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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

It's Been A Fun Ride… paulfell.substack.com/p/what-a-ride

Paul Fell's cartoon easel, drawn by Paul, with a light above it, sits empty, with the label "Cartoonist" hanging from the front of it

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Some Folks Never Learn - At Least In The Nebraska Legislature open.substack.com/pub/paulfell...

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Some Folks Never Learn

No Matter How Many Times They're Told NO.

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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Trump Is Getting Burned By His Own Decisions On Iran… Cartoon by @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Trump Is Getting Burned By His Own Decisions On Iran… open.substack.com/pub/paulfell...

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Getting Burned

He's Running From, Not Running To

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Mike Peterson @csotd.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Yes, it's Humpday and we seem to have lots of animals, not all of them human, either. Come join Andertoons, BC, Ben, Cornered, First Dog on the Moon, Guy Venables, Pearls Before Swine, Sherman's Lagoon & the Buckets www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Hungry, Hungry Humpday

Once again, Humpday comes along at a moment when commenting on the news is becoming unbearable, though I often have to decide whether Venables belongs in politics or comedy. I can’t tell if Fearless L...

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

When Trump dies, his funeral could be in a closet - and his memorial should be a urinal. paulfell.substack.com/p/when-they-...

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When They Show You Who They Are…

A Quick Note About The Classlessness Of Donald Trump

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

It's not the "Save America" bill. It's Republicans trying to save their own asses. open.substack.com/pub/paulfell...

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The "SAVE Republicans' Asses" Bill

And It Wouldn't Even Do That

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

While it's clear something has to change with Trump's ICE/DHS/CBP, don't call what the Trump regime is doing "accountability"… paulfell.substack.com/p/scalps-and...

Scene is a gun range with an overweight white man, wearing ear protectors, holding a gun, aiming downrange… at a giant cell phone, as the shooter yells "GUN! GUN! GUN!"

In the bottom right is a small inset text box that says "Meanwhile, back at the ICE training facility…"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

If you want to know how to defeat the ICE monsters, Minnesotans are showing us all the key - and it involves mobilizing your community… paulfell.substack.com/p/sickness-a...

Scene has a large Donald Trump on the left side of the image, pointing with his small hands and yelling at a group of older white women, "I'm mobilizing the 11th Airborne Division!"

And the leaders of the women looks at Trump, unafraid, and gestures to her friends standing with her, "Well, I already mobilized Agnes, Irene, and Emily… So there!"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

It's long past time to wake up… paulfell.substack.com/p/enough-is-...

Scene is filled at the bottom of the image with red blood, against a black background. On the right side of the image is the head of a man, from the nose up, who is sleeping, while more blood drips on his head. Text in the image says, "The Trump gestapo is now shooting and killing American citizens. Have you had enough yet?"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

If you're looking for clarity from the insanity of the Trump regime's latest foreign policy misadventures, we can probably help you. We just ask that you don't ask one particular question… open.substack.com/pub/paulfell...

Scene is a fortune teller's table, with the fortune teller on the left, and a man sitting on the right of the image. In between them, it's clear her crystal ball has exploded, leaving wreckage on the table, as their faces are both stained with soot. The fortune teller turns to the man and says, :You just HAD to ask what Trump was going to do in 2026, didn't you?!"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Mr. “I alone can fix it” Trump can’t easily fix the disaster he’s begun in Venezuela… paulfell.substack.com/p/new-year-s...

Scene has Trump dressed as a plumber, in overalls, holding a pipe wrench, gesturing to a small faucet on the wall, saying "There! All fixed." The small faucet he's gesturing to has a big cork in it, with a single drop of blood coming off it. the small faucet is labeled "Drugs from Venezeula." Trump says this as he stands under a giant pipe dumping massive amounts of blood into the room, so much that he's standing in it up to his knees.

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Welcome to the "Find Out" era. No returns or exchanges are allowed. paulfell.substack.com/p/no-returns...

Scene has a MAGA man, with his red cap on, holding a metal trash can with Donald Trump's head peeking out of the can. The man is standing in front of a window labeled "Returns & Exchanges" - and the window has just slammed shut on him.

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

When they show you who they are, especially at the holidays, believe them. paulfell.substack.com/p/when-they-...

Scene has a very large overweight man on the right side of the image. The man is so big you can't even see his head - but you can clearly see his large clenched fist. On the left side of the image is a small child, labeled "Trans kids" looking up at the man.

The child says to the man, "What did I *do*?"
The man replies to the child, "you're not supposed to exist."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Republicans left Congress for the holidays without dealing with the ACA subsidies issue - leaving millions of Americans a gift nobody asked for & nobody wants… paulfell.substack.com/p/the-gift-n...

