The Only Pre-Existing Condition We Worry About is the Republican Party

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Friday May 05, 2017 · 10:49 AM PDT

2017/05/05 · 10:49

Yesterday, the GOP-lead House passed a self-serving healthcare “reform” bill. Now, we can add the Republican Party to our list of pre-existing conditions. This poster is from the Chamomile Tea Party and is distributed under a Creative Commons license. Share this with your Congressperson and download a free high resolution copy. While you’re at it, take a look at the other posters.

I'm With the Cast of Hamilton!

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Saturday November 19, 2016 · 12:18 PM PST

2016/11/19 · 12:18

This came to mind after Donald Trump's suggestion that the cast of Hamilton should be stopped from embarrassing Mike Pence.

Suddenly this popped into my head. Feel free to use.

Not Here! Not Now. Not Ever.

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Saturday November 19, 2016 · 7:51 AM PST

2016/11/19 · 07:51

The latest poster from the Chamomile Tea Party (http://chamomileteaparty.com)

The election is over. Donald Trump is President-Elect. So, now what? Well, if we were willing to “wait and see,” it didn’t take long for Trump to show his hand. Soon after his election he named Steve Bannon as his chief strategist. Bannon, executive chairman of the ultra-conservative website, Beitbart News became Trump’s chief executive in August 2016. Breitbart, a media darling of the alt-right, often focuses on fringe issues like birtherism and racist and homophobic topics. Followers of the site think Fox News is too tame.

Rather than treat news as facts, Bannon’s style is to treat each story as an unfolding narrative where facts are less important than the grand crusade of the right against the left. Victories are more important than the facts. That’s the way he ran Trump’s campaign and now we are in for the same during his administration.

According to Will Rahn of CBS News, “offending progressives is something many conservative pundits love to do, in large part because progressives can be easy to offend…. The alt-right’s innovation here…is to take that tendency to its logical extreme. Did a Jewish author say something you disagree with? Send him a photoshop of him being sent to Auschwitz! It’s all in good fun, you see.”

More important, Trump’s election has given license to these extremists to play out their conspiracy theories in the real world. Since the election, the Southern Poverty Law Center has received over 200 reports of hate crimes in the country: Swastikas painted on a suburban Maryland elementary school bathroom, a Muslim student threatened at the University of Michigan demanding she remove her hijab or be set on fire with a lighter, and Black students at Penn being put on a racist message showing a calendar for daily lynchings. Yes, that’s all in good fun, isn’t it.

Is this the kind of country we want? I’m not going to “wait and see.” History shows we’d better start speaking up and speaking loud.

Not here! Not now. Not ever.

Coming to the Million Women March in D.C. on January 21, 2017? Download a high resolution copy of this poster for free. Print it out and bring it to the National Mall!

This is the latest in a series of posters Jeff Gates does under the guise of the Chamomile Tea Party. Often taking World War II-era propaganda posters (this poster is based on a cover from a 1930s magazine called Ken), he remixes them with new text about the rancor so prevalent in American political discourse.

I've Had Enough!

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Wednesday November 02, 2016 · 6:20 AM PDT

2016/11/02 · 06:20

On April 12, 2015, Hillary Clinton announced her run for the U.S. presidency. Two months later, Donald Trump declared his candidacy. For well over a year, the American people have suffered the antics, subterfuge, and sexual and email revelations from this campaign. The media has played a large role in this mess. While there are reputable journalists who have written insightful analysis of the issues, there are other media outlets who have profited by sensationalizing this election.

Most importantly, this election has often brought out the worst in the American people. It can't end too soon—sad, considering what's at stake for this country. Certainly, we are better than this.

See all the posters from the Chamomile Tea Party! Digital high res downloads are free here. Other options are available.

