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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Nov-2023 02:03:43 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic on Trump calling his political enemies "vermin"
#politics #uspol #cartoon #comic #fascism #authoritarianism #media #language #trump
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1. Nothing's Shocking (for long) 1. Trump says something bad Trump speaking at a rally: "We will root out the communists, marxists, fascists, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country." (actual quote) 2. At first, people are shocked Man - This is completely unacceptable! Woman - It's what dictators say! 3. Then, normalization begins Woman - You know, sewer rats exhibit human-like social behavior, and they love pizza. And so do liberals! Man - Also, my critics on social media can be pests. Ha ha! 4. Until no one cares anymore News anchor - Representative Blitz Stormer, what are your thoughts on the 2024 election? Blitz Stormer - The DemocRAT party will be EXTERMINATED once and for all! News anchor - It's sure to be an exciting race!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 12-Nov-2023 04:48:51 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic:
#gaza #protest #war #firstamendment #israel #palestine #cartoon #comic #politics
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1. Protester vs. Radical 1. Woman at protest holding sign saying "Ceasefire now" Man in suit: Oh, you support terrorists, do you? 2. Woman: No, not at all. Man: Then you're antisemitic. 3. Woman: Actually, I'm Jewish. Man: Ah, then you're a self-hating Jew. 4. Woman: Well, I would hate myself if I did nothing while thousands of innocent civilians were bombed to death. 5. Man: Don't you want Israel to be safe? Woman: This response is only making the world more dangerous for everyone. 6. Man: Oh, you support terrorists, do you?
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 22-Oct-2023 16:59:15 JST Jen Sorensen

Neglected to post this cartoon from a couple weeks ago: Always blame the left!
#uspol #media #journalism #authoritarianism #democracy
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1. Always Blame the Left 1. Dems are constantly being blamed for Republican extremism. Pundit on TV show Nattering Noggins: If Democrats want to defeat Trumpism, they need to stop moving so far to the left. 2. But what exactly have the Dems done that's so radical? Woman: That does it! Lowering prescription drug prices and funding infrastructure are too far out for me. I want a right-wing dictatorship! 3. Like someone's not going to be a neo-Nazi because Democrats shift slightly rightward? Insurrectionist: Hmm... I was hoping to violently overthrow the government to install a white ethno-state. But if they cut back on school lunch programs, I'll reconsider. 4. Maybe it's time to start blaming fascism on fascists. Female pundit on Nattering Noggins: The right has been propagandized into extremism for decades. Pundit from first panel: What an unserious opinion! You need to move to the right.
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 15-Oct-2023 10:32:19 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest cartoon: Doom Spiral
#politics #cartoon #war #israel #palestine #hamas #gaza
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1. DOOM SPIRAL Shown: an illustrated cycle with arrows in between each step Long historical conflict leads to a nation confining a vast poor population in the name of security (shown: people behind a wall) Militant group claiming to represent this population brutally attacks innocent people (shown: militant with gun) State responds with escalation that punishes civilians (government official: We will deny them food, water, and electricity, and lay siege to their cities.) Densely populated areas already suffering from humanitarian disaster reduced to rubble (city being bombed) Kids grow up knowing nothing but death and destruction (boy standing in rubble with dead body in background) Which makes some open to extremism (kid is now a militant) Back to beginning
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 01-Oct-2023 05:03:24 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic on a certain pundit's infamous $78 airport meal
(For those outside the US, the commentator David Brooks has made a career out of piously trolling liberals for their supposed decadence and lack of morals.)
#uspol #economy #journalism #media #socialmedia
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1. Man of the People 1. Ubiquitous pundit David Brooks recently complained on social media about an airport meal costing $78 -- when most of that was liquor. Photo of a hamburger, french fries, and a glass of bourbon with tweeted caption "This is why Americans think the economy is terrible." The hamburger and french fries cost $18. 2. Brooks at a counter in a wine shop with bottle of wine and bag of bread: You can't go to a wine shop and buy a bag of bread flutes and a bottle of 2009 Chateau Latour Premier Grand Cru for under $1600. Thanks, Bidenomics! 3. Brooks looking into a mirror trying unsuccessfully to button his pants: Hmm... this bespoke suit no longer fits. My voracious consumption of grilled meats and adult beverages is but a failed quest to fill the modern spiritual void created by liberals. 4. Brooks at computer: Why, people are rudely mocking me on social media! Time for another column on the loss of virtue among today's self-absorbed, decadent youth.
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 01:50:26 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic: The Labor Channel
#LaborDay #labor #work
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1. 1. Have you noticed there are lots of TV shows for bosses and investors but not workers? Cable TV announcer on "Power Lunch": Shares of Scuzzco are climbing on news that 20,000 employees will be replaced with AI! Announcer 2: Woohoo! Chyron shows shares of EVIL up 3.45, BS up 2.73, Snitcoin down 119.52 2. What if there was also a labor channel? Announcer on "Brown Bag Lunch": Huge losses for Scuzzco today on the Worker Satisfaction Index. Chyron: WAGE THEFT REPORTED AT EV... 3. CO-OP TANK Announcer in row of judges: See contestants compete for the best ideas in nontraditional companies! Contestant shown with easel displaying name of company, Worker Owned Widgets 4. MAD Bargaining "Watch TV, get paid well" Host: We'll teach you how to organize your workplace! This week: Taking on Starbucks!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 13-Aug-2023 17:16:22 JST Jen Sorensen

