 00:43

Technowolf: Nov 4, 2009

# ? Jan 7, 2022 01:47

Apple Pie Hubbub: Feb 14, 2012; Take that, you greedy jerk!

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"Hair, There, and Everywhere"

# ? Jan 7, 2022 03:26

Raised By Birds: May 5, 2013

Lalo Alcaraz

Nick Anderson

Lisa Benson

Steve Breen

Matt Davies

John Deering

Phil Hands

Clay Jones

KAL

Steve Kelley

Marty Two Bulls

Jack Ohman

Henry Payne

Michael Ramirez

Marshall Ramsey

Drew Sheneman

Jeff Stahler

Tom Stiglich

Dana Summers

Gary Varvel

Matt Wuerker

Tony Branco

# ? Jan 7, 2022 04:57

ajkalan: Aug 17, 2011

Raised By Birds posted:

Gary Varvel

Yes, that is indeed the kind of thing that stupid old white guys say, thanks for the slice-of-life cartoon Varvel.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 05:37

J.A.B.C.: Jul 2, 2007; There's no need to rush to be an adult.

Raised By Birds posted:

Lisa Benson

Ted Cruz went on national TV to apologize to Tucker Carlson for calling the 1/6 terrorists 'terrorists'. Trump is pretty much the defacto leader of the party at this point.

This is so divorced from reality that it's depressing.

J.A.B.C. fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Jan 7, 2022

# ? Jan 7, 2022 05:41

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

Technowolf posted:

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I just realized I hadn't seen TTDB in this thread in ages, and now I'm reminded of how much I missed it, because this is fantastic.

Raised By Birds posted:

Henry Payne

The GOP is going to handily win the USA unopposed this year because the Dems can't bother to put up any sort of opposition. An Accurate Cartoon.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 05:53

Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Rall: Press Freedom for Us, Not for Assange

Ted Rall posted:

A judge has ordered the New York Times to exercise prior restraint in publishing materials that originated with Project Veritas, the right-wing hidden-camera organization. Newspapers and First Amendment groups are understandably concerned, but it�s hard to take them seriously about press freedom when they ignore, underplay or outright smear WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who is literally dying in a British prison awaiting extradition to the United States for espionage charges related to his journalism.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 09:50

axolotl farmer: May 17, 2007; Now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme

Raised By Birds posted:

Michael Ramirez

The hell is this? A Ramirez that has a joke, metaphores that work, nothing lableled DEBT and no grotesque caricatures? :wtc:

# ? Jan 7, 2022 10:47

Vib Rib: Jul 23, 2007; God damn this shit is
fuckin' re-dic-a-liss
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Couldn't pass up the Gerald though.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 11:11

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

It�s weird how much easier it is to target someone who actually has power and abuses it than it is to punch down.

makes u think

# ? Jan 7, 2022 11:20

Mikl: Nov 8, 2009; Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!

Trapezium Dave posted:

Rall: Press Freedom for Us, Not for Assange

- Freedom of the press is important;
- Journalists should be extremely critical of their sources and do lots of vetting, otherwise they are complicit in disinformation.

Both things can be true at the same time.

Two more things that can be true at the same time:

- Assange is a sleaze and scumbag, and he's not a journalist in any sense of the term;
- Assange's detention is purely political and he should be freed at once.

It's not that difficult, Ted.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 12:24

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

I hadn't heard that the NY Times wanted to publish some Project Veritas poo poo. I know they've basically always been bad, they never had any problem letting lovely chuds write opinion pieces for them, but I had no idea they'd gotten that bad.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 13:23

Skios: Oct 1, 2021

Raised By Birds posted:

Tony Branco

I know that 'They gets paid for this?!' is a pointless line of questioning (see also Rall, Ted, obviously) but at the same time there are very few cartoonists whose career baffles me on such a fundamental level as Branco. He's not just some hack plugging away for his local rag, he has, by my count, about half a dozen outlets that regularly publish his work. So much of his work is so terrible on such a fundamental level. The linework and the use of colour in particular always reminds me of the embarrassing early days in someone's DeviantArt gallery. He draws as if he has never made a sketch or picked up an eraser in his life. I know each artist is supposed to have their own distinct style, but his style is just ugly on such a fundamental level that I can't wrap my head around it. His message is always abhorrent at best, but it's also presented with the most clunky, unimaginative visual metaphors possible, even for political cartoonist standards.

Also, the label MAKER for the guy on the left was right there, you loving hack!

# ? Jan 7, 2022 13:34

Microplastics: Jul 6, 2007; It's what's for dinner.

You gotta love that the Taker has a man bun and an earplug

# ? Jan 7, 2022 13:52

the sex ghost: Sep 6, 2009

Someone edit the urn, big hat and purple gloves on TAKER please

# ? Jan 7, 2022 13:58

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Twelve by Pies posted:

I hadn't heard that the NY Times wanted to publish some Project Veritas poo poo. I know they've basically always been bad, they never had any problem letting lovely chuds write opinion pieces for them, but I had no idea they'd gotten that bad.

I'm not sure if this is a joke, but
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/judge-orders-new-york-times-return-project-veritas-internal-memos-2021-12-24/

quote:

A New York state judge on Friday ordered the New York Times to return internal documents to the conservative activist group Project Veritas, a restriction the newspaper said violates decades of First Amendment protections.

In an unusual written ruling, Justice Charles Wood of the Westchester County Supreme Court directed the New York Times to return to Project Veritas any physical copies of legal memos prepared by one of the group's lawyers, and to destroy electronic versions.

