Today's Cartoons -- Traitor Trump Expanded Edition

 

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(Dave Granlund, politicalcartoons.com)

(Matt Davies, Newsday)

(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Jonathan Brown, caglecartoons.com)

(Michael de Adder, Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada)

(Gary Markstein, Creators.com)

(Paul Duginski, caglecartoons.com)

(Robert Ariail, Spartanburg Herald-Journal, SC)

(Jeff Koterba, caglecartoons.com)

(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune)

(Morten Morland, The Times, UK)

(Randall Enos, caglecartoons.com;  context here)

(Jack Ohman, The San Francisco Chronicle)

(Tom Toro, @tbtoro)

Skeets Of The Day

 

Trump's treachery and racism always there to see --

“We were micro-targeted and spam-botted, but-her-email’d and Comey-memo’d into installing a Russian mole in the White House, while our national security experts—the journalists & academics, intel professionals & advisors—dismissed the threat entirely or, at least, did not take it seriously enough.”

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— Greg Olear (@gregolear.bsky.social) October 20, 2026 at 7:32 AM

 

New in PN: The plot against Ukraine (and Europe) "Trump’s open effort to join nations like Iran & North Korea in aiding Putin’s murderous assault on Ukraine is nothing short of disastrous & will leave a lasting moral stain on the US. But there may be something of a silver lining to this dark cloud"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 20, 2026 at 7:47 AM

 

Man, if only if he had launched his political career in 2015 by calling Mexicans rapists and drug dealers we might have known in advance that Donald Trump was the most openly racist politician since the heyday of the Ku Klux Klan, a terrorist group his father notoriously ran with

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— Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 9:25 PM

Cartoonishly evil South Afrikaner Elon Musk's perfidy.  Dems, light him up now -- 

Elon Musk has successfully sabotaged Ukrainian military operations across the board, giving Russia its first victories since 2022

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— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) October 20, 2026 at 7:57 AM

 

Democrats Have Big Plans for Elon Musk talkingpointsmemo.com/the-brief/de...

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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) October 20, 2026 at 8:35 AM

 

Talarico: "We just found out that [Elon Musk] is almost single-handedly bankrolling this effort to install Ken Paxton in the U.S. Senate and defeat this movement...Elon Musk wants our land. He wants our water. He wants his very own personal United States senator. He is trying to buy Texas."

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— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) October 19, 2026 at 6:10 PM

The Malignant Fascist is kryptonite to Republican candidates --

 

Trump wanted to make the midterms a referendum about him. Republicans don't want to mention him.

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— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 10:53 PM

 

Every indication right now is that Dem lead in generic House ballot matchup is growing. New NBC poll has Dems +10. Given that Nate Silver's averages now have Dems +9.6 (a big deal!), the Dem lead might enter double digits very soon. On the pod, we dig into all of it: newrepublic.com/article/2168...

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— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) October 20, 2026 at 8:20 AM

Guess who's more popular here? -- 

 

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— Adam Kinzinger (@adamkinzinger.substack.com) October 19, 2026 at 8:10 PM

Costs rise for everyone but top 1%. The MF's economy -- 

“.. Only the top 1% of earners will pay less: $12,560 less ..” @usatoday.com #OBBBA www.usatoday.com/story/money/....

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) October 20, 2026 at 6:20 AM

Alberta spurns right-wing separation movement. Victory for PM Carney over Trump -- 

🇨🇦 Canada's province of Alberta rejected a plan to hold a binding independence referendum, results showed Tuesday, a win for unity as the country faces worsening ties with the United States. ➡️ u.afp.com/SCRZ

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— AFP News Agency (@en.afp.com) October 20, 2026 at 5:30 AM

The Onion has the goods --

 

Trump Boasts Tariffs A Huge Success At Making Things Expensive https://theonion.com/trump-boasts-tariffs-a-huge-success-at-making-things-expensive/

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— The Onion (@theonion.com) October 19, 2026 at 5:00 PM

 

 

Alberta Votes Against Secession

 

At least our good neighbors to the north haven't lost their minds:

Voters in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with early referendum results Tuesday delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for national unity amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation threats.

