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I though it would be fun to have a place to put the best political cartoons. Here's the best one I've seen in a while:

At a Women's History Month celebration event at the White House on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.

No ICE wanted in Italy. https://www.nbcnews.com/world/italy/ice-role-winter-olympics-prompts-fury-italy-rcna256087

In an official statement, the White House has now said: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyg1jg8xkmo It appears that there will soon be a war between the United States and its former allies.

I was looking for a thread where I could post stories that are in my mind highly alarming, condemnable, or generally a sign that the USA is currently on a dangerous path toward a country that contradicts its own (former) values. Since I didn't want to hijack other existing threads, I will start a new one.

“Tariffs are actually — we’ve had a lot of experience with them — they’re an act of war, to some degree,” Buffett said in an interview with CBS that aired on Sunday. https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/03/business/warren-buffett-tariffs-trump/index.html Imposing tariffs on our neighbors/allies is not criminal but it is criminally stupid.

...as are all wars it seems to me. Blood shed in the name of... The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) is a non-profit organization that advocates for religious freedom and separation of church and state in the US military and has been watching this unfold. From the article: "A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that Pres. Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to...

The next No Kings demonstration is in four weeks. https://www.nokings.org/

Here is a picture from a German satire site. The text reads: "Serious security breach: Two Russian agents gain access to the White House."