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Leftist political cartoonist, columnist, and graphic novelist. Pulitzer finalist and RFK Journalism Award winner. Fierce takes on justice, politics, and culture. "What's Left?" New Book Out May 1st! Subscribe/Support: tedrall.substack.com

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Ted Rall (@tedrall.bsky.social) Leftist political cartoonist, columnist, and graphic novelist. Pulitzer finalist and RFK Journalism Award winner. Fierce takes on justice, politics, and culture. "What's Left?" New Book Out May 1st! S...

Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social (Scott Stantis in for John)! www.youtube.com/live/58ot2wK... Novichok death cover-up, Ukraine corruption, US killings in Yemen, Trump’s approval crash

05.12.2025 13:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Relying on The Other As we’ve seen in other examples of mass disruption, there’s a general assumption by employers who fire workers en masse to replace them with automation that somehow it’ll all work out because someone ...

Relying on The Other - Ted Rall's cartoon explains why we're screwed: rall.com/comic/relyin...

05.12.2025 12:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Charmed Caste - Ted Rall's Rallblog Americans know that they discriminate against one another by race, sex, religion, looks, income, etc. Yet they’re unaware that the United States has a caste system every bit as rigid and objectively o...

Why do some folks always get away with it? Read "The Charmed Caste," by Ted Rall rall.com/2025/12/04/t...

04.12.2025 19:12 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Will Hegseth Resign? | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Hegseth scandal deepens, GOP gambles Obamacare, Belgium vs Russia assets, schools battle AI nudifying crisis. www.youtube.com/live/9PsPczj... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social

03.12.2025 13:36 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Who Will Keep the Drones Safe? Trump's deployment of ICE goons into American cities feels a lot like the lore about the Bermuda Triangle, in which lost planes are searched for by more planes that also get lost, which then prompts a...

Who Will Keep the Drones Safe? rall.com/comic/who-wi...

03.12.2025 12:48 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Sailin’ From Sudan | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

LIVE 9am ET: Sudan offers Russia Red Sea naval base ⎮ Putin wants all Donbas ⎮ Trump sued for firing judge over gender & politics ⎮ HIV remission breakthrough! www.youtube.com/live/w53Mv43... On the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social (149 characters)

02.12.2025 13:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Did Hegseth Just Commit a War Crime? | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

LIVE 9am ET: Pentagon accused of “double tap” war crime, Trump tells Maduro to flee, AI data centers spike Red state bills & Afghan shooter. www.youtube.com/live/Vcc2S7Y... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social

01.12.2025 13:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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What If They Gave a War and Nobody Ever Heard About It? What if they gave a war and nobody ever heard about it? That’s what the Trump administration is trying to pull off in its military campaign against Venezuela. Trump has made no effort to convince the ...

What If They Gave a War and Nobody Ever Heard About It? rall.com/comic/what-i...

01.12.2025 13:23 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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What About? Especially on the Internet—but also in the real world of politics—whataboutism has become the standard approach to denigrating a valid argument or criticism. Rather than address the point head-on, peo...

What About? - Ted Rall's cartoon: rall.com/comic/what-a...

28.11.2025 14:15 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Cartel of the Imagination President Trump laid the legal groundwork for war and/or covert action against Venezuela on the basis that the Maduro regime is part of the “Cartel de los Soles.” As the New York Times reports, howeve...

Cartel of the Imagination: rall.com/comic/cartel...

26.11.2025 13:59 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pentagon Investigates Mark Kelly Over “Illegal Orders” | DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Pentagon eyes Sen. Kelly for illegal orders—is it treason? Ukraine-Russia talks. Trump healthcare crushed by GOP. www.youtube.com/live/0ZOtVCF... Zoomers skip protests—why? Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social

25.11.2025 13:02 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Have You Now Or Ever Been Truthful? After decrying each other as enemies of all that is good and decent, Donald Trump and NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani make nice. On the one hand, it’s good to see some civility. On the other hand, you ...

Have Politicians Now Or Ever Been Truthful? Read the toon: rall.com/comic/have-y...

24.11.2025 13:14 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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What's Next for Marjorie Taylor Greene?? | DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou Political cartoonist Ted Rall and CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou deprogram you from mainstream media every weekday at 9 AM EST. Today we discuss: Marjorie Taylor Greene resigns from Congress. What'...

MTG quits Congress! DOGE dissolved early! Ukraine deal in Geneva? www.youtube.com/live/rXjWQcd... at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social #MTGOut #DOGEOver #UkrainePeace

24.11.2025 13:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “End Game in Ukraine?” YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Ukraine reels from energy scandal ousting ministers amid US-Russia peace demands; FBI whistleblower reveals exec spy shields. www.youtube.com/live/cHidrQ_... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social

21.11.2025 13:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Fed and Dead Democrats did manage to restore food stamps. But they lost healthcare. Without subsidies, millions of Americans will drop out of the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, which were already fragile, leadi...

Fed and Dead! Read the toon about the effects of the Democrats' surrender: rall.com/comic/fed-an...

