Editorial Cartoon: Looking Backward

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Tom Tomorrow

President fails Civics 101

Yesterday’s angry Trump Tweet showed clearly that the man whose job it is to oversee our government is completely unqualified for the position.

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Yeah, how dare a judge (or in this case, six of them so far) declare that what Trump was doing was unconstitutional? Where does that judge get such an absurd idea — the Constitution?

Our President couldn’t pass a fifth grade civics course. If he were one of the refugees fleeing terrorism, he would fail the basic US citizenship test. As many of us said throughout the campaign, the man is the most unqualified person ever to run for President, and now he is the most unqualified President ever.

And it’s not like this is some left-wing spin against the man, with fake news. He proves it himself, every day, as he posts his angry tweets and speaks on things he has no knowledge of or even a desire to learn about. Just ask Frederick Douglass — I’m sure he’s around to tell you.

The fact is that Trump does not have the power to just ignore US laws (not to mention US treaties) and unilaterally decide our immigration policy, nor can he limit it to one religion. (Oh, come now, don’t give me that argument that it’s about countries when these are all Muslim countries and Trump himself has referred to it as a “Muslim ban” — he even uses the word “ban” in the tweet above. And I’m not even going to spend time showing that none of the countries chosen have been the source of terrorism in the US, while the countries that have are not part of the ban — remember, those other countries do business with Trump.)

Our so-called President is mad at this “so-called judge” (to use his words) who was appointed by that mad liberal George W. Bush. Then again, let’s remember the words of George W. Bush here: “The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That’s not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don’t represent peace. They represent evil and war.”

But expecting our current so-called President to understand that? Why, that would require him to know something. And he clearly has no desire to learn.

By my count, there’s been six rulings already on this (and an appeal late last night), and not one has gone Trump’s way. Can all the judges, both liberal and conservatives, be completely wrong about the Constitution that they’ve spent their adult lives studying — or can Lord Dampnut be correct? You choose!

Meme: The Bowling Green Massacre

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Lord Dampnut

After Colin Mochrie pointed out that “Lord Dampnut” was an anagram of Donald Trump, inquiring minds wanted to know:  What else can be made from the name?

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Well, there’s

  • Damn Turd Pol
  • Mad Lord Punt
  • Plod Turdman
  • Damp Old Runt
  • Darn Mud Plot
  • Mr. Adult Pond
  • Mr. Odd Lapnut

I’m always here to help.

Meme: Gorsuch!

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Editorial cartoon: The Catalyst

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Steve Sack

Trump is ISIS’s best friend

For years, the policy of the United States was to separate the radical terrorists now known as ISIS from Muslims.

After all, there are about 1.6 billion Muslims in the world — 23% of the global population — and ISIS represents a very small percentage of them, in the same way the KKK represents a very small percentage of Christians.

And who does ISIS fight? Quite often, it’s other Muslims. (In the same way the Muslim Syrian refugees are running away from other Muslims.) dec-10-15-trump-and-isis

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Obama refused to call these terrorists Muslims because not only is that an inaccurate and misleading description, but also because it hurts their cause.

Remember: ISIS wants us to call them Muslims, and wants us to hate all Muslims, because that helps them recruit new members and build their organization. They can then claim that the United States is at war with Islam (instead of with ISIS) and therefore, all Muslims must join in the fight.

Smart Presidents know that. Obama knew that. Even George W. Bush knew that.

So when you see pictures of ISIS cheering and laughing, remember: They couldn’t be happier with Trump. He’s doing exactly what they want him to do.

Editorial cartoon: Trump’s America

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Clay Bennett

Poll Shows No Support for Trump

Let’s face it, a majority of Americans didn’t want Trump, don’t agree with the Republican platform, and hope that he’ll fail in his goals. More importantly, they don’t believe the lies coming out of the White House.

For the GOP to pretend otherwise is not surprising of course, since they are the party of “Alternative Facts” and fake news.Donald Trump

The newest PPP Poll shows this clearly.  In every single matter, Trump loses. Seriously, the public is not on his side about anything.

He starts off with the lowest approval rating of any newly elected President ever (since they started doing these polls). The majority of respondents think he’ll be a worse President than any we’ve had since Nixon.

Only 18% believe Trump when he falsely claimed that his inauguration crowds were bigger than the Women’s March a day later. 17% believed the fake news claim that George Soros paid these people to march. (Hey, I know a lot of marchers who would be upset to learn this, because they didn’t get a cent.)

59% want to see Trump’s tax returns, with 54% supporting a law requiring all candidates to release their returns. 61% want him to completely divest himself from all his business interests.

When it comes to whether they trust Trump, respondents chose the intelligence agencies, CNN and even The Today Show over our “President.”  Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway scored even lower, if you can believe that.

Vladimir Putin, by the way, has a 67% unpopularity rating with only 10% saying they have a favorable opinion of him. Russia itself has only a 13% approval rating. Just saying.

Only 34% want to see the wall built. Only 30% want to repeal Obamacare completely, with a plurality supporting it.

Of course, Republicans will once again attack the messenger and claim that the highly respected PPP poll is biased or something. This is to be expected. Ignore them as you do any other time.

Editorial cartoon: Well, there’s fraud somewhere

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Tom Toro