Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
@rubenbolling.bsky.social
Cartoonist, Writer. Two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist, Herblock Prize, RFK Journalism Award, Berryman Award, NCS Awards, Top 76 Theme Park Influencer, Olympic Hopeful
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🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug!
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
Wow, I love this!
It’s even got the “Ken Burns Effect”
It’s even got the “Ken Burns Effect”
I did a quick voiceover and video of this for those who want the full Not Lost Enough Yet Cause experience.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSAD...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wow, I love this!
It’s even got the “Ken Burns Effect”
It’s even got the “Ken Burns Effect”
Funny that MAGA is such a stickler for legality when it comes to people entering the country illegally that they will cheer a convicted but unpunished felon as he deliberately and flagrantly breaks scores of laws on a massive scale to remove them.
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Funny that MAGA is such a stickler for legality when it comes to people entering the country illegally that they will cheer a convicted but unpunished felon as he deliberately and flagrantly breaks scores of laws on a massive scale to remove them.
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This is really good. Gotta read the fine print.
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug!
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
This is really good. Gotta read the fine print.
Reposted by Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug!
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug!
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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📣 IT'S THE TOM THE DANCING BUG REVIEW, YOU LOSERS!
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✍️ Letters home from a war you didn't even know was happening
⚖️ Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children™️
🤖🐰 Robots vs. Bunnies
⛰️ Mr. Wisdom-Face
🐭🐭 Crazy Mice
&more!
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FREE! Read and subscribe (for FREE!), or get lost
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✍️ Letters home from a war you didn't even know was happening
⚖️ Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children™️
🤖🐰 Robots vs. Bunnies
⛰️ Mr. Wisdom-Face
🐭🐭 Crazy Mice
&more!
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FREE! Read and subscribe (for FREE!), or get lost
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🌞 Ain't just whistlin' Dixie
Letters home from The Second Civil War
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November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📣 IT'S THE TOM THE DANCING BUG REVIEW, YOU LOSERS!
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✍️ Letters home from a war you didn't even know was happening
⚖️ Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children™️
🤖🐰 Robots vs. Bunnies
⛰️ Mr. Wisdom-Face
🐭🐭 Crazy Mice
&more!
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FREE! Read and subscribe (for FREE!), or get lost
open.substack.com/pub/tomtheda...
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✍️ Letters home from a war you didn't even know was happening
⚖️ Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children™️
🤖🐰 Robots vs. Bunnies
⛰️ Mr. Wisdom-Face
🐭🐭 Crazy Mice
&more!
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FREE! Read and subscribe (for FREE!), or get lost
open.substack.com/pub/tomtheda...
To point out the obvious: if any other president claimed that his predecessor had pushed for an ally to be invaded, it would be front page news, and a domestic and international uproar. But with Grandpa Dementia, it’s just Trump being Trump.
Trump lies shamelessly: "Biden actually pushed for that war to happen. And now look what's happened to Ukraine. It's a much smaller country."
November 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
To point out the obvious: if any other president claimed that his predecessor had pushed for an ally to be invaded, it would be front page news, and a domestic and international uproar. But with Grandpa Dementia, it’s just Trump being Trump.
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug!
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🔵 This week's Tom the Dancing Bug!
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
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LETTERS HOME FROM THE SECOND CIVIL WAR
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Brought to you by the fightin' Inner Hive, including long-time member Austin L. and new member newmanewman
( bit.ly/theInnerHive )
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READ IT RIGHT HERE👇
📣 IT'S THE TOM THE DANCING BUG REVIEW, YOU LOSERS!
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✍️ Letters home from a war you didn't even know was happening
⚖️ Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children™️
🤖🐰 Robots vs. Bunnies
⛰️ Mr. Wisdom-Face
🐭🐭 Crazy Mice
&more!
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FREE! Read and subscribe (for FREE!), or get lost
open.substack.com/pub/tomtheda...
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✍️ Letters home from a war you didn't even know was happening
⚖️ Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children™️
🤖🐰 Robots vs. Bunnies
⛰️ Mr. Wisdom-Face
🐭🐭 Crazy Mice
&more!
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FREE! Read and subscribe (for FREE!), or get lost
open.substack.com/pub/tomtheda...
🌞 Ain't just whistlin' Dixie
Letters home from The Second Civil War
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
📣 IT'S THE TOM THE DANCING BUG REVIEW, YOU LOSERS!
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✍️ Letters home from a war you didn't even know was happening
⚖️ Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children™️
🤖🐰 Robots vs. Bunnies
⛰️ Mr. Wisdom-Face
🐭🐭 Crazy Mice
&more!
-
FREE! Read and subscribe (for FREE!), or get lost
open.substack.com/pub/tomtheda...
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✍️ Letters home from a war you didn't even know was happening
⚖️ Harvey Richards, Lawyer for Children™️
🤖🐰 Robots vs. Bunnies
⛰️ Mr. Wisdom-Face
🐭🐭 Crazy Mice
&more!
-
FREE! Read and subscribe (for FREE!), or get lost
open.substack.com/pub/tomtheda...
Tom the Dancing Bug
Letters Home from the Second Civil War
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November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Reposted by Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Honored that my books' KS got Boing-Boinged by Mark Frauenfelder!
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Tom the Dancing Bug finally gets its complete archive treatment
om the Dancing Bug gets complete archive treatment after 35 years. Kickstarter funds volumes covering 1990-1998 origins.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Honored that my books' KS got Boing-Boinged by Mark Frauenfelder!
