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And now the Republicans want the same for the Capitol restrooms. After Delaware elected the first ever openly transgender member…
@Dianne I suspect all three of those are true for different Trump voters.
It’s strange that even imaginary “undecided voters” would give Trump a total pass for repeatedly defaming entire classes of people…
But I can imagine an undecided voter thinking “Those are my friends he’s talking about, and I know they’re decent…
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Author Archives: Ampersand
Ohio Passes School and College Trans Bathroom Ban
My alma mater Oberlin, and all schools and colleges in Ohio (private schools and colleges included) is going to be forced to ban trans students from using bathrooms aligned with their gender. The Ohio legislature just passed House Bill 183, … Continue reading
Cartoon: A.I. is Coming and Will Change EVERYTHING!
Another comic strip wonderfully rendered by Nadine Scholtes! I mean, who knows? Maybe years from now, A.I. really will be all that. But for now, it feels like a bunch of very wealthy people have made a strategic decision to spend … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics
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Well this sucks
“Instructions on Living in a Broken World lean into community seek out love applaud the good you see keep paying attention talk to your neighbors dance to the music and embrace art look for love and small joys take breaks … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, In the news
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Cartoon: We Could Let In More Immigrants
Immigration is great for the U.S.. It’s great for the economy. It’s great for our culture. Compared to those of us born here, immigrants are disproportionately of working age, disproportionately working, and disproportionately law-abiding. Immigrants are more likely to work … Continue reading
Cartoon: Electoral College Confessions
Let’s begin October with a little bit of meta! I made a timelapse drawing video for this cartoon. In 2019, Donald Trump tweeted about the idea of abolishing the electoral college: ….just the large States – the Cities would end up … Continue reading
Cartoon: Why We Say “As A Jew”
This comic was drawn by Becky Hawkins, who writes: I wanted to draw this cartoon. I feel like whether and how much I’m seen as Jewish fluctuates depending on where I am and who I’m with, so the conversation about … Continue reading
Cartoon: Objective Journalism is Coming! Objective Journalism is Coming!
This cartoon was drawn by frequent collaborator Nadine Scholtes, who unlike most cartoonists (and by “most cartoonists” I mean “me”) is not afraid of drawing horses. This week, I read a newspaper report about sex workers at massage parlors. The article … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Media criticism
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Cartoon: The Birth Rate is Always a Crisis
“Teen mothers are increasing!” has been a common “everything is getting worse!” my whole life – until recent years, when “fertility is down!” has replaced it. Like this CBS News headline: “Experts sound the alarm on declining birth rates among younger generations: … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics
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Comic: Election Year, Squishy Progressive Style
This cartoon is less self-portrait than it is self-parody. ((Testing the footnotes plugin.)) It was conceived shortly after Joe Biden announced that he won’t be running for re-election, around when Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz, and like practically everyone else … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics
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Cartoon: A Concise History of Keeping The Immigrants Out
[This post is written by Becky Hawkins.] This cartoon was born over gChat over a span of about 12 hours: Becky: It’s wild how every “neat old photo” from an aggregate account on social media will have some egregiously racist … Continue reading
@Megalodon: They've made it clear that their first target is trans Americans. They'll get to that mass deportation stuff when…