Scene is an older white couple, a man and a woman, opening gifts with their dog. The man, in the background, has opened his box - and a handgun on a spring mechanism has popped out and is pointed right at his face. The handgun is labeled "Healthcare costs."

The woman, with her back to the man, is about to open her box, next to their excite dog. The woman says to her husband, "Oh look, Clarence! The Congressional Republicans sent us this delightful Christmas gift!"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

In case you missed it, the A.I. loving Big Tech folks are leading Trump around all too easily paulfell.substack.com/p/holiday-ca...

Scene has a robot labeled "A.I." sitting comfortably on the back of a large charging Donald Trump. The robot has a dollar tied to a string on a stick, and he's holding it out so Trump - mouth open, looking crazy - is chasing it. The robot says to the viewer "This is just too easy." On the bottom of the image is a plaque that says " *News Item* Trump signs Executive Order protecting A.I. companies from state lawsuits"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

If Republicans keep trying to kill the ACA, they're gonna get what they deserve… paulfell.substack.com/p/not-on-san...

Scene is Santa's seat at the mall. Santa is sitting on the left side of the image, in his big chair, rolling back down his sleeves, as his hand is still clenched in a fist.

On the right side of the image is an anthropomorphic elephant, now sitting under a tree, woozy, with a black eye, as an elf looks on at him.

Santa says to the elf, "He wanted me to help get rid of Obamacare…"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

To everything, there is a season - and the era of MAGA is beginning to end: paulfell.substack.com/p/the-end-of...

Scene is a very large, overweight white man, dressed like Paul Revere, riding on the back of a suffering much smaller man is holding a small sign that says "The Socialists Are Coming!" as he looks down at a man who appears to be his glasses-wearing geeky assistant. The assistant says, "Frankly sir, nobody seems to give a hoot."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hiding the truth doesn't change the facts. And if you've broken the law, "I was just following orders" isn't a valid defense… paulfell.substack.com/p/hiding-the...

Scene has three mean in ICE tactical vests and masks, standing in a line along the left half of the image - and the second one is clearly Paul Fell's caricature of Neb. Gov. Jim Pillen. They're standing in front of an older woman and man, who look to be members of the state legislature. One of the ICE goons says to the legislators, "We've decided to let you tour our McCook detention facility. But first, you need to put on this blindfold." Then one of the legislators says "Wait! Is that you Gov. Pillen?"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

It's not exactly "rabbit pills" but some former Trump-voting farmers may finally be getting a little smarter… paulfell.substack.com/p/maga-farme...

Scene has Donald Trump popping out from the left side of the image. He's grabbed a man by his ankles, who is labeled "Taxpayers," and is shaking him upside down, as money falls out of him. Next to the upside down man is a farmer catching the money is a bushel basket that's labeled "Farm Bailout." Next to him is another farmer, holding and looking at a dollar, thinking, "Hey! Wait a minute. This is OUR tax money!"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is busy showing a light to the world tonight on exactly who he's chosen to be, in part because of who he and his staff have chosen to keep in the dark. paulfell.substack.com/p/the-modern...

Scene has a large rat who has chewed through an electrical cord smiling. The plug at the end of the now-broken cord is labeled "Christmas Spirit." There's a placard as well that says "news Item: Nebraska governor restricts access to Capitol Christmas tree lighting, citing "safety concerns."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Affordability isn't a hoax, though the idea that Donald Trump cares about affordability is very much a hoax. paulfell.substack.com/p/affordabil...

Scene has a woman pushing a shopping cart, and in the cart is a single brown bag. out of the bag, a giant wolf = labeled 'Affordability' - has popped out and his looking at her hungrily. Meanwhile, the woman is looking with trepidation at the wolf, as she thinks "Some hoax."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

College football fans think the sky is falling as the coaching carousel spins out of control. They might try looking at college faculty for a little perspective. paulfell.substack.com/p/falling-st...

Scene shows multiple people falling out of the sky. On the left side of the image, a coach in a red sweater & red ball cap is floating down on a golden parachute labeled "Football Firings" as he holds a large bag of cash.

The coach is hollering to a professor, wearing a purple plaid jacket and mortarboard cap, who is also falling - but with no parachute, and a concrete block tied to his foot labeled "Factulty Firings."

The coach says to the professor,, "What? You too?!"

