Sam Bellamy
@sambdesk.bsky.social
Not the pirate. Contributor to fightthefire.substack.com, an all-free site. Winner of multiple prestigious awards from dogs. Whistles through darkness. Resists, persists, insists. Aspires to ask "WTF did you just say?" at a WH press conference.
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Big, bad ICE saves us from a one-year-old
Pepper-spraying a child apparently warms the cold, shriveled hearts of MAGA
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New: A child (of U.S. citizens) is pepper-sprayed by immigration agents near Chicago.
"Trump and Stephen Miller lack the empathy and the imagination to picture themselves fleeing a troubled country with their wife and children to escape poverty and drug violence."
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"Trump and Stephen Miller lack the empathy and the imagination to picture themselves fleeing a troubled country with their wife and children to escape poverty and drug violence."
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New: A child (of U.S. citizens) is pepper-sprayed by immigration agents near Chicago.
"Trump and Stephen Miller lack the empathy and the imagination to picture themselves fleeing a troubled country with their wife and children to escape poverty and drug violence."
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"Trump and Stephen Miller lack the empathy and the imagination to picture themselves fleeing a troubled country with their wife and children to escape poverty and drug violence."
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Big, bad ICE saves us from a one-year-old
Pepper-spraying a child apparently warms the cold, shriveled hearts of MAGA
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November 11, 2025 at 9:29 PM
New: A child (of U.S. citizens) is pepper-sprayed by immigration agents near Chicago.
"Trump and Stephen Miller lack the empathy and the imagination to picture themselves fleeing a troubled country with their wife and children to escape poverty and drug violence."
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"Trump and Stephen Miller lack the empathy and the imagination to picture themselves fleeing a troubled country with their wife and children to escape poverty and drug violence."
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New from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire.
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Your stomach is RIGGED!
Cartoon by Shields
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November 7, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Listen to the words of Bernie Sanders that Democrats should have heeded. Millions will be left without health care, poised for bankruptcy if they or a loved one fall seriously ill.
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Dunning-Kruger, how do you do?
MAGA voters too dim to see they’re screwed; Democrats too skittish to fight on
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November 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Listen to the words of Bernie Sanders that Democrats should have heeded. Millions will be left without health care, poised for bankruptcy if they or a loved one fall seriously ill.
All links and subscriptions to are free. Pleas considering joining us as we all battle this horrible administration.
All links and subscriptions to are free. Pleas considering joining us as we all battle this horrible administration.
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The latest from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire -- "Lonely Johnson."
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Lonely Johnson
Cartoon by Shields
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November 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The latest from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire -- "Lonely Johnson."
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Thanks to all of you who've joined us on Substack in recent days! Because our subscriptions are free, our only compensation is knowing we're helping to keep readers informed. (Well, that and it's great therapy. It feels better to let it out, doesn't it?)
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October 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Thanks to all of you who've joined us on Substack in recent days! Because our subscriptions are free, our only compensation is knowing we're helping to keep readers informed. (Well, that and it's great therapy. It feels better to let it out, doesn't it?)
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New at Fight the Fire, where all links/subscriptions are free.
The GOP is shocked, shocked! to find bigots in its midst. Let the MAGA war against itself rage on.
"For some Republicans, apparently, Fuentes’s virulent assholiness is too much on the nose."
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The GOP is shocked, shocked! to find bigots in its midst. Let the MAGA war against itself rage on.
"For some Republicans, apparently, Fuentes’s virulent assholiness is too much on the nose."
fightthefire.substack.com/p/gop-shocke...
GOP shocked, shocked! to find bigots in its midst
Apparently there's a MAGA civil war raging over Groyper punk Nick Fuentes
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November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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The GOP is shocked, shocked! to find bigots in its midst. Let the MAGA war against itself rage on.
"For some Republicans, apparently, Fuentes’s virulent assholiness is too much on the nose."
fightthefire.substack.com/p/gop-shocke...
The GOP is shocked, shocked! to find bigots in its midst. Let the MAGA war against itself rage on.
"For some Republicans, apparently, Fuentes’s virulent assholiness is too much on the nose."
fightthefire.substack.com/p/gop-shocke...
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A haunting song from Jensen McRae, "The Men Are Disappearing" -
"Surely someone's coming to save us.
It's a reprise, it's an encore.
It's a song you know you know.
It's a fire sale of evil.
They know
everything must go."
"Surely someone's coming to save us.
It's a reprise, it's an encore.
