Trump (impressionist J-L Cauvin, of course) tells us that yesterday's massive "No Kings" protests were a hoax, then proceeds to "weave."
Sunday, March 29, 2026
It Was All A Hoax!
Yesterday's Massive "No Kings" Protests
It was massive and widespread, and a historic repudiation of the most evil, corrupt, incompetent, would-be-king in American history:
The demonstration outside the Minnesota State Capitol for the marquee "No Kings" rally, with Bruce Springsteen and Jane Fonda on the bill, wasn't the most notable development during the day of protests on March 28.
More notable was the "No Kings" march in Staunton, Virginia. And Salisbury, Maryland. Rockford, Illinois. Beaver, Pennsylvania. Eugene, Oregon. Chillicothe, Ohio. Port Huron, Michigan. Flatwoods, West Virginia. And more than 3,000 other places across the country, plus a scattering around the world. [snip]
It was among the largest protests in American history.
The organizers' crowd count, not verified by independent analysts, put the total at 8 million people, topping the 7 million estimated at the last "No Kings" day, in October 2025. This time, there were more events scheduled − 3,300 versus 2,700 − and larger crowds reported in some places, boosted in part by opposition to the war in Iran.
The only larger single-day protest ever held in the United States was the first Earth Day in 1970, when an estimated 20 million participated in environmental rallies and teach-ins.
Consider this: In a nation with a population approaching 349 million, the participation of 8 million people means that more than one of every 50 U.S. residents joined a No Kings rally.
Organizers said two-thirds of the participants who signed up lived outside big cities, a 40% increase over last time in those from suburban, small town and rural addresses. [snip]
The profusion of locations for the third event means the marches may have commanded less national news coverage than iconic protests that centered on Washington, DC, including the civil rights March on Washington in 1963 and the antiwar Vietnam Moratorium protest in 1969.
But the fact that the rallies were in local plazas and the marchers headed down hometown streets also, presumably, makes it more difficult for critics to dismiss the protests as the province of radical liberals from the East and West coasts... (our emphasis)
"🎶 All you fascists bound to lose, all you fascists bound to lose..."
(Photo: "No Kings" protest in St. Paul, MN / Nicole Neri, Minnesota Reformer)
Saturday, March 28, 2026
Pics Of The Day -- "No Kings"
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New York City (Adam Gray/ AP)
Washington, DC (Jose Luis Magana)
St. Paul, MN (Kerem Yucel/ AFP via Getty)
Kansas City, MO (Charlie Riedel / AP)
Boston, MA (Brian Snyder / Reuters)
Boulder, CO (Mark Makela / Getty Images)
Boise, ID (Loren Elliott for NY Times)
Chicago, IL (Arthur Maiorella / Block Club Chicago)
Austin, TX (Patricia Lim / KUT News)
Atlanta, GA (Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)
Nashville, TN (Anadolu / Getty Images)
More pictures literally everywhere.
Today's Cartoons
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(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)
(Clay Jones, claytoonz.substack.com)
(Christopher Weyant, Boston Globe)
(David Horsey, The Seattle Times)
(Mike Smith, Las Vegas Sun)
(Milt Priggee, caglecartoons.com)
(Steve Sack, stevesack.substack.com)
(Steve Nease, caglecartoons.com, Canada)
(John Buss, @repeat1968; context here)
(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)
(Tom Toro, @tbtoro)
Skeets Of The Day
Today's the day --
There will be more protests today than any other day in American history. Please join us at your local No Kings event to reject the regime’s brutality at home and abroad: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings
— Indivisible ❌👑 (@indivisible.org) March 28, 2026 at 8:11 AM
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Operation Epic Epstein Fury; war is still war, even Trump's clown show --
Our constitution sets up such a defective system of government that this guy can walk around doing impeachable offense after impeachable offense in broad daylight and no one can do anything about it.
— Chris Sprigman (@cjsprigman.bsky.social) March 27, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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www.ft.com/content/4f09... Genuinely hard to overstate how much of a strategic defeat it would be for the United States if the war ends with effective Iranian control of the Strait.
