ICYMI: Democracy: Now with More Alligators
And fewer rights, fewer regulations, and way fewer f**ks to give.
Ah, America, where the news cycle spins faster than Clarence Thomas’s luxury vacation carousel and every headline somehow manages to outdo the last in sheer audacity. In this edition, the ghouls got bolder, the courts got crueler, and the swamp got swampier (literally, with actual alligators). If you thought things couldn’t get stupider or meaner, congratulations: you were wrong, and they heard you.
So pour yourself something strong, adjust your rage‑reading glasses, and let’s recap this week’s festival of corruption, hypocrisy, and good old‑fashioned constitutional vandalism.
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Sure, We Didn’t Deregulate — We Wrecked It Anyway
In "We Didn’t Dereg the System (But We Let It Burn)," the author gleefully chronicles the modern American economy’s dumpster fire, one fueled not by deregulation, but by neglect, in song form. Because, of course. Think Wall Street juggernauts and fossil-fuel kings left unsupervised on a sugar high, run amok while actual oversight slept. The result? Recession-chasing speed bumps, gross inequality baked into every paycheck, and an economic circus that’s somehow branded as innovation. It’s not an accident. It’s systemic self-sabotage, dressed up in bullshit about market freedom and “too big to fail.” The earworm? That’s our gift to you.
We Didn’t Dereg the System (But We Let It Burn)
Context: While researching the OBBB, a conversation arose regarding the themes of budgets and values, which led to an examination of what the last few administrations valued based on their budgets. Naturally, this resulted in the inescapable pattern of every modern Republican inheriting a decent economy and torching it with tax cuts for the wealthy and military spending, followed by a Democrat coming in to a fiscal crisis and playing clean up. It starts with Reagan, because of course it does. Naturally, we took this notion to ChatGPT and accidentally spawned a parody song. Don’t blame us. AI made us do it. ;)
Welcome to Swampflix: Alligator Alcatraz Edition
“Alligator Alcatraz” doubles down on cruelty-as-entertainment. A new migrant detention camp is open in the Everglades, complete with tents, barbed wire, and actual gators circling the perimeter, a literal swamp gladiator games starring people seeking refuge. Officials turned immigration into a dark theme park, even slinging merch. Beneath the gallows-humor veneer lies the real horror: mass deportation, environmental devastation, and tribal desecration. And yeah, they’re bragging about it: “It might be as good as the real Alcatraz.”
Alligator Alcatraz: They Promised to Drain the Swamp, But Instead Built a Prison in It
On July 1, 2025, in the suffocating heat of the Florida Everglades, President Donald Trump arrived at a freshly built migrant detention camp nestled among sawgrass and snakes. Officially named the Southern Border Response Facility, but widely dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz,” the site had been constructed in just over a week. 3,000 beds inside wire-fenced te…
Mind-Reading AI or Just Budget-Bloat?
In the “Mythbusting” blitz, ten viral myths on the new budget are shredded. Is AI reading your thoughts? Spoiler: no. But amid the panic and eye-rolls, there's real alarm: the bill’s labyrinth of funding for corporate-friendly programs and sketchy surveillance squats like an unwanted houseguest. Yes, no one’s thoughts are being scanned yet—but the power grab is real. Welcome to Orwell’s wallet-pulling cousin.
MYTHBUSTING: Untangling 10 Viral Claims About the Budget Bill
As Congress wrestles over what stays and what goes in this sprawling budget reconciliation package, social media has been flooded with panicked posts, viral outrage, and more than a few distorted claims. “They’re legalizing child labor at age 7!” “Protesting is now a felony!” “AI will be used to read your mind!”
SCOTUS 2024–25: Culture Wars or Democracy Wars?
The Supreme Court’s latest term wasn’t about sleepy legal nuance—it was a full-throttle culture throwdown. Hard-right justices cracked down on trans youth protections, threw shade at abortion access, and flexed power over deference doctrine, reshaping regulation and civil rights. It wasn’t just law—it was an authoritarian flex. And progressive judges? Silenced or sidelined, leaving the Court more a partisan hammer than blind justice.
FBI Cover-Up: The Report That Exploded Into the Quiet
In “The Report They Buried,” we get told how the FBI played media puppet master, burying inconvenient truths during elections for big-party optics. Think quiet PR maneuvers instead of accountability, protecting political narratives over the public trust. The result? A tattered faith in a law enforcement body that’s supposed to be neutral. The takeaway: if you're choosing which story gets buried, you're the one burying democracy.
Here’s What’s Actually Trending
So there you have it: an economy imploding by design, migrants caged for spectacle, AI panic distracting from policy rot, a Supreme Court on a rollback binge, and the FBI rewriting history to protect itself. It’s all happening on our watch, and we’re supposed to call it “progress.” Good thing you didn’t miss any of it.
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Love this issue, especially humorous toons. Keep it up, bro