Ted Rall, the Actual Political Cartoonist & Pundit
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Co-host of the DMZ America Podcast, an analysis of the week in politics, news and culture. Co-author of THE STRINGER graphic novel.
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Published March 2020.
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I voted today for Howie Hawkins. I would be pleased to see him take the Oath of Office. That’s how I decide my vote. Also, there will never be a viable third party unless we start “wasting our votes” now.
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They tell me that my mom will die tonight. I am at her side. Thank you everyone for your kindness, your wishes, your own stories. I grew up alone with her, an only child with a single mom, and I miss her.
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Thank you
@BootsRiley
. Trying now to get SCOTUS involved. The
@latimes
wants me to pay THEM $1 million for their legal fees because I defended myself. They fired me as a favor to LAPD bc my cartoons criticized brutality against poc. New owner is just as horrible.
Old story, important now:
Police union invested heavily to become part owner of TribuneCompany newspapers (Owner of many major publications) w stated goal of influencing coverage.
til2017, Tribune Company owned the LATimes. looks like LAPD influenced
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Today we remember the 30,000 Afghans and 1,000,000 Iraqis murdered as a fake retaliation for 9/11, which they had nothing to do with.
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Five years ago,
@LATimes
editor
@nick_goldberg
and writer Paul Pringle fired me because they could not believe that an LAPD officer would handcuff and abuse a jaywalker. Those wankers still have their jobs. I'm still fighting in court and the Times is trying to bankrupt me.
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Wait, now she says she wants universal healthcare? I thought that was "unrealistic."
#IowaCaucus
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If Russia winds up with Crimea and the Donbas permanently—which looks likely—how will the media spin that as a Ukrainian victory? They will. I just wonder how.
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Biden refuses to step aside in favor of a stronger Democrat (i.e., any other Democrat). Now it’s him or Trump. Why is his selfish stupidity my problem? I refuse to endorse Biden’s idiocy with my vote. If Trump wins, it’s HIS fault. Not mine.
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600,000 refugees have fled Ukraine. Media outlets call this the "biggest refugee crisis of the century." Apparently 6.7 million Syrians don't count.
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Because the Green Party has been blocked from ballot access in New York, I wrote in my choices for governor and lieutenant governor and encourage you to do the same.
@HowieHawkins
@GreenPartyUS
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Obviously don’t vote for Trump. Also don’t vote for Biden. Boycott or third party. Why is this concept difficult to understand?
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This story disqualifies Kamala Harris for the presidency.
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#KamalaHarrisVP
is a big upraised middle finger to progressives. Biden to the Left: Drop Dead. I shan't be voting Democratic this fall.
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Shocked to hear about
#EdPiskor
's death. When I read the initial allegations about him, the irresponsible way they were reported and the Internet pile-on, my first thought was, this is the kind of thing that drives people to suicide. The comics community keeps getting more toxic.
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The kids are alright. They need our support, not riot police.
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So NYT gave Trump 15% chance of win this morning. 96% now. Seems to me some statistician needs to get fired.
#ElectionNight
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Hillary and Bernie are exactly 50-50 now. Yet her campaign tried to claim victory. Do the arrogance and lies ever stop?
#IowaCaucus
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Hillary just told Lester Holt/NBC that Bernie has not changed her mind on even one single issue, that she merely appreciates his “passion.”
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My Mom Yvonne Rall Died Last Night. Thank you for the outpouring of love.
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Shortsighted moderate Democrats oppose Medicare for all because, they say, people want to keep the insurance they currently have. Millions are now losing their jobs and thus their insurance. Moderates are children who should be seen and not heard.
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Sanders is leading. Even Trump is finally stepping up. America is collapsing yet Biden has nothing to say, nothing to offer us. Biden voters, please admit your mistake; Biden, please withdraw and stay safe.
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MSNBC keeps ignoring the fact that Bernie Sanders has pulled off an upset. He was never expected to get 50-50.
#IowaCaucus
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Today is my 56th birthday. I have much to be grateful for. But it will also be the 1st birthday that
#Alzheimers
prevents my mom from calling and singing to me. She is memory care, lost to me and herself. Weird and hard.
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The worst thing about
@realDonaldTrump
is that his awfulness distracts us from a serious discussion of Hillary. There’ll be consequences.
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Israel: You have now killed many more civilians than Hamas killed a week ago. Is your thirst for vengeance satisfied?
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One of my major outlets censored this cartoon today, presumably because it criticizes Israel.
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Here was my first 9/11 cartoon. Other cartoonists did crying Statues of Liberty.
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Hey Hillary Democrats: you owe Bernie Sanders and his supporters and the world a ginormous apology.