Wood had entered a temporary order against the New York Times last month, drawing criticism from freedom of the press advocates. read more

Project Veritas, led by James O'Keefe, has used what critics view as misleading tactics like secret audio recording to expose what it describes as liberal media bias. The group is the subject of a Justice Department probe into its possible role in the theft of a diary from President Joe Biden's daughter, Ashley, pages of which were published on a right-wing website.

Project Veritas objected to a Nov. 11 Times article that drew from the legal memos and purported to reveal how the group worked with its lawyers to "gauge how far its deceptive reporting practices can go before running afoul of federal laws."

Wood said in Friday's ruling that the Project Veritas legal memos were not a matter of public concern and that the group has a right to keep them private that outweighs concerns about freedom of the press.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 14:06

Apple Pie Hubbub: Feb 14, 2012; Take that, you greedy jerk!

# ? Jan 7, 2022 17:07

100YrsofAttitude: Apr 29, 2013

Is that Prickly City a Stantis drawn Winslow and a Allie Carmen?

# ? Jan 7, 2022 17:19

Vib Rib: Jul 23, 2007; God damn this shit is
fuckin' re-dic-a-liss
🍖🍖😛🍖🍖

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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[While drawing the at-the-time POTUS as raging mad at the democratic process] "How can anyone say democracy was threatened?"

# ? Jan 7, 2022 17:22

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

# ? Jan 7, 2022 18:10

After The War: Apr 12, 2005; to all of my Architects
let me be traitor

Raised By Birds posted:

Michael Ramirez

Ramirez seems so relieved that he doesn't have to worry about protecting the GOP ^tm brand any more and he gets to be "Ol' Grampa Debty Those Wild Kids Shoulda Listened To" from now on.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 19:20

Cloud Potato: Jan 9, 2011; "I'm... happy!"

Guardian:

"Steve Bell on the legacy of the Iraq war for Julian Assange and Tony Blair � The former prime minister has been made a knight; the WikiLeaks founder spends his 1,001st day in prison on Thursday"

Telegraph:

PMQs: Labour's Angela Rayner steps up call for 5% energy bill VAT cut; Jacob Rees-Mogg tells Rishi Sunak to abandon National Insurance rise amid cost of living crunch

Matt:

Novak Djokovic not being held �captive� and free to leave whenever he chooses, Australia says

Independent:

Minister vows to close �loophole� after court clears Colston statue topplers

Times:

Evening Standard:

Show us a way out of Covid Plan B, plead London bosses

# ? Jan 7, 2022 19:59

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

Stultus Maximus posted:

I'm not sure if this is a joke, but
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/judge-orders-new-york-times-return-project-veritas-internal-memos-2021-12-24/

Not a joke, I just hadn't heard the story, and the Rall cartoon/text made it sound like the NYT was going to publish a Project Veritas story as if it were factual.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 20:47

Vivian Darkbloom: Jul 14, 2004

Vib Rib posted:

[While drawing the at-the-time POTUS as raging mad at the democratic process] "How can anyone say democracy was threatened?"

Yeah, that one is gross by Bok standards. As if Harris was talking about Pence.

# ? Jan 7, 2022 20:54

Dr. VooDoo: May 4, 2006

The NYT ruling has about 0% change of holding up in appeals. It�s very clearly a right wing partisan judge running interference trying to say the NYT is somehow bound to attorney-client confidentiality between two unrelated parties

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:10

Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Leak, Son of Leak:

Scott Morrison tweeted "Mr Djokovic's visa has been cancelled. Rules are rules, especially when it comes to our borders. No one is above these rules.". Djokovic is also being kept in the Park Hotel where some refugees have been stuck for years, which at a glance I thought this cartoon was about however since Leak didn't draw any sign of them (and also because it's Leak) it isn't.

Broelman:

Moir:

'Entirely predictable': experts accuse Dominic Perrottet over Omicron surge as NSW premier backflips on restrictions (Guardian).

Oslo Davis:

Beaked whales wash ashore in Port Macquarie, aerial operation removes carcasses (ABC).

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:29

Nenonen: Oct 22, 2009; Mulla on aina kolkyt donaa taskussa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cPs2SzShNc

# ? Jan 7, 2022 22:51

L. Ron DeSantis: Nov 10, 2009

So, Kelly got a mention in The New Yorker for a cartoon that they put under "Best Jokes of 2021". I touched the poop (rare civet cat poop, not the bad kind) on FB:

Kelly would and should be insulted that these sickos attributed his work to some no-talent hack named Ward Sutton. He'd calm himself down with a whiskey sour if not for probation.

# ? Jan 8, 2022 01:44

SubG: Aug 19, 2004; It's a hard world for little things.

Raised By Birds posted:

Tony Branco

In addition to be vaguely false in the sense that there's no indication that social safety nets discourage work, it's also specifically false in the sense that most blue states are disproportionately net payers (in that they pay more in federal tax dollars than they receive in federal spending) and red states are disproportionately net "takers" (in that they receive more in federal spending than they contribute in federal taxes).

Like the hardworking blue collar worker versus welfare queen stereotype is tangled up in a whole shitload of cultural baggage so it's a lot more complicated than that, but insofar as it touches reality at any point at all, Branco's imputed political associations are precisely backward. The notional Silicon Valley or Seattle manbun and avocado toast guy is, in aggregate, a net contributor to productivity and the hardhat-wearing West Virginia coal miner or whatever is not. Like it's a pernicious formulation regardless of how we want to label things--if society is producing surpluses and workers nevertheless aren't having their needs met then this can only be due to systemic inequality and not individual workers being insufficiently productive--but, you know, gently caress Branco is what I'm trying to say.

# ? Jan 8, 2022 02:16