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614. And now the news: 7/19/2026
613. And now the news: 7/12/2026
612. And now the news: 7/6/2026
611. And now the news: 6/29/2026
610. And now the news: 6/22/2026
609. And now the news: 6/14/2026
608. And now the news: 6/7/2026
607. And now the news: 5/31/2026
606. And now the news: 5/24/2026
605. And now the news: 5/18/2026
604. And now the news: 5/10/2026
603. And now the news: 5/6/2026
602. And now the news: 4/30/2026
601. And now the news: 4/26/2026
600. And now the news: 4/22/2026
599. And now the news: 4/19/2026
598. Justice Dept protects Oath Keepers and Proud Boys; feds prep election denial; Vance schools Pope on theology… [4/15/2026]
597. Trump regime appoints pizzagate wingnut as immigration ‘judge’; DOJ targets key January 6 witness against Trump; toilet paper proves flammable… [4/11/2026]
593. Chavez was a perv; FEMA head says he can teleport; Epstein matter gets curiouser & curiouser… [3/21/2026]
591. Protesters convicted as terrorists; ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas; Republicans come for abortion pills… [3/13/2026]
590. Prosecution for the witness… Tracked through Candy Crush… Republicans propose jailings without charges… [3/7/2026]
589. ICE abductee dies of untreated toothache; Miami Republicans’ racist chat is “Nazi heaven”; Senator leads beatdown of protester… [3/4/2026]
588. It’s Larry Ellison’s world; Republicans propose nationwide book bans; ICE still evil; Trump still stupid… [3/2/2026]
587. US gov’t ignores court orders, Constitution, etc; ICE kills again, this time without shooting; Trans folks can’t drive in Kansas… [2/26/2026]
586. Deported parents may lose their kids, Trump admin proposes dismantling Amtrak, Republican calls for hanging Americans in the streets… [2/23/2026]
585. War, probably; another ICE murder; Rogue fed says rogue feds will be held accountable… [2/20/2026]
584. No, ICE isn’t ‘retreating’, Judge orders end to slavery, Dems pay $6.5-million kickback to Kamala Harris… [2/17/2026]
583. DHS gets Social Security and social media data, Secret Police lie again, US military murders more Caribbean boaters… [2/15/2026]
582. Judge orders human decency, Bondi goes bonkers, cops tap school cameras to help ICE… [2/12/2026]
581. Feds fund fascism worldwide, dildos fly in Minneapolis, Trump says America should move on from Trump-Epstein files… [2/8/2026]
580. Hegseth threatens Boy Scouts, DHS hunts down 67-year-old US citizen who criticized them in email, hell continues in Minnesota… [2/5/2026]
579. ICE buys land for concentration camps across America, reporters arrested, fresh attack on voting rights, and… everything else… [2/1/2026]
\578. NIH shares children’s brain scans with white supremacists, censorship on social media, more horrors in Minnesota… [1/27/2026]
577. ‘DOGE’ shared Social Security data with wingnuts, CDC OKs more measles & return of polio, war on Minnesota continues… [1/23/2026]
576. Feds invoke killing of Renée Good to threaten protesters, Trump pardons same fraudster a second time, RFK Jr deletes info on autism… [1/19/2026]
575. Trump mulls canceling elections, clampdown on journalism continues, US goes to war against Minnesota… [1/15/2026]
574. Musk calls for white solidarity, feds ramp up invasion of Minnesota, Trump says he’s constrained only by his morality… [1/11/2026]
573. Brainworms guy cuts vaccine recommendations, Somali fraud video came from notorious right-wingnut, Texas A&M says no to Plato… [1/8/2026]
