Shall we canonize Robert Mueller now that he died?

Lincoln: Team of Rivals
Trump: Battle of the Sychophants

Hey, Markwayne! Let's see if you can be even worse than Kristi! And who'll fill your empty Senate seat? I hear Jasmine Crockett is available.

Reza Pahlavi? Are they kidding me?

Thanks, gotcha!

Say what? Maybe there's a typo in there somewhere. Or maybe you mean they aren't illegals? I keep staring at this post, wondering what he means.

Gary Kasparov: As I wrote, if you think a massive US Gulag is being built just for illegal immigrants, along with a federal paramilitary force as large as the Marines, you're a fool. Billions in unaccountable cash from Venezuelan oil, shock troops, and detention camps. This is not a drill.

I first thought she was just going to give him the Pease Prize Medal, but there he is in the photo holding the plaque. It'd be funny if it weren't so appalling.

So did María Corina Machado give Trump the plaque with her name on it, or just the money? If the Nobel committee doesn't withdraw the prize (because you aren't allowed to give them away), I'm going to have to put a big red X through their name too.

BTW, I doubt that Trump minds losing these lawsuits. It's like those Nigerian Prince emails: you don't have to get a hit very often to win big. Maybe his losses cheer us up a little, but it doesn't discourage him at all.

What's the next step? Bombing Nuuk?

YES!

I meant to thank you.

OMG OMG. I think Lawrence O’Donnell has just convinced me that I was wrong in my views of Chuck Schumer and of the resolution of the shutdown.

It's very hard, probably impossible, to understand what is going on when so much of it is hidden behind closed doors. That is a situation I can't abide.

Lawrence O'Donnell is magically turning the Democratic capitulation into a victory! How does he do that?

GO LAWRENCE!

No.

NO MORE MONEY OR SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATS WHO DON'T DENOUNCE THIS SHAMEFUL BEHAVIOR NOW!

I have to take back some of what I said. Those eight Dem cowards who just stabbed America in the back were only taking the fall for a whole bunch more who were in more vulnerable positions (e.g., up for re-election sooner). Dems want to know why people don't like or trust them? THIS IS IT!

We already know the answer: NO, THEY WON'T "WORK WITH US"! Sen Shaheen, pull up your socks and turn your brain back on. This is Lucy promising not to snatch the football away; the next panel is us lying flat on our backs on the ground. HAVE INTEGRITY AND GOOD JUDGMENT, PLEASE!

Those of you in Illinois, Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Virginia: Make noise! Send these guys to their room! Have they learned nothing? Have WE learned nothing? Are we going to allow them to throw us under the bus again? HELP!

NO NO NO! Why on earth would King or the others think this isn't working? It is working very well! I've called my senators (twice now) to implore/demand that they hold the line, but that certainly doesn't feel like enough.

Gotcha, thanks. It's a very small sacrifice.

If this Trump tactic works, he will use it again and again. Will we at long last get the message that there is NO BENEFIT to succumbing to his demands? SO STAND FIRM, DEMOCRATIC SENATORS! Art of the deal, indeed!

It seems to me that the only thing that will dislodge this fake stalemate (in which Trump refuses to release the funds, trying to force the Democratic party to choose between healthcare and feeding people) is a huge demonstration that the American people hold Trump responsible. SO VOTE!

Okay, got it. But why?

Okay, Americans, step right up and make your choice! No health care or no food! Or how about BOTH?

Say what?

I'm probably the last to hear about this, but now we're going to have American troops in Gaza? Or alternatively, with these evil bozos in charge, how could it possibly go right?

Meanwhile, I recommend that you take a look at The Alt Media with Adam Parkhomenko and Sam Youngman. It'll cheer you up without making you stupid.

So my pesky thought is that Protestant Christianity is being overtaken by the same kind of cataclysmic deterioration that currently afflicts American democracy. Maybe "Protestant Christianity" isn't quite the right designation, but you catch my drift.