Notices by Wiley Miller (wileymiller@mastodon.social)

Trump/MAGA has already absorbed the Judicial and Legislative branches of government, and now "The 4th Estate". But calling it an authoritarian regime is overreacting, right?

Where are all those militia groups who heavily armed themselves to prepare for a fight against government overreach on our constitutional rights?

Oh...right...they're all signing up to help the government's overreach on our constitutional rights. Never mind.

Hallmarks of every authoritarian regime:

1. Secret police force who are heavily armed, hide their faces with a mask or helmet and show no official law enforcement identification when they arrest people and throw them into an unmarked van.

2. Use the military to quell peaceful, unarmed protests against the regime.

3. Launch a war when all the domestic policies prove to be disastrous to divert media attention and legal scrutiny, hoping to whip up jingoistic support.

Sound familiar?

Today's #NonSequitur has Trump supporters upset. I wonder what they're seeing reflected in it?

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2025/06/22

JD Vance has arrived in L.A. to comfort the Marines, National Guard and ICE who have so valiantly held the line against unarmed protestors and Brown skinned people.

Makes you feel proud to be an American, doesn't it?

@GottaLaff

Trump celebrated Juneteenth by flying the Confederate flag over the White House for the day.

Now let's see how many people will believe that because it just sounds like it'd be true.

@GottaLaff

Trump has always been quick and decisive about putting off anything he doesn't want to deal with for 2 weeks while he creates another crisis to distract the media. Always been his go-to.

@GottaLaff

I haven't paid any attention to the news this morning. Has Trump declared the crowd at his Moronic Military Ego Parade was bigger than ALL the protest marches...put together...yet? I'm gonna guess he'll claim all the protest marches were AI generated, that only about 10 people showed up at them.

@GottaLaff

Seriously, though...what smart politicians do is "read the room" and pay attention to shifting political plate tectonics. It appears there aren't any smart politicians in the entire republican party. If they can't see what happened across the ENTIRE country yesterday and don't start distancing themself from Trump, then they have zero political instincts and intelligence.

The assassination and assassination attempts on Minnesota Democratic legislators today, when a nationwide No Kings protests against Trump takes place, is no coincidence. I'm not saying anyone in the Trump administration had anything to do with it, but his fervent MAGA followers had everything to do with it to intimidate and silence everyone not bending the knee to Trump...and to prove their devotion to Trump. And it's going to escalate.

With Trump's Magical Mystery Military March coming up, I thought I should repost this cartoon, which seems more apropos now than when I drew it a month or so ago...

As always, ETTD.

Headline in WaPo:

"Trump brings red-carpet vibe, and boos, to Kennedy Center’s ‘Les Mis’

The president’s attendance was meant as a fundraiser for the cash-strapped arts center, which has seen a decline in ticket sales since he took control.

Old lesson not learned from the #NonSequitur trade school...

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur

@GottaLaff @CindyWeinstein

Schadenfreude also works here.

Here's how tough-guy Trump is cracking down on Putin...

Headline via NYT:

"How to Hide a 350-Foot Megayacht

Russian oligarchs use the offshore system to shield their luxury assets. The Trump administration is ending an effort to find and seize them."

@GottaLaff

I haven't had the news on today. Has Trump issued an EO renaming Memorial Day to Suckers and Losers Day yet?

1. There's no such thing as a "Nonprofit" in Trump world.

2. The capitulation continues.

Via NYT:

Eric Trump Starts Nonprofit to Build His Father’s Presidential Library

Meta and ABC News have already pledged a combined $37 million in funding for the library to settle lawsuits President Trump filed against them before taking office.

It's #NonSequitur Show-And-Tell day...

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur

@GottaLaff

Renditions today, Trump opponents "accidentally" falling out of 10 story windows tomorrow.

@br00t4c

Hannity believes history is on his side here. Hitler was baptized and raised Catholic, therefore, concentration camps are the Christian thing to do. Now he can educate Pope Leo on the sacrament of genocide...