With more than 1 million votes counted, 77% supported remaining in Canada, while 23% backed beginning a process toward separation, according to unofficial results from Elections Alberta.

The referendum wasn’t a direct vote on independence. Approval would have set Alberta on a path toward a future vote on separation from Canada.

“Albertans made a clear choice,” Carney said. “They chose unity, to build together, and to take care of each other. Above all, Albertans chose Canada.”

Carney said that the result would allow Canadians to move forward together and accelerate efforts to diversify trade, develop major infrastructure projects and make Canada a global energy powerhouse, with Alberta at its center.  [snip]

Trump’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st U.S. state have helped Carney rally support in Alberta, where Liberal prime ministers have historically been unpopular...

Once again, it was perceived grievances on the right that fueled the separation movement ("they're treating us badly!").  That seems to be the common glue in right-wing / fascist movements, whether the grievance is cultural, economic, political, or other.  The separatist movement in Alberta has been foiled for now, but they view this as a generational struggle.  It's one which Canadians need to continue to defeat.

(Photo:  Forever Canada indeed! / John Diep, Bloomberg via Getty Images)

QOTD: Aid And Comfort

 

Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather, writing in Substack, about how the stakes in the mid-term elections could not be higher, with the corrupt and treasonous Malignant Fascist betraying our allies and friends for the sake of pleasing his governing model, Russian thug and war criminal Vladimir Putin:

"The Atlantic’s lead headline today is 'America Is Now an Ally of Russia.' The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal had an equally startling column. Its Monday editorial was titled 'To Russia With Love, Signed Donald.'

Trump is upending decades of anti-Soviet and anti-Russia policies and diplomacy that have been successfully championed by Republicans.

Over the weekend, Trump suddenly suspended sanctions against Russia, sanctions pushed by and named for the late Senator Lindsey Graham, sanctions that had just been passed by Congress and signed by Trump.

Various Trump administration officials had been hinting that intelligence sharing with Ukraine might be on the chopping block. And then that happened. Late last week, the Elon Musk-owned satellite system that provides Ukraine with American intelligence not so mysteriously stopped working. The order to block Starshield 'came from inside the White House,' according to Reuters. [snip]

Most Americans don’t want to think about it, but in the background of these developments is this:

Article III, Section 3 of the Constitution defines treason against the United States as 'levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.' By any objective measure, lifting Russian sanctions is giving aid and comfort to an enemy.

Any suggestion of holding the president to a standard of treason is too far out for a clear majority of Americans. But as Trump draws ever closer to Putin, the subject is bound to come up in some conversations."  (our emphasis)

The MF is counting on the standard of treason being judged too high for him, as he removes legal and civic guardrails while a numbed population watches.  We hope that's not the case.  

BONUS: The conservative National Review columnist Andrew McCarthy goes there.

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"The Levels Of Stupidity" In Trump's Diesel Deal With Putin

 

Last night, Jon Stewart focused on the Malignant Fascist's open alliance with Russian war criminal Putin, with smart jabs at the MF's butt boy JD Vance and his dehumanizing rhetoric on immigrants (including on riots in France), the MF's blame-shifting on the Iran war and the cost of gas and diesel (with "the layers of stupidity" behind the MF's sanctions-lifting deal with Putin), and the sabotage of the Starlink/ Starshield defense system in Ukraine. 

Today's Tomorrow Cartoon

 

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Pin this cartoon from Tom for future reference. It covers every crazy, lying, vicious, narcissistic statement the corrupt and mentally ill Malignant Fascist has made at his rallies to his moronic, brainwashed cult. The rubes eat it up.

Please consider supporting Tom's work by going here.

QOTD: The Desperate Malignant Fascist

Nobel laureate Paul Krugman looks at a politically bankrupt and demented Malignant Fascist and cautions we should be concerned about what he might do.  The opening paragraphs of an excellent article:

"According to CNN, all-out war with Iran may be about to resume:

The US military has developed new strike plans that include potentially using the so-called 'mother of all bombs' to target Iranian energy infrastructure and nuclear sites should President Donald Trump give the order to resume combat operations either before or after the midterm elections, according to multiple US officials familiar with the matter.

