First published on Caglecartoons.com, Feb. 13, 2025 | By Graeme MacKay
There are times when news spreads especially fast across all social media platforms. One of those times came yesterday when Felonious Punk tweeted, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” Responses came fast, the most damning comparing the statement to those of similar intent made by past dictators, including both Napoleon and Hitler. The linked NYTimes article gives plenty of context as to just how deep the shit runs in that statement, which is now pinned at the top of Punk’s Truth Social account. I’ll let you read that separately.
I hadn’t gotten past Friday’s statement by RFK, Jr. that said, “The government would assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, [and] mood stabilizers.” Kennedy said he planned to dedicate money generated from a sales tax on cannabis products to “creating wellness farms—drug rehabilitation farms, in rural areas all over this country.” He added, “I’m going to create these wellness farms where they can go to get off of illegal drugs, off of opiates, but also illegal drugs, other psychiatric drugs, if they want to, to get off of SSRIs, to get off of benzos, to get off of Adderall, and to spend time as much time as they need—three or four years if they need it—to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities.” The farm residents would grow their own organic food because, he suggested, many of their underlying problems could be “food-related.”
This is exactly why 15,000 doctors signed a letter against Kennedy’s confirmation.
Rain turned into snow overnight. That’s not the non-sequitur one might think. Bear with me. It was raining hard enough last night that the dogs refused to go outside for their last potty run. They both went to the door and backed up as if the rain might damage their fur. That meant there was no delaying taking them out this morning. Coffee was still brewing when I coated up and took them out into the white stuff. The wind was strong enough that facing North hurt my face. The neighborhood looks other-worldly in this environment. To a limited extent, it looks like something out of a Star Wars movie that Lucas/Spielberg have yet to make.
There’s just one big plot hole: there’s no emperor pulling strings in the background. Felonious Punk may want to be that emperor, but he doesn’t have the backbone to stand up against his Darth Vader (Musk), much less anyone with fierce determination. Neither does Putin nor Xi; both derive their power from shadowed puppet masters in their individual regimes. Remove any one of them or all of them, and another version pops up in their place. The only way to get rid of them is to completely destroy the empire. Sounds scary, doesn’t it?
The following image popped up in my BluSky feed this morning. There was no originating attribution so I can’t make any claim as to its accuracy. Still…
11.7 million divided by 50 states gives us 2.34 million people protesting in each state. It’s winter. That’s not going to happen. Alaska wouldn’t be able to produce that many protestors even in good weather. Does that mean we’re screwed?
Not necessarily. Protest comes in many forms. What’s important is that we not give the administration any sense that they might have stable footing. Share the memes. Block right-wing posters on every platform. Block ads (all of them). Defy stupid laws (you’re just ‘saving the country,’ right?) Challenge Republican authority on every level. If you have hacking skills, use ’em. Bring back the rebellious anti-establishment music of the 60s, or write new stuff. Use any platform you can find, not just for one day, but over and over and over and over and over again until the sounds of the protest are so loud, the vibrations are so strong, that we knock this wanna-be empire off its feet.
And yeah, I’m still holding the door open to using violence. If they build ‘wellness farms,” we have an obligation to break people out of them and destroy the farms. I’m of the opinion that we should already be disrupting those flights taking immigrants to Cuba or Venezuela. We have to be willing to kill the stormtroopers that stand in our way. Don’t think for a second that we can do this without getting messy.
I know, that’s big talk from a guy who doesn’t drive and can’t walk without a cane. I don’t have a light saber and I can’t float or evaporate into thin air. Lame, isn’t it?
I have faith in you, though. You can do what I can’t. Be strong and of good courage. History is on the side of justice and freedom.
Everyone Wants To Be Emperor
There are times when news spreads especially fast across all social media platforms. One of those times came yesterday when Felonious Punk tweeted, “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.” Responses came fast, the most damning comparing the statement to those of similar intent made by past dictators, including both Napoleon and Hitler. The linked NYTimes article gives plenty of context as to just how deep the shit runs in that statement, which is now pinned at the top of Punk’s Truth Social account. I’ll let you read that separately.
