Shepardj
@shepardj.bsky.social
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🎨 Every week, the world's political cartoonists draw their take on the stories that have people talking around the globe.
And every week, we round up the best ones 👇
And every week, we round up the best ones 👇
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
Drawing the top stories around the globe.
www.politico.eu
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🎨 Every week, the world's political cartoonists draw their take on the stories that have people talking around the globe.
And every week, we round up the best ones 👇
And every week, we round up the best ones 👇
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Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed sale talks and that sports would no longer play a role at HBO Max.
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Warner Bros. Discovery continues pivot away from sports as it awaits sales decision
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed sale talks and that sports would no longer play a role at HBO Max.
awfulannouncing.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav confirmed sale talks and that sports would no longer play a role at HBO Max.
awfulannouncing.com/warner-bros-...
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Focus: Trump’s crackdown on EVs hits home in the Battery Belt reut.rs/48Two1h
Focus: Trump’s crackdown on EVs hits home in the Battery Belt
Roughly two dozen battery projects were announced, promising to inject tens of thousands of jobs in Republican-dominated states. By last year Americans’ waning enthusiasm for EVs led automakers to delay or scrap some projects. Now, the additional fallout from President Trump’s recent policy changes is descending on the Battery Belt.
reut.rs
October 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Focus: Trump’s crackdown on EVs hits home in the Battery Belt reut.rs/48Two1h
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Simply infuriating. The yearly Thayer Award provides cadets the opportunity to honor one selfless American each year who served the country with honor. This is just another travesty.
September 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Simply infuriating. The yearly Thayer Award provides cadets the opportunity to honor one selfless American each year who served the country with honor. This is just another travesty.
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We called this a socialist bailout when Obama stake in the auto companies in exchange for rescue money amidst an actual economic crisis.
But there is no crisis.
There are no bailout funds.
This is just a plain autocratic takeover because Trump felt like the govt should have Intel.
Smile!
But there is no crisis.
There are no bailout funds.
This is just a plain autocratic takeover because Trump felt like the govt should have Intel.
Smile!
August 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
We called this a socialist bailout when Obama stake in the auto companies in exchange for rescue money amidst an actual economic crisis.
But there is no crisis.
There are no bailout funds.
This is just a plain autocratic takeover because Trump felt like the govt should have Intel.
Smile!
But there is no crisis.
There are no bailout funds.
This is just a plain autocratic takeover because Trump felt like the govt should have Intel.
Smile!
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"The changes are so fundamental that Ford is retooling the assembly line itself—the very thing Henry Ford used to get the world motoring a century ago." Good one by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The American Car Industry Can’t Go On Like This
Ford is taking drastic steps to compete with China’s cheap EVs. Even that might not be enough.
www.theatlantic.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"The changes are so fundamental that Ford is retooling the assembly line itself—the very thing Henry Ford used to get the world motoring a century ago." Good one by @patrickgeorge.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
I didn't know I needed the new Billy Joel documentary
NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
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August 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
NPR critic Linda Holmes has been a Billy Joel fan since the '80s. HBO's new two-part documentary still taught her something new about his life — and provided a chance to consider the role of his music in her own.
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"And if you thought this was unimportant to you, remember BLS calculates the CPI used for Social Security COLAs, as well as the headline CPI used to calculate TIPS yields. Oh, also the inflation adjustments to the marginal tax rate thresholds…"
#econsky
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#econsky
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August 1, 2025: A Day that Will Live in Statistical Infamy | Econbrowser
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August 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
"And if you thought this was unimportant to you, remember BLS calculates the CPI used for Social Security COLAs, as well as the headline CPI used to calculate TIPS yields. Oh, also the inflation adjustments to the marginal tax rate thresholds…"
#econsky
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#econsky
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Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host.
"Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.
"Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.
July 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Colbert has the highest ratings of any late night host.
"Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.
"Financial reasons" my ass. This is political.
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Maurene Comey’s farewell note to the SDNY after being fired by the Trump administration. Yet another warning.
July 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Maurene Comey’s farewell note to the SDNY after being fired by the Trump administration. Yet another warning.
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An Oklahoma City TV station says it's weather radar was damaged by an individual and that an anti-government militia took responsibility, claiming that radar is used to control the weather. (via @kosuradio.bsky.social)
News 9 radar damaged in apparent attack by anti-government militia group
Oklahoma City television station News 9 is reporting an anti-government militia group targeted its weather radar system.
n.pr
July 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
An Oklahoma City TV station says it's weather radar was damaged by an individual and that an anti-government militia took responsibility, claiming that radar is used to control the weather. (via @kosuradio.bsky.social)
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There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
July 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
There are actually quite a few undocumented Russians in the US.
