PSA - promise to comment on toon later: I just read Jack Ohman’s latest column about the talk he gave in Sacramento to the Kinglsey Arts Foundation. He is one of my favorite political cartoonists. It breaks my heart and makes me really angry that people like him and Clay have to rely on Substack to make enough to (barely) survive on. Especially now when we need them more than ever to push back against the facist regime of TACO, his sycophantic advisors and all the MAGAT’s. I wish I could subscribe to him and so many others. But the money just isn’t in our household! Even though my husband still works full time. We saved up to upgrade to paid for Clay. On September 24th we will be able to upgrade to Nick Anderson! We also contribute financially to The Guardian because they are at the top of our list for news coverage, and they are also an independent “reader supported service.” But we are trying, saving a little each of hubby’s paychecks and my measly $400/month social security. And I want to encourage everyone to please do the same! It is worth it because it means helping to save the voices shouting for the literal democracy that this country is very close to loosing. And restack all of their Substacks whether you are a paid subscriber or not! Stay safe, Clay! And tell Jack Ohman, Nick Anderson, Lalo Alcaraz, Mike Luckovich, Ann Telnaes, Pedro Molina, Alex and all the others that they mean more than we can ever say.
Uh huh. I’ve felt guilty reading any that are allowed for free. It’s like watching PBS without a membership bc $35 a year gets you unlimited Passport viewing.
I wish Substack found a way for many who need to read and see to do so.
Agree. And for me to Keith Knight and Steve Brodner. I’m also overwhelmed by the numbers and I can’t manage that much reading (I comprehend better than with podcasts) each day and have any degree of sanity!
I totally understand how you feel💖. And my hubby and I used to be “stricter” about it when we had more disposable income. 🔸But I think in this situation that the others on Substack would like people who can’t afford to pay to still read what is available and Restack! It gives them visibility and helps others to see them. It also gives incentive to support them so you can read the entire blog and comment. ♦️I would definitely encourage you to read The Guardian with ads if you can’t support them financially! My hubby and I actually started reading them more after the situation between Israel and Gaza really heated up. We asked a good friend of our’s who is Jewish (and the president of his synagogue and a member of the interfaith council in his community) where we could get reliable information. He told us The Guardian and Haaretz, but Haaretz is blocked completely without a subscription. We could only afford one, so we chose The Guardian because it covers the whole world and not just the Middle East. 💔Now more than ever we all need reliable sources and the number is dwindling. Since the CK shooting I don’t trust any media outlet in the USA!
These days I welcome corny "old people" jokes and middle school humor. I welcome smart-ass sarcastic, biting commentary that makes me wince while I snicker or snort to control the laugh if it's in a public setting. My family drilled into me that it's not polite to laugh at people in public settings unless they are clowns. This regime has so many clowns, so it's hard not to laugh in public and private spaces. I welcome anything that will make me chuckle, smile, guffaw or laugh so hard that tears and pee have to be cleaned up. I like the feelings that the endorphins that humor produces because they are better for me than the increased cortisol from the depression and anger that this regime also triggers.
Humor keeps me from looking at MAGA folks with hate in my heart which can destroy me physically, mentally and emotionally. I appreciate what good political cartoonists & humorists do more now than ever because humor is cheaper than therapy or drugs with less side effects (beyond purchasing more Kleenex & Depends). So you keep doing you Clay. I'll take groaning at dad jokes any day over moaning from pain and sadness. I'll keep laughing at fascists' outrage even though they are dangerous fools because they don't know to deal with people who have a sense of humor. Pity the fools, like Mr. T says.
Ah, remember the days when the RWNJ's were all claiming they were "canceled" when they were told it would cost over a million bucks in security to show up at Berkeley and they were told student organizations don't get to approve visiting lectures without administration feedback? And they were butt hurt and made millions claiming their rights were violated and were all over the place clutching pearls and with their crying towels? And everyone heard every word they wanted to say, but somehow they were silenced?