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This is actually the only thing that Trump does that I like.
(Of course it leans far more into socialism/communism than anything Mamdani has ever proposed)
(Of course it leans far more into socialism/communism than anything Mamdani has ever proposed)
When the shakedowns just start happening in public.
$NVO
$NVO
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This is actually the only thing that Trump does that I like.
(Of course it leans far more into socialism/communism than anything Mamdani has ever proposed)
(Of course it leans far more into socialism/communism than anything Mamdani has ever proposed)
When there’s a medical crisis, our Health Secretary RFK Jr. leaps into action — to get the hell out of there.
holy shit -- one of Trump's toadies just passed out and the White House event is brought to an abrupt end
November 6, 2025 at 7:07 PM
When there’s a medical crisis, our Health Secretary RFK Jr. leaps into action — to get the hell out of there.
Honored that my books' KS got Boing-Boinged by Mark Frauenfelder!
boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t... @boingboing.net
boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t... @boingboing.net
Tom the Dancing Bug finally gets its complete archive treatment
om the Dancing Bug gets complete archive treatment after 35 years. Kickstarter funds volumes covering 1990-1998 origins.
boingboing.net
November 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Honored that my books' KS got Boing-Boinged by Mark Frauenfelder!
boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t... @boingboing.net
boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t... @boingboing.net
Reposted by Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
It's a good day when you can wake up and find that @rubenbolling.bsky.social has written something about your latest podcast! boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t...
The true origin of Superman: he was a villain, then he was from the future
On the new podcast The Comics Code, host Graeme Burk busts the myth about the creation of Superman in 1934. Comics fans have been told time after time the story…
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November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
It's a good day when you can wake up and find that @rubenbolling.bsky.social has written something about your latest podcast! boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t...
Had a great time talking with Tad on 22 panels!
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A conversation with @rubenbolling.bsky.social
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A conversation with @rubenbolling.bsky.social
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Tom the Dancing Bug is fully funded on Kickstarter, join the fun today!
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Tom The Dancing Bug - Pulitzer nom'ed strip by Ruben Bolling
This is where it all began! Collecting the award winning strips from 1990 to 1998 by Ruben Bolling.
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November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Had a great time talking with Tad on 22 panels!
Did you ever wonder what you would have done as a citizen in historical times of incredible cruelty: slavery, the holocaust, etc.?
You don't have to wonder anymore! You're doing it!
You don't have to wonder anymore! You're doing it!
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Did you ever wonder what you would have done as a citizen in historical times of incredible cruelty: slavery, the holocaust, etc.?
You don't have to wonder anymore! You're doing it!
You don't have to wonder anymore! You're doing it!
Reposted by Tom the Dancing Bug, by Ruben Bolling
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
November 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.”
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.
🟠 This week's Classic Tom the Dancing Bug
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HARVEY RICHARDS, LAWYER FOR CHILDREN (published 1991)
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HARVEY RICHARDS, LAWYER FOR CHILDREN (published 1991)
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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for November 6, 2025 | GoComics
Read Tom the Dancing Bug—a comic strip by creator Ruben Bolling—for today, November 6, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
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November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🟠 This week's Classic Tom the Dancing Bug
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HARVEY RICHARDS, LAWYER FOR CHILDREN (published 1991)
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HARVEY RICHARDS, LAWYER FOR CHILDREN (published 1991)
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This week's comic now up on @dailykos.com
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Letters Home from The Second Civil War
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Letters Home from The Second Civil War
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Cartoon: Tom the Dancing Bug's letters home from The Second Civil War
BRAND NEW KICKSTARTER! Pre-order Volume 1 and Volume 2 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug Library right here . Limited time. Plus a bonus comic book: Trump You!
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November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week's comic now up on @dailykos.com
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Letters Home from The Second Civil War
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Letters Home from The Second Civil War
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We spoke with creator @rubenbolling.bsky.social about the first two volumes of his beloved comic Tom the Dancing Bug, now on Kickstarter through @cloverpress.bsky.social!
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Interview: Ruben Bolling on the Comedy & Commentary of TOM THE DANCING BUG - Freaksugar
For over three decades, Ruben Bolling’s comic strip Tom the Dancing Bug has been entertaining audiences with its weird, wild, and wonderful installments. Depending on the week, you might encounter cha...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We spoke with creator @rubenbolling.bsky.social about the first two volumes of his beloved comic Tom the Dancing Bug, now on Kickstarter through @cloverpress.bsky.social!
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🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net
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Letters Home from The Second Civil War
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Letters Home from The Second Civil War
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Tom the Dancing Bug: Letters Home from the Second Civil War
BRAND NEW KICKSTARTER! Pre-order Volume 1 and Volume 2 of The Complete Tom the Dancing Bug Library right here. Limited time. Plus a bonus comic book: Trump You! Please join…
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November 5, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🔴 Brand new comic now up on @boingboing.net
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Letters Home from The Second Civil War
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Letters Home from The Second Civil War
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My comic is now up on the In These Times comics page. Also included is the first @mattbors.bsky.social political cartoon in years.
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Dick Cheney Will Be Tortured in Hell
An obituary for Dick Cheney in one frame, and other Election Day comics!
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November 4, 2025 at 9:18 PM
My comic is now up on the In These Times comics page. Also included is the first @mattbors.bsky.social political cartoon in years.
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No shit
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
No shit