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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Today's csotd.bsky.social "Blecch Friday" featuring Arlo & Janis, Betty, Frazz, Lola, Madam & Eve, Nature, @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social, Rubes, the Duplex, the Lockhorns, the Other Coast, and They Can Talk. www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

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CSotD: Blecch Friday

I’d like to apologize to the world for somehow having exported Black Friday around the globe. There are a lot things we Americans could apologize for, though Dancing with the Stars was not our idea, n...

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Sometimes, it's better NOT to "win" - especially when you don't really know what's in the box, but you can be pretty sure you're not gonna like it… paulfell.substack.com/p/like-a-mys...

Scene has two men, dressed like kids in pajamas. On the right side of the image, closer to the foreground, is a caricature of Gov. Jim Pillen, wearing an old leather football helmet, carrying a package labeled "Trump Endorsement" - & the package is leacking something nasty. Pillen is walking away, but turns his head back to give the one man a raspberry, in triumph for winning the package. The other man is a caricature of Trump conor Charles Herbster, a short man wearing a cowboy hat, steamed that he didn't win the package - which is leaking all over the scene.

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

As the holiday season begins, it's important to remember everyone has their own priorities - and we might be able to help you with some of yours… paulfell.substack.com/p/holiday-pr...

Cartoon has a middle-aged couple sitting on a couch, each with thought bubbles showing whaat they're thinking of.

She's writing down her thoughts, which include:
- Sweater For Jenny
- Tools For Dean
- Socks For The Cousins, etc.

His thoughts are all "Football, Football, Football."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

What Trump's tariffs have done to the economy this year might classify as a turkey, but they definitely weren't a surprise. paulfell.substack.com/p/thats-not-...

Scene is a Thanksgiving table, with a small turkey on a platter. Exploding from the turkey ia giant rat labeled "Tariffs", giving a "ta-da" move as he emerges from the turkey, and two people push back from the table.

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Less isn't more, no matter what the Trump regime claims. paulfell.substack.com/p/a-little-l...

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Budget cuts keep biting Nebraskans in their backsides. Meanwhile, the wealthy tax cheats keep running away with life preservers. But there is a simple solution to all of it… paulfell.substack.com/p/sharks-and...

Scene is a shoreline, with the beach along the bottom right, and ocean with sky for the rest.In the ocean, moving right to left, it's Herbie Husker, swimming fast to avoid a shark that's chasing him. The shark is labeled "budget cuts." Meanwhile, on the shoreline, there's a man running left to right, carrying life preservers that have green dollar signs on them. the man is labeled "Tax Cheats."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

No mater how his MAGA minions spin it, Donald Trump is in a stew of his own making - & he's definitely NOT ok… paulfell.substack.com/p/mixing-it-up

Scene is Donald Trump, trapped in a blender of green goo.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

What a piece of …

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

In case you missed it, Republicans in Congress did something else once they finally agreed to come back to work & open the government. Millions of Americans, especially farmers, may wish Congress had just stayed closed… paulfell.substack.com/p/holey-cow

Scene is a rural countryside, with a grain silo in the background. On the left side of the image is a cow, with giant holes all over it, like Swiss cheese, and labeled "Farm Bill Extension." On the right side of the image, in the foreground, is a shocked farmer, looking at his cow that was just brought back by a Congressman, also standing on the right side of the image, further back. That's where an arrogant Congressman, who has the lead for the cow im his hand, say indignantly to the farmer, "Aren't you even going to thank me?"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

The cause & effect for what Republicans are doing in the U.S. today isn't rocket science - but it's still beyond their abilities to see. paulfell.substack.com/p/a-sure-fir...

Scene is a rich man, in a tux, wearing a green vest with dollar signs on it. The rich man has just ripped a box out of the hands of a regular man so fast the man is falling on his behind. The box he took is labeled "Jobs." The rich man is putting the box on a stack of boxes he's clearly keeping from the regular man, with labels like "Food," "Education," "Housing," and "Health Care."

In the top left corner of this image is a big label that says "How To Get Americans To Embrace Socialism Instead Of Capitalism."

At the bottom is another label that says "Rule #1: Take Away Their Stuff."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

While Donald Trump may think what's happening with the Epstein Files has landed on him like some kind of fupped duck, it's just the latest sign the only kind of duck Trump & his MAGA cronies should be worried about is the lame one they're all chained to. paulfell.substack.com/p/the-end-ha...

Scene is Donald Trump, standing in front of a full moon, annoyed at the giant duck that's landed on his head and hunched over shoulders, that has a cast on one foot, and is labeled "Epstein E-Mails."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

They also believe in the tooth fairy… paulfell.substack.com/p/the-coward...

