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Derf Backderf
@derfbackderf.bsky.social
Maker of fine comics products, incessant scribbler, former garbageman, aging punk rocker.
🧵🧵🧵 A scandal that hardly anyone knows happened is Trump giving traitor Michael Flynn $1.25 million in your tax money. Flynn, Trump’s 1st national security adviser, pleaded guilty twice to lying to the FBI but was pardoned by Trump. He sued, alleging "weaponization," and DOJ paid him in March. 1/4🧵
Justice Dept. Settles Flynn’s Wrongful Prosecution Suit for $1.25 Million (Gift Article)
The agreement was an extraordinary example of how the Trump administration has offered legal relief to those aligned with the president.
nytimes.com
Not a day goes by that I don't get some AI-generated query from some fake marketer/ book club/ "exciting opportunity." Here's the latest. Hi Derf Backderf, My name is [Your Name], and I came across My Friend Dahmer: A Graphic Novel Memoir while looking for books that deserve a wider audience.
The dysfunction has reached shocking new depths. Now our Bacon isn't safe to eat! That's it. America's total collapse is imminent.
Check Your Fridge: More Than 12,000 Pounds of Bacon Have Been Recalled
Maple Leaf Foods, Inc. of Lisle, Ill., is recalling approximately 12,036 pounds of bacon because of an inspection issue. Here’s what you need to know.
marthastewart.com
was alerted by a reader that the bloom county house is for sale, though apparently in some disrepair www.zillow.com/homedetails/...
zillow.com
The shithead fucked up again! Trump's half-completed helipad is being torn out because the incompetent contractors (no doubt donors of his) built it on a slope. There's going to be nothing left of the White House and National Mall except rubble by the time we tear this idiot out of power.
Parts of Trump’s New White House Helipad Disassembled, Photos Show
Last week, construction workers had begun to decorate the new South Lawn helipad with a giant presidential seal. By Tuesday, the design was gone.
nytimes.com
So I posted about the Kickstarter that Harvey Pekar's daughter huge is running to fund sorting his huge archive of papers. She put some stuff on ebay to help raise funds, too. I couldn't pass on this. Harvey's copy of Rolling Stone from June 1970, with coverage of the Kent State Massacre!
The MAHA position is that if some illness they let run rampant kills you but you have any other disability or health condition you had it coming and it’s not their fault.
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d agoWonder will Alex Berenson now change his health reporting? Or will start pushing a "died with" rather than "died from" framing?
“In recent months, ICE has deployed a round-the-clock digital dragnet to scour the public internet—from Facebook to Instagram to X—for speech that could endanger the agency’s mission.” Speech. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics
Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
wsj.com
MATEWAN is film that all of you should watch. It's a masterpiece that's more relevant now than it was in 1987.
‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement
John Sayles’s 1987 film, which dramatizes a 1920 labor conflict, shows how class solidarity can overcome prejudice
theguardian.com
Great Substack about UPA, the animation studio that revolutionized cartoons in the 1950s. Founded by the leftist animators who were purged by Walt Disney during the infamous 1941 strike, it was UPA that dragged animation into midcentury mod. Mr. Magoo was their big hit.
Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 4mo agoThe book Inside UPA is a visual tour of one of the greatest animation studios of all time. With its author's permission, we've shared the whole thing online for free. Our latest issue dives into the book and UPA's place in animation history: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/stepping-i...
First day of band camp at the high school around the corner. That's the familiar sound of summer ending, kids.
Harvey & Joyce's adopted daughter Danielle is trying to raise funds to deal with Pekar's raw archive; basically four storage lockers full of notes, outlines, ideas, etc. Note this is not Pekar's comics per se. Those rights have been tied up in court for years. Long, ugly story. Worth backing.
His Name was Harvey Pekar
Saving the legacy of Harvey Pekar:Urgent mission to rescue four full storage units of American Splendor history before its lost forever
kickstarter.com
So I just booked 2 nights at a Holiday Inn Express in Columbus. $250 for the stay, which is OK. Just need a place to crash near campus. When I purchase, I then see taxes and local "fees" add another $115! That's a 46% surcharge! Grrr. My room in Paris is cheaper than in f-ing Columbus, Ohio.
What I hate about COVID downplayers is… you won okay. In the aftermath of humanity coming together to develop the most crucial vaccines of our lifetime & collectively sacrificing to save lives, we are now less safe, less vaccinated & less empathetic than ever. You won ok. Lay down your swords.
TODAY! From 1 to 5 pm, I'll be signing books at Loganberry Books in Cleveland. THE DISSIDENTS isn't out yet, but I have free bookplates to pass out. I'll be drawing in copies of my other books. It's day 2 of Loganberry's annual Authors Alley Festival. Lots of authors, lectures, book things etc.
The Trump regime is stonewalling New Mexico's probe of the Epstein ranch. It doesn't want us to know the whole truth about Trump's longtime friend who raped children and whether there's more evidence of Trump's involvement.
New Mexico Accuses Trump’s DOJ of Interfering With Epstein Ranch Probe
The state of New Mexico is demanding answers from the Department of Justice on why it’s impeding the investigation.
newrepublic.com
Well that didn't take long. But remember even as all these show trials blow up in their smug botoxed faces, the Prairieland protestors have been thrown into a gulag for 30 to 50 years. There's no resting until all political prisoners are freed.
Justice Dept. admits Reflecting Pool renovation was flawed, drops case against former Olympian | CNN Politics
The Justice Department is admitting that President Donald Trump’s $14 million renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was flawed, and it is dropping the criminal case against former Olympia...
cnn.com
Some contractor who removes gold leaf is going to make a shitload of money when and if this nightmare ends.
Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 7d agoDeputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted this video of the Oval Office and it somehow looks even more embarrassing than I realized
Trump Warns Iran To Accept His Ultimatum Or Face Wrath Of Next Ultimatum https://theonion.com/trump-warns-iran-to-accept-his-ultimatum-or-face-wrath-of-next-ultimatum/
Film you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.
Bride of Frankenstein: Happy Halloween
Alt: Bride of Frankenstein. Elsa Lanchester with her iconic hairdo.
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Renee Dechert@reneedechert.com · 6d agoFilm you’ve watched more than six times with a GIF. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.