This week's comic: Makeover for a Takeover
#media #fascism #racism #journalism
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1. MAKEOVER FOR A TAKEOVER 1. Are you a white supremacist looking to be celebrated as a public intellectual? First, change your style. BEFORE: Angry MAGA guy with a Confederate flag AFTER: Same guy in a sportjacket with a cocktail Can keep the khakis! 2. Get an advanced degree so you can communicate more subtly. BEFORE: WHITE POWER!!! AFTER: Our data indicate that certain aptitudes among those of Western European background may be genetic in origin. 3. Find a far-right billionaire to fund your "think tank" Guy tapping on computer keyboard in bedroom under sign saying "THE INSTITUE FOR EXTREMELY SERIOUS THOUGHT" 4. Have your op-eds published! At Big Legacy Newspaper Editor to right-wing extremist: You seem respectable. Unilke cartoonists!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 06-Aug-2023 12:07:11 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic: Tech billionaires just want to save humanity!
#tech #inequality #economy #philanthropy
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1. THINKING BIG 1. CEO: By 2050, I'm going to build a floating colony in the sulfuric acid clouds of Venus! Woman on sidewalk looking at sign saying "Apartments for rent $3500/month": Looks like I'll be joining a homeless colony. 2. Tech bro: My chatbot will make life better with good advice! Farmer in drought-stricken field, speaking into phone: Chatbot, what can I do to save my farm from extreme heat? Chatbot: NOTHING. YOU WILL DIE. 3. Tech bro in t-shirt advertising Snitcoin: I'm going to buy the island of Nauru, build a lab, and repopulate a post-apocalyptic earth with genetically-enhanced super children! Woman with baby, thinking: Or we could just fund schools. 4. All three tech CEOs on a large boat about to run into a fisherman in a small canoe Snitcoin guy: Sometimes I feel like our efforts to help humanity are unappreciated. Venus guy: It's hard to be a visionary.
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 14:32:37 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic on the writers' and actors' strikes being called "disruptive"
#labor #unions #wga #sagaftra #strike #work #jobs #economy #inequality #writers #actors #hollywood
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1. STRIKING BACK 1. Disruption: It's viewed as a positive when the investor class does it. Finance bro: "Move fast and break things! WHEE!" 2. But when workers interrupt business as usual... Woman on picket line with sign saying "Writers on strike" CEO: Waah! So disruptive! Now is not the time, guys! 3. Yes, it's a radically disruptive idea to pay workers enough to live on. Writer beseeching CEO in office: I would like to afford my rent in LA. CEO: Seems pretty unrealistic. 4. If they can dish it out, they can take it. Stock price shown going down on TV screen on wall CEO: How dare you do this to our great business? Striking WGA member and SAG-AFTRA member with signs. SAG-AFTRA guy: Adapt or die, suckas!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 24-Jul-2023 12:31:08 JST Jen Sorensen

