Mark Fiore
@markfiore.bsky.social
Cartoonist, visual journalist, fascism-chronicler, new technology-builder & Substacker: https://markfiore.substack.com Location: Western Edge of Land closest to the Eastern Pacific Theater
If by "donation" you mean "bribe" . . . Workers Disassemble Parts of Trump’s White House Helipad, Photos Show www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
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.
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The fact that VP JD Vance and Richard Grenell went to Romania—on behalf of the Trump Administration— to advocate for Andrew and Tristan Tate, who by all accounts, were rapists running a coercive sex ring, then permitted them to come to Florida, should be a crazy, crazy scandal.
$100,000 seems like a very low rate to be forced to sit through entire Trump speeches.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3w agoA White House teleprompter operator used his position to win around $100,000 by placing bets on the prediction market Kalshi about what President Trump would say in his speeches, the company said on Thursday. nyti.ms/4w7ZDWT
Paraphrasing here: "See, people? Slavery wasn't all that terribly, why, George Washington bought his slaves tickets to the theater!" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘A first step to fascism’: critics denounce Trump administration replacing slavery exhibit at George Washington’s home
Replacement of panels with version that’s sympathetic to enslavers comes amid effort by Trump to dismantle diversity initiatives
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A possible Asia-bound ICE flight is underway, departing out of the ICE removal hub of Mesa, AZ, and operated by Journey Aviation. In May, this same aircraft likely deported people to Myanmar.
T-minus 2 days until Pete Hegseth's hot pube-grooming order is released. 🇺🇸🪖🎖️
This administration “accidentally” destroying the emancipation proclamation is almost too on the nose.
Sarah D. Wire@sarahdwire.bsky.social · 3w agoRare Lincoln Documents Exposed to Unsafe Heat in New Exhibit, NPS Staff Say dc.citycast.fm/news/lincoln...
Like shooting lying fish in a barrel...
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoOSSOFF: Are you aware that Gabbard was present at the Fulton County raid? CLAYTON: ... O: What is going on here? C: ... ... O: Are you aware that members of this committee are probing Gabbard's potential misconduct? CLAYTON: .... Uh uh .... COTTON: Senator Ossoff your time is expired!
If this were a real photo, his shell would clearly be visible.
Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3w agoIf you think this is a real photo, I have a bridge in Kentucky to sell you.
Yes, it wasn't supposed to be that way... *sigh*
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump: "You're gonna see cars racing more than 190 miles [an hour], and even higher than that, down Pennsylvania Ave. It wasn't exactly designed for that ... and they're gonna go all around the National Mall ... it wasn't supposed to be that way."
This makes me SO happy. Especially the referral to the state bar of Florida. Sigh. If only the U.S. Supreme Court wasn't a Trump plaything. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/u...
Judge Denounces I.R.S. Suit as Improper Exercise in Self-Dealing
The decision did not explicitly kill the deal that President Trump had worked out with his own government to receive what amounted to amnesty from investigations into tax returns that he, his family a...
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Trump gets all his best ideas from the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps. Make America IRGC Again!
Mark Fiore@markfiore.bsky.social · 3w agoTrump taking a page from Iran, now we’re going to charge ships to use the Strait of Hormuz.
Trump taking a page from Iran, now we’re going to charge ships to use the Strait of Hormuz.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoTrump: "The USA will be, from this point forward, known as 'THE GUARDIAN OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT,' but as such, and as a matter of FAIRNESS, will be reimbursed, at the rate of 20% on all cargo shipped, for costs necessary to do the job of providing safety and security ... "
I'll specifically add my thoughts to this, so there's no confusion. Lindsey Graham was a terrible person who used his political power for evil. We should absolutely call that out. But don't be homophobic about it. We can criticize his hypocrisy without the punchline being, "Ha ha he was gay."
Next photo he posts, maybe he’ll be holding a newspaper with today’s date?
Seems like a good day to re-gift this article: wapo.st/4wpjT6i
Analysis | Judge clarifies: Yes, Trump was found to have raped E. Jean Carroll
What the jury found Donald Trump did to E. Jean Carroll was in fact rape, as commonly understood, even if it didn't fit New York law's narrow definition, says Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
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A Statement on behalf of the Australia Cartoonists Association regarding the murder of exiled Russian cartoonist Robert Kuzovkov, aka Semyon Skrepetsky.
Beginning next week, Australians get free electricity for three hours every afternoon. That's what happens when you build out wind, sun, and batteries open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
How about Free? Is that affordable enough for you?
The latest on energy, climate and affordability
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TMZ meets reflecting pool police state is the coverage we deserve. www.tmz.com/2026/06/22/w...
Woman Allegedly Cited After Dipping Hand Into Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is getting treated like the Mona Lisa these days ... and one woman got a ticket to prove it.
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Wait, in the time it took me to draw this, now they're hiding the reflecting pool behind fences & tarps?!! This administration is a metaphor factory...
Mark Fiore@markfiore.bsky.social · last mo.Trump finally gets a bigger crowd than MLK! (If you’re counting a crowd of single-cell organisms.)🇺🇸👍 open.substack.com/pub/markfior...
