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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.

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.

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

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.

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."

...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...