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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
America's Biggest Problem By me and @valigarmander.bsky.social Read more cartoons! —> #Policartoon Support the cartoons! —>patreon.com/barry
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels. The same bespectacled, bearded man appears in all four.

PANEL 1

The man walks past several masked ICE agents. Two agents are dragging an older man toward the open back of an SUV. Nearby, a distressed woman stands with a small child who is crying. An ICE agent is pointing a gun at the child.

MAN (thought): Hmmm.

PANEL 2

Outside the Supreme Court, several Supreme Court justices in black robes are drinking and celebrating around a bonfire in which the Voting Rights Act is burning. The man walks past in the background, watching them.

MAN (thought): Hmm.

PANEL 3

At a bus stop, a woman is reading a newspaper. The man stands beside her, leaning slightly to read the front page. The newspaper’s main headline says: ANOTHER COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED UNNECESSARY WAR

MAN (thought): Mm-hmm.

PANEL 4

We see an open laptop. On its screen, the man is appearing on a TV interview show, grinning as he holds up a copy of his book, Polarization: Both Sides Did It!

MAN: America’s biggest problem is… POLARIZATION!

CHICKEN FAT WATCH
In panel 2, the burning Voting Rights Act is depicted as the “I’m Just a Bill” character from Schoolhouse Rock!

In panel 3, the newspaper is called The Daily Gab. Under the enormous war headline is a much smaller headline: "Study: No one reads smaller headlines or studies." A sub-headline says "'My life is pointless,' says sub-headline writer."

On the wall in panel 3, graffiti includes tags from all eight captains from Star Trek shows (Pike, Kirk, Janeway, Burnham, Freeman, Picard, Sisko, and Archer) plus Taggart from Galaxy Quest. Other graffiti includes “Skitter Lives!” with a spider; a huge "BG," for "background"; and “Never obey! I order U not to obey!” It only occurs to me now, writing this transcript, that I should have made it "not 2 obey." Oh well.

