Richest Asshole in the Universe

I drew this cartoon over a week ago, just after Elon's SpaceX IPO roared into the stock market stratosphere and briefly made him a paper trillionaire. It galled me at the time, and still does, because I know that much of the money invested in Elon's stock was no doubt previously meant for SNAP and ACA subsidies, funds transferred to the uber-wealthy as part of Trump's Big Bastard-Ass Bill.

I didn't initially think the cartoon offered anything new to say on the subject but, after looking at it for a week, I can't not share it.

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I'm going to be super-cynical about the Supreme Court's surprisingly liberal decision on mail-in ballots, which decreed that all such ballots have to be counted even if they arrive after Election Day, as long as they are postmarked before the day of the elections.

So here's the cynical part....

Votes don't matter anymore. Trump's "election" in 2024 proved that the system is rigged by the uber-wealthy for the benefit of the uber-wealthy. America did not elect a racist rapist as president in 2024. The election was stolen and will continue to be stolen from here on.

Democrats will likely regain the House in 2026 but to no good effect as long as one of the other two branches of government are controlled by the Republicans. The GOP is clearly moving our government towards a form of unitary executive and, from here on, elections are going to be strictly performative whether the electorate knows it or not.

There is a solution to this problem but it requires massive public response like the one seen in Albania. Americans might decide to finally use their Second Amendment rights to reset the American experiment but, here's the rub: The government controls the supply of bullets. If there's a civil war, it would be a very short one.

Yes, this timeline sucks.

- Lefty