Mark Fiore

Any of you journo or journo-tangential friends (cartoonists even!) have questions about this, reach out to me. This was an incredible, life-changing experience, happy to talk w/ you if you are curious.

JD Vance says of the Middle East that it's "a region of the world made up of countries whose name I couldn't even pronounce"

Yet another, 250-foot, reason to vote against the fascists. wapo.st/4sAGTOX

Beyond a new rape allegation, the @democrats-judiciary.house.gov report implicates current Attorney General Todd Blanche, stating he "may have engaged in criminal obstruction of justice while acting on a mission to protect Trump," referring to an interview with Ghislaine Maxwell. Seems like news!

Homepage of the @miamiherald.com with story by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social that mentions rape in the first paragraph. See, it's not so fucking hard. www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-...

Hmmm, doesn't this kind of undercut Trump's argument that voter fraud is rampant? You offer a million-dollar bounty if someone is hard to catch/rare. <Cue the Austin Powers gifs>

High level observation from some of our election rumor work this season: The Trump admin & right wing media ecosystem are focusing a lot of energy on California — which with all of their congressional seats and the long counting period could set the stage for some "rigged election" shenanigans.

Wait, what?! “It involves an expanding investment portfolio — including a million-dollar stake in a manufacturer of high-tech penis rings — accusations of carpetbagging and a private plane…” An Iowa Republican’s Unusual Connection to the Kochs (and Kansas) www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/u...

Heads, I win. Tails, you lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Dear "Secretary of War" Hegseth, Please leave the overly obvious, easy metaphors to the political cartoonists. Sincerely, -Mark wapo.st/3WF2YQo

A-mazing. Gosh, this is wonderful.

Um . . .

You know who REALLY mocks Jesus & is a pervert? A president who... *sigh* I just can't do it. It's too easy. wapo.st/4jrJDf7

Nothing much at all...

Meta took down the No Kings instagram; TikTok banned the Musk documentary account for supposedly violating its political posting policies. A reminder that platforms are owned by the wealthiest of people, control the means of media distribution, & put their thumbs on the democracy scale as they wish

Because sometimes, you can judge a book by its cover... Serious Cruella Deville vibes in this great photo.

Yikes, I hope they don't find a brown paper bag filled with $50,000 when they search @ilhanmn.bsky.social's house. Then she'd have to become the head of ICE.

Give A Mouse A Cookie political theory continues to play out.

Here's hoping suggesting Iran nuke L.A. & San Diego will finally sway the "Noble" Committee to acknowledge this greatest of peacemakers.

Most reports are leaving out the "this is a very small price to pay" part of this insane man's rant. The crowd reaction also adds quite a bit: even a room full of MAGA idiots expresses shock.

A year ago, @propublica.org told you immigration agents had detained more than 170 U.S. citizens. We’ve updated our count, and we’ve got all the receipts. The tally: At least 506 citizens detained. Sometimes held at gunpoint, handcuffed, or even deported. projects.propublica.org/american-cit...

To bring in the Halloween season, we had 2 live bats in our house over the weekend. Note: when a bat flies around & around a ceiling fan, it looks amazing.

I love the way you write

Here's your reminder that border czar Tom Homan, who is terrorizing hard-working immigrants, took $50,000 in an FBI bribery sting. The Trump regime killed the probe, and there’s no indication that Homan paid the money back to the taxpayers – or even paid taxes on the "income."

How many times has this guy practiced that line in front of his makeup mirror? Apparently not enough.

Love that Zuckerberg has to literally stand behind Trump as he rants about Biden, Democrats & what a wonderful job ICE is doing. Great look for business, Zuck!

Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...

Trump administration very much staying on-brand with Brand.

Excellent enterprise journalism here, keep it up! (At least until they install the Nothing-About-Trump filters.)

Burying the lede: "Nearly 7,500 people are still waiting for the extensive background checks required for their positions, with an ability to work on a limited basis in the meantime..." So, 5,000 unchecked hires to add to the previous 7,500 unchecked hires, right? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...

NEW: Emergency motion asks First Circuit if its decision overturning DHS's third-country removal policy is effective immediately or not. They cite my reporting, and reveal tomorrow's ICE flight to make TCR stops in Central African Republic, Rwanda and Burundi. www.courtlistener.com/docket/72347...

Wtaf is this question my university just asked me about my project?

Calling @tedlasso.bsky.social. Now would be a great time to speak out.

I try not to swear here but, fuck these guys. A few years ago when my family was on Obamacare, my income turned out to be more than expected, thereby reducing my subsidy, which I repaid (painfully) at tax time. According to these assholes, I'm a fraudster. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/h...

Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1