Now they actually get actual people cancelled from TV for saying the most factual things imaginable. They cannot show you what's offensive or untrue about what Kimmel said, so they just scream. How many fundraising emails has Trump sent over the death of Kirk? Forty, fifty, more? This has gotten past stupid, this is just the RW making stuff up to pretend to be outraged about. Are they that brainwashed?
Voting for the right is simply voting for fascist takeover and total control of everything.
How can anyone with a sense of humor and word play hate puns? I love puns, and I come from an extended family of people who love puns. Groucho Marx was my childhood role model. And that probably explains a lot about who I am today.
Anyway, even if you don't like writing them, you wrote them well. Good cartoon reflecting a not-too-funny state of the nation.
Puns AND “Dad jokes” [the kind Barack made and laughed at!], because my dad did and laughed harder than we groaned. He adored Mel Brooks among others so along with great music my sense of humor is like his!
My groan came with the toon on FB. My laugh was the roomba. Strange I know. Does yours know when to vacuum? I ask bc my spouse got one and it or they seem to sit v vacuum.
This is brilliant, Clay, and the pain in the pit of my stomach is awful. An article on the GAO and another “emergency” case to SCOTUS and all the killing of speech.
Kings: Charles looked like he wanted to crawl out of the room.
I did name him, but I forgot what it was. Without thinking, I usually call it "Robot," like this morning. I was making my daily time-lapse for YouTube with the voiceover, and Robot decided that was when it needed to play around my feet. So I was like, "Fuck off, Robot!"
But it came with an app where you adjust the settings. The only thing I've done by hand so far is put it together and empty the filter.
This is a tiny apartment, so I really don't need it, but I kinda love it.
Rename him/her/it. My newer one, that works with Alexa, is named Belvedere, but I don't remember why I picked that. I have an original Roomba Red, too, but his battery won't take a charge any longer - keep meaning to see if I can get a replacement battery for that model. I have one cat that hates Belvedere and hides and one that follows him around like she's inspecting his work (although I suspect she's really hoping he'll swoop up some crumbs in the whirling brushes and she'll be able to swipe them before he sucks them up).
I felt sorry for all the members of the British Royal family who had to suck it up and smile! The infamous letter from the King that Sissy Starmer handed to Herr🍊during his White House visit was an invitation to Balmoral in Scotland where the King and Queen vacation every August!! Not an “official visit”. But no, Trumpalumpa HAD to have another State Dinner, which no other American president had ever had (including Obama who was well liked). At least they managed to schedule it when Parliament was in recess, because of course 🍊 wanted to give a speech there. Poor Princess Catherine (Prince William’s wife) had to sit next to the 🍊lech through the dinner. And the way he leered at her, OMG, disgusting! If you haven’t been able to tell already, I have a lot of admiration for the BRF so I follow their news. The way Catherine was dressed was a tip-off that she was prepared to be drooled over! Her dress, including the sleeves, was a very solid fabric with a neckline that was all the way up to the bottom of her throat. And she wore a short waisted jacket over it with long sleeves and a neru type collar! And her hair was half way down, usually with a tiara it is pulled up in the back so you can see her earrings. It looked like as close as she could get to a hazmat suit with an actual hazmat suit! King Charles was seated on Herr🍊’s other side, but he was ignored. It was also noticed by the British press that 🍊did not dip his head slightly in a bowing motion when he meet King Charles and Queen Camilla!! And Melania didn’t even pretend to attempt a head bob, let alone a curtsy! Yes, “officially” it is not absolutely mandatory. But it is an expected showing of respect.
Absolutely howling with laughter here! Love Mikhail Baryshnikov in the Pootie frame - wondering if Swan Lake is running on loop on Russian state TV. Love Just Dance's eyelashes - he looks especially "lovely" here. And Kilroy Hitler just hanging around is perfect.
