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The Decline

@thedeclinecomic.bsky.social
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A webcomic for processing American decline. Not affiliated with GYWO/David Rees. Also on IG: www.instagram.com/declinecomic

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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My comic predicted the future: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/05/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Asked FIFA to Review U.S. Player’s Suspension. Now He’s Eligible to Play.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The FIFA Way #art #comicart #webcomic
"Can Trump use is corruption powers to fix Balogun's red card?"
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Sources for this comic: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... news.usni.org/2025/09/02/u... www.reuters.com/world/us/mos... nvhs.org/treatment-of...
theguardian.com
Trump coveted a military spectacle but his parade proved underwhelming: ‘Just kind of lame’
Trump’s army parade was neither the totalitarian North Korean spectacle that critics had grimly predicted, nor the triumph of Maga nationalism fans craved
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
The Few, The Proud #art #comicart #webcomic
Pane 1: 	Imagine being a servicemember marching in a dictator-style military parade.
Pane 2: 	Or blowing up tiny civilian fishing boats with missiles.
Pane 3: 	Or being deployed to fight "the enemy within" American cities.
Pane 4: 	These servicemembers are gonna get the Vietnam Vet treatment.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Sources for this comic: thehill.com/policy/energ... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...
thehill.com
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Something Nobody Wants for Something Nobody Needs #art #comicart #webcomic
Pane 1: 	How would you feel about more mercury and arsenic in America's waterways?
Pane 2: 	This really is the Pro-Cancer Administration.
Pane 3: 	What if it boosted coal production to power AI?
Pane 4: 	We'll have content to watch during chemo!
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Sources for this comic: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
whitehouse.gov
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE                THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Your Local Police Probably Help the National Joint Terrorism Task Force #art #comicart #webcomic
Pane 1: 	Look—Trump’s executive order targets anti-fascist, anti-police, anti-American, and anti-capitalism activity as “domestic terrorism”.
Pane 2: 	Haha—they better investigate this webcomic.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Sources for this comic: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u...
nytimes.com
Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
"Work" Until Your Bank Account Looks Like a Phone Number #art #comicart #webcomic #ice #tomholman #grindculture #davidgoggins
Pane 1: 	You seeing this Tom Holman shit? Dude took a $50,000 bag of money to "secure future government contracts".
Pane 2: 	Even before he was in office, my man was taking no days off—rising and grinding to invest in his dreams!
Pane 3: 	Are you listening to that Greg Goggins bullshit? Shouldn't grind culture be against /literal bribes/?
Pane 4: 	Hustle for respect! Never lean back!
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
No, that's not me. I read it back then, though, and I'm using a similar bank of copyright-free images for this comic (with a little bit of overlap). Much appreciation for GYWO.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Sources for this comic: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/u... Snyder v. United States, 603 U.S. 1 (2024), www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23p...
nytimes.com
Trump Justice Dept. Closed Investigation Into Tom Homan for Accepting Bag of Cash
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Literal Bag of Cash #art #comicart #webcomic #ice #tomholman
Pane 1: 	How the fuck does ICE Director Tom Homan legally take a $50,000 bag of money for "future government contracts"?
Pane 2: 	Well, the Supreme Court thinks that kind of thing is just a gratuity, so no big deal.
Pane 3: 	Or maybe Holman was just offering to lobby—since he wasn't in office yet. No big deal!
Pane 4: 	Or maybe you're referring to the fact that there's no rule of law anymore.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Sources for this comic: www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/p... www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/re...
cnn.com
Vance says those who celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death should face consequences as he ramps up criticism of the left | CNN Politics
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday doubled down on his criticism of the left in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, saying the First Amendment does not protect those who allegedly celebrated K...
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The Duality of Man #art #comicart #webcomic
Pane 1:	Under Donald Trump’s leadership, we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square, agree or disagree.
Pane 2:	If you are a university professor... you should not be celebrating Charlie Kirk’s death and if you are, maybe... your university should face a loss of funding.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Chilling Effect #art #comicart #webcomic #jimmykimmel
Your free speech rights are more tenuous than you realize.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Speak Truth of the Dead
“Listen, pal. Charlie Kirk was a massive piece of shit. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.”
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Critical Condition
"lol"
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Sources for this comic: www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk... www.thedailybeast.com/charlie-kirk...
newsweek.com
Charlie Kirk says gun deaths "unfortunately" worth it to ...