— Duncan Weldon (@duncanweldon.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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Trump fucks things up, blames friends who won't help unfuck them, then says, they were never friends. The friends, meanwhile, have already figured out there's no point in saving a friendship with a degenerate. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
— The Editorial Board (@editorialboard.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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(FT) - Houthi rebels in Yemen fired a ballistic missile at Israel for the first time since US and Israeli forces launched their war against Iran, signalling that one of the Islamic republic’s most powerful militant allies has entered the four-week conflict. www.ft.com/content/e77d...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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House Republicans won't fund TSA, Coast Guard, FEMA as crisis continues --
Clark: Republicans won't fund TSA, FEMA, or the Coast Guard unless we green light more terror in our communities. That is what they care about. That is more important to them than anything else. Funding ICE and the paramilitary force that they have turned into.
— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) March 27, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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Lol. The same feral clowns whove run the GOP since 2011 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 12:06 AM
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The low information rubes at CPAC may think Biden is still President 🤡 --
SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings? CPAC CROWD: *cheers* SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 27, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Russian oil facilities on fire. Keep up your heroic fight. Slava Ukraini! --
Yaroslavl oil refinery after a drone attack last night. Reportedly, Fire Point FP-1 drones improved this particular skyline. This oil refinery is the sixth largest in Russia.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 4:02 AM
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Polls --
Trump’s latest approval ratings by groups.
— Mike Sington (@mikesington.bsky.social) March 27, 2026 at 5:22 AM
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Rubio Gets An Earful From G7 Allies
The foreign ministers of the G7 met in Vaux-de-Cernay, France and U.S. Secretary of State "Li'l Marco" Rubio was there to sell his moronic boss' position on the Iran war of choice. Most of the ministers weren't buying the sales pitch. From the Associated Press:
"Top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries showed divisions with the United States over the Iran war but agreed Friday during a meeting in France to call for an immediate halt to attacks against civilians and urge the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined his G7 counterparts a day after President Donald Trump lobbed his latest round of insults at other NATO countries, making it even more difficult for America’s top diplomat to try to sell the U.S. strategy for the Iran conflict to close allies. [snip]
Most of America’s closest allies have greeted the Iran war with deep skepticism, which was on display as the G7 foreign ministers gathered at a historic 12th century abbey in Vaux-de-Cernay, outside Paris, even as they urged a diplomatic solution. Four weeks into the war that the U.S. and Israel launched, the allies face concerns about instability in the oil markets and uncertainty over potential negotiations to end the crisis.
Several EU countries, now grappling with economic consequences of the war, have said they were not consulted by the U.S. before it launched its military actions in Iran. French Minister of the Armed Forces Catherine Vautrin said Friday that the war “is not ours,” adding that France’s position is strictly defensive." [our emphasis]
Time and again, the profoundly ignorant and criminal Malignant Fascist has threatened members of the NATO alliance, from expressing a desire that Canada be the 51st state, to threats to seize Greenland from Denmark, to criticism over NATO not joining his war of choice. NATO officials have repreatedly reminded the MF that the treaty is for mutual defense, not to join in offensive wars like with Iran. The MF has always falsely seen the alliance as a protection racket, where our allies "pay" us to defend them, perhaps confusing his experiences in New York City's organized crime scene.
Of course, Russian thug and war criminal Vladimir Putin is watching his American stooge with delight, as oil prices increase, as the U.S. digs deeper into its war of choice, and as the NATO alliance shows signs of fracturing, a singular goal of his since the Soviet Union fell. Good times for the Kremlin.
(photo: Brendan Smialowski/Pool/AFP/Getty)
"No Kings" Protests Today
Today is a day to stand up and be counted.
Try To Keep A Stiff Upper Lip, Old Chap
From the BBC Archives :
Esther Rantzen and Australian body language expert Allan Pease take to the streets of Park Lane in London, to see if they can accurately identify upper class people. Clip taken from That's Life!, originally broadcast on BBC One, 9 February, 1986.