Scene is the edge of a high mountain cliff, with the anthropomorphic avatars of the Democratic Party & The Republican Party. The Democratic donkey, wearing a blue shirt, is holding a bamboo pole, about to walk out on a tightrope over a canyon. Standing next to him is the Republican elephant, extending his right arm over the canyon, and saying "Go ahead and cross. I promise to have a bridge finished before you get to the other side…"

Behind the elephant's back, he's clearly holding a hachet.

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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Good Grief

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

If you think Democrats have a problem with their #TraitorDems, you haven't met Nebraska's elected Republicans, who don't give a damn about following the law… paulfell.substack.com/p/laws-shmaws

Scene is an open ballot box, and sitting inside the ballot box is a giant rat, holding a clearly labeled "ballot" the rat is clearly been eating. The rat is labeled "Medical Marijuana Foes"

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Rep. Lloyd Doggett @doggett.house.gov · 09/11/2025

Afternoon reports that some Democratic Senators may yield completely to Republican demands in return for the mere scheduling of a December vote to keep premiums affordable for those relying upon the Affordable Care Act (ACA). This would represent trading something for nothing.

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

You might say Nebraska's elected Republican leaders are in the middle of cutting off their noses to spit their faces - but the budget situation there is a real bear & cuts far deeper than that. paulfell.substack.com/p/cutting-of...

Scene has a large tree trunk in the center of the image, as the perspective is aimed down the tree trunk from a high point. On a small branch of the tree hangs a man wearing a red shirt labeled "NEBR." At the base of the tree are two large bears, each with an axe, on each side of the tree. On the left, the bear is labeled "$451M Budget Shortfall" while the bear on the right is labeled "Lower tax revenue." The bear on the left says to the other bear, "After you!" The second bear replies, "Oh no, after you!"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

And now, a quick musical break while we're all waiting for election results… paulfell.substack.com/p/same-old-r...

Scene is three anthropomorphic elephants, one playing a piano, one a guitar, and one the drums, and all three saying in unison, "I will now play 'The shutdown is the fault of the Democrats!'"

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

No, Democrats don't have one single leader for the whole party. Only an alien, clueless to the realities of today's Democratic Party, would even think they should… paulfell.substack.com/p/democrats-...

Scene is two green aliens, standing in the foreground of the image, with their spaceship in the background. One of them asks two anthropomorphic donkey men, both wearing blue sweaters with a large "D" on their chest, to "Take us to your leader." Both donkey men look at the alien, and at each other with giant question marks above their heads, shrugging.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/10/2025

So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Where’s the media on this?

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Matt Davies @mattdaviescartoon.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Flyover. Newsday.com/matt

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Glenn Fleishman @glennf.com · 28/10/2025

This campaign closes on Thursday. Dan @tomtomorrow.bsky.social plans to print only a small number of extra copies. If you’d like this five-year collection printed on heavy stock via fine North American printing, act now!

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Whatever game Nebraska's Republican governor thinks he's playing with the #CornhuskerClink, he's certainly not on the side of Nebraskans… paulfell.substack.com/p/flim-flam-...

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Given that secondary education institutions are full of very intelligent people, many of the decisions being made around them are very dumb… paulfell.substack.com/p/get-smarter

Scene is on a railroad track. On the left side of the image, at the back of a railroad push cart, a professor, wearing a mortar board is on the ground, pushing that cart, while visibly sweating. Riding the cart, and looking ahead, is a gigantic fat person, clearly dressed as a school administrator. A text billboard says: "*News Item* New studies reveal U.S. Universities (Including UNL) sped more on administrators and managers than they do professors."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Republicans don't seem to understand that "No" means NO - from the orange monster in the White House (that he's partially knocking down), all the way down to Nebraska Republicans. But when the people say "NO!" they should listen… paulfell.substack.com/p/republican...

Scene is in a restaurant. At the center of the image is an angry patron, looking down at burnt pile of something on a plate being set in front of him by a head waiter, who is an anthropomorphic elephant. That elephant says to the man, "Compliments of the Nebr. Republicans! Bon Appetit!" Behind the disgruntled diner are two more chef elephant men carrying food platters labeled "hand count ballots" and "Winner take all vote."

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Paul Fell Cartoons @paulfellcartoons.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

While Democrats, independents, Non-Trump Republicans, and even unregistered voters came out in record numbers for the #NoKings rallies this weekend, some MAGAts were stuck at home, on their chat threads, with their own contagion… paulfell.substack.com/p/maga-repub...

Scene is an anthropomorphic elephant man, looking glum, backlit by a large full moon, All over the elephant man are red swastikas, like measles…

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