I drew this 22 years ago when the letter "X" was getting commercially played out.
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1. THE X FACTOR 1. It's beginning to look a lot like Xmas. Kids on Santa's lap Girl: I want an XBOX and Windows XP! Boy: I want "XGAMES Snowboarding" for my Playstation! 2. Curious about this X-cess, we at Slowpoke ask: Y? Xavier Zaxxon, world famous X-pert: We can trace the evolution of X's prominence from Malcolm X to Generation X to things like Nissan Xterras and the XFL. What once was a symbol of subversion has been thoroughly assimilated by the mass market. On chalkboard: Black Power --> The Blank Generation --> SUV 3. Chances are, rampant overuse of the letter will soon diminish its allure. Billboard next to road: XMILK Krazy Kow says GULP IT! SLAM IT! CHUG IT! Krazy Kow on skateboard: Moooove your ass! Paid for by America's dairy farmers Driver: What the...? 4. But advertisers are already thinking ahead. Wacky Advertising agency corporate boardroom Ad exec: Listen up, gang. X-cool is now EX-cool! Take my word for it: the next "in" letter will be P! There will be P-sports and P-cars! Man: I disagree. Q is next! Woman: No, Z!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jul-2023 08:21:44 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic: Pick your social network!
#socialmedia #internet #tech #authoritarianism
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1. PICK YOUR SOCIAL NETWORK 1. Goebbler - has fascist turkey logo Free and open debate with Nazis and conspiracy theorists On phone screen: You will not replace us... with another app! 2. Influenzza Follow whoever you like, but we're going to show you who we want Profile pic and bio of Hustlin' Hank the Life Guru with 14M followers Post text: Just popped my morning supplements! PROMO CODE X19A3 3. Happytime Funfeed A politics-free zone brought to you by the world's worst authoritarians Executive: At Happytime Funfeed, we discourage negative talk about things like human rights abuses. 4. Skunkible Spray your enemies with sick owns... or get skunked! Kid in backwards ballcap: Pungent, dude. 5. Big mammoth Algorithm-free, all of the scientists and political thinkers who might save us from total destruction Profile pic of bespectacled woman: Please get off of Goebbler! 6. Young couple Woman: There's no way I can post to all of these without spending my entire life on social media. Man: I think that's the point.
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Jul-2023 07:24:32 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest cartoon: Titanic Failure
#science #climatechange #climatecrisis #climate #cartoon #comic
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1. TITANIC FAILURE Two women sitting outside at a bar drinking beer at a table 1. Woman 1 - The hubris of these deluded CEOs, thinking they can defy nature... 2. Woman 1 - Assuming technology will let them do whatever they want, no matter how dangerous... 3. Woman 1 - Then the inevitable tragedy--dooming innocent people in a death trap! Woman 2 - Yeah, the submersible disaster was pretty horrifying. 4. Panning out to larger view of the earth on fire, women are tiny dots in the middle of the US Woman 1 - Submersible? I'm talking about the whole planet!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 18:04:54 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic: Bipartisan Reflections
#politics #comics #media #authoritarianism #fascism
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1. BIPARTISAN REFLECTIONS Three people on a cable talk show -- blonde anchorwoman, mousy guy in glasses, right-winger breathing flames 1. News anchor - 'Welcome to Punditspew! With me tonight is Democratic strategist Dan Doormat and Chairman of Power Patriots for Fiery National Cleansing, Mr. Perkins.' Dan Doormat - 'Hello.' Mr. Perkins - 'DIE!' 2. News anchor - 'Gentlemen, what are your thoughts on the Trump indictment?' Dan Doormat - 'Well, it's the least that --' Mr. Perkins - 'Biden is a wannabe dictator crushing our children under his BIG GAY COMMUNIST JACKBOOTS!' 3. Mr. Perkins - BUCKLE UP! IT'S A WAR ON THE REPUBLIC! KNOW YOUR BRIDGES! AN EYE FOR AN EYE! Dan Doormat - Um... 4. News anchor - Some say Biden should pardon him as a healing gesture. Dan Doormat - I think enforcing the law is the best-- Mr. Perkins - WE SHALL VANQUISH THEIR BEPRONOUNED STORM TROOPERS AND INSTALL OUR RIGHTEOUS KING! News anchor - Thank you both!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 01-Jul-2023 17:27:46 JST Jen Sorensen

