David Olson — Age of Uncertainty

Stay weird, Portland, and fight the good fight

Oct. 16, 2025 at 10:30 am

By David Horsey
Seattle Times cartoonist

To all the disingenuous or ignorant people posting that "No Kings" is ridiculous because Trump never claimed to be a king, here is an official tweet from the White House earlier this year:

Kuper’s warning is simple: if nations that preach fairness won’t tax extreme wealth, they’ll end up governing gilded republics built on resentment.

Elizabeth Warren calls it patriotism: asking the richest to help sustain democracy. France calls it equality — égalité.

Across Europe, Spain and Norway have reintroduced wealth taxes. The UK and US still hesitate — fearing capital flight more than inequality.

Macron’s France now leads Europe in billionaires. Many are heirs, not innovators. The middle class? Squeezed.

Simon Kuper asks the real question: can a republic that guillotined privilege survive as a billionaire’s playground?

Thread: France scrapped its wealth tax to lure investors. It got billionaires instead — and one in six citizens now lives in poverty.

Mission impossible….

George Soros has a lot of checks to write.
(Note to people who inexplicably believe Republicans: I’m kidding.)

Wisconsin

Meanwhile:

Stephen Miller’s Chicago Glock glory hole 🔫

God bless whoever did this one. #NoKings

I hear from informed sources that these #NoKings rallies are more than twice as big as last time, making them easily the largest protests in US history. Thanks to everyone and especially organizers.

We stayed classy. #NoKings

A classified network of SpaceX satellites is emitting a mysterious signal An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal, which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.

An amateur satellite tracker stumbled across the signal, which is coming from Starshield satellites in a "hidden" part of the radio spectrum.

How can any news organization—or the public, for that matter—take this administration’s words seriously when Trump rattles off a torrent of falsehoods, as fact-checked point by point by veteran journalist Daniel Dale during his press conference with Zelensky?

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The U.S. State Department is no longer trustworthy.

The Case for the Forever Shutdown Senate Democrats actually allowing the GOP to stop funding the government is only the first step. Now they have to make the case that Trump’s government is illegitimate.

Dems can keep paying consultants for talking points, keep holding press conferences, and keep pretending like we live in a redeemable timeline—but we live with a co-opted executive branch led by xenophobic idiots who do not believe in law & are empowered by a slavish SCOTUS. trib.al/MvPBOtv

Trump Plazain Atlantic City is being imploded.

This has "Kushner" written all over it. I call bullshit. I'm from NJ, I remember when Donorrhea promised that Atlantic City would become The East Coast Vegas. Then, he bankrupted his casinos, leaving NJ holding the bag. He left AC looking like Gaza.
Four casinos: four bankruptcies.

The GOP’s attack on the No kings rally has only pissed off we, the people even more. The GOP have ensured the No kings rally will be even bigger to show people we reject Trump and the GOP’s fascism.

Judges don’t trust DOJ anymore

Judges are refusing to accept Justice Department attorneys’ explanations at face value and even telling them outright that the executive branch has forfeited its claim to presumed honesty.