The conservative founder of Turning Point USA made the comments following a mass shooting in Nashville last week that resulted in six deaths.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Keeping It Real #art #comicart #webcomic #charliekirk
Pane 1: 	Charlie Kirk Calls for an ‘Amazing Patriot’ to Bail Out Alleged Pelosi Attacker
Pane 2: 	Charlie Kirk Says Gun Deaths ‘Unfortunately’ Worth it to Keep 2nd Amendment
Pane 3: 	Charlie Kirk Is Assassinated at Utah College / "Maybe he wanted it this way?"
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🥹
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
theintercept.com/2025/08/02/s... www.cnbc.com/2025/08/06/s...
theintercept.com
Guess Who’s Eligible for Student Loan Forgiveness: New ICE Agents
Thanks to the Supreme Court and the Trump administration, student loan forgiveness is out of reach for many — unless you work for ICE.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Weaponized Incompetence #art #comicart #webcomic
Pane 1: The government's cutting public service student loan forgiveness programs while offering loan repayment for new ICE agents and lawyers.
Pane 2: So I could take the job, lose a bunch of cases on purpose, /and/ get my loans forgiven?
Pane 3: Could be a viable career path for young lawyers being replaced by AI.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Sources for this comic: www.buzzfeed.com/scarymouse/y... nypost.com/2025/04/18/l...
buzzfeed.com
Teenage Girls/Gen Z Women Are Sharing The Realities Of How Boys Are Acting In Today's Culture
"It's been so sad to watch him go from my sweet little brother to a hateful guy who is stuck in his room all the time."
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Pane 1: What do you look for in a dating profile?
Pane 2: A guy concerned with big things. / Yeah, even if he's older!
Pane 3: I'd settle for basic human decency.
Pane 4: Jake, 27. Interests: Joe Rogan, Separating Mothers from Their Children
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Preventable Incel Status #art #comicart #webcomic
What do you look for in a dating profile?A guy concerned with big things. / Yeah, even if he's older!I'd settle for basic human decency.Jake, 27. Interests: Joe Rogan, Separating Mothers from Their Children
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Sources for this comic: www.cnbc.com/2022/08/31/4...
cnbc.com
Who wants to be a billionaire? 6 in 10 Americans strive to be mega-wealthy, report finds
Six in 10 adults want to become a billionaire one day, according to a recent report. But as the wealth gap widens, there's also resentment toward the mega-rich.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Pane 1: We can't afford these government programs. 
Pane 2: Someone's gotta pay for it all.
Pane 3: And that someone's gonna be me.
Pane 4: When I make my first billion.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
American Beliefs Border on Religion #art #comicart #webcomic
We can't afford these government programs.Someone's gotta pay for it all.And that someone's gonna be me.When I make my first billion.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Sources for this comic: www.270towin.com/2024-electio... weather.com/storms/hurri... apnews.com/article/hurr... www.fox4news.com/news/nws-noa... www.cbsnews.com/news/fema-he...
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Pane 1: [Chalk Board] Elections Have Consequences
Pane 2: [Map of 2024 Electoral College Map]
Pane 3: [Map of Hurricanes by State]
Pane 4: [News Headlines About NWS/NOAA Shortages/Turmoil] Enjoy!
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Do Floods Cure Measles?
Pane 1: [Chalk Board] Elections Have ConsequencesPane 2: [Map of 2024 Electoral College Map]Pane 3: [Map of Hurricanes by State]Pane 4: [News Headlines About NWS/NOAA Shortages/Turmoil] Enjoy!
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Sources for this comic: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/b...
nytimes.com
Retailers Fear Toy Shortages at Christmas as Tariffs Freeze Supply Chain
Toy makers and stores are freezing holiday orders, predicting shortages and higher prices. Some are consulting bankruptcy lawyers, fearing their firms won’t survive.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Pane 1: Ruh-roh! Toymakers are canceling holiday orders and consulting bankruptcy lawyers because of tariffs. [NYTimes, 4/29/25]
Pane 2: Whoa—an actual War on Christmas?
Pane 3: Imagine all the kids without cheap, plastic shit that's destined for a landfill. Sad!
Pane 4: Which is what Jesus would actually want. Just sayin’.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Look, Kids! Santa Brought You Austerity! #art #comicart #webcomic #tariffs
Ruh-roh! Toymakers are canceling holiday orders and consulting bankruptcy lawyers because of tariffs. [NYTimes, 4/29/25]Whoa—an actual War on Christmas?Imagine all the kids without cheap, plastic shit that's destined for a landfill. Sad!Which is what Jesus would actually want. Just sayin’.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Sources for this comic: www.cbsnews.com/news/bayoumi...