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
Anyone have any videos of ICE forcefully deporting them?
Or just the brown people?
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Happy 4th! Thinking about selling some NFTs. What do you think?
July 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Happy 4th! Thinking about selling some NFTs. What do you think?
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Denver-area facility aims to centralize live broadcast operations https://nca.st/WWQaf
Denver-area facility aims to centralize live broadcast operations
The Mountain Media Center has announced the launch of a 315,000-square-foot media facility designed to ... Read More
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June 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Denver-area facility aims to centralize live broadcast operations https://nca.st/WWQaf
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👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers.
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
June 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
👀 Scoop: Trump and Republicans want USPS to sell off its brand new EVs and chargers.
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
That would mean literally **ripping up post office parking lots** to auction off assets with no private-sector value.
It’s buried in the Senate’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Paul Reubens made a decision to disappear himself from public life and present Pee-wee Herman as a real person. But there was a price to splitting himself in two, Michael Schulman writes.
Pee-wee Herman and the Cost of Dividing Yourself in Two
A new HBO documentary shows how the performer Paul Reubens came to resent his iconic alter ego.
www.newyorker.com
June 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Paul Reubens made a decision to disappear himself from public life and present Pee-wee Herman as a real person. But there was a price to splitting himself in two, Michael Schulman writes.
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“Trump ordered the nation into economic warfare. He did not do any of the things necessary to create any hope of success in that war. The impending defeat is his personal doing,” writes David Frum:
Why Trump Is Losing His Trade War
When you break the economy, you own it.
bit.ly
June 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Trump ordered the nation into economic warfare. He did not do any of the things necessary to create any hope of success in that war. The impending defeat is his personal doing,” writes David Frum:
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10 months ago today I bombed that kids hospital. You have imposed no meaningful consequences. Trump wants to sanction the victims.
To us in Kremlin, this means it is permitted. It's why we keep doing it.
To us in Kremlin, this means it is permitted. It's why we keep doing it.
June 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
10 months ago today I bombed that kids hospital. You have imposed no meaningful consequences. Trump wants to sanction the victims.
To us in Kremlin, this means it is permitted. It's why we keep doing it.
To us in Kremlin, this means it is permitted. It's why we keep doing it.
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Not too long ago, Republicans believed in the rule of law, limiting the power of government, and protecting individual liberty, Peter Wehner writes. Then came Donald Trump. https://theatln.tc/JIM7oXYh
June 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Not too long ago, Republicans believed in the rule of law, limiting the power of government, and protecting individual liberty, Peter Wehner writes. Then came Donald Trump. https://theatln.tc/JIM7oXYh
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Keep in mind when reading all the pieces about how Elon's DOGE stint trashed his reputation, businesses, etc...
"Elon Musk Is $170 Billion Richer Since Endorsing Trump"
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"Elon Musk Is $170 Billion Richer Since Endorsing Trump"
@johnhyatt.bsky.social for @forbes.com
How Elon Musk’s Companies Have—And Have Not—Benefitted Under Trump
As Musk winds down at DOGE, he returns to a business empire flush with opportunities and fewer investigations—but new reputational challenges.
www.forbes.com
May 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Keep in mind when reading all the pieces about how Elon's DOGE stint trashed his reputation, businesses, etc...
"Elon Musk Is $170 Billion Richer Since Endorsing Trump"
@johnhyatt.bsky.social for @forbes.com
"Elon Musk Is $170 Billion Richer Since Endorsing Trump"
@johnhyatt.bsky.social for @forbes.com
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The Cleveland #Browns invested a top-five draft pick in Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham. In order to find out what the team is getting, Sam Penix takes a look at Graham's college tape, and next up is his 2024 performance against the USC Trojans --> 247sports.com/nfl/clevelan...
May 30, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The Cleveland #Browns invested a top-five draft pick in Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham. In order to find out what the team is getting, Sam Penix takes a look at Graham's college tape, and next up is his 2024 performance against the USC Trojans --> 247sports.com/nfl/clevelan...
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Sure, it's nice to see Elon Musk "exiting Washington." But he's done so much damage and laid the groundwork for it to continue. Plus, I'm not all that convinced he'll stay out of our politics. (1/2)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
A Disillusioned Musk, Distanced From Trump, Says He’s Exiting Washington
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Sure, it's nice to see Elon Musk "exiting Washington." But he's done so much damage and laid the groundwork for it to continue. Plus, I'm not all that convinced he'll stay out of our politics. (1/2)
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...