It's a song you know you know.
It's a fire sale of evil.
They know
everything must go."
the men are disappearing - jensen mcrae
YouTube video by avery
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November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A haunting song from Jensen McRae, "The Men Are Disappearing" -
"Surely someone's coming to save us.
It's a reprise, it's an encore.
It's a song you know you know.
It's a fire sale of evil.
They know
everything must go."
"Surely someone's coming to save us.
It's a reprise, it's an encore.
It's a song you know you know.
It's a fire sale of evil.
They know
everything must go."
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An NPR piece on Trump-era protest songs, covering Jesse Welles, Jensen McRae and Mon Rovia.
There's a new generation of folk protest singers on TikTok
Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music that cuts through the noise.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
An NPR piece on Trump-era protest songs, covering Jesse Welles, Jensen McRae and Mon Rovia.
An NPR piece on Trump-era protest songs, covering Jesse Welles, Jensen McRae and Mon Rovia.
There's a new generation of folk protest singers on TikTok
Amid a 24-hour news cycle and personalized algorithms, a wave of young artists are reviving bold, plainspoken protest music that cuts through the noise.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
An NPR piece on Trump-era protest songs, covering Jesse Welles, Jensen McRae and Mon Rovia.
A haunting song from Jensen McRae, "The Men Are Disappearing" -
"Surely someone's coming to save us.
It's a reprise, it's an encore.
It's a song you know you know.
It's a fire sale of evil.
They know
everything must go."
"Surely someone's coming to save us.
It's a reprise, it's an encore.
It's a song you know you know.
It's a fire sale of evil.
They know
everything must go."
the men are disappearing - jensen mcrae
YouTube video by avery
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
A haunting song from Jensen McRae, "The Men Are Disappearing" -
"Surely someone's coming to save us.
It's a reprise, it's an encore.
It's a song you know you know.
It's a fire sale of evil.
They know
everything must go."
"Surely someone's coming to save us.
It's a reprise, it's an encore.
It's a song you know you know.
It's a fire sale of evil.
They know
everything must go."
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New column at Fight the Fire, where all links/subscriptions are free:
The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian at the Kennedy Center, where ticket sales have plummeted since his hostile takeover.
"For a guy who detests 'losers,' Trump certainly does a lot of losing."
The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian at the Kennedy Center, where ticket sales have plummeted since his hostile takeover.
"For a guy who detests 'losers,' Trump certainly does a lot of losing."
The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian
Even these weeping willows got the chainsaw at the Kennedy Center
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November 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian at the Kennedy Center, where ticket sales have plummeted since his hostile takeover.
"For a guy who detests 'losers,' Trump certainly does a lot of losing."
The artistic flair of the short-fingered vulgarian at the Kennedy Center, where ticket sales have plummeted since his hostile takeover.
"For a guy who detests 'losers,' Trump certainly does a lot of losing."
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New from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire.
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Click for the full toon. All links and subscriptions are free.
Long overdue for a bath
Cartoon by Shields
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November 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
New from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire.
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New from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire.
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What's our deductible?
Cartoon by Shields
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October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Anyone experiencing a health insurance premium nightmare?
Share your story here -- and, of course, with your senators and congressional reps.
Share your story here -- and, of course, with your senators and congressional reps.
November 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Anyone experiencing a health insurance premium nightmare?
Share your story here -- and, of course, with your senators and congressional reps.
Share your story here -- and, of course, with your senators and congressional reps.
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Rep. Greg Casar of Texas: “A deal that doesn’t reduce health care costs is a betrayal of millions of Americans counting on Democrats to fight for them. Accepting nothing but a pinky promise from Republicans isn’t a compromise — it’s capitulation.”
That it is. Tragically.
That it is. Tragically.
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Rep. Greg Casar of Texas: “A deal that doesn’t reduce health care costs is a betrayal of millions of Americans counting on Democrats to fight for them. Accepting nothing but a pinky promise from Republicans isn’t a compromise — it’s capitulation.”
That it is. Tragically.
That it is. Tragically.
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New:
"If Republicans had a lick of courage or common sense, they’d already be demanding major changes to the humiliatingly awful amateur hour show underway at the U.S. Justice Department, where prosecutions are rife with incompetence and abuse of the rule of law."
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"If Republicans had a lick of courage or common sense, they’d already be demanding major changes to the humiliatingly awful amateur hour show underway at the U.S. Justice Department, where prosecutions are rife with incompetence and abuse of the rule of law."
