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

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I’m on now. I think I might start by saying how my mother greeted me in the morning. “Good Morning Merry Sunshine”

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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President or king? Supreme Court’s Sonia Sotomayor is concerned Americans don’t know the difference

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

President or king? Supreme Court’s Sonia Sotomayor is concerned Americans don’t know the difference

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/17/sotomayor-trump-king-supreme-court-president/86198043007/

Best Wishes and Hugs,
Scottie

THE GUARDIAN: US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more ’ violence

US justice department removes study finding far-right extremists commit ‘far more’ violence
Report finding rightwing extremists have killed more Americans than other domestic terrorist groups vanished from DoJ website

Read in The Guardian: https://apple.news/Ay5bct96xSaKpW_YYFC-D0g

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THE HILL: Frustrated GOP senators blow steam on Russia: ‘Sick of’ Trump, Vance ‘love affair’ with Putin

Frustrated GOP senators blow steam on Russia: ‘Sick of’ Trump, Vance ‘love affair’ with Putin
Senate Republicans are growing increasingly exasperated over President Trump’s refusal to give them permission to move tough bipartisan sanctions legislation against Russia and countries that buy its oil.

Read in The Hill: https://apple.news/AKamLIVfkQHucGc8g7OgLZw

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The Paper Mask

I will never see a Robin Williams movie, an interview, or a stand-up without a tear in my eye. He made me laugh, he made me cry, he made me feel anger and he made me feel hope, all behind a mask paper-thin. He reveled in the joy of others, while in his heart he felt so alone. How few knew his hidden hurts? I feel the absence of this great man and am saddened that his joie de vivre was only a mask he used to protect us all.

My morning trek to the daily grind found me hearing about Charlie Kirk. I thought about the demands he made upon his audience; that they think his way, act his way, love his way, pray his way. Somehow those who think differently are more than a target for his former speeches, we have become enemies of our own government.

Again, I don’t want to see anyone hurt. But, what about those he made to feel alone?

What about those he made to feel hated? What about those he told ‘You don’t matter’? What about those he accused of horrible motives, intentions to commit crimes, just because they were different?

Why is crass, abusive, hateful, prejudiced, and violent words and actions acceptable to anyone? Why is it cheered in certain circles?

I have every right to be angry at those who sling abuse for political expediency. I have every right to be angry at those who whip the easily led mob into denying others their rights to be genuine, their hopes to feel love, their need for happiness. I’m so tired, so very tired of the justification, the hypocrisy, the gleeful ruination.

I so miss the promise of the 70’s. Change was supposed to come. I bought into the hype, only to see that the very fight continue. Maybe it’s not the era, maybe it’s just something in us that makes people keep doing this to each-other. I want to believe differently.