The wannabe king, his royal Magasty Bedminster - the emperor with no clothes - and his evil, humorless, thin-skinned, conniving, smarmy court of jesters want us scared shitless, quivering in fear. Humor and laughter are the best medicine and we will continue to laugh at the absurdity of this entire administration.
My protest efforts today: cancelled Disney+/HULU today. Good riddance! And am now watching NOKINGS mobilization kickoff call, getting ready for October 18, 2025 rallies/protests.
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* Take a courageous step. Find an event closest to you at NOKINGS.com. Or call/write/text/fax your representatives. Participate in postcards to voters. Post a sign on your lawn.
You get 14 Peezy points for finding JD's eyelashes and a special 40 Peezy points for spotting Mikhail. I gotta scroll back through to see if anyone else has spotted those.
Jesters are immune to regal wrath. Until, of course, they aren't. Sad.
An excellent summary of the situation the world finds it in. Thanks, MAGAts.
I applaud those that will struggle and fight. And keep the home fires burning. Readers and supporters of Clay will find themselves more welcome in Europe than they are in their homeland. Renew your passports ASAP. No Kings (18 October), but can come any day. Resist. Argue. Oppose. Let your freak flags fly. Get rid of the Tangerine Tyrant, his court of sycophants and fellow travelers. If not now, when? If not we, who? Think of the children. Think of and for yourselves.
I am devastated by Kimmel's suspension but Trump was gunning for him and this was just the excuse he needed. One more obfuscation so the Epstein case is pushed to the back.
“TAKE MY BORSUHT, PLEASE” The B- word is really messy. It looks like “borsuht” but it is really spelled “borscht”. Maybe Clay spelled it correctly and I am not seeing it correctly, but it is really squiggly. But you get the message.
Hurray for you, Karen!! I’m transferring 5 of my Peezy Points to you 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕. And another 5 for giving SeaMore your attention 💖he is really getting into the EE stuff now that he has a name. 😂🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕
To see the drawings in really big size, click the + to enlarge it, then click the download button at the top left of the page. That will open it in a separate window, hold down the ctrl key and roll the scroll wheel on the mouse and you can make it enormous. So big you have to use the window bars on the side to move around, and you can see JD Vance's nose hair. Yuck!
⏪”The Times Strikes Back Easter🐣eggs ♦️ALL the headlines ~ 📰TRUMP RANKED DUMBEST PREZ EVER 📰TRUMP’S BODY ORDER SETS OFF CAR ALARMS 🔸TESLAS EXPLODE 📰TRUMP’S FAVORABILITY LOWER THAN CHLAMYDIA’S 🔸HERPES DEMANDS RECOUNT 📰LARGEST ANAL WARTS SINCE TAFT 🔸MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING ♦️🖼️Epstein in frame 📰WHERE ARE THE EPSTEIN FILES 🖼️King Charles in frame 📰WHERE’S ANDREW ♦️Pizza Rat 📰TRUMP SUCKS MORE THAN DOMNINO’S ♦️Red Stapler PROPERTY OF MILTON ♦️KKK Washington Monument ♦️Russian Flag Label Pin on 🍊♦️Sipping Cup: ASK ME ABOUT MY CANKLES ♦️ Ear Diaper: Lord Farquaad from Shrek. 🚨The face on the witch is too blurry for me.
