Notices by Wiley Miller (wileymiller@mastodon.social)

@GottaLaff

Somehow this #NonSequitur from 24 years ago seems appropriate today...

Signs of the authoritarian apocalypse. Front page headlines in WaPo today:

"Trump administration overrode Social Security staff to falsely list immigrants as dead"

"Some foreign students fear speaking out as visa cancelations rise"

"DOGE takes over federal grants website, wresting control of billions"

"Administration to pull all of Maine’s federal K-12 funding in retaliation over trans athletes spat"

"Trump announces deals with more law firms for combined $600 million"

@GottaLaff

Once...just ONCE...I would like to hear just who is in the "Deep State". Please identify ONE name as some kind of proof that this fantasy is in any way true. Weird how no one ever does that.

And now a word from Ann Telnaes...

https://open.substack.com/pub/anntelnaes/p/trump-medicine?r=47jmko&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

The #NonSequitur hypothesis on why there was very little MSM coverage of Saturday's nationwide protest marches...

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur

It appears that no matter how many millions of people march in protest against the fascist takeover of government in a literally nationwide movement, it apparently doesn't warrant MSM coverage unless the crowds storm government buildings and shit in the hallways. By turning an uninterested eye, MSM is bending the knee to very fascists being protested.

OMG...This #NonSequitur from 25 years ago...

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2000/04/18

Trump to director of the Smithsonian: Ok, I'm taking over operations here and un-woke it!

Smithsonian: Uh...you don't have any jurisdiction and we don't receive any government funding.

Moment of silence with a Trump glare.

Trump: What's your point? Now go pack your things.

Via NYT:

" As if to drive home the point, Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Friday: “We have to have Greenland. It’s not a question of ‘Do you think we can do without it.’ We can’t.”

Weird how Trump doesn't say WHY "we can't do without Greenland" when we seem to have done just fine all these years. What has suddenly changed? It'd be nice if some reporters would ask him that simple question.

The first DOGE...

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2025/03/24

Observations from Obviousman 20 years ago that hasn't changed...

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2005/06/24

@Nonilex

Here's a serious question...a very serious question...what will Judge Boasberg do if they ignore both directives? This is an all-too possible scenario.

Today's #NonSequitur modern civics lesson...

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2025/03/17

Via NYT-
"Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Sunday that hundreds of people accused of being gang members had been sent to El Salvador, a day after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to cease such deportations."

All of the recent court rulings against Trump is one thing, enforcing court orders is quite another. Trump doesn't give a shit about court orders as there's no mechanism to enforce them.

@GottaLaff

So if I don't buy a Tesla this month, will I be charged with a felony or will it be an act of treason? Just trying to keep up with the latest EO's by Trump.

@Snowshadow
I distinctly remember when Putin was massing troops on the Ukrainian border, all the "experts" were saying, "Oh, they're not going to invade. Putin's just a bluffing".

Trump is a Putin acolyte and has proved he's too stupid to foresee consequences to his idiotic impulses.

@GottaLaff

The social media news service 3-step program:

1. Read headline.

2. Leap to a conclusion (no time consuming reading of the article necessary).

3. Post your conclusion as empirical fact and watch it spread.

Gee, I wonder how this country got so fucking stupid.

@GottaLaff

It's times like this that I miss being an editorial cartoonist. So today I thought I'd get it out of system and get one down on paper instead of rattling around my old brain. So this is an exclusive for my Mastodon friends...

@MissConstrue @GottaLaff

But...but...I thought those immigrants were taking away jobs from Americans. You mean there's a shortage of Americans to work in the fields? My goodness, who could have foreseen this happening?

@GottaLaff
Exactly. Trump has a VERY long history of reneging his "deals". Why anyone would even think of making a deal with him is beyond me.

@nitpicking @Salty