Trump says that he won’t order a strike before the midterms. But Robert Pape, author of the Substack Escalation Trap, argues that we shouldn’t believe him — that the bombs may well drop before the midterms. And while I am not a strategic expert, I believe that Pape may well be right, because his analysis of Trump’s political position is something I recognize from financial economics.

You see, it’s a well-understood proposition that the owners of businesses that are on the verge of going bust often engage in destructive behavior. And Trump is about to go bankrupt — not financially (he’s made billions through corruption) but politically. So he, like a failing businessman, has strong incentives to wreak havoc." (our emphasis)

The narcissistic con man is running out of cons (except for ones that enrich him) with his gullible cult members. The deeper he digs the hole of the Iran war, the more deranged and desperate he'll be. Fair warning.

Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Quagmire --

 

"The conflict has cost US consumers about $265 billion since it started in late February, according to estimates from Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. That equates to about $2,000 in higher costs for the average American household." That $2000 cost will increase. #Iran #US #Peace

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— Alex Jungroth (@alexjungroth.bsky.social) October 18, 2026 at 4:40 AM

 

Meanwhile, Trump laser- focused on the needs of the American people, cont. --

 

At 5 in the morning the president and his party are focused on the really important things for every day Americans: a luxury golf course

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— Oliver Willis (@owillis.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 8:30 AM

 

Trump economic advisor "Smirking Jerk" Hassett high on his own supply --

*HASSETT SAYS PEOPLE 'EUPHORIC' ABOUT STRENGTH OF ECONOMY *HASSETT SAYS DISCRETIONARY TRAVEL SIGNALS CONSUMER OPTIMISM

— FinTwitter (@fintwitter.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 8:44 AM

 

"Do you think the nation's economy is getting..." Worse: 62% Better: 20% About The Same: 15% Civiqs / Oct 15, 2026

— Polling USA (@usapolling.bsky.social) October 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM

 

... but the economy's good for the Trump Crime Family and cronies! --

 

Ossoff: “Trump begged Putin for diesel. Meanwhile, the White House is brokering the sale of billions in Russian energy assets to people who fund the Trump family and campaign. Oil fields, refineries, and gas stations worldwide are being sold to Trump cronies in a deal backed by the US government.”

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— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) October 18, 2026 at 10:27 PM

 

A future we can make happen --

The war criminals have taken over America. They must get them to The Hague FAST

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— Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 8:46 AM

 

 Trump's ICE thugs assault another U.S. citizen --

“ICE agents brutally attacked and broke the arm of a North Long Beach resident and U.S. citizen,” Rep. @robertgarcia.house.gov wrote on social media. “The videos are horrific and should concern not just our community but the country.”

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— America's Voice (@americasvoice.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 11:52 AM

 

Add to Democrats' to-do list / neuter South Afrikaner fascist grifter Musk --

 

Sounds like a takeover. "Musk has assembled a presidential-level field operation this midterm cycle, underscoring the extent to which he has taken over the get-out-the-vote effort for the party and created something of a shadow Republican National Committee"

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— Eric Rauchway (@rauchway.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM

 

It'd probably be more efficient if the government just nationalized the company and took it over directly.

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— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 8:53 AM

 

The lies the rich and powerful are allowed to state are absolutely unbelievable. #muskbullshit. Such a bald-faced liar. No flying car. Let me repeat that. No Tesla flying car.

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— Mark T. Sneed (@marktsneed.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 7:02 AM

 

See BS's Bari "Bad News" Weiss's political agenda --

Of course Bari Weiss has pushed CBS reporters to pursue the James Talarico was in a mental hospital and Abdul El-Sayed is tied to the Muslim Brotherhoid stories. Of course she has. www.semafor.com/article/10/1...

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— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 12:06 AM

 

Alberta, Canada, referendum today: don't give Putin and Trump a win! --

 

From an outsider perspective here: what we basically have is right wingers in Canada undermining their country, with help from right wingers from Russia and America. The implication is that they only accept the legitimacy of governments run by their oligarchs and strongmen.