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If the DOJ wants to win a case, it'll have to indict Trump
The sandwich guy walks free, and James Comey is soon to follow
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November 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
New:
"If Republicans had a lick of courage or common sense, they’d already be demanding major changes to the humiliatingly awful amateur hour show underway at the U.S. Justice Department, where prosecutions are rife with incompetence and abuse of the rule of law."
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"If Republicans had a lick of courage or common sense, they’d already be demanding major changes to the humiliatingly awful amateur hour show underway at the U.S. Justice Department, where prosecutions are rife with incompetence and abuse of the rule of law."
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We need to hammer Republican senators and House members -- our own and others - to vote to extend ACA subsidies NOW.
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
We need to hammer Republican senators and House members -- our own and others - to vote to extend ACA subsidies NOW.
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The latest from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire: "You may kneel and approach the throne."
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You may kneel and approach the throne
Cartoon by Shields
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October 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The latest from Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire: "You may kneel and approach the throne."
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Angus King: “Standing up to Donald Trump didn’t work. It actually gave him more power."
I guess we should be grateful he wasn't around to cast deciding votes during World War II.
I guess we should be grateful he wasn't around to cast deciding votes during World War II.
November 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Angus King: “Standing up to Donald Trump didn’t work. It actually gave him more power."
I guess we should be grateful he wasn't around to cast deciding votes during World War II.
I guess we should be grateful he wasn't around to cast deciding votes during World War II.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Friends,
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From Christopher Shields, only at Fight the Fire:
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Trump's latest approval rating
Cartoon by Shields
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September 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Friends,
If you like our work, please share our Substack links on Facebook and other social media. Subscriptions are growing rapidly, and we have lots of followers here, but our reach on older social media is limited.
Everything is free. We'd love your help drawing attention to the Trumpster fire.
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Everything is free. We'd love your help drawing attention to the Trumpster fire.
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A health care executive collapsed in the Oval Office during a press briefing today. After peering briefly at those giving aid, our very stable genius assumed his customary put-upon pose.
The man who collapsed is reportedly doing OK. Trump, not so much.
The man who collapsed is reportedly doing OK. Trump, not so much.
November 6, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A health care executive collapsed in the Oval Office during a press briefing today. After peering briefly at those giving aid, our very stable genius assumed his customary put-upon pose.
The man who collapsed is reportedly doing OK. Trump, not so much.
The man who collapsed is reportedly doing OK. Trump, not so much.
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The evolution of American mourning attire, from veiled black to snug black leather.
November 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The evolution of American mourning attire, from veiled black to snug black leather.
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New at Fight the Fire:
"Republicans really ought to begin greeting each other with a Three Stoogish salute – thumbs firmly planted in ears, index fingers raised and wriggling, and tongue extended, wagging vigorously. That is, after all, how they govern."
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"Republicans really ought to begin greeting each other with a Three Stoogish salute – thumbs firmly planted in ears, index fingers raised and wriggling, and tongue extended, wagging vigorously. That is, after all, how they govern."
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Let’s hear it from Admiral Holsey
Republicans don’t want us to know why he’s quitting command of strikes on ‘narco-terrorists’
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November 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
New at Fight the Fire:
"Republicans really ought to begin greeting each other with a Three Stoogish salute – thumbs firmly planted in ears, index fingers raised and wriggling, and tongue extended, wagging vigorously. That is, after all, how they govern."
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"Republicans really ought to begin greeting each other with a Three Stoogish salute – thumbs firmly planted in ears, index fingers raised and wriggling, and tongue extended, wagging vigorously. That is, after all, how they govern."
All links/subscription are free.
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A new column on the protest music of Jesse Welles.
Listen to a sampling of the young singer-songwriter's work in the link below. You won't be disappointed.
fightthefire.substack.com/p/jesse-well...
Listen to a sampling of the young singer-songwriter's work in the link below. You won't be disappointed.
fightthefire.substack.com/p/jesse-well...
Jesse Welles, reminding us 'That Can't Be Right'
Young singer-songwriter is emerging as the leading voice of today's protest movement
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October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A new column on the protest music of Jesse Welles.
Listen to a sampling of the young singer-songwriter's work in the link below. You won't be disappointed.
fightthefire.substack.com/p/jesse-well...
Listen to a sampling of the young singer-songwriter's work in the link below. You won't be disappointed.
fightthefire.substack.com/p/jesse-well...