Friday, March 27, 2026
Today's Cartoons
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(Bill Day, floridapolitics.com)
(Daryl Cagle, caglecartoons.com)
(Michael de Adder, caglecartoons.com)
(Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency)
(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)
(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune)
(Patrick Chappatte, Boston Globe)
(Michael Ramirez, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
(Rick McKee, caglecartoons.com)
(Steve Sack, stevesack.substack.com)
(Joel Pett, Tribune Content Agency)
(Liz Montague, The New Yorker)
Hackers Hack Hack's E-Mails
The sycophantic, bug-eyed Director of the FBI Kashyap "Kash" Patel's personal e-mail account has apparently been hacked by a group of pro-Iran hackers. From the Associated Press:
"A pro-Iranian hacking group claimed Friday to have hacked an account of FBI Director Kash Patel and has posted online what appear to be years-old photographs of him, along with a work resume and other personal documents. Many of those records appeared to be more than a decade old.
'Kash Patel, the current head of the FBI, who once saw his name displayed with pride on the agency’s headquarters, will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims,' said a message posted Friday from the group Handala.
The message was accompanied by more than a half dozen photos of Patel, including ones of him standing beside an antique sports car and another with a cigar in his mouth. The group also said that it was making available for download emails and other documents from Patel’s account. Many of the records appeared to relate to his personal travels and business from more than 10 years ago." (our emphasis)
For someone in Kashyap's position, who is partially responsible for our domestic security, this is a screw up of Epstein epic proportions. There may be compromising information, photos, etc. in his e-mails that would prove valuable to foreign adversaries. Even more embarrassing than his bro beer pounding with the U.S. Olympic hockey team weeks ago, which drew the side eye of the always envious and mentally ill Malignant Fascist. Sad!
This latest embarrassment won't win MAGA cult hack Kashyap friends in the White House either. In a regime of incompetent, unserious people, he's a poster boy. Better update that résumé, Kashyap!
(photo: Official Government portrait)
Skeets Of The Day
Operation Epic Epstein Fury / news you won't hear from the Pentagon --
a) we’ve been bombed out of “uninhabitable” bases b) the backup is working remotely from hotels & office buildings c) that creates a ton of soft targets across the region d) it widens the circle of people who know the locations of those soft targets and increases risk www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...
— Roger Sollenberger (@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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Democrats force Republicans to fund TSA but not ICE/Border Patrol (Update) --
Important to note Democrats did NOT fund ICE or CBP.
— Leah McElrath (@leahmcelrath.bsky.social) March 27, 2026 at 7:29 AM
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While you were sleeping, the Senate unanimously passed what Democrats pushed for over a month: fund TSA and other essential agencies but withhold funding for ICE until there’s substantial reform. Republicans made America suffer for nothing.
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm.bsky.social) March 27, 2026 at 7:11 AM
My statement on the Senate passing DHS funding without another dollar for ICE
— Senator Andy Kim (@kim.senate.gov) March 27, 2026 at 7:35 AM
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... and one more reason out of many not to fund the domestic terrorists --
Oudone Lothirath missed four out of five chemotherapy appointments while in ICE detention and received no medical care there. Now he will likely die in a matter of days. www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...
— Bryce Covert (@brycecovert.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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"Whiskey Pete" Hegseth has a new nickname in the Pentagon / gutter racism --
“Dumb McNamara” zeteo.com/p/the-thug-o...
— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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Women and people of color can risk their lives in Trump's reckless wars of choice but can't get well deserved promotions. No, those only go to white men in Hegeth's DoD. This story about Hegeth's on-going purge is revolting. GIFT LINK: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/u...
— @NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social) March 27, 2026 at 8:06 AM
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Independents lean hard to Democrats --
— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) March 27, 2026 at 6:42 AM
Crypto-backed mortgages? What could possibly go wrong? --
"We have created a 2008 financial crisis-like situation with crypto." "What if Fannie Mae started accepting crypto-backed mortgages?" "Brilliant!"
— Matt Ortega (@mattortega.com) March 27, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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Zelenskyy nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. Slava Ukraini and hide the ketchup! --
President Volodymyr Zelensky has been formally nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize. Hide the ketchup.
