James
@james-wilkins.com
former USAID contractor, occasional cartoonist, full time dad
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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.
Two different Americas...
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
September 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Two different Americas...
Slightly diminish a book
A Tale of A City
A Tale of A City
Slightly diminish a book.
Moby Glans
Moby Glans
Slightly diminish a book
The Bibble
The Bibble
September 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Slightly diminish a book
A Tale of A City
A Tale of A City
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AI Hands
Sometimes I can't help but feel like AI may be using us.
Sometimes I can't help but feel like AI may be using us.
AI Hands
Sometimes I can't help but feel like AI may be using us.
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May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
AI Hands
Sometimes I can't help but feel like AI may be using us.
Sometimes I can't help but feel like AI may be using us.
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Reposted by James
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
I was reading an article in WIRED, who have been doing an excellent job tracking this topic and was inspired to rip off the great Walt Kelly. If you are unfamiliar with the source material, here is an explainer and more accurate reproduction.
Deep State Found
We have met the Deep State...
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March 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I was reading an article in WIRED, who have been doing an excellent job tracking this topic and was inspired to rip off the great Walt Kelly. If you are unfamiliar with the source material, here is an explainer and more accurate reproduction.
Sure, it is completely normal to use the word "zealously" three times in the same paragraph. That's how normal people talk.
This is an absolutely remarkable memo — and a betrayal of both the Constitution and the American political tradition. In the US, by *explicit contrast* with interwar fascist governments, the state is not supposed to be an extension of the personality of the chief executive.
![Office of the Attorney General
Washington, D. C. 20530
February 5, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES
FROM:
SUBJECT:
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
GENERAL POLICY REGARDING ZEALOUS ADVOCACY ON BEHALF OF THE UNITED STATES'
"[E]xecutive Power." More broadly, attorneys are expected to zealously advance, protect, and defend their client's interests. Department of Justice attorneys have signed up for a job that requires zealously advocating for the United States.
The responsibilities of Department of Justice attorneys include not only aggressively enforcing criminal and civil laws enacted by Congress, but also vigorously defending presidential policies and actions against legal challenges on behalf of the United States. The discretion afforded Department attorneys entrusted with those responsibilities does not include latitude to substitute personal political views or judgments for those that prevailed in the election.
When Department of Justice attorneys, for example, refuse to advance good-faith arguments by declining to appear in court or sign briefs, it undermines the constitutional order and deprives the President of the benefit of his lawyers. It is therefore the policy of the Department of Justice that any attorney who because of their personal political views or judgments declines to sign a brief or appear in court, refuses to advance good-faith arguments on behalf of the Administration, or otherwise delays or impedes the Department's mission will be subject to discipline and potentially termination, consistent with applicable law.
' This guidance is not intended to, does not, and may not be relied upon to create, any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y2tqoxl4zx7iuyh3rhbhdwv3/bafkreic4hwhm45xtfe5w2yb3y27ye4zw72ch2l2jydx3avbn6yxwllwbqi@jpeg)
February 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sure, it is completely normal to use the word "zealously" three times in the same paragraph. That's how normal people talk.
New cartoon: With Respect to Martin Niemöller
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With Respect to Martin Niemöller
First they came for the marginalized…
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January 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
New cartoon: With Respect to Martin Niemöller
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New cartoon: Doing the dozens in the science lab
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Doing the dozens in the science lab
Doing the dozens in the science lab
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January 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
New cartoon: Doing the dozens in the science lab
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New cartoon: Vulture Funeral
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Vulture Funeral
vultures gather for a traditional funeral service
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January 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
New cartoon: Vulture Funeral
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The Frog and The Scorpion
A scorpion, not knowing how to swim…
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November 6, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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