Easter🐣eggs that I don’t think anyone has mentioned. Please pardon me if I’m repeating. ♦️Upper Left Panel 🔸Pezzy hanging out in the basket to catch the head. ♦️Lower left panel 🔸Screaming Yellow Rubber Chicken 🔸Prop arrow 🔸In windows - 🪟 Tulsi Gabbard 🪟Fucker Carlson 🪟Top of the head of Boris (from Bullwinkle)
Thanks Fucker ⚔️ ⬅️ According to a new memo from US Law Enforcement that is a certified gang emoji! From that Tren De Aragua monsters. So considering my use of emojis I be in deep doo doo. 💩 Just wanted you to know in case I disappear
PSA - promise to comment on toon later: I just read Jack Ohman’s latest column about the talk he gave in Sacramento to the Kinglsey Arts Foundation. He is one of my favorite political cartoonists. It breaks my heart and makes me really angry that people like him and Clay have to rely on Substack to make enough to (barely) survive on. Especially now when we need them more than ever to push back against the facist regime of TACO, his sycophantic advisors and all the MAGAT’s. I wish I could subscribe to him and so many others. But the money just isn’t in our household! Even though my husband still works full time. We saved up to upgrade to paid for Clay. On September 24th we will be able to upgrade to Nick Anderson! We also contribute financially to The Guardian because they are at the top of our list for news coverage, and they are also an independent “reader supported service.” But we are trying, saving a little each of hubby’s paychecks and my measly $400/month social security. And I want to encourage everyone to please do the same! It is worth it because it means helping to save the voices shouting for the literal democracy that this country is very close to loosing. And restack all of their Substacks whether you are a paid subscriber or not! Stay safe, Clay! And tell Jack Ohman, Nick Anderson, Lalo Alcaraz, Mike Luckovich, Ann Telnaes, Pedro Molina, Alex and all the others that they mean more than we can ever say.
I find the Guardian to be most honest and accurate in their reporting.
Uh huh. I’ve felt guilty reading any that are allowed for free. It’s like watching PBS without a membership bc $35 a year gets you unlimited Passport viewing.
I wish Substack found a way for many who need to read and see to do so.
I know where you are coming from, as I, too, have a limited amount of funds. So I pick and choose carefully. But Clay is one of my favorites.
Agree. And for me to Keith Knight and Steve Brodner. I’m also overwhelmed by the numbers and I can’t manage that much reading (I comprehend better than with podcasts) each day and have any degree of sanity!
I totally understand how you feel💖. And my hubby and I used to be “stricter” about it when we had more disposable income. 🔸But I think in this situation that the others on Substack would like people who can’t afford to pay to still read what is available and Restack! It gives them visibility and helps others to see them. It also gives incentive to support them so you can read the entire blog and comment. ♦️I would definitely encourage you to read The Guardian with ads if you can’t support them financially! My hubby and I actually started reading them more after the situation between Israel and Gaza really heated up. We asked a good friend of our’s who is Jewish (and the president of his synagogue and a member of the interfaith council in his community) where we could get reliable information. He told us The Guardian and Haaretz, but Haaretz is blocked completely without a subscription. We could only afford one, so we chose The Guardian because it covers the whole world and not just the Middle East. 💔Now more than ever we all need reliable sources and the number is dwindling. Since the CK shooting I don’t trust any media outlet in the USA!
Agree about the sources. Reliability and trustworthy matter far more now.
Register, Educate, Support, Protest and VOTE!!!
These days I welcome corny "old people" jokes and middle school humor. I welcome smart-ass sarcastic, biting commentary that makes me wince while I snicker or snort to control the laugh if it's in a public setting. My family drilled into me that it's not polite to laugh at people in public settings unless they are clowns. This regime has so many clowns, so it's hard not to laugh in public and private spaces. I welcome anything that will make me chuckle, smile, guffaw or laugh so hard that tears and pee have to be cleaned up. I like the feelings that the endorphins that humor produces because they are better for me than the increased cortisol from the depression and anger that this regime also triggers.
Humor keeps me from looking at MAGA folks with hate in my heart which can destroy me physically, mentally and emotionally. I appreciate what good political cartoonists & humorists do more now than ever because humor is cheaper than therapy or drugs with less side effects (beyond purchasing more Kleenex & Depends). So you keep doing you Clay. I'll take groaning at dad jokes any day over moaning from pain and sadness. I'll keep laughing at fascists' outrage even though they are dangerous fools because they don't know to deal with people who have a sense of humor. Pity the fools, like Mr. T says.
