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The tragic oppression of white men continues Amusingly, Trump's own DEI ban could make it more difficult for them to go to college

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"Oopsie. It turns out the Trump administration’s attack on diversity, equity and inclusion may end up hurting white guys."

Trump's abuse of the National Guard Shooting victims weren't needed in D.C., and Republicans need to own up to that

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"The Trump administration responded to the attack on National Guard members in Washington D.C. last week with its usual swaggering ignorance and self-certainty."

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He's leaving on a jet plane Does Kash know if he'll be back again?

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"Kash Patel was asked what it felt like to be head of the FBI. 'It’s completely effing wild,' he replied. 'I mean, I don’t even know how to describe it.'
Funny. That’s pretty much our impression of what’s it like for Kash Patel to be head of the FBI."

It's always been his style Cartoon by Shields

A new toon by Christopher Shields.

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The brown nose will set you free Flattering Trump’s favorite person – himself – is enough for a get-out-jail-free card

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"We all know flattery gets you everywhere with Trump. It turns out it’ll even spring you from prison for trafficking 500 tons of cocaine to the United States – even while Trump is having alleged drug-smuggling boats blown out of the water in the Caribbean and Pacific."

Give the scaffold talk a rest, felon boy Trump's hit a new level of stupid and dangerous with threats against members of Congress

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"We could all mail a copy of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the U.S. Constitution to a certain powerful idiot of our acquaintance. But it wouldn’t do us any good, of course, because our idiot doesn’t read, and his condition seems to surpass the definition of 'complete.'"
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The Trump administration's civility lessons A new ad reminds us manners don't stop at the gate - well, just the gate to Mar-a-Lago

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Are you prone to shouting “Loser!” at fellow passengers?
Have you ever suggested a seatmate wearing a “No Kings” button should be hanged? Do you delight in grabbing flight attendants by the vagina?
No? Then you may be ready for the Golden Age of Travel.

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Trump's week in review Cartoon by Shields

Trump's week in review, a new cartoon from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire.

Trump does keep telling us the United States is "the hottest country," doesn't he?

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Release the MRI Trump's T-Day tirade was offensive, as usual, but cause for greater concern

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"To paraphrase another childhood insult, when God was handing out empathy, Trump thought he was being offered a 'felony' and said, 'No, thanks. I’ve got 34.' "

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A special Thanksgiving message from JD Vance Our vice president and roving dolt has ... thoughts

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At a photo op Wednesday, the presumed heir to the porcelain MAGA throne, JD Vance, offered his unsolicited thoughts on what many of us see on our table on Thanksgiving.
If you say you like turkey, he says, you're full shit.

Does he have a deal for you, Ukraine! Cartoon by Shields

New from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire.

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YouTube video by Jesse Welles The Department of War

New from Jesse Welles, "the Department of War."

"Well, there's a bloated inefficient bureaucratic mass
Run by a mediocre soldier quasi-general ass.
A diabolical office of death and waste
run by a weekend anchor with a desperate rage."

Trump's latest approval rating Cartoon by Shields

From Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire:

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Dah-ling, I love you, but give me Park Avenue Trump and MTG formalize split; big fellow eyes a move to NYC to be with Zohran

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"While it’s been fun to watch MTG annoy her orange savior and scrap with him on social media, there’s no cause to throw her a going-away party. Save the money on a card, too, unless Hallmark makes a nice 'see ya, asshole!” line.'"

The unholy Trump trinity Cartoon by Shields

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‘I don’t give a hell where that hand’s been’ Trump’s lovefest with MBS is all the more reason to investigate Vindman claim

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"I don’t recall any recent video or still photos of Trump looking quite as happy as he did with the crown prince. I think I’d have to go back to images of his rollicking good times with his longtime wingman Jeffrey Epstein for a comparison."

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YouTube video by Earth To Eve Earth to Eve - 'Have you heard the news?' (Live Version)

Earth to Eve is new to me. Great stuff.

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FAFO Syndrome seems to be hitting MAGA hard these days Darned if they can figure out where all this hateful rhetoric is coming from

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"Recently we’ve read and heard a spate of complaints from Trump followers about threats of violence and racial and ethnic slurs leveled at them – by other Trump followers.

Who’d’ve thunk it, right?"

Trump's next big renovation Cartoon by Shields

New from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire: Trump's next big renovation.

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YouTube video by Elle Cordova For our scientists

I wasn't familiar with Elle Cordova's work. I like this a lot:

YouTube video by Mon Rovîa Mon Rovîa - Heavy Foot (Official Music Video)

From Mon Rovîa, a Liberian immigrant who came to America when he was five years old as a refugee from civil war.

... the government
Staying on heavy foot
And they tried to keep us all down

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YouTube video by Elle Cordova Protect science! 🧪

A bit late with this from Elle Cordova, timed for Giving Tuesday, but it's relevant all year:

"I think without the scientific method, we would toil in disease and superstition and ignorance, and we'd be huddled in the darkness, afraid of demons and ghosts - which is an authoritarian's dream."

Long overdue for a bath Cartoon by Shields

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Jesse Welles, reminding us 'That Can't Be Right' Young singer-songwriter is emerging as the leading voice of today's protest movement

A new column on the protest music of Jesse Welles.

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Your guide to the Republican U.S. government A public service of Fight the Fire.

As we approach our one-year anniversary at Fight the Fire, a look back at an early cartoon by Shields, "Your Guide to the Republican U.S. government."
A few slots have changed, but sadly we're looking at same damned organization chart.
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YouTube video by avery the men are disappearing - jensen mcrae

A haunting song from Jensen McRae, "The Men Are Disappearing" -

"Surely someone's coming to save us.
It's a reprise, it's an encore.
It's a song you know you know.
It's a fire sale of evil.
They know
everything must go."