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DesertRat

(27,995 posts) Tue Jul 3, 2018, 04:38 PM Jul 2018

Luckovich: Happy Independence Day

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Luckovich: Happy Independence Day (Original Post) DesertRat Jul 2018 OP

K&R, this is some evil shit uponit7771 Jul 2018 #1

It's heartbreaking and spot on. DesertRat Jul 2018 #2

Truth is brutal The Blue Flower Jul 2018 #3

True enough. And we're mere bystanders. calimary Jul 2018 #7

Luckovich isn't pulling any punches elfin Jul 2018 #4

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2018 #5

Excruciating. calimary Jul 2018 #6

And the whole world knows who is responsible dalton99a Jul 2018 #8

In a way WE are responsible. groundloop Jul 2018 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author groundloop Jul 2018 #10

sad and true. spanone Jul 2018 #11

Wow! malaise Jul 2018 #12

uponit7771

(93,532 posts)

1. K&R, this is some evil shit

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 04:40 PM

Jul 2018

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)

2. It's heartbreaking and spot on.

Reply to uponit7771 (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 04:50 PM

Jul 2018

The Blue Flower

(6,547 posts)

3. Truth is brutal

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 05:20 PM

Jul 2018

Anyone with a heart is traumatized by this.

calimary

(90,418 posts)

7. True enough. And we're mere bystanders.

Reply to The Blue Flower (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 06:38 PM

Jul 2018

Imagine how those kids feel. Traumatized, very likely for LIFE.

elfin

(6,262 posts)

4. Luckovich isn't pulling any punches

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 05:51 PM

Jul 2018

Getting darker, more bitter, more heartrending. No more jokes. He has had it too.

He is my favorite and he is revealing more and more of himself with each artwork.

Solly Mack

(97,102 posts)

5. K&R

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 05:53 PM

Jul 2018

calimary

(90,418 posts)

6. Excruciating.

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 06:37 PM

Jul 2018

I don’t feel like there’s anything to celebrate tomorrow. I feel like a hostage. With apologies to Robert Heinlein, I feel like a real-life stranger in a strange land.

dalton99a

(94,852 posts)

8. And the whole world knows who is responsible

Reply to DesertRat (Original post)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 06:44 PM

Jul 2018

groundloop

(13,899 posts)

9. In a way WE are responsible.

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #8)

Tue Jul 3, 2018, 06:56 PM

Jul 2018

True, nobody on DU voted for the orange bastard, but we need to be doing everything withing our power to end this madness. Complain to our friends and neighbors, write letters to Congress Critters, protest / civil disobedience, contribute to Democratic candidates, and of course VOTE.