572. Trump says US will govern Venezuela, NASA dumps science library, regime works to suppress votes… [1/4/2026]
571. Sasse sashays away, cops collaborate with ICE, Tennessee man sues over jailing for meme… [12/31/2025]
570. Trump admin sues to loosen gun laws, Flock feeds are wide open, US will keep or sell oil stolen from Venezuela… [12/26/2025]
569. Trump admin OK’s human trafficking & literal piracy, Vance won’t apologize for being white, and here’s your censored 60 Minutes report [12/23/2025]
568. Trump preps “sweeping crackdown” on opposition to fascism, Milwaukee judge guilty of obstructing Secret Police, Feds send your neighbors to Guantanamo… [12/18/2025]
567. Masked man abducts Secret Police, Arkansas scuttles Sesame Street, “serious” safety warning for COVID vaccine… [12/14/2025]
566. 3-year-old forced to serve as her own attorney, Secret Police target Somali-Americans, Alligator Alcatraz uses CIA-approved torture tactics… [12/11/2025]
565. Anti-vaxxers hug hepatitis, fisherman’s family files murder charge, Kohler wants to monitor your poop… [12/6/2025]
564. More big-time bad guys pardoned by Trump, AI-fueled socialism, and they’re coming for your VPN… [12/2/2025]
563. Murdered on Hegseth’s say-so, Meta’s 17-strike policy on sex trafficking, and same old same old Trump’s lawbreaking… [11/29/2025]
562. Pardons for sale, MAGA propaganda is largely foreign-sourced, Trump continues war on not-white people… [11/24/2025]
561. Swastikas aren’t hate, Feds monitor people’s driving habits, regime pretends at release of Epstein files… [11/20/2025]
560. More homeless please, no more pot gummies, and Trump wants war… [11/16/2025]
559. Trump is a kiddy-diddler, murders more sailors, pardons more co-conspirators, goes all-in on Dunning Kruger… [11/12/2025]
558. More Trump murders, work permits don’t permit working, crooks impersonate cops impersonating crooks… [11/8/2025]
557. And Now the News [11/4/2025]
556. And Now the News [11/1/2025]
555. And Now the News [10/28/.2025]
554. And Now the News [10/23/2025]
553. And Now the News [10/19/2025]
552. And Now the News [10/11/2025]
551. And Now the News [10/1/2025]
550. And Now the News [9/25/2025]
549. And Now the News [9/22/2025]
548. And Now the News [9/15/2025]
547. And Now the News [9/12/2025]
546. And Now the News [9/6/2025]
545. And Now the News [8/31/2025]
544. And Now the News [8/26/2025]
543. And Now the News [8/21/2025]
542. And Now the News [8/16/2025]
541. And Now the News [8/12/2025]
540. And Now the News [8/8/2025]
539. And Now the News [8/6/2025]
538. And Now the News [8/3/2025]
537. More shit [7/29/2025]
536. Fascist wanted, $60 p/hour [7/21/2025]
535. Scientists find Uranus is surprisingly warm [7/17/2025]
534. Hey, that’s the mask I almost bought. [7/9/2025]
533. Another dose of bad news [7/6/2025]
532. Our opponents don’t. [7/3/2025]
531. For now, I’d nominate this. [6/30/2025]
530. A beautiful, colorful, wide-open City of Art [6/25/2025]
529. “Biblically, we are supposed to work.” [6/22/2025]
528. And nothing will meaningfully improve [6/17/2025]
527. Protests getting out of hand [6/14/2025]
526. Rubber bullets [6/10/2025]
525. Haters vs decent people [6/8/2025]
524. The assumption of guilt, with no trial [6/5/2025]
523. Are we there yet? [6/1/2025]
522. Something even uglier [5/27/2025]
521. To boldly link [5/24/2025]
520. US Space Force will run $540-billion ‘Golden Dome’ [5/20/2025]
519. And that’s the way it is. [5/17/2025]
518. Audrey Backeberg rocks my world. [5/13/2025]
517. But nothing will be done. [5/10/2025]
516. Faster! Dumber! Meaner! [5/6/2025]