21.11.2025 13:06 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “CIA Cover-Up on JFK Exposed” YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Explosive DeProgram ep: CIA's JFK cover-up blueprint exposed, Huckabee's secret spy meet, Trump-Mamdani Oval clash! www.youtube.com/live/xcrldA-... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social

20.11.2025 13:25 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Ted Rall (@tedrall.bsky.social) Leftist political cartoonist, columnist, and graphic novelist. Pulitzer finalist and RFK Journalism Award winner. Fierce takes on justice, politics, and culture. "What's Left?" New Book Out May 1st! S...

Dive into cartooning with Steve Kelley on DMZ America Podcast—hosts tedrall.bsky.social & Scott Stantis unpack his work amid hot headlines like Trump jitters, Gaza violations. www.youtube.com/live/RjyqttE... Today at 11 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 #CartoonClash #TopNews #PoliticalSatire

20.11.2025 12:54 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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The Death of the Landline Will Kill You - Ted Rall's Rallblog When you visit Mark Twain’s house in Hartford, you may be told about his telephone. It was one of the first phones in the country, so he could neither call nor be called. He had faith in a phone-ful f...

The Death of the Landline Will Kill You rall.com/2025/11/19/t...

19.11.2025 19:18 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “China Using LinkedIn to Recruit Spies” YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Dive into MI5's China espionage alert, Republican midterm peril in polls, Trump's covert Venezuela push, & advancing MK-Ultra lawsuits. www.youtube.com/live/KqfGXMD... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social

19.11.2025 13:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Israel’s Discreet Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza” YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Comey indictment risks from grand jury errors, sharp fall in US international students due to visas, & South Africa's block on Palestinian charter flights. www.youtube.com/live/Tas6bgO... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social

18.11.2025 13:10 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Trump Flip-Flops on Epstein” YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Unravel Trump's Epstein U-turn, Chile's runoff battle, UN Gaza standoff, and Iran's enrichment stop. www.youtube.com/live/M7YmhRr... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social #DeProgram #GazaUN #IranNuclear

17.11.2025 12:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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For Democrats, Surrender Is the Ultimate Victory The Democrats were winning the battle for public opinion over the government shutdown. Inexplicably, they chose to cave in anyway to the Republicans without getting anything in return. Even more stran...

For Democrats, Surrender Is the Ultimate Victory - check out the cartoon: rall.com/comic/for-de...

17.11.2025 11:11 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Did Hitler Have a Micro Weenie?” YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Fetterman heart scare, secret DOJ memo justifies Trump boat killings, Hitler DNA reveals rare disorder. www.youtube.com/live/kfrrjN4... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social

14.11.2025 13:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fat King, Skinny Subjects Even though the standards of the Trump administration are low, the Republican refusal to release funds that were already appropriated to help hungry Americans who receive food stamps get food is stunn...

Fat King, Skinny Subjects rall.com/comic/fat-ki...

14.11.2025 11:54 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
DMZ America Podcast Ep 220: “Interview with Pat Bagley”
YouTube video by DMZ America Podcast DMZ America Podcast Ep 220: “Interview with Pat Bagley”

Interview with Pat Bagley: bold Utah cartoonist, Herblock winner, satirical genius. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjnz... Today at 11 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 DMZ America Podcast hosts tedrall.bsky.social & Scott Stantis #PatBagley #Cartoons #DMZAmerica

13.11.2025 15:14 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Trump Snubs US Workers at Mar-a-Lago” YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Unpacking Epstein's Trump claims in emails, Herzog's settler condemnation, Trump Org's visa surge on DeProgram. www.youtube.com/live/ICmAUQl... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social #DeProgram

13.11.2025 15:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Do Those Ignored by Trump Exist? Trump's campaign of retribution is so widespread and far-reaching that at a certain point, you have to wonder if you really matter if you are not in his crosshairs.

If You Are Ignored by Trump, Do You Exist? rall.com/comic/do-tho...

12.11.2025 12:31 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Finally, the Epstein Files” YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Epstein petition hits 218, Berkeley protest sparks DOJ probe, deported Venezuelans face Cecot horrors, JNIM blockades Bamako fuel! www.youtube.com/live/tdLryAb... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social #Epstein

12.11.2025 12:27 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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DeProgram with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou: “Subcontinent on the Brink” YouTube video by DeProgram Show with Ted Rall and John Kiriakou

Delhi's fatal car explosion near Red Fort, Pakistan's court bombing & foiled college raid, and soldiers' Gaza lawlessness reveals. www.youtube.com/live/_WPrs6b... Today at 9 am ET LIVE and streaming all day 24-7 on the ‘DeProgram Show’ with tedrall.bsky.social and johnkiriakou.bsky.social

11.11.2025 12:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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At Least the DNC Is Consistent No matter the election results—as we are currently seeing following the Democratic sweep that elected both centrists as governors in New Jersey and Virginia, as well as a progressive new mayor in the ...

At Least the DNC Is Consistent! Read the toon: rall.com/comic/at-lea...

10.11.2025 12:38 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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