— Hoodlum 🇺🇸 (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) March 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Sad! Someone put sleepy Commander Cankles to bed (without his phone), please (Happy Friday!) --
Trump's face is drooping and his eyes are closed
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 26, 2026 at 11:13 AM
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Weekend "No Kings" Music
Bette Midler gives an updated version of Woody's Guthrie's classic song "All You Fascists Bound To Lose" in anticipation of tomorrow's "No Kings" protests. Belt it, Bette!
Senate Passes DHS Bill Less ICE & CBP Funds (UPDATED)
In an overnight session last night, the Senate passed a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that provides funds for the TSA, Coast Guard and FEMA through September. The bill excluded funds for ICE and Border Patrol, although they have sufficient funds from the Malignant Fascist's Big Ugly Bill from last year to support them. Dems were unable to get Republicans to include guardrails for domestic terrorist ICE and Border Patrol, such as wearing IDs, removing masks, and getting judicial warrants before entering a private home.
The bill now moves to the House, where it's unclear whether it will pass in its current form. However, the House will be under great pressure from the public to pass the bill, to relieve those parts of Government that the public relies on. Whether the reckless and volatile MF will sign the bill is also not a certainty, since he's been demanding that his election-rigging, ass-saving "SAVE Act" pass before any other legislation. Dems now need to raise public awareness that these past few weeks of turmoil were solely caused by Republican intransigence, since this was the Dems proposal from the start to separate ICE and Border Patrol funding in the bill.
A separate funding bill for ICE and Border Patrol is apparently going to be part of a reconciliation package that only requires a majority of the Senate to pass, meaning there will be reduced levers that Dems can use to introduce reforms to those rogue agencies. Stay tuned.
UPDATE: The Republican crackpots in the House are rejecting the Senate- passed bill. More chaos and pain for America. Remember them in November!
"No Kings" Protests Tomorrow!
We hope you have a plan to attend one of the thousands of local "No Kings" protests across the nation and the world tomorrow, March 18. Go with friends, neighbors, and family to make it more memorable. Here's where you can find more information (and again, though it's encouraged for people to sign up, it's not necessary in order to attend an event!).
From McPaper USA Today:
With more than 3,100 events planned nationwide to protest President Donald Trump's actions and policies, organizers expect the No Kings protests to draw millions of Americans into the streets March 28.
Two earlier No Kings protests brought out huge crowds, and organizers hope this event will be among the largest days of protest in U.S. history.
The ACLU estimated that the No Kings protests in initial June 2025 drew about 5 million people to 1,800 events, and the October 2025 demonstrations drew 7 million to 2,500 events. The ACLU's estimate for the June 2025 protests matched the findings of Harvard University's Crowd Counting Consortium.
Indivisible cofounder Leah Greenberg said organizers expect people to protest for a variety of reasons − from immigration enforcement to calls for impeachment. The important thing is people come out and build connections, she said. Indivisible is one of the organizers.
"We have people who are going to come out because they are furious about what is being done to their neighbors and attacks on immigrants. We have people who are going to come out because they are deeply concerned about the Trump administration's attacks on civil rights. We have people who are going to come out because they are horrified by the war," Greenberg said. "Rather than trying to make a specific set of policy demands or a specific policy platform, we want to mass together."...
Engage on social media, or spread the word in whatever way you choose. We can make this the largest day of protest in American history tomorrow and let all of America and the world know that tyrants aren't welcome here.
Thursday, March 26, 2026
Today's Cartoons
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(Peter Kuper, politicalcartoons.com)
(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
(Michael de Adder, The Contrarian, Canada)
(Paul Duginski, caglecartoons.com)
(Bart van Leeuwen, Oedipoes.com, Netherlands)
(Jeff Koterba, caglecartoons.com)
(Dave Granlund, politicalcartoons.com)
(Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News; context here)
(Chris Britt, Creators.com)
(Bill Day, caglecartoons.com; context here)
(Drew Sheneman, Tribune Content Agency)
(Paul Noth, @paulnoth)
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