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Mark Fiore

@markfiore.bsky.social
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Cartoonist, visual journalist, fascism-chronicler, new technology-builder & Substacker: markfiore.substack.com Location: Western Edge of Land closest to the Eastern Pacific Theater

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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 5h
Buried deep in today’s NYT story about the Trump admin hiring 5,000 new ICE agents is the point that 7,500(!) of the previous 8,000 hires have yet to undergo background checks.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 8h
Love that Zuckerberg has to literally stand behind Trump as he rants about Biden, Democrats & what a wonderful job ICE is doing. Great look for business, Zuck!
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The Onion @theonion.com · 11h
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 9h
Trump administration very much staying on-brand with Brand.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 10h
Excellent enterprise journalism here, keep it up! (At least until they install the Nothing-About-Trump filters.)
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 12h
Burying the lede: "Nearly 7,500 people are still waiting for the extensive background checks required for their positions, with an ability to work on a limited basis in the meantime..." So, 5,000 unchecked hires to add to the previous 7,500 unchecked hires, right? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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ICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation Drive
A similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...
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Motion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.com
EMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?
Does the project involve any work that could be interpreted as promoting DEIA, climate change research, or non-compliant to any Presidential Executive Orders?
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Calling @tedlasso.bsky.social. Now would be a great time to speak out.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I try not to swear here but, fuck these guys. A few years ago when my family was on Obamacare, my income turned out to be more than expected, thereby reducing my subsidy, which I repaid (painfully) at tax time. According to these assholes, I'm a fraudster. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/h...
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Trump Officials Eject 750,000 From Obamacare Markets, Claiming Fraud (Gift Article)
Vice President JD Vance said the measure would save the government $2.2 billion.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Social media never fails to lower the bar & undermine democracy. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/u...
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An Army of Paid Creators Is Carpeting the Web With Political Content
Unlike celebrity influencers with large followings, these creators produce a blizzard of videos for a fraction of the cost of traditional online campaigns and, in the process, shift public conversatio...
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
And runner-up in the Understatement of the Year Award goes to . . . “This is not Mr. Trump’s first brush with Russian controversy.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...
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Russian Businessman With Putin Ties Paid for Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Party (Gift Article)
The payments, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, represented an extraordinary flouting of ethical norms for an American president’s family member.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#NeverForget🇺🇸
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you so much for doing this. This is infuriating. And is yet another, "holy shit, they're racist" moment.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 10/09/2026
I'm sure people trying to use Anthropic's models to potentially create bio weapons is all marketing. /s www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/u...
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Anthropic Says It Blocked Possible Efforts to Build Biological Weapons
In a new report, the A.I. start-up added that it could not determine if the research was legitimate or nefarious, leading the company to shut down the work.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
A Beautiful Nevermind... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/s...
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The Mathematician Crushed Between OpenAI and Anthropic Over a Math Problem (Gift Article)
Tristan Buckmaster was on the path toward an important proof when one of the A.I. giants used its staggering resources to get there first.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Well this is effin’ nuts. The @baltimoresun.bsky.social thought it was a good idea to run awful AI slop "cartoons" instead of @kaltoons.bsky.social (who is a human). I wrote a post over at SFAI.agency. lnkd.in/p/gF2FUBya
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The Baltimore Sun dumped award-winning editorial cartoonist, Kevin Kallaugher and replaced him with AI slop. Here's why that's exactly backwards: https://lnkd.in/gF9j_u4m | SFAI.agency
The Baltimore Sun dumped award-winning editorial cartoonist, Kevin Kallaugher and replaced him with AI slop. Here's why that's exactly backwards: https://lnkd.in/gF9j_u4m
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Um, really NYT? Might want to adjust the placement here.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I will never forgive those imaginary firemen.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 08/09/2026
They published this the same day they published the news that Mamdani's office is releasing to the public thousands of documents showing Giuliani's office knew how toxic the air was around Ground Zero and lied about it, leading to more deaths than on 9/11.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Why is 25th Amendment not trending on every social media & news streaming channel this weekend?
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
When you want to build something ridiculous & illegal, just add the word "military" and presto! "Military Complex" for a ballroom "Military Observation Deck" for a masturbatory arch
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Another example of me thinking, "these can't possibly be real photos!" So nuts: www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-rust-...
