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I like the idea of Universal Basic Income. But the objection that springs immediately to my mind is: "Wouldn't that…
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But in any event, the studies don’t seem to tell us how people would respond to permanent payments of more…
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Category Archives: Elections and politics
Cartoon: Message in a Bottle
Supporting my patreon helps me make more swell cartoons! This one was so much fun to draw. Drawing water is always a challenge. This time I tried to ape one of the ways Walt Kelly used to draw water in … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics
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Cartoon: We can’t do THAT! It’s MEAN!
Please support these cartoons on my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. I actually wrote this cartoon months ago, during the Democratic primary, out of frustration that so many Democratic Senators refuse to consider steps like ending the … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics
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Cartoon: Waving The Magic Congress Wand
If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon. A $1 or $2 pledge really helps! This was originally drawn in February, but I never posted this cartoon outside of Patreon until today. Back in February, Covid took over, … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics
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Cartoon: The Great GOP Anti-Voting Cycle
If you like this cartoon, help me make more by supporting my Patreon. A $1 or $2 pledge really helps! I worry a lot about how Republican court-packing makes it easier for them to win elections, making it easier for … Continue reading
How Amp Voted, 2020
I got my ballot in the mail yesterday. And that means – time to vote! Time to go through the whole ballot and figure out who I want to be Circuit Court judge (4th district position 12), who should be … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics
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Cartoon: Meet My Liberal Beliefs
If you like these cartoons, please help me make more by supporting my Patreon! There are a number of self-identified liberal or centrist democratic pundits who spend virtually all their time attacking the left – attacking Black Lives Matter, attacking … Continue reading
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Cartoon: Why Would Anyone Think The GOP Wants To Suppress The Vote?
If you like these cartoons, please support them on my patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps me out. So this cartoon was written fairly recently, ((Actually, this paragraph was written almost a month ago when I posted this … Continue reading
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Cartoon: How Politicians “Lead”
Help me make more of these cartoons by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really matters. So yesterday someone was telling me that “the Democrats have had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the left on this” … Continue reading
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Interviewing the Heartland
Help me make more cartoons like this one by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. In the wake of Trump’s upset (and upsetting) win in the 2016 election, the “heartland interview” – in which a newspaper … Continue reading
Cartoon: A Woman In The Primary
Help me make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! A $1 pledge means a lot. While I was working on this strip, my friend Rachel suggested I read the blogger Echidne’s post “The Hillarization of Female Politicians,” and I can … Continue reading
There's a (relatively) famous book by Albert Hirschman called The Rhetoric of Reaction. It's about the responses conservatives have to…