Author: Scottie
I am an older gay guy in a long-term wonderful relationship. My spouse and I are in our 36th year together. I love politics and news. I enjoy civil discussions and have no taboo subjects. My pronouns are he / him / his and my email is Scottiestoybox@gmail.com
The right’s inflamtory rhetoric and blaming the left for inciting political violence on the left clips From The Majority Report
Hacks star Hannah Einbinder ended her Emmys speech with choice words for Donald Trump’s secret police force and some solidarity with the people of Palestine.
DAILY MAIL: School board meeting descends into chaos over teachers comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk
This is the rights version of civil discourse under thug mob boss wannabe tRump. They shout disregard rules, insult Mike threaten and make people afraid but blame the left for it all. They ar thugs who get rewarded by being ever more oppressive. They do not want democracy and rules, they want their own way and the right to force others to live as they demand. It is the horrifying society they want and seems to be the plot of every dystopian move. They want warlords running the show Mad Max movie style. I want to know why the police were not directed to remove the man when he refused to follow the rules. Hugs
School board meeting descends into chaos over teachers comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk
Tensions flared during a Regional School Unit 67 meeting on Wednesday night when Tim Bodnar, a social media personality, targeted a teacher.
Read in Daily Mail: https://apple.news/A_j398jtJTp-GZO13oUf2mQ
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Political cartoons / memes / and news I wish to share. Bonus page 1 9-18-2025
Hello Everyone. First two notes before I do the cartoons. One I have not replied to comments in a week of so. I was not up to it and busy. But I should be able to start replying this after noon and tomorrow. Don’t worry if I don’t reply right way. I do love to hear what you all have to say and enjoy reading them.
The other thing is a few people have said that some of the cartoons don’t display and that the link is broken. Barry in New Zealand is an IT expert who has sent me an email on it. I will post it after this for anyone that can use the method he describes. These cartoons are all from the same site the one that Barry tells me is the one that the links are broken unless he uses a VPN. Cagle.com, and that is sad because those are some of the best ones. I have been posting them in the classic mode. This batch of cartoons will only be from the Cagle site but I will do it on the block editor mode to see if that will solve the problem. Plus I will be posting two versions of each one to see if that makes a difference. I just realized that there may be a way to embed them that automatically does to the URL what Barry suggested after the first two. One thing that would help is if the cartoons don’t display for you leave a comment and let me know the country you are in. Thank you. Best wishes for all and hugs for those that want them.
Hi Scottie. Not sure of this helps, A large number of image links are broken and won’t show unless I use a US hosted VPN, as I have described before. But I have found another way, and that is to slightly modify the URL:
https://i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com/299916/830/becs_robert-f-kennedy-jrs-hobby-.png?ssl=1
is a broken link. Trying to open it directly results in the message “We cannot complete this request, remote data could not be fetched”, but truncating the URL to:
https://i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com/299916/830/becs_robert-f-kennedy-jrs-hobby-.png
and bingo! Just chopping off “?ssl=1” is all it takes to allow the image to display correctly. Likewise, changing:
https://i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com/299938/830/rick-mckee_avoiding-the-state-of-the-world.png?ssl=1
to
https://i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com/299938/830/rick-mckee_avoiding-the-state-of-the-world.png
allows that image to display. All the broken links are the same: All begin with “i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com” and end with “?ssl=1”
Now for the cartoons
THE GUARDIAN: Texas State expels student who reportedly mocked Charlie Kirk shooting at campus vigil
They are trying to silence the free speech of the left, while embolden their side to become even more vile. Patel the FBI deputy Director called democratic senators Cowards and barons, shouted down and mocked democratic senators. The right seems to want the ability to say what ever horrible insults, lies, and misinformation they want about the left / minorities / the LGBTQ+ community but when the left points out what the right is saying it is the left who the right attacks as inciting riots or crime. Authoritarian play book 101. Vilify the other side and when they react make them the boogie man. Hugs
Texas State expels student who reportedly mocked Charlie Kirk shooting at campus vigil
Governor Abbott called for expulsion, and the university said the video ‘trivializing or promoting violence’ was reprehensible
Read in The Guardian: https://apple.news/AAgYwDezDTDe-UdTFNut08g
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POLITICO: Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria
Immigration judge orders Mahmoud Khalil deported to Syria or Algeria
Lawyers for the pro-Palestinian activist said they plan to appeal the immigration judge’s order, which was revealed in court documents filed Wednesday.
Read in POLITICO: https://apple.news/A0_VTmiwITuKIbET6N6XulQ
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NBC NEWS: Democrats release competing funding bill as tensions over looming shutdown grow
Democrats release competing funding bill as tensions over looming shutdown grow
The Democratic bill would fund the government until Oct. 31, extend health care funding and roll back Medicaid cuts from Trump’s “big, beautiful” law, among other provisions.
Read in NBC News: https://apple.news/AY-CnSBtzSc-KBr2PnBijAQ
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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER: ABC suspends ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ “indefinitely” over Charlie Kirk comments
ABC suspends ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ “indefinitely” over Charlie Kirk comments
The network’s decision comes after affiliate group Nexstar said it would pull the late night show, and the chairman of the FCC suggested he might take action against ABC.
Read in The Hollywood Reporter: https://apple.news/AGbXKjLlnTBOSD0klUDXFGA
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Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 9-18-2025
Political cartoons / memes / and news I want to share. 9-18-2025 Bonus page 2
From the page one of the bonus I just scheduled. I am trying to see if there is a way I can get the Cagle cartoons to display. The other thing is a few people have said that some of the cartoons don’t display and that the link is broken. Barry in New Zealand is an IT expert who has sent me an email on it. I will post it after this for anyone that can use the method he describes. These cartoons are all from the same site the one that Barry tells me is the one that the links are broken unless he uses a VPN. Cagle.com, and that is sad because those are some of the best ones. I have been posting them in the classic mode. This batch of cartoons will only be from the Cagle site but I will do it on the block editor mode to see if that will solve the problem. Plus I will be posting two versions of each one to see if that makes a difference. I just realized that there may be a way to embed them that automatically does to the URL what Barry suggested after the first two. One thing that would help is if the cartoons don’t display for you leave a comment and let me know the country you are in. Thank you. Best wishes for all and hugs for those that want them.
Hi Scottie. Not sure of this helps, A large number of image links are broken and won’t show unless I use a US hosted VPN, as I have described before. But I have found another way, and that is to slightly modify the URL:
https://i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com/299916/830/becs_robert-f-kennedy-jrs-hobby-.png?ssl=1
is a broken link. Trying to open it directly results in the message “We cannot complete this request, remote data could not be fetched”, but truncating the URL to:
https://i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com/299916/830/becs_robert-f-kennedy-jrs-hobby-.png
and bingo! Just chopping off “?ssl=1” is all it takes to allow the image to display correctly. Likewise, changing:
https://i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com/299938/830/rick-mckee_avoiding-the-state-of-the-world.png?ssl=1
to
https://i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com/299938/830/rick-mckee_avoiding-the-state-of-the-world.png
allows that image to display. All the broken links are the same: All begin with “i0.wp.com/image.cagle.com” and end with “?ssl=1”
Now for the cartoons
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