515. America is fucked up… [5/3/2025]
514. “We want to play well in the sandbox” [4/30/2025]
513. Maybe someone will do something, but nobody has. [4/26/2025]
512. Strongly-worded t-shirts [4/23/2025]
511. The news is not good, but Lynda Carter sure was pretty. [4/20/2025]
510. Breakfast for Freaks [4/16/2025]
509. “Let me be clear: The authorization never says we’re going to pay you.” [4/13/2025]
508. This is all going to end ugly, if it ends. [4/9/2025]
507. Notably absent, and other news [4/6/2025]
506. As if it’s debatable [4/3/2025]
505. The party ought to be over. [3/31/2025]
504. The vivisection of Social Security [3/28/2025]
503. Isn’t bombing an apartment building a war crime? [3/27/2025]
502. Mostly, though, it’s a laugh. [3/25/2025]
501. A place so cold and far from home they may as well have been sent into space, nameless and forgotten [3/23/2025]
500. That sends a pretty chilling message. [3/21/2025]
499. Civil society and the rule of law [3/19/2025]
498. Climb the pole and ring the bell [3/17/2025]
497. Eyebrows up [3/14/2025]
496. Politics as usual is finished in America. [3/12/2025]
495. Bad news gets worse [3/9/2025]
494. My dear old dad was mistaken [3/7/2025]
493. Another glass of sludge [3/5/2025]
492. Nothing stops him. [3/2/2025]
491. What’s the why? [2/28/2025]
490. Going down dancing [2/26/2025]
489. The only certainty [2/24/2025]
488. Born to ride Donald Trump [2/22/2025]
487. We’re all on the list. [2/20/2025]
486. Freckles? Really? [2/18/2025]
485. The daily damage [2/16/2025]
484. Fresh stupidities [2/14/2025]
483. Can you spot a trend here? [2/12/2025]
482. Against science and human decency [2/9/2025]
481. Stupidities and cruelties [2/2/2025]
480. It’s worse than you think. [1/26/2025]
479. Our friends, the Democrats [1/19/2025]
478. We’re on our own. [1/12/2025]
477. Rotten apples [1/5/2025]
476. From the Department of Dystopia [12/29/2024]
475. 29 days to go [12/22/2024]
474. Luigi’s manifesto [12/15/2024]
473. America stands united, for just a moment. [12/8/2024]
472. First, they came for the immigrants. [12/1/2024]
471. Famous fact-checker admits famous lie [11/25/2024]
470. News, mostly bad [11/20/2024]
469. “Almost on a whim” [11/16/2024]
468. Tireless civil rights crusaders not so smug now [11/13/2024]
467. Google kills independent publishers [11/9/2024]
466. Right? [11/4/2024]
465. Shitstorm 2024 is underway [11/1/2024]
464. So Elon Musk was what Republicans would call an “illegal immigrant” [10/27/2024]
463. Arnold Palmer’s penis [10/24/2024]
462. “It’s the First Amendment, stupid.” [10/20/2024]
461. The counterculture belongs in a museum. [10/16/2024]
460. Our new AI-enabled robot dog overlords [10/11/2024]
459. Unless the wrong candidate wins [10/6/2024]
458. “It is not for a legislator, a judge, or a commander from The Handmaid’s Tale to tell these women what to do with their bodies.” [10/3/2024]
457. The New York Times kinda sucks. [9/28/2024]
456. Quantum physics and other stuff [9/23/2024]
455. November’s going to be a shitstorm [9/18/2024]
454. “Reasonable and not criminal” [9/13/2024]
453. Trump is batshit crazy. [9/10/2024]
452. Make your own medicine. [9/7/2024]
451. Dennis Kucinich can kiss my arse. [9/5/2024]
450. Deeply rooted [9/2/2024]
449. That’s terrorism, if that loaded word means anything. [8/30/2024]
448. Frickin’ giddy [8/28/2024]
447. Limitless stupidity… and then more [8/24/2024]
446. The very definition of cruel and unusual [8/22/2024]
445. Ramblin’ man [8/20/2024]
443. Relentlessly mocking the believers
442. “Grande Burrito,” my ass.