In panel 4, behind the laptop, a large orange cat is sleeping. Curled up asleep on the cat’s tail is a tiny mouse wearing a sleeping cap.
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Well done by @theathletic.com & these brave students. Just a complete horror show by ASU
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 28/09/2026
Any analysis of the Iran War that doesn't start and end with the fact that an entire cottage industry of think tankers and lobbyists and their friends in Congress were frothing at the mouth for literal decades for this got exactly what they wanted and it failed immediately and totally is wrong.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 23/09/2026
Appreciate the direct link Chris’s post makes between the Supreme Court repeatedly making shit up to suit its agenda, and hack Trump appointees on the lower courts who decide that they are perfectly within their rights to do the same thing
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This whole thread. Absolutely jibes with my impression of him at the NH Dem forum in 2019(?) ahead of the primary. Sounded good without saying anything and left the impression of an empty suit
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Jessica Smetana @jessicasmetana.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Rooting for this
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Absolutely loving Aaron Rogers total nightmare in New England. Sacks, fumbles, an interception…..just a giant fork in his back
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Silverman on Security @silvermansecurity.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
👇🏼!!!!
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strangechances.bsky.social @strangechances.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NH republicans have done nothing but steal public funds and local control from towns and school districts. VOTE. THEM. ALL. OUT!
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
New — I wrote about this weird thing where people within the Republican party keep being exposed as Nazis and the party then tries to claim each one is an aberration. The facts, as I lay out here, indicate otherwise:
thehandbasket.co
Republicans don’t have a Nazi problem—they are the Nazi problem
A spate of recent revelations have shown the ideologies and their adherents are one and the same.
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Great show, great venue & great cause
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This jacket is cool but I’m just now hearing of “Stump Parties” and that @blackhartstp.com hosts one? Now planning a trip to the Twin Cities
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is horrifying. All these victims need to be returned to the US, freed and given proper due process; while the admin members & cooperating bureaucrats need to be punished appropriately
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
when they force you to listen to lee greenwood perform
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Jesus…. What a fall from the McClatchy papers I remember being good during the W administration and lies to sell Iraq war 2
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Grant Brisbee @grantbrisbee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Simpsons: No, my son is also named Konstantin Spörk
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Thank you for this perfect, and horrifying look into the nightmare start to this season. Definitely worse than I thought behind the scenes.
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Good for the artist and good for People Before Profit-Solidy
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David Fenton @dfenton.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Crypto companies are the largest donors in American politics. Very few Americans use crypto at all. Journalist @gilduran.com calls it a gun to the head of American democracy. If a politician goes against them, tens of millions of dollars land on their head.
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Go back and read the whole thread. Sure 2026 isn’t 2008 but this is important context and something those of us who lived through it can’t forget.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
It was Clarence Darrow who once said: "I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” #cdnpoli
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Pappas & Goodlander we’re not my first choices; I wanted better than the milquetoast centrism that has defined NH Dems since I moved here in 97, but better that than the open or disguised horrors of the GOP
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Dumb TV’s for life. *yes other devices connected to them are spying on us too*
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Immigration reform a mixed bag everywhere. Some of this seems fine but a lot seems performatively cruel just to keep overall numbers down
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
And the nightmare continues…. Consistent seasons under Italiano, now multiple managers in a season and fighting relegation. I was never sold on Grosso or this year’s moves, but @acffiorentina.bsky.social made them & 3 games is too soon to bail
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This hurts. The rough start for @acffiorentina.bsky.social continues as former stalwart Mandragora gets the equalizer and FotMob’s man of the match in his first match for Torino against La Viola
Screenshot of FotMob summary of Fiorentina v Torino showing Torino winning 2-1 on late goals, including in the 74th minute from from ex-Viola midfielder Rolando Mandragora who was also man of the match
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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Long, but EXCELLENT read by former #athletics beat writer Julian Mack. I don't know where the happy medium lies between old and new school and I don't know if anyone else does, either. www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/pol...
cbssports.com
How a polarizing hitting approach took over MLB, and what happened when it stopped working for a top prospect
Driveline Baseball helped turn Kristian Campbell into a $60 million player, but now he's stuck in Triple-A, trying to rediscover his swing
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you found this thread useful and are in a position to donate, I would very much appreciate your support. This is a tough sell to foundations because they are so siloed and these problems are so unbelievably interdisciplinary. They are also (legitimately) afraid of being harassed by Trump’s IRS.
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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Without lying about fentanyl, Trump would have no excuse to begin boat strikes. Without the boat strikes, he’d have no cover for theUSS Gerald Ford carrier group to invade Venezuela. Without overthrowing VZ, he couldn’t have seized the oil. Without controlling the oil, he couldn’t strangle Cuba.♻️
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Drawing this in the background was so much fun.
A drawing of the famous "American Gothic" painting, but with Statler and Waldorf from The Muppets.
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Can’t wait for the next @ifbookspod.bsky.social special NYC craziness update
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CrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 23/08/2026
When ICE has finished the first wave of ethnic cleansing targeting (mostly) undocumented immigrants, they will begin to abduct political dissidents and other targets of the Trump regime. Solidarity is self defense. Fight them every step of the way. crimethinc.com/escalation2026
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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 22/08/2026
Replacing this with some soothing orchestral bullshit was an act of cultural vandalism. And, frankly, it was racist against Ewoks. But we're all used to that
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North Shore Progressives @nsprogressives.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Yes to #RankedChoice voting. Hard NO on #AllPartyPrimaries which favor candidates with large financial reserves like Koh and Beccia. If you want Citizens United repealed & hate the influence of money in politics, say NO to Question 3.
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Having to repeat this to good faith anti anti data center friends & family has been draining
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Brynn Tannehill @brynntannehill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
My latest: What is happening on board the Lincoln is a natural consequence of leaving ships at sea far longer than they were ever intended to be. bylinetimes.com/2026/08/21/u...
bylinetimes.com
USS Lincoln: 'The Ships Are Breaking Almost as Fast as the People'
Exhaustion, low morale, 'starvation' rations and broken equipment: Brynn Tannehill examines what the 260-day deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln says about the limits of US power
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 21/08/2026
amusing post from @himself.bsky.social at the time crookedtimber.org/2011/11/29/g...
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Gedankenexperiment — Crooked Timber
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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
The emerging coalition is Anti-Flock, Anti-Data Center, Anti-AIPAC, & Pro-Taco Truck
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Self preservation mantra: Not getting my hopes up Brain: file not found
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So @revolutionrecap.bsky.social 45 minutes in, up 2 nil but I’m furious with Will Sands after watching him in front of me. Do I need help? lol
Revs defender Will Sands trailing the play as usual
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Shoutout to OG supporters @screamingeagles.bsky.social (and I assume Barra Brava) bringing the drums & atmosphere for a midweek game
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Two nil to the boys in blue (white & sea foam)!! #NERevs Yusuf, Harrison & Miller are beasts tonight
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Interesting evenly spaced off colored patches on the DCU turf for tonight’s #NERevs game
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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 19/08/2026
Apple’s AirPod business is worth $20 billion and they are going to put it at risk for the sake of Apple PervePods which have no user case. Apple’s own ad shows man taking a photo of a book cover to “remember” it These are going to make the Vision Pro seem a success www.inc.com/kit-eaton/ap...
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Apple's Next AirPods May Have Cameras. Your Office Isn't Ready for the Privacy Implications
A new video suggests AirPods with cameras in them are coming soon. Could they open the door for IP theft?
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I refuse to admit which 3 of these 6 Columbia House sent me
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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen. Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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Nate in NH @nateperotti.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
God I hate this kind of gimmickry. Policy wise it’s bad, and who does it win electorally over Ayotte’s ‘Dems hate cars’ schtick? There’s no needle to thread here
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LeeAnn Wombat @jonnyauping.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
posted this six years ago on twitter and it went viral but here’s daryl dawkins on don nelson in his memoir
I never had much to do with the other coaches in the league. I wasn't a big fan of Don Nelson's until one night when we were playing the Bucks in Milwaukee. I was squatting in front of the scorers table waiting to come into the game and Nellie happened to be standing nearby. "You know what?" Nellie asked me.
"What?"
"You guys are kicking our ass, the beer's cold in the locker room
and I gotta get the fuck out of here."
So he shouted to the nearest referee, "Hey, you fucking asshole!
That was a terrible call!" BOP! The ref gave him a technical foul, our Nellie wasn't through. "You'e still a fucking asshole and that as il a terrible call!" BOP! The second tech meant that Nellie was banished from the bench. Before he left, Nellie winked at me and said,
"See you later."
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I've been tracking every Senate vote this session, and only three senators have single digit numbers for their # of votes with Trump: Markey, Sanders, and Warren. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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Tracking Senate Votes 2025-2026
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
NEW: Maine is one of 2 states that never strips people’s right to vote, and allows them to vote from prison. But in reality, logistical hurdles abound, & prisoners have organized hard for years to make sure everyone knows their rights. I learned a lot from this amazing reporting.
boltsmag.org
Maine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - Bolts
Maine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process.
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