I hadn’t gotten past Friday’s statement by RFK, Jr. that said, “The government would assess the prevalence of and threat posed by the prescription of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, antipsychotics, [and] mood stabilizers.” Kennedy said he planned to dedicate money generated from a sales tax on cannabis products to “creating wellness farms—drug rehabilitation farms, in rural areas all over this country.” He added, “I’m going to create these wellness farms where they can go to get off of illegal drugs, off of opiates, but also illegal drugs, other psychiatric drugs, if they want to, to get off of SSRIs, to get off of benzos, to get off of Adderall, and to spend time as much time as they need—three or four years if they need it—to learn to get reparented, to reconnect with communities.” The farm residents would grow their own organic food because, he suggested, many of their underlying problems could be “food-related.”
This is exactly why 15,000 doctors signed a letter against Kennedy’s confirmation.
Rain turned into snow overnight. That’s not the non-sequitur one might think. Bear with me. It was raining hard enough last night that the dogs refused to go outside for their last potty run. They both went to the door and backed up as if the rain might damage their fur. That meant there was no delaying taking them out this morning. Coffee was still brewing when I coated up and took them out into the white stuff. The wind was strong enough that facing North hurt my face. The neighborhood looks other-worldly in this environment. To a limited extent, it looks like something out of a Star Wars movie that Lucas/Spielberg have yet to make.
There’s just one big plot hole: there’s no emperor pulling strings in the background. Felonious Punk may want to be that emperor, but he doesn’t have the backbone to stand up against his Darth Vader (Musk), much less anyone with fierce determination. Neither does Putin nor Xi; both derive their power from shadowed puppet masters in their individual regimes. Remove any one of them or all of them, and another version pops up in their place. The only way to get rid of them is to completely destroy the empire. Sounds scary, doesn’t it?
Unofficially, European heads of state are meeting in Paris tomorrow to discuss a response to all the chaos. UK Prime Minister Starmer has confirmed he’s attending, but no one in Paris is confirming that the meeting’s actually happening. European countries will not create one united army, says Poland’s Sikorski, but Finland’s leaders still insist that the EU needs a seat at the table for any discussion of a Russia/Ukraine solution. Everyone has an agenda and unless they can all get on one page, there’s not much chance they’ll be a viable rebel alliance.
The following image popped up in my BluSky feed this morning. There was no originating attribution so I can’t make any claim as to its accuracy. Still…
11.7 million divided by 50 states gives us 2.34 million people protesting in each state. It’s winter. That’s not going to happen. Alaska wouldn’t be able to produce that many protestors even in good weather. Does that mean we’re screwed?
Not necessarily. Protest comes in many forms. What’s important is that we not give the administration any sense that they might have stable footing. Share the memes. Block right-wing posters on every platform. Block ads (all of them). Defy stupid laws (you’re just ‘saving the country,’ right?) Challenge Republican authority on every level. If you have hacking skills, use ’em. Bring back the rebellious anti-establishment music of the 60s, or write new stuff. Use any platform you can find, not just for one day, but over and over and over and over and over again until the sounds of the protest are so loud, the vibrations are so strong, that we knock this wanna-be empire off its feet.
And yeah, I’m still holding the door open to using violence. If they build ‘wellness farms,” we have an obligation to break people out of them and destroy the farms. I’m of the opinion that we should already be disrupting those flights taking immigrants to Cuba or Venezuela. We have to be willing to kill the stormtroopers that stand in our way. Don’t think for a second that we can do this without getting messy.
I know, that’s big talk from a guy who doesn’t drive and can’t walk without a cane. I don’t have a light saber and I can’t float or evaporate into thin air. Lame, isn’t it?
I have faith in you, though. You can do what I can’t. Be strong and of good courage. History is on the side of justice and freedom.
Thank you for your service.
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