439. Slowing down
438. Just another dipshit with a gun
437. Pinprick spiders
436. Oh happy day, after oh happy day
435. “Nobody likes going into the city.”
433. Where’s the League of Women Voters when we need ’em?
432. Scarecrow
431. The story for 50 years now
430. And then it’s over.
429. Stick around
428. She was a nice lady.
427. Things I’d rather not talk about
425. ‘The weird kid’ at school
424. Visit to a food bank
423. News & links & rotten finks
422. News & links & brilliant insights on current events
421. News & links & a sing-along
420. News & links & music & dead people
419. News & links & I don’t like genocide
418. News and annoyances
416. News & music & dead people
415. News you need, whether you know it or not
414. News & links & sour thoughts
413. News & links: Congressman Jim
412. Another ‘rough ride’
411. The most sacred lies
410. Memo to Ruth Bader Ginsburg
409. Collapse
408. News & Links: Monday, March 11, 2024
407. News & Links: Sunday, March 2, 2024
406. News & Links: Saturday, February 24, 2024
405. News & Links: Monday, February 19, 2024
404. News & Links: Sunday, February 11, 2024
403. News & Links: Sunday, February 4, 2024
402. News & Links: Sunday, January 28, 2024
401. News & Links: Sunday, January 21, 2024
400. News & Links: Monday, January 15, 2024
399. News & Links: Monday, January 8, 2024
398. News & Links: Monday, January 1, 2024
397. News & Links: Monday, December 25, 2023
396. News & Links: Wednesday, December 20, 2023
395. News & Links: Saturday, December 16, 2023
394. News & Links: Wednesday, December 13, 2023
393. News & Links: Monday, December 11, 2023
392. News & Links: Saturday, December 9, 2023
391. News & Links: Wednesday, December 6, 2023
390. News & Links: Monday, December 4, 2023
389. News & Links: Saturday, December 2, 2023
388. News & Links: Thursday, November 30, 2023
387. News & Links: Tuesday, November 28, 2023
386. News & Links: Saturday, November 25, 2023
385. News & Links: Thursday, November 23, 2023
384. News & Links: Tuesday, November 21, 2023
383. News & Links: Friday, November 17, 2023
382. News & Links: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
381. News & Links: Sunday, November 12, 2023
380. News & Links: Thursday, November 9, 2023
379. News & Links: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
378. News & Links: Saturday, November 4, 2023
377. News & Links: Wednesday, November 1, 2023
376. News & Links: Monday, October 30, 2023
375. News & Links: Saturday, October 28, 2023
374. News & Links: Sunday, October 22, 2023
373. News & Links: Saturday, October 14, 2023
372. News & Links: Tuesday, October 10, 2023
371. News & Links: Friday, October 6, 2023
370. News & Links: Saturday, September 30, 2023
369. News & Links: Wednesday, September 27, 2023
368. News & Links: Friday, September 22, 2023
367. News & Links: Friday, September 15, 2023
366. News & Links: Wednesday, September 13, 2023
365. News & Links: Saturday, September 9, 2023
364. News & Links: Thursday, September 7, 2023
363. News & Links: Monday, September 4, 2023
362. News & Links: Sunday, September 3, 2023
361. News & Links: Thursday, August 31, 2023
360. News & Links: Sunday, August 27, 2023
359. News & Links: Thursday, August 24, 2023
358. News & Links: Saturday, August 19, 2023
357. News & Links: Wednesday, August 16, 2023
356. News & Links: Monday, August 14, 2023
355. News & Links: Saturday, August 12, 2023
354. News & Links: Thursday, August 10, 2023
353. News & Links: Tuesday, August 8, 2023
352. News & Links: Saturday, August 5, 2023
351. News & Links: Thursday, August 3, 2023