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— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 10:47 AM

 

Stop threatening us with a good time, cont. --

 

A terrified Mike Johnson said on Fox in the last few hours that if Republicans lose the midterms, Trump’s presidency is over. He said it like it would be a bad thing 😂😂

— David Pakman (@davidpakman.bsky.social) October 19, 2026 at 9:39 AM

 

 

Making Your Donations Count Now

 

Electoral-vote.com has a handy chart of how much candidates have (cash on hand) for the stretch run in all-important Senate races.  If you want a donation to count in electing Democrats to flip the Senate (it's not too late to donate!), you might want to use this as a guide as to where the need is greatest (click to enlarge):

The folks at Electoral-vote.com explain:

The Q3 numbers on fundraising are now in. But what is more important in the final 2 weeks is not how much money a candidate may have scored in July, but how much the candidate had in the bank on Sept. 30. Those numbers are now also in. Here that are for some of the top Senate races. [snip]

The top two Democrats, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Roy Cooper, don't need to spend a penny nickel in the last 2 weeks. They are going to win in landslides no matter what. Cooper could win friends and influence senators by doling his war chest out to Democratic candidates in need now, like Sherrod Brown, Mary Peltola, and Josh Turek. It would also benefit him personally, since being in the Senate majority is a lot more fun than being in the Senate minority. Also, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) would be very grateful for his assistance in gaining the Senate majority and that gratitude could extend to giving Cooper his choice of committee assignments, something a junior senator does not normally enjoy...  (our emphasis)

Needless to say, everyone is free to donate (or not) to whomever they please.  Obviously, it's not just money but candidate quality and message that count above all -- and Democrats have it all over the spineless lickspittles in the Republican MAGAt cult.  

If you want to help a candidate that's not on the list above who's within shouting distance of his Republican MAGAt opponent, look no further than Scott Colom running against Cindy Hyde-Smith:

Putin Wants "Summit" With Trump, Xi On Ukraine

 

Russian thug and war criminal Vladimir Putin, now that his stooge the Malignant Fascist has sided with Russia against the West, is pushing for a summit with the MF and China's Xi to develop a "peace" plan for Ukraine, with no participation from Ukrainian President Zelenskyy or our European allies.  In treating the Ukrainian government like a non-entity, Putin is making it clear any plan would be on Russia's terms, something that the MF is willing to do.  From Politico:

"Kyiv and the European Union face being cut out of a potential high-level summit to negotiate a deal on ending Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Moscow has proposed talks with China and the United States about an agreement that would favor Russia after nearly five years of war in Ukraine, according to the Wall Street Journal.

'There is no clear understanding yet regarding the meeting itself or its potential agenda, although all three parties acknowledge the hypothetical possibility of such a meeting taking place,' Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said."

The proposed summit was discussed with the MF in one of their cozy phone conversations on October 9, during a discussion of purchasing Russian diesel fuel. 

The proposal is reminiscent of "big power" discussions carving up the world into their spheres of influence, something the delusional, fascist MF will relish.  Having the ignorant and venal MF in a discussion with two cunning tyrants like Putin and Xi would assure the worst outcome for the Ukrainians and, if Xi pushes the talks further, for Taiwan. 

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

 

The good:

 

This is Tommy. Tommy had a question about my allegiances. Listen to the end to hear about his.

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— Abdul El-Sayed (@abdulelsayed.bsky.social) October 17, 2026 at 9:17 PM

 

Turns out Li'l Tommy is Tommy Teepell (bet they had fun with that name in his middle school days), a former staffer for Republican Sen. Josh "Running Man" Hawley (MAGAt-MO) and a Christian nationalist.  Turns out El Sayed is good at dog-walking these little fascist creeps!

The bad:

French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday voiced the public’s “anger” and “shame” over rioting and looting during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor conditions in schools. At least 2,400 people were arrested.

Macron echoed other government officials in blaming much of the violence on far-left activists, accusing them of attacking police and public buildings to foment chaos.

“Those who looted will have to pay for the damage, and those who sought to bring down the Republic will be held accountable,” Macron said in a televised address to the nation.

