The Summary
Part 2 — This diary includes over 30 editorial cartoons covering issues like the usual clownish shenanigans of the GOP, new contenders for the presidency, the dangers of deregulation, and the disaster that is the State of Floriduh.
I’ll try to post another 20 or more editorial cartoons tonight in the comments section of this diary. The issues covered are artificial intelligence, the state of the Russia-Ukraine War, and shooting down objects in the sky.
In Part 1 of this diary, I highlighted some of the achievements of the former President of the United States — a man of unimpeachable integrity and decency who never stopped advocating for peace both domestically and around the world. In doing so, he became the most-consequential ex-President in history. Both critics and supporters would freely acknowledge that Jimmy Carter has set an example of how public officials should conduct themselves. The high standards that he has set for public behavior over many decades are unlikely to be surpassed anytime soon.
Contrast this man of peace to the violent atmosphere that proliferates much of the country today. For the second time in three weeks, I am sorry to note that I have devoted almost an entire diary to senseless gun violence. The editorial cartoons express sorrow, disgust, anger, and a distinct sense of helplessness about the issue of gun control. Every mass shooting is followed by phony “thoughts and prayers” but nothing ever really changes. Political paralysis seems to have set in among our elected officials and no one, it seems, can do anything to stop this cycle of violence.
Shouldn’t our schools be free of terror, safe places of learning, and not some place where young students evade shooters with automatic weapons? Will the killings ever stop?
Between the text and comments section of Part 1, there are over 50 editorial catoons in the diary. Between both diary parts, there are over 100 editorial cartoons.
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The Features of DeSantistan
Washington Post: “As DeSantis gears up for a potential presidential run in 2024, Black activists and political strategists around the country are organizing, protesting and preparing to highlight the particular danger they say he and his anti-“woke” movement pose to civil rights and to their push to tackle racism as a systemic issue.
Some say they are determined not to repeat what they consider a tepid and belated response to former president Donald Trump’s rise in 2016, and argue that DeSantis’s political strategy is even more rooted in racial division than Trump’s.”
Authoritarians and Fascists
A Wide Variety of Books for MAGA-Heads
Attribution for the above cartoon: Jesse Duquette @JRDuquette
For White Audiences Only
That’s Floriduh for You
Cutting Social Security
Liars
If You Try to Cut Social Security…
… You Will Pay a Political Price
Big Time!
The Solution
The GOP and its Allies
The Biggest Liars of Them All
Internal emails show that the Fox News leadership and its prime-time anchors knew former president Donald Trump was pushing a false narrative of fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
— Ann Telnaes, Washington Post
The Big Lie
The FOX News-MAGA Connection
Being a Critic: The Easiest Thing to Do in Life
A Total Fraud
How Much Do You Love Them?
Deregulation Rarely Leads to Any Good Policy Outcomes
Deregulation Kills...
… And Often
Hopefully, the Infrastructure Law Will Fix it
Playing With Fire
Not a Comforting Thought
Her Chances in 2024? Slim and None
Hypocrisy
Throwing Her Hat in the Ring
Angling to Be on the Ticket
Moron
The 2024 Campaign is Here
Not long after the 2022 midterm election, Donald Trump announced he’s running for President in 2024 and earlier this week former South Carolina Governor and United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley announced her bid for the Republican nomination. This follows Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech which was very likely a soft launch of his reelection campaign…
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Who Will Deal First With Trump?
Still Protecting Trump
One Less Ant-Semite to Deal With. These Were Trump’s “Good People.”
I posted a diary a few days ago, one which elicited a lot of comments on white nationalism and neo-Nazi scum.
In case you missed it, here’s the link — The World is Better Off Today With One Fewer White Supremacist
The Same Old Authoritarian Playbook
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