To hear Donald Trump (mostly), everything that ails America can be traced to illegal immigration and legal migrant applicants eating pets and, I imagine, driving up inflation.
DMZ America Podcast #164: Pager Rager, Dogging Cats, Half the Point
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Political cartoonists and analysts Ted Rall (on the Left) and Scott Stantis (on the Right) take on the week in politics.
First up, Israel’s Mossad launches a fearsome attack against Hezbollah by blowing up their pagers and walkie-talkies throughout Lebanon, injuring thousands of people and killing at least a dozen. Does this impressive act of international terrorism cross a red line for supporters of Israel against Gaza? What happens next in the Middle East?
Springfield, Ohio has made headlines, most of them probably false, about the allegation that Haitian migrants have been chowing down on the locals’ cats and dogs. Ted relates what he heard from relatives who live in Springfield and Scott and Ted dissect Trump’s ability to touch upon big truths even while lying like the day is long.
Finally, the Federal Reserve Bank has decided to cut short-term interest rates by 0.5%. How much will juicing the economy help Kamala Harris’ campaign?
Watch the Video version: here. (Will be live 9/18/24 8:00 Eastern time)
A Vote for Cats Is a Vote for Dogs Is a Vote for Trump
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Under the doctrine of lesser-evilism, a vote for minor party is effectively a vote for a major party but a vote for a major party is never anything other than a vote for a major party.
George Santos, International Man of Mystery
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Nothing about Congressman George Santos is what he purported it to be: his work history, educational background, wealth, family. Now it turns out he was a drag queen in Brazil, but without mad chops. Keep him! He’s by far the most interesting member of Congress.
We Will Never Be so Stupid Again until We Are
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This is a really stupid country and it gets even stupider during war. After war fever abides and people calm down, they inevitably look back and wonder what the hell they were thinking. Then it happens all over again.
Ethics Gone to the Dogs
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The United States only managed to evacuate 7,000 out of the 120,000 Afghans and their family members who were eligible for U.S. visas because they worked for occupation forces. But we did manage to bring out hundreds of cats and dogs.
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS CARTOON: Gone to the Dogs
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This cartoon is for The Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
A Pennsylvania state legislator, made aware that the state does not ban eating cats and dogs, has proposed a bill banning that apparently less-than-widespread practice.
LOS ANGELES TIMES CARTOON: Cats and Dogs
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I draw cartoons for The Los Angeles Times about issues related to California and the Southland (metro Los Angeles).
This week: Under a bill approved by the California legislature and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown, landlords who allow pets in their buildings cannot advertise in a way that discourages cats with claws or dogs that bark.
Uncertainty Principles
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Mississippi rejects a ballot measure that would have defined something that no one knows for sure: when does life begin?