Well said! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Ah, remember the days when the RWNJ's were all claiming they were "canceled" when they were told it would cost over a million bucks in security to show up at Berkeley and they were told student organizations don't get to approve visiting lectures without administration feedback? And they were butt hurt and made millions claiming their rights were violated and were all over the place clutching pearls and with their crying towels? And everyone heard every word they wanted to say, but somehow they were silenced?
Now they actually get actual people cancelled from TV for saying the most factual things imaginable. They cannot show you what's offensive or untrue about what Kimmel said, so they just scream. How many fundraising emails has Trump sent over the death of Kirk? Forty, fifty, more? This has gotten past stupid, this is just the RW making stuff up to pretend to be outraged about. Are they that brainwashed?
Voting for the right is simply voting for fascist takeover and total control of everything.
How can anyone with a sense of humor and word play hate puns? I love puns, and I come from an extended family of people who love puns. Groucho Marx was my childhood role model. And that probably explains a lot about who I am today.
Anyway, even if you don't like writing them, you wrote them well. Good cartoon reflecting a not-too-funny state of the nation.
Puns AND “Dad jokes” [the kind Barack made and laughed at!], because my dad did and laughed harder than we groaned. He adored Mel Brooks among others so along with great music my sense of humor is like his!
I do like dad jokes. The worst, the better.
More then please. It’s only Sept.
Loved the toons...especially tier 3 where the real witch flies over...the most evil, vindictive, horrible witch ever. Excellent blog.
My groan came with the toon on FB. My laugh was the roomba. Strange I know. Does yours know when to vacuum? I ask bc my spouse got one and it or they seem to sit v vacuum.
This is brilliant, Clay, and the pain in the pit of my stomach is awful. An article on the GAO and another “emergency” case to SCOTUS and all the killing of speech.
Kings: Charles looked like he wanted to crawl out of the room.
It’s a cheaper Roomba, and he has a schedule. I think he hates me.
Really?? A schedule? He? Name?
I did name him, but I forgot what it was. Without thinking, I usually call it "Robot," like this morning. I was making my daily time-lapse for YouTube with the voiceover, and Robot decided that was when it needed to play around my feet. So I was like, "Fuck off, Robot!"
But it came with an app where you adjust the settings. The only thing I've done by hand so far is put it together and empty the filter.
This is a tiny apartment, so I really don't need it, but I kinda love it.
Rename him/her/it. My newer one, that works with Alexa, is named Belvedere, but I don't remember why I picked that. I have an original Roomba Red, too, but his battery won't take a charge any longer - keep meaning to see if I can get a replacement battery for that model. I have one cat that hates Belvedere and hides and one that follows him around like she's inspecting his work (although I suspect she's really hoping he'll swoop up some crumbs in the whirling brushes and she'll be able to swipe them before he sucks them up).
It’s the Inspector Gadget in you
Such affection .. like a pet that literally cleans up after itself.
The Roomba, soon to be another regular character in ClayToonz. 😁
He might show up.
So hope!!
Ooooo, yes please!!!
I felt sorry for all the members of the British Royal family who had to suck it up and smile! The infamous letter from the King that Sissy Starmer handed to Herr🍊during his White House visit was an invitation to Balmoral in Scotland where the King and Queen vacation every August!! Not an “official visit”. But no, Trumpalumpa HAD to have another State Dinner, which no other American president had ever had (including Obama who was well liked). At least they managed to schedule it when Parliament was in recess, because of course 🍊 wanted to give a speech there. Poor Princess Catherine (Prince William’s wife) had to sit next to the 🍊lech through the dinner. And the way he leered at her, OMG, disgusting! If you haven’t been able to tell already, I have a lot of admiration for the BRF so I follow their news. The way Catherine was dressed was a tip-off that she was prepared to be drooled over! Her dress, including the sleeves, was a very solid fabric with a neckline that was all the way up to the bottom of her throat. And she wore a short waisted jacket over it with long sleeves and a neru type collar! And her hair was half way down, usually with a tiara it is pulled up in the back so you can see her earrings. It looked like as close as she could get to a hazmat suit with an actual hazmat suit! King Charles was seated on Herr🍊’s other side, but he was ignored. It was also noticed by the British press that 🍊did not dip his head slightly in a bowing motion when he meet King Charles and Queen Camilla!! And Melania didn’t even pretend to attempt a head bob, let alone a curtsy! Yes, “officially” it is not absolutely mandatory. But it is an expected showing of respect.
