Clay Jones, and Open Windows

Brain dead pregnant woman is kept on life support by Ann Telnaes

“The decision should have been left to us- not the state”, says her family Read on Substack

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American Cancer by Clay Jones

America has a sickness Read on Substack

The Trump Cancer isn’t new. We got an early prognosis before he even ran in the 2016 presidential election, back when he began his birtherism campaign. He was a cancer before he went into the White House with Putin’s assistance in 2016, he was a cancer during the Biden administration, and he’s a cancer now.

Instead of 86ing this cancer (see what I did there?), nearly half of this nation let it rot and fester. This cancer will do what cancer does if not combated. It will destroy us.

Creative note: I got this idea while drawing my weather cartoon this morning. After yesterday’s Biden/Democrat cartoon, I felt good about it. I even nearly stopped the weather cartoon to do this instead (but I really loved “Old Man Yells at Cloud).

I was finally able to get to the post office today (your print is finally on the way, Greg, and Kathy…I got your check. Thank you), and started drawing this at a coffee shop downtown on Caroline. It didn’t take long to draw, and I colored it at home after taking the Fred Bus.

I didn’t know if this would work when I first thought of it. I didn’t know if the image would be clear. I didn’t know if a tiny Trump in the rump would be clear. But now, I do think it works.

Music note: I listened to Counting Crows, which isn’t a band I’m super crazy about, but Anna Begins reminds me of a past relationship. She talked in her sleep, she changed her mind, she changed my mind, and then she faded away.

Drawn in 30 Seconds: (snip-go see it!)

Shout It From The Rooftops,

also call your US Rep. I did that yesterday, but likely will do it again today. Anyway, tell everyone about this, and thank you!

Musk’s DOGE is ineffective chaos. But he’s still getting richer thanks to Trump. | Opinion

Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Musk’s DOGE is ineffective chaos. But he’s still getting richer thanks to Trump. | Opinion

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2025/05/20/musk-money-trump-administration-starlink-spacex/83724211007/

Best Wishes and Hugs,
Scottie

Strikes on Gaza kill at least 60 people, local officials say, as criticism against Israel mounts

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-hostages-05-20-2025-402954f7424825ef73ad57f17a701fac
Strikes on Gaza kill at least 60 people, local officials say, as criticism against Israel mounts

Best Wishes and Hugs,
Scottie

Open Windows

Trump’s fascist fetish by Ann Telnaes

A huge banner of Trump is hung on USDA building Read on Substack

Peace & Justice History for 5/20

May 20, 1916
Emma Goldman spoke to garment workers in Union Square about the benefits of birth control.


Goldman speaking to a crowd of garment workers about birth control in New York City’s Union Square
Read more about Emma Goldman: Birth Control Pioneer 
May 20, 1961
A mob of 300 white segregationists, with the tacit assent of the local police, attacked a busload of both black and white “Freedom Riders” in Montgomery, Alabama’s bus depot.
Among those beaten was Justice Department official John Seigenthaler who had tried to negotiate their safety.

Freedom Riders challenged racial segregation at Montgomery bus depot.
Attention to the violence forced Attorney General Robert Kennedy to send in U.S. Marshals to protect the Riders. They had been seeking to guarantee equal access to interstate transportation by riding the bus but had been met by violence elsewhere in Alabama as well as South Carolina.
The Freedom Rides discussed NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross
(with transcript)


Robert Kennedy and John Seigenthaler
The Freedom Rider story
50 Years After Their Mug Shots, Portraits of Mississippi’s Freedom Riders 
May 20, 1968
In the first such instance during the Vietnam War, Arlington Street Unitarian-Universalist Church in Boston offered sanctuary to Robert Talmanson and William Chase, both of whom had refused to participate in the war.
Talmanson had been convicted of refusing induction, and Chase had gone AWOL (absent without leave) as an army private after having served nine months at Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam.
Church leaders had declared theirs a “liberated zone” on the first day of the trial of Dr. Benjamin Spock and four others in federal court for counseling draft resistance. They believed that individuals had a right to decide not to kill as nonviolent persons, most especially in a war they considered unjust.
May 20, 1971
A delegation of U.S. pacifists traveled to Cuba to exchange children’s art.

https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistorymay.htm#may20

That Time of Year

https://www.gocomics.com/jerry-king-comics/2025/05/20

So Needed!

with added thanks to MDavis. 💖

These Are a Couple of Worthwhile Reads.

Peace & Justice History for 5/19

May 19, 1934
10,000 participated in a “No More War” march in New York City.
May 19, 1952
Playwright and activist Lillian Hellman advised the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) that she refused to testify against friends and associates, saying, “I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions.”

Lillian Hellman
Learn more about Lillian Hellman 
Text of her letter to HUAC 
May 19, 1997
Two international human rights workers, Mario Calderón and Elsa Alvarado, as well as her father, were shot dead in Bogotá, Colombia, by a paramilitary gang.
Their one-year-old was hidden and thus spared, her mother wounded. The couple worked for the Center for Investigation and Popular Education (Centro de Investigación y Educación Popular, or CINEP), a non-governmental organization founded by the Jesuits (the Roman Catholic Society of Jesus) to foster education, understanding, justice and sustainable development in Colombia.

Mario Calderón and Elsa Alvarado
CINEP’s peace program 

https://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistorymay.htm#may19