Beware of Politicians Who Cough

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Wednesday September 14, 2016 · 4:45 AM PDT

2016/09/14 · 04:45

Presidential candidates are people. They get sick just like us regular folk. While we deserve to know when a politician is seriously ill, using a less serious illness as a political tool is a cheap shot and only adds to the electorate's notion of "dirty politics.." And, it easily grows way beyond reality. Take the WABC news team in New York City who reported on air that Hillary Clinton was dead. In reality, presidents have had a number of more serious illnesses while in office than Hillary's bout with pneumonia. Oh, and Hillary is quite alive.

The 2016 presidential election is already a major outlier. Let's not make it any worse.

This is the latest poster on contemporary politics from the Chamomile Tea Party. Digital high res downloads are free. Other options are available.

We're Off to See the Wizard!

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Sunday October 11, 2015 · 6:50 AM PDT

2015/10/11 · 06:50

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Ben Carson has said that if the Jews had guns there wouldn't have been a Holocaust. Well, in fact, many Jews did have guns and many fought heroically in the resistance movement.

The truth aside, for a retired brain surgeon, a seemingly intelligent guy, you would think he had his own brain. He may have at one time. But it seems to have gone missing in the 2016 Presidential race.

He's off to see the Wizard. (Good luck with that.)

It Came From Bengazi

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Friday October 02, 2015 · 8:22 AM PDT

2015/10/02 · 08:22

Here's a poster I did way back in June of last year. What a waste of taxpayers dollars. Here's a larger version. High res downloads are free.

The Aggressor and the Aggrieved: Understanding the World of Kim Davis

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Wednesday September 30, 2015 · 9:10 AM PDT

2015/09/30 · 09:10

In all wars words are used as weapons. Effective propaganda, whether true or not, is critical to any campaign. Conflicts are conveyed as black or white. And, the best propaganda clearly identifies the aggressor and the aggrieved. The cultural war over same-sex marriage is no exception.

Christian fundamentalists proclaim Kim Davis and Christianity are the aggrieved. Roger Gannam, one of Davis’ lawyers said, “Today, for the first time in history, an American citizen has been incarcerated for having the belief of conscience that marriage is the union of one man and one woman. And she’s been ordered to stay there until she’s willing to change her mind, until she’s willing to change her conscience about what belief is.” In fact, Ms. Davis was not in jail for her religious beliefs. She was in jail because she refused to carry out her sworn duty as Rowan County Clerk. Words are being used to fight this battle, which sits right at the demarcation between church and state. Everyone, from progressives to the far right, is outraged. But who is right? Who is the aggressor and who is the aggrieved? The answer is far from black and white.

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Reactive Nation

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Sunday August 23, 2015 · 9:17 AM PDT

2015/08/23 · 09:17

We are a reactive and suspicious nation. This has become our norm.

We have become a reactive and suspicious nation. We experience this everyday: walking down the street or watching the nightly news. Fueling this anger is the status quo in our neighborhoods and in our politics. Sometimes we can observe from a distance. But, other times we are drawn into this unrest, whether we like it or not, or deserve it.

My family and I are returning to the scene of such an incident. A year ago, as we crossed the Delaware Bay on the Cape May Ferry, a stranger approached us as I took my annual photo of my daughters on the ferry’s deck. He told me he worked at the Department of Homeland Security and I was taking too long to take my children’s picture. Who was this man and why did we stand out as suspicious? My girls are Asian and I am White. Were we being racially profiled? Was he a Good Samaritan, concerned about the well being of my daughters? Or was he a sociopath? And who did he think I was? He wasn’t sure, but he had his suspicions.

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Who Are Our Real American Heroes?

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Sunday August 23, 2015 · 8:20 AM PDT

2015/08/23 · 08:20

No Narcissists Need Apply

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Monday July 27, 2015 · 9:00 AM PDT

2015/07/27 · 09:00

Enough with the rhetoric! We need all new solutions to the social and cultural problems America faces. This is the latest poster from the Chamomile Tea Party. Download a free high resolution copy for your own use.