It’s that time of year for a recurring bit I use to get ahead for the holidays. I have one more to draw before I close the books on this miserable year. Even though there’s always more bad news to come, I’m giving myself the gift of mostly ignoring it until after the New Year.
It’s been almost two years since we last visited this guy. I’ll preface this with the obvious statement that murder is bad. However, sympathy is not mandatory and there a thousands more victims higher on my empathy list than some guy who got rich by denying people health care.
The same people who shrugged after Sandy Hook and a coup are now concerned that our nation’s decades old gun and domestic terrorism epidemics could affect them. This will probably lead to even more bloated police budgets, when their jobs continue to be done by snitches at McDonald’s.
The late Thanksgiving has made this holiday season shorter than usual (if you’re not a freak who puts the tree up the day after Halloween), so here are some holiday goofs before I have to really start thinking about next year.
I’ve never watched one of the Hallmark Channel’s Christmas schlockfests, but Netflix put out something called Hot Frosty where a sexy snow sculpture comes to life (?) and I figure I should practice writing that kind of stuff for when editorial cartoonists make it to the next FBI director’s most wanted list.
Now to enjoy one sip of the eggnog I bought then immediately remember why it’s not a regular staple in our fridge.
The entire mainstream media and political class are acting like a fascist returning to power after an attempted coup is totally normal, and that he should be given the benefit of the doubt despite almost a decade of evidence that he’s corrupt moron who’s already done tons of damage to the country.
There’s no honeymoon period for couples that get married a second time and there shouldn’t be for dipshit ex/soon-to-be presidents. Things are going to suck and get worse from Day One, and these dopes are going to pretend not to notice for at least a year in the interest of appearing “fair.”
Hope you get to enjoy a nice long weekend before your obligations as a holiday consumer begin.
Here’s my counter to the annual “How to talk to your MAGA relatives at Thanksgiving” articles, which never seem to be written the other way. Sure, it’s petty, but since they’re immune to reason, maybe a little food poisoning will do the trick.
I’m fortunate to not have to spend the holiday with these awful people. If you have to, I hope the food, booze, and/or drugs makes next week somewhat tolerable.
The second transition of this administration is even more unprepared than the first one. It’s almost like they wanted and expected to lose. But Democrats snatched defeat from the jaws of victory once again, so here we are.
Seems like every creep, freak, and weirdo that was too bonkers last time is all that’s left to be make our lives miserable for at least the next four years. Focusing on the freak-of-the-week is largely a distraction that the Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation are fine with so they’re doing the real work of dismantling the country and selling it for parts in relative obscurity.
I’ll get to them, but sometimes a face like Matt Gaetz’s comes along that’s just begging me to draw it.
Well this sucks. I’m sure I’ll find funny things to make cartoons about, while also amplifying ways to help people who are going to be most affected by the implementation of Project 2025, but for now I’m just swinging between rage and grief. Listening to comedy podcasts while drawing this was the first break my brain’s had since Tuesday night.
Pardon my sincerity. Shit is fucked up, and everyone who cares needs to chip in to unfuck it. We can’t let morons raging blindly about the price of eggs have the last word.