#ElectionNight
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RIP Al Jaffee. He was brilliant, funny and kind, a model cartoonist. It was a privilege to have known him even a wee bit.
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When I was 10, my mom was in the hospital for a week and I thought she might die. I got lost in the neighborhood where I was staying. A man approached me, snapped my photo, gave it to me and then directed me back to the right home. Now my mom really is dying. I feel the same.
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Why did Bernie sell out? Was he always a sheepdog? Is he that scared of Trump? Is he just tired? I don’t know. All I know is, telling us to vote for a warmongering pro-cop wank like Biden is selling out.
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@TedRall
: Technically, Bernie never formally conceded. Time for him to step in and take the nomination.
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If you hate what Russia is doing to Ukraine, you should hate what the United States has been doing to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, etc. with terror assassination drones for decades. If you boycott Russian goods over Ukraine, you should boycott American goods too.
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How propaganda works: MSNBC just said: “Russian hackers stole DNC emails. WikiLeaks published the emails.” What they leave out: WikiLeaks says it got the material from a DNC staffer angry about how they cheated Bernie.
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Seriously: why didn’t Bloomberg run for President as a Republican? His chances would have been better and he could have made a case for rehabilitating the GOP.
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Bernie would have trounced Trump.
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Trump said a lot of crazy shit. But even Trump never ran his mouth so much that he threatened nuclear war against Russia and China at the same time. If Trump was too dangerous to be president, so is Biden.
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Biden is against everything I am for. He picked a veep I despise. His choices tell me he does not want my vote. It would be disrespectful of me to ignore his choices by casting my unwanted vote for him.
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US propaganda has become Soviet. Last night CNN aired an hour of Biden babbling incoherently, failing to answer a single viewer question because he could not understand anything. Today not one single media outlet mentioned it. It is not online.
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If Dems had brains or cared about us, now would be the time to push for single-payer, aka actual human healthcare.
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For whatever it is worth, I knew Trump would win last time. It’s not as certain this year, but still I’d bet he’ll win again. Of all the godawful corporatist stooges out there, the DNC appointed the worst.
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During 2020, I plan to lose some weight, finish three books, sell a TV show, defeat the LA Times and work tirelessly to undermine and overthrow capitalism.
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When Afghans and Iraqis picked up guns to fight violent hostile invasion forces, it was really awesome to see how US journalists praised their patriotism and self-sacrifice.
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My new book just arrived!
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Minneapolis protesters are breaking lockdown to stand up against killer cops. Looking forward to seeing Trump conservatives join them in solidarity for resisting the lockdown and government oppression.
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This is what happened the last time people got giddy without cause, and baselessly projected their desires.
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Good for Zack Weiner. In a classic “publish and be damned” move, he refused to be BDSM-shamed and owns his sexuality. There is nothing wrong with consenting sex, kink or sex work. I admire his courage!
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Democrats who dislike Trump should quit fucking around and tell Biden to drop out due to dementia and the rape charge. There’s still time to choose the candidate now in 2nd place. After this summer it’ll be too late!
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My mom's partial hip replacement cost $141,000. $29,000 of that was one night in the hospital. Best healthcare system in the world, my ass.
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Imagine you were sexually assaulted. You complain but nothing happens. 27 years later, the fucker becomes the Democratic nominee for president. Is it it so hard to understand why that event might be the last straw, the reason you come forward?
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President Trump should be removed from office. 25th Amendment, impeachment, pressured to resign, whatever works. This crisis is too severe to allow him to continue his reign of incompetence abc neglect.
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I watch TV and listen to the radio all day. Not once, ever, do I hear anyone being interviewed who advocates for less war, fewer sanctions, or reducing pressure on other countries.
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DNC to progressives: We've been out to destroy you but we will destroy you even more unless you give us your votes in exchange for nothing.
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America is on its knees. This would be a perfect chance for the terror folk and “enemies” to kneecap us militarily. Yet: nothing. Proof positive the Pentagon budget is and always has been a total waste. Shut it down.
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If universal healthcare were a war, no journalist would ask: “how do you plan to pay for it?”
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So many Democratic fascists ordering me to shut up today.
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Democratic idea of “resistance to Trump” is to offer $1.3 billion instead of the $5 billion he wants for his wall. Keep it up, Trump will win another term because progressives will not support the Democrats.
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When I attended high school in Ohio in the 1970s, we were told that if we wore a black armband to commemorate May 4 at Kent State, we would be suspended.
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I’ll break quarantine for the Revolution. Who’s with me?
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No, Ellen, George W. Bush isn’t simply someone who has different political beliefs than you do. He murdered 1 million people just for fun.