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Shameful State of Trump's Warship Is Finally Revealed
The USS Abraham Lincoln is at port after 286 days at sea.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Great idea! Wanting to climb El Capitan without ropes shows real initiative! My research shows that chewing gum can serve as an excellent adhesive when ascending a granite face. Would you like me to make a spreadsheet of other adhesives that will work before you set off on your adventure?
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This shouldn't need to happen. But bravo to this lady who figured out how to make sure detainee kids have enough to eat: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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She’s feeding hundreds of kids in ICE detention using commissary accounts
Casey Revkin gives money to hundreds of families at a Texas family detention facility so that they can buy food their children will eat.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This was supposed to be satire, you f-ing madman!! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Trump suggests renaming strait of Hormuz ‘Trump strait’ as Iran accuses US of war crime over wedding strike – Middle East crisis live
President claims move could come as it is ‘under USA control’
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If being a $4.6 TRILLION company doesn't buy you any spine or independence, what does?
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hello, @mapquest.com!
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/09/2026
This has been happening since May of 2025, glad to see some other news outlets getting around to discovering this
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If anyone is falling for the "jobs" argument re: the timber industry, just watch this infuriating/creepy/telling video. The mill is nearly entirely devoid of humans. Brought to you by the American Forest Resource Council, whose lobbyist now runs the USFS. fb.watch/JmILHVKWLt/
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Props to PM Mark Carney for forcing Trump & crew to look up “hydronyms.”
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
When he says "America," he means "Trump."
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Am I really going to have to update this cartoon again? I wonder if he'll order Lake Ontario drained if it isn't renamed "Lake America?"
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
His assholeness knows no bounds. Whoever wrote that line must be so proud, I can't wait until they're forced to testify at the war crimes trials.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I have a trade deficit with my beer store. I give them money, they give me beer.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
In USS Doris Miller to be renamed the "USS Fuck You All" as Trump asserts his authority once again. www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Navy discusses renaming aircraft carrier after Trump instead of heroic Black sailor
The USS Doris Miller would be the first aircraft carrier named after a Black person and an enlisted sailor — a decision made during Trump’s first term.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 21/08/2026
Yesterday, Aug. 20, was one of the worst days of ICE flights I've seen. -At least 82 ICE flights -At least 15 were removal flights, including Haiti -At least 5 removals were third-country removals (Cameroon, Costa Rica, Liberia, Paraguay, Rwanda) -Plus 1 emergency return for reasons unknown
An ADSBx map showing 35 planes flying all over the Americas and Africa, emanating out of Louisiana and TexasAn ADSBx map showing North and Central America, showing roundup flights to northern cities, about a dozen removal flights to central America and the Caribbean.A closeup of Alexandria, La, showing GlobalX's N966AD taking off and then quickly returning to the airport.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Trump lawyers would DEFINITELY NOT want us to use this lawsuit as an opportunity to remind everyone how utterly pointless his National Guard deployments have been. They wouldn't like that at all. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic (Gift Article)
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.
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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Editorial cartoonist Paul Conrad on the state of the executive branch, 1973. 
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Leavitt, schmevitt. Why is Trump not in Europe?!!
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I thought for SURE my mother-in-law was sharing some random Facebook rumor when she shared this with the family text thread. Unfortunately, this is a thing: apnews.com/article/ice-...
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AP Exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks that are intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@markfiore.bsky.social ON SUBSTACK substack.com/@markfiore
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Very different levels of cowering here in the headline-writing department. "...Calling Them Names"?!!!! (Note: same number of letters as "Slurs.") www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u...
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Really? People are still falling for this?!! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u...
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
If by "donation" you mean "bribe" . . . Workers Disassemble Parts of Trump’s White House Helipad, Photos Show www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
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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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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Another must-read from M. Gessen: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/o...
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Opinion | Trump's Smithsonian Attacks Are Attacks on America’s Future (Gift Article)
This is how we decide who we are and who we want to be.
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Whiskey Pete’s prescription… markfiore.substack.com/p/petes-pres...
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Mark Fiore @markfiore.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Just a little “jostling,” no big deal, right?
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