Ford’s Theatre of the Absurd Amid reports of Trump staffers looking for more landmarks to slap his stupid name on, Ford’s Theatre came up. Gross.
Jon Ostrove
@jonostrove.bsky.social
Schnauzer dad, digital artist who also dabbles in real life media. Political cartoonist with a center-left bent.
Unsound I’ve been on vacation, out of the country for three weeks. Things are pretty much as stupid as I left it.
Troll-in-Chief The crap that Dear Leader’s been posting on his Truth Social account the last couple of days is beyond embarrassing. There’re no words that adequately capture the idiocy of it all, one wonders what our country’s adversaries must make of it, how they might assess his mental condition.
Dolly Parton One of the good ones. So sad to hear of her passing. Jolene always stopped me in my tracks. (Repost, after realizing I mistakenly posted a slightly unfinished version.)
Travels with Natalie The uproar in the MAGAverse this week over the “salacious innuendo” supposedly loaded in the phrase “travel with Natalie” was rabid. And also ridiculous. Meanwhile, Dear Leader’s threatening quip to “bomb the shit” out of an ally went largely without comment.
Donald’s Binky Over the weekend, Maggie Haberman, coauthor of the book ‘Regime Change,’ described Dear Leader’s ever-present “personal aide” Natalie Harp as “Trump’s binky.” So, I needed to figure out what that would look like.
Cassidy Caved Watching Bill Cassidy announce his vote to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General struck me as a guy who was facing execution. He seemed terrified, fueling wild speculation on social media about what he’s afraid of.
Golden Dome Over the last couple of days, Dear Leader has been seen wearing an obvious and utterly ridiculous hair piece. I’m not sure which particular species of rodent gave its life for the cause, but the color and sheen immediately struck me as having an unnatural shimmer.
Folded The “holdout” Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee completely folded on voting to pass Todd Blanche on for a confirmation vote by the full Senate. What a surprise.
Doublespeak Accounting When I heard the disgusting report of how the Pentagon had lowered the official death toll of the “Iran War” by four, because people who died last weekend were killed “after the cease fire,” I reacted quite strongly. Trumpism relentlessly attacks even the most simple truths.
It occurs to me that this Lindsey Graham drawing is particularly resonant in this moment.
I’ve only drawn Lindsey Graham a half a dozen times or so, but this one from 2021 kind of sums him up for me.
Madman Just quoting Dear Leader’s posting to social media late last night.
Happy Birthday? Uncle Sam as I drew him for his last birthday. I’ve been trying to imagine what he’d look like if I were to redraw him again for his 250th. How would he look after the additional wear and corrosion of the last 12 months? Any suggestions? Does anybody think he’d be looking healthier?
Dead Duck With this absurd debacle at the Reflectin Pool, any possible pretense of Trumpist competence in any domain, no matter how elementary, is pretty much shot.
Doesn’t It, Though? It’s impossible to make any sense of what Dear Leader thinks he is accomplishing by trashing one of his own ideological allies, never mind stupidly and childishly insulting a very long-standing US ally. But here we are, and its clear that Italian PM Giorgia Meloni is pissed.
Promises Kept Surprise, surprise, painting the bottom of a pool a dark color absorbs more solar radiation and promote faster algae growth. They’ve been pouring hydrogen peroxide into the Reflecting Pool trying to kill the algae which is already blooming big time, stimulated by warmer weather.
Monster Lies So, now the messaging around unproven election fraud is that it’s so insidious it can’t be proven. There is little doubt they are laying the groundwork for some massive chicanery around this year’s elections.
He’s Dreamin’! Yeah, he looks like the picture of perfect health, doesn’t he? Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Corruption Eruption By many accounts, we have reached the high water mark of the corruption of the US Department of Justice this past week. It appears that even many staunch Rs in the US Senate are gagging on the “weaponization settlement” slush fund that Todd Blanche had cooked up for Dear Leader.