cbsnews.com
What 9/11 evidence unsealed in court reveals years after the attacks
Videos and documents turned over to the FBI in the weeks after 9/11 were not shared with its own field agents or top intelligence officials. That evidence is raising new questions for investigators.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Operation Enduring Freedom Is Back in the House! #art #comicart #webcomic
Pane 1: Whoa—we're red! Are we about to talk about the /Global War on Terror!?/
Pane 2: The FBI /just/ found a box of evidence about a Saudi intelligence agent, including a 1999 video of him scoping out the U.S. Capitol and a sketch of an airplane with an equation for hitting a target on the horizon. Dude was never charged and is living comfortably in Saudi Arabia. [CBS, 4/27/25]
Pane 3: I'd bet my left eye the Bush Administration lost it under boxes of "intel" on Saddam's WMDs.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Sources for this comic: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u... www.cabinet.ox.ac.uk/medal-mother... The person pushing the Soviet birthing medal is Simone Collins @simonehcollins (IG)
nytimes.com
White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
For the Homeland! #art #comicart #webcomic
Pane 1: Would you be more persuaded to have more kids if the government gave you the National Medal of Motherhood after you gave birth to six babies? [NYTimes, 4/21/25]
Pane 2: The Soviet Union called and wants its idea back. No, seriously—they had a medal for birthing six children. [Oxford]
Pane 3: But this would be an /American/ medal! Think of how awesome it would be!
Pane 4: How many medals does Octomom get?
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Sources for this comic: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u...
nytimes.com
White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The Government Has More Ideas for Women's Bodies #art #webcomic
Pane 1: Would you be more persuaded to have another kid for $5,000 /and/ government education about your menstrual cycle? [NYTimes, 4/21/25]
Pane 2: My interest would be the same if they were only offering an Arby's gift card.
Pane 3: Where is your FOMO? Trump says he'll be "The Fertilization President." [NYTimes, 4/21/25]
Pane 4: My vagina just permanently sealed itself shut.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Sources for this comic: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/u... blog.dol.gov/2024/11/19/n...
nytimes.com
White House Assesses Ways to Persuade Women to Have More Children
Baby bonuses and menstrual cycle classes are among the ideas pitched to Trump aides as they consider plans to try boosting the birthrate.
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The Men Have a Proposition for You, Ladies
Pane 1: The Trump Administration wants to boost birthrates. Would you have a kid if the government gave you $5,000? [NYTimes, 4/21/25]
Pane 2: When the cost of childcare is 2-3 times that /annually/? [DOL, 11/19/24] When food and goods costs are about to go /to the fucking moon/ because the idiots have taken over? When these techno-baron shitbags are about to corner the /entire/ labor market with AI? Sign me the fuck up!
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
White Lotus intro graphics
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Sources for this comic: www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
theguardian.com
The rise of end times fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
YOU DIED
Pane 1: I have an idea for a video game. It takes place in a world of splintering governments and territory being carving up into hyper-capitalist, democracy-free havens controlled by billionaires, protected by mercenaries, serviced by AI robots, and financed by crypto.
Pane 2: Sounds sick. Can I get it on Switch 2?
Pane 3: Did I say video game? Whoops—that's actually the future envisioned by Peter Thiel, Zuck, and the other techno-billionaires. [The Guardian, 4/13/25]
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Sources for this comic: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... www.foxnews.com/video/637119...
independent.co.uk
Fox News pundit believes Trump tariffs will reverse ‘crisis in masculinity’
‘Donald Trump is actually saying ‘no more’ to this and to the crisis in masculinity,’ political pundit Batya Ungar-Sargon said
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Fox News Brainrot on Another Level
Pane 1: "We shipped jobs that gave men who work with their hands for a living and rely on brawn—and physicality—off to other countries to build up their middle class. And then we imported millions and millions of illegals!" [Fox News, 4/6/25]
Pane 2: Holy shit.
Pane 3: "When you sit behind a screen all day, it makes you a woman. Studies have shown this." [Jesse Watters, The Five, 4/7/25]
Pane 4: Is anyone talking about the Crisis of Male Fragility in Fox's News Room?
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Fox News Brainrot on Another Level
"We shipped jobs that gave men who work with their hands for a living and rely on brawn—and physicality—off to other countries to build up their middle class. And then we imported millions and millions of illegals!" [Fox News, 4/6/25]Holy shit."When you sit behind a screen all day, it makes you a woman. Studies have shown this." [Jesse Watters, The Five, 4/7/25]Is anyone talking about the Crisis of Male Fragility in Fox's News Room?
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The Decline @thedeclinecomic.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
For anyone thinking surely U.S. policymakers didn't actually use generative AI to set trade policy: www.theverge.com/news/642620/...
theverge.com
Trump’s new tariff math looks a lot like ChatGPT’s
ChatGPT may be the White House’s latest economic advisor.
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