350. News & Links: Monday, July 31, 2023
349. News & Links: Saturday, July 29, 2023
348. News & Links: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
347. News & Links: Monday, July 24, 2023
346. News & Links: Sunday, July 23, 2023
345: News & Links: Friday, July 21, 2023
344. News & Links: Wednesday, July 19, 2023
343. The News: Sunday, July 16, 2023
342. The News: Friday, July 14, 2023
341. The news: Thursday, July 13, 2023
340. The News: Tuesday, July 11, 2023
339. The News: Monday, July 10, 2023
338. The News: Saturday, July 8. 2023
337. The News: Thursday, July 6, 2023
336. The News: Tuesday, July 4, 2023
335. The News: Saturday, July 1, 2023
334. The News: Thursday, June 29, 2023
333. The News: Tuesday, June 27, 2023
332. The News: Saturday, June 24, 2023
331. The News: Thursday, June 22, 2023
330. The News: Tuesday, June 20, 2023
329. The News: Saturday, June 17, 2023
328. The News: Wednesday, Jule 14, 2023
327. The News: Monday, June 12, 2023
326. The News: Sunday, June 11, 2023
325. The News: Friday, June 9, 2023
323. Funerals and picnics
322. Graffiti and a ghost
321. Best and worst bus rides of the week
320. A salad at home
319. An open door
318. Maybe it’s better they stop pretending.
317. Let there be links
316. The perfect cubicle
315. All serious and sanctimonious
314. Three bus rides
313. Black and loud
312. Nothing much
311. “You gotta bring your cell phone, Doug.”
310. Short stuff
309. Screaming obscenities at the heavens
308. Gentle bossa nova
307. Eight hours pay for three hours standing around
306. Your pizza will be ready in July.
305. She Be Bonkers
304. Puppy Dog Syndrome
303. Presence.
301. Crummy old mountains
300. Jughead crossing
298. “You’re here.”
297. Changing the margins
293. Bad doctoring, doc.
292. Five days on, then two days off
291. Thataway comes the C bus.
290. Nobody has their crap together.
289. Hello, good morning, and good night.
288. Salad play-by-play
286. Loud fart in a quiet office
285. “[Something something] difficult.”
284. Cowguy, and other bus adventures
283. These are not normal times.
280. Millionaires’ Island
278. The third signs
277. Three personal references
276. A very big machine
275. “Here ya go, hun.”
274. The washcloth
272. Earth Abides
271. Off the fritz
270. Barely there for breakfast
269. My morning with Dean
268. The street preacher
267. Mysteries of the dumpster
266. February 13
265. Cheeseburger, fries, and salad
264. Stop lying to me.
263. Quite a lot of food
262. Inquiries and investigations
261. The executive chef
260. Worms and tomatoes
259. Hamburger dream
258. What are we celebrating, really?
257. “Nah.”
256. My gift to Domino’s Pizza
253. Oh, the frickin’ humanities.
252. Doctor’s orders
251. Mom’s not dead.
250. Sticky thighs
249. Uncle Kyle’s house
247. Fenced out
246. Shun them.
243. Water damage
240. Not much of a story
239. Dumb and deadly daily decisions
238. I’d rather be alone.
236. Faces
234. Not a Hallmark movie
233. My favorite bum
228. My good deed for November
227. ‘L’
226. What’ll do me in, I wonder?
225. Lots of bleakness
224. “You sell hot dogs!”
222. Just someone with troubles
220. “Do you know these people?”
219. Gas station stories
218. An optional trip
217. Here, lady, want a candy bar?
216. Sidewalk closed
215. White like me
212. Mom’s birthday party
211. Two madmen, and two dreams
209. Dean’s chili
208. Extremely unsanitary
207. Books and breakfast
206. Mostly it’s links.
205. My fly-bike
204. One-word newscast
203. Pants and pubes
202. The meaning of life
201. Is that all it takes, to make myself an ass
200. Decent human beings
199. “Your head, man.”