He denounced “unrestrained violence” by “insurrectionist elements from radical far-left groups, joined by numerous criminals.”

Macron earlier held an emergency meeting with senior government officials, a day after masked groups set fires and attacked city halls in several cities. He said he had instructed prefects to work with mayors to protect public buildings and businesses in the coming weeks, including by banning protests when necessary.

Flames engulfed the 19th-century City Hall in the city of Limoges, in central France, causing its roof to collapse and nearly destroying the building.

In Paris, hundreds of protesters gathered again on Sunday at the Place de la République amid a heavy police presence. Officers used tear gas as tensions flared sporadically in the neighborhood, with small groups of people trying to set bicycles and trash bins on fire.

“The right to protest is a fundamental right. Deliberately and collectively sowing disorder through violence is not,” Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez wrote on X, citing the looting of hundreds of businesses across the country.

Of course, one particular anti-Western democracy tyrant had to take a misguided shot.  No, not Putin. His employee:

U.S. President Donald Trump posted “France is burning!” on his Truth Social platform, apparently linking the unrest to “the immigration of people from an entirely different world.”

“Close your Borders and take control, before it is too late!” he wrote.

French authorities and police have not linked immigrants to the rioting. Macron, speaking about troublemakers, asked: “How can French people do this to France?”...

We can't be the only ones who smell a Russian rat.  Nothing would please war criminal Putin more than to have one of Ukraine's strongest allies in political turmoil.  He's meddling in Germany.  Now it's apparently France's turn.  Those perpetrating violence are playing into Putin's bloody hands, willfully or not.

The ugly:

The photographer with The Washington Post who was attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank so badly that several vertebrae were broken said Sunday she was increasingly angry that Israel’s military seems to protect settlers more than the Palestinians they threaten.

The attack on Heidi Levine and Palestinians during the sensitive olive harvest — followed a day later by an attack on European diplomats in a Christian village — again highlights the rampant settler violence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed on a small number of troublemakers.

Levine, from her hospital bed, has told The Associated Press she was “shocked and insulted” that Netanyahu referred to the attack on her and others as “alleged,” adding that the prime minister “had all the evidence on the table.”

In contrast, she described the sharp condemnation of settler violence expressed to her in a call from Israel’s president, and in a letter signed by several of the country’s top former security and intelligence officials. All expressed shame over the attack. 

Netanyahu, two weeks out from close elections that could end his time in power, is again confronted with an issue that has drawn growing international condemnation. Much of the world considers the settlements in the West Bank illegal, and yet construction and expansion continue.

Hundreds of Palestinians have been attacked and a few have been killed this olive harvest alone, which started in late September, rights groups have said. Olive trees, a central part of history and heritage for Palestinians, have been destroyed.

Levine blamed “Jewish terrorists” for Friday’s attack and added: “I’ve been covering this region for over 40 years, and I have never seen this country in such a state as it is today.”...

In related news, the Malignant Fascist endorsed Bibi "Bomb Bomb" Netanyahu for re-election.  Please let #ETTD come through for Israel and the World in two weeks!

Across The Universe, Cont. -- A Highly Evolved Star

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From NASA/ESA, October 12, 2026: This image features data from Webb’s NIRCam (Near Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid Infrared Instrument) to capture the most detailed mid-infrared view yet of the field that hosts the highly evolved star IRS 3, which is located just 0.55 light-years from Sagittarius A*, the Milky Way galaxy's central supermassive black hole.

An international team of astronomers have discovered that dust and water can form and survive surprisingly close to this supermassive black hole. The observations reveal that the evolved star IRS 3 continues to enrich its surroundings with newly formed material despite the intense radiation environment around Sagittarius A*.

The data in this image were taken with Webb programmes #1939 (J. Lu), #3571 (F. Yusef-Zadeh), #2491 (N. B. Sabha), and #2075 (C. Chan).