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If democracy is really at stake and Democrats are running their weakest candidate anyway, logical conclusion is: Democrats don’t care about democracy.
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Trump’s taxes are not the scandal. The scandal is that, for as long as we have been alive, the tax code has soaked working people while letting rich people like Trump pay nothing. Without revolution, it will never change.
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I, Ted Rall, survivor of the Afghanistan conflict, traveler to many Central Asian republics, have successfully purchased TOILET PAPER! 8 small rolls, that’s all they would let me have
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If
#ColinPowell
had refused and told the truth, he'd have saved a million lives, been elected president and be remembered as a profile in courage. If his life is to have meaning, it should serve as a warning of the consequences of going along to get along. (2/2)
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My first Mother’s Day after my mom died February 7th. If you still have yours, hold her close.
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Looks like DNC handed Super Tuesday states to Biden by classic voter suppression technique of removing machines from precincts with young voters who favor Bernie, resulting in discouraging 4-6 hour lines.
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Longtime Centerville French teacher Yvonne Rall dead at 84
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I'm going to Russia! I'm excited and looking forward to seeing how things are there. Not much American journalism coming out of there these days. 1/
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Social media is depressing. I can draw the most amazing cartoon anyone has ever drawn and it will get perhaps a couple of hundred likes. Jim Carrey draws his complete garbage and because he’s a movie star gets covered in Huffington Post.
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As I wrote yesterday in my column, a new Left is born. Protests never happened on the first day after Reagan or Bush II were elected.
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“Elect Biden,” they said, “then pressure him from the left.” Obama asked the left to do that. Occupy did. So Obama had goons beat them up. Biden (or his puppet masters) would do the same.
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“Outside agitators.” “Looters.” State propaganda is so stupid, stale and impotent. I am so proud of our young people tonight, in the streets. Thank you, heroes.
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It is impossible to overstate just how furious and sad Sanders supporters are right now. The establishment of the Democratic Party doesn’t have the foggiest idea it is facing an existential crisis.
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Like it or not, many Berners won’t vote for another nominee. So any other nominee is likelier to lose. There, I solved the electability issue.
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Nov. 11 is supposed to be Armistice Day, re: the war to end all wars. That should be the goal, not glorifying militarism.
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In 2012 the Obama administration decided to arm something called the "Free Syria Army" in response to media pressure. That morphed into something called ISIS. This is what happens when you rush into a foreign conflict that you don't know anything about. My 2012 toon.
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Here’s how alienated I am from the system: I could just barely vote for Bernie or Tulsi. Both are too far right for me and too tolerant of militarism. For me, that IS a compromise. So how can anyone bug me about Biden?
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I’m going to repeat this because people still aren’t paying attention: those “hundreds of Americans” Selemani helped kill were US occupation forces in Iraq, not innocent civilians.
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I am blocked from Facebook for decrying the lack of street activism over abortion rights. Is this “hate speech”?!?
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When I was a kid I was jealous of the great leftists who ended up on Nixon’s White House enemies list. Now they’re labeling my posts as an enemy of the state. I’ve made it!
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Democrats: still want to unite your party? Urge voters in remaining primary states to support Bernie Sanders. He can still win the nomination. And he’s the only one who can beat Trump because his voters absolutely will never vote for Joe Biden.
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So interesting that war criminal ex-SEAL Eddie Gallagher can’t be criticized by Democrats after being saved by Trump. They’ve been sucking up to the cult of militarism for so long all they can do is stay silent in the face of atrocity.
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If you don’t think Democratic corporatist hacks stole/tried to steal the Iowa caucus, you’re just not paying attention. They will literally do anything to deny Bernie Sanders the nomination.
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I drew this in 2019. Now there’s DON’T LOOK UP.
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If the Democrats nominate Biden, Sanders’ supporters will not vote this fall. Trump will win again. The empirical evidence is clear.
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Yes, let’s do that recount. Can we start with the Bernie vs. Hillary primaries?
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Voter: “I am not voting for Biden to endorse his neoliberal corporatism. I am voting Biden to send a message against Trump and fascism.” Media: “Biden wins big! Proves huge mandate for neoliberal corporatism!”
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Brittle: It’s Like the Nazis Are Still Killing My Mother | Ted Rall's
#cartoon
#alzheimers
#dementia
#trauma
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Mom died in February after a bad year of decline. Every day I read the day's news and want to call her to discuss because she was always so insightful, then I remember she's dead. Does that urge ever go away?
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"Please cancel my mom's Sirius XM. She has Alzheimers, no longer drives and is in a nursing home." Them: "How about a different package?"
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