A comic on #AffirmativeAction that I drew some 20 years ago
#supremecourt #scotus
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1. Panel 1: Hey, Caucasians! Angered by the way “racial preferences” make things unequal? Here’s how you can beat the system! First, apply to college as a legacy. Admissions officers weighing applications: Hmm… I don’t know. This kid is an average student, but the father and grandfather are alumni… and they’re doctors! I think his money will fit in just fine! Panel 2: After graduation, while the other suckers are sending out resumes, you tap into the old boy network! (nepotism also works) Frat boy on couch talking on phone with diploma from Dartvard University on wall behind him: Yo brah, it’s Matt. Can you, like, hook me up with a job? Voice on phone: Matty! Chug-a-lug! Sure thing dude! Guess what? My boss is also a Deke! Panel 3: Schmooze your way to the top over the years by charming like-minded business cronies. Boss speaking to new recruit in a booth at Hooters: Ha ha! I like your style, Matty! How’d you like to come work for me? I’ll set you up with a sweet package! Speakin’ of sweet packages, check out the rack on this little number! Panel 4: Finally, have kids and repeat the process over and over and over… Father speaking to kids: Madison, Hunter, you’ll be up against some tough odds, what with all these special preferences for minorities… But your daddy will make sure merit prevails in the end!
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2023 00:23:33 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest cartoon on "contrarian" pundits who pretend to care about freedom of speech.
#media #education #college #speech #fascism #lgbtq #racism
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1. 1. RETURN OF THE SELECTIVE 'FREE SPEECH' WARRIOR 2. Far-right activists meddling in academics, banning history and social science Contrarian pundit guy - 'Ho hum.' 3. Books about gender, race, or containing the slightest hint of an unclothed human body banned from libraries 'ZZZZZ....' 4. 'Don't say gay' laws enacted Pundit filing nails, FILE FILE FILE 5. Elected officials being removed from statehouses for joining constituents in peaceful protest Pundit sleeping in bed drooling on pillow 6. A conservative professor feels 'silenced' by diversity initiatives Pundit tapping wildly on laptop keyboard - 'This is an outrage! I shall defend this brave man!'
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-May-2023 02:32:18 JST Jen Sorensen

Latest comic on everyday gun violence in America. For all the rhetoric around the Second Amendment invoking "liberty," guns are limiting our freedom.
#guns #lgbtq
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1. SUN'S OUT, GUNS OUT 1. Man and woman watching neighbor shoot beer cans in yard 'That neighbor's being loud.' 'Better not complain -- it isn't safe.' 2. 'Maybe I'll go play basketball.' 'Just don't let the ball roll into someone else's yard -- you might get shot.' 3. 'There's a drag show in town that's supposed to be good. You interested?' 'If it's not shut down by threats of violence.' 4. 'Hmm... we could visit my Aunt Enid.' 'Be careful you don't go up the wrong driveway.' 5. '(Sigh) maybe I'll just read some cartoons to take my mind off of guns.'
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Jen Sorensen (jensorensen@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Nov-2022 14:02:37 JST Jen Sorensen

In case you missed it, here's last week's comic illustrating the history of #Twitter in four panels:
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Cartoonist for Daily Kos, The Nation, In These Times and elsewhere, formerly seen on The Nib. Herblock Prize, Pulitzer finalist, RFK journalism award, 2023 Berryman Award from the National Press Foundation. She/herI mostly post #cartoons and #comics but also enjoy #biking #birds #terriers #punk #friluftsliv

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