[Image description: A dense star field fills the entire image, with countless stars scattered across a backdrop of glowing clouds in shades of red, orange, pink, white, and blue. At the centre, a brilliant concentration of stars creates a bright, almost white core surrounded by intricate filaments and wisps of illuminated gas and dust that radiate outward. Dark, irregular patches of opaque dust interrupt the glowing clouds, particularly toward the left side of the image, where they appear as silhouetted shapes against the brighter background. The surrounding stellar population varies in brightness and colour, with cool blue stars and warmer orange and red stars distributed throughout the scene.]

Credit:  ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, F. Peißker, J. Lu, F. Yusef-Zadeh, N. B. Sabha, C. Chan

 

Kushner's Albanian Land Grab Sparks Riots

 

Violent protests entered a sixth day in Albania, as protestors fought police and demanded an end to official corruption triggered by Jared Kushner's land grab approved by the government. Non-violent protests have been going on for months in the capital of Tirana. From France 24 News:

"Violent demonstrations have rocked Tirana since Tuesday with protesters calling for action over poor university conditions, high tuition fees and corruption.

Hundreds of protesters gathered again at noon in front of the education ministry chanting "Rama, resign" amid a tense standoff with police, who used water cannon and tear gas to hold back the crowds. [snip]

Tirana saw its harshest violence on Saturday when protesters threw rocks, Molotov cocktails, metal objects and pyrotechnic devices at police, and torched cars and litter bins to use as barricades against advancing police.

Buildings including a court, banks and a post office were set on fire or severely damaged. Police used rubber bullets on demonstrators for the first time since the protests began, AFP journalists saw. [snip]

Albania's close ally the United States reacted late Saturday. Its embassy in Tirana urged "restraint and calm on all sides".

The unrest follows months of anti-government protests in the Balkan nation, initially sparked by a controversial resort development linked to US President Donald Trump's family." (our emphasis)

Kushner's plan is to develop a pristine ecological area on Albania's Adriatic coast as a resort for elites. When he and his greedy wife Ivanka Trump saw the property from a yacht, they decided to buy it with no apparent concern for the site's ecological importance. The Albanian regime was a willing conspirator in the deal, which they justified by saying it would produce jobs and economic stimulus, and likely some payoffs to top officials. Stay tuned.

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Today's Cartoons

 

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(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

(Steve Sack, stevesack.substack.com)

(Bill Day, caglecartoons.com)

(David Rowe, Financial Review, Australia;  reference here)

(Chris Britt, Creators.com)

(Rob Rogers, Tinyview.com)

(George Danby, Bangor Daily News, Maine)

(John Darkow, Columbia Missourian)

(Mike Smith, Las Vegas Sun)

(Michael de Adder, The Contrarian, Canada)

(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)

(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Jason Chatfield, The New Yorker)

Ukraine Hits Major Russian Oil Terminal

 

In a clear message to Putin stooge and demented liar the Malignant Fascist, Ukraine hit an important oil terminal in St. Petersburg with a massive drone attack, just as the MF has been pressuring Ukraine to cease hitting Russia's oil facilities.  From Politico:

"Ukraine struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg Sunday morning in what Russian state media called 'one of the biggest drone attacks of the year.'

Alexander Beglov, governor of St. Petersburg, said on Telegram Sunday that the city underwent a 'massive”'overnight attack from Ukrainian drones. 'The Ministry of Emergency Situations continues to extinguish fires at the Petersburg Oil Terminal, the Ruchyi oil depot, and industrial warehouses in the Kolpino district,' he said, adding that one person died and several others were injured in the incident.

The drone strikes come as Kyiv and Moscow ramp up attacks on each other’s infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last week he had ordered the resumption of strikes on Russian oil refineries following a three-day pause after U.S. President Donald Trump declared he had brokered an energy ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia."

The MF has been trying to shift blame for high oil and diesel prices on Ukraine's bombardment of Russian facilities, when it's his misbegotten war on Iran and the restriction of oil and other materials moving through the Strait of Hormuz.  His purchase of Russian diesel, his suspension of sanctions on Russia, and his apparent order to restrict Ukraine's use of the Starshield / Starlink system show clearly that he's sided with the Russian war criminals.

(photo: Oil terminal in St. Petersburg after Ukrainian drone attack Oct. 18)