198. Enjoys long walks
197. Old Asian ladies
196. Mugwort pillow
195. The lady who folded herself
194. My good deed for September
193. Going abstract
192. Feels like a victory
191. Burgers about town
190. Well, smash my stereotypes.
189. Burn it all down.
188. Almost “Shut the hell up”
187. Strike etiquette
186. Good girls
185. Bezos and Mussolini
183. New houses, but not for you
181. That was a pretty good day.
180. Three lunches
179. Dropping the ball
178. Dinner for three
177. No surprises
176. Nod and say nothing.
175. Tumbling
173. An apology, and several complaints
172. Hundreds, maybe thousands of ants
171. Asphalt picnic
170. The taken shake
168. Three niqabs
167. Eleven taps on the shoulder
166. “Sorry, I’m slow.”
165. Sharing a house with Dean
164. “For best service, touch screen and check in here.”
162. Turkey dinner
161. Cranky Thursday
160. “They’re doing their job.”
159. Room in shared house, with dick
158. Family reunion
157. Filing a formal complaint
156. Screams
155. Cranky old fart on Monday
154. Friday report
153. Wednesday report
152. Talk, talk, chop, chop, sizzle sizzle
151. Without spaghetti sauce, please.
150. Bathroom bugs, the resistance, Applebee’s, and fentanyl
149. Lazy cheapskatery
148. The toaster, the microwave, and the smoke alarm
147. Intentional rats
145. The facts of unsalted butter
144. Party of eight
143. A tale of two burgers, one which wasn’t and another which was
142. Please make payment in full.
141. Poop and television140. Allergic to garlic139. Out of talk
138. Fat walking
137. Our fifth flatmate
136. Well, half a damn, maybe.
135. No cream cheese left behind
133. And now the news
132. Astounding journeys, $2.75
131. Meet the flatmates
130. Mrs Rigby’s129. My great escape
128. The Sheridan misconception
127. Slumber party
126. A crappy update, once weekly
125. Big sky country
124. 24-hour toe service
123. Seattle or bust
122. Refusal to prosecute Trump is a political act.
121. Ground rules for my family
120. The damage deposit
119. No vampires allowed
118. May I be briefly and predictably grumpy
117. Good corporate citizenship?
116. Her magic wand
115. Trendy cookies
112. Too many jackets
110. Douglas shrugged
109. Keep your distance, keep your masks.
108. Not-quite-connecting with another human
107. To the tune of the 1812 Overture
106. Easier than wrapping paper
105. Steph’s letter to Isthmus
102. Prodigal son, and all that
101. Things usually work out, until they don’t.
100. Invalid baptisms
95. That wacky old dude, ha-ha.
94. Out of work
92. Riding with my dead brother
91. Please do not publish my name.
86. Tubthumping
85. Check engine
81. Trump’s obituary
77. Phobias and mental and emotional malfunctions
74. Same as me
73. Effort and patience and generic dish soap
72. Mustard toast
69. This makes my face smiley.
67. Cranky old man
63. Even stupider than I’d thought
60. “Who from what?”
59. Pork, beef, and leather spies
58. “The topic tonight is the hippies.”
56. To be human is to be a dumbshit.
54. Doug’s proper office protocol
53. Lies from Disney
51. The ‘rally’
50. Thanks for being there, you.
47. Stupid headline, good article
42. One person can make a difference.
41. Make it loud.
38. Oh, you want to talk politics?
37. They need a little more time.
34. Next, could someone please sue Microsoft?
32. This will be uninteresting.
30. Still waiting
28. A zen experience
26. The web, before giant corporations took control
25. Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Bras
23. A library card
22. I don’t even understand the question.
21. Why so ordinary?
19. Suspicious of the broccoli
18. Eventually it gets boring.
17. God and guns
15. My grandmother’s grandparents
14. 555-0123
13. Film noir, sci-fi, and tartar sauce
12. I hate writing.
11. “Is there anything else you want us to know?”
8. Anti-Karma
5. Never mind.
Illustration by Jeff Meyer.