Absolutely howling with laughter here! Love Mikhail Baryshnikov in the Pootie frame - wondering if Swan Lake is running on loop on Russian state TV. Love Just Dance's eyelashes - he looks especially "lovely" here. And Kilroy Hitler just hanging around is perfect.
The wannabe king, his royal Magasty Bedminster - the emperor with no clothes - and his evil, humorless, thin-skinned, conniving, smarmy court of jesters want us scared shitless, quivering in fear. Humor and laughter are the best medicine and we will continue to laugh at the absurdity of this entire administration.
My protest efforts today: cancelled Disney+/HULU today. Good riddance! And am now watching NOKINGS mobilization kickoff call, getting ready for October 18, 2025 rallies/protests.
... --- ...
* Take a courageous step. Find an event closest to you at NOKINGS.com. Or call/write/text/fax your representatives. Participate in postcards to voters. Post a sign on your lawn.
You get 14 Peezy points for finding JD's eyelashes and a special 40 Peezy points for spotting Mikhail. I gotta scroll back through to see if anyone else has spotted those.
You are churning out so much so quickly I haven’t even had the chance or energy to look at the one on the Times toon. @KateAnne is a real pro!! 💖💖💖💖💖
You are so right. Jesters worked in courts telling the truth to the king. Not going to happen with King47.
Jesters are immune to regal wrath. Until, of course, they aren't. Sad.
An excellent summary of the situation the world finds it in. Thanks, MAGAts.
I applaud those that will struggle and fight. And keep the home fires burning. Readers and supporters of Clay will find themselves more welcome in Europe than they are in their homeland. Renew your passports ASAP. No Kings (18 October), but can come any day. Resist. Argue. Oppose. Let your freak flags fly. Get rid of the Tangerine Tyrant, his court of sycophants and fellow travelers. If not now, when? If not we, who? Think of the children. Think of and for yourselves.
Always a great toon with The Beach Boys in the background. Or road trip. Or pulling crap gutter guards and replacing them, 75 times.
This cartoon was exactly what I needed today.
I am devastated by Kimmel's suspension but Trump was gunning for him and this was just the excuse he needed. One more obfuscation so the Epstein case is pushed to the back.
What’s on Goldie’s bowl? I can’t read it.
“TAKE MY BORSUHT, PLEASE” The B- word is really messy. It looks like “borsuht” but it is really spelled “borscht”. Maybe Clay spelled it correctly and I am not seeing it correctly, but it is really squiggly. But you get the message.
I zoomed in. It does say BORSCHT. And zooming in reminded me to compliment SeaMore's tres chic beret and cig for his role in the first panel. 😊
My mom’s cold borscht recipe is THE best! Now I want a bowl!
I have never had borscht.
Hurray for you, Karen!! I’m transferring 5 of my Peezy Points to you 🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕. And another 5 for giving SeaMore your attention 💖he is really getting into the EE stuff now that he has a name. 😂🍕🍕🍕🍕🍕
"Take my borscht, please"
To see the drawings in really big size, click the + to enlarge it, then click the download button at the top left of the page. That will open it in a separate window, hold down the ctrl key and roll the scroll wheel on the mouse and you can make it enormous. So big you have to use the window bars on the side to move around, and you can see JD Vance's nose hair. Yuck!
Love dad jokes and my favorite cartoon is the Stalin one. The look of joy on the comedian's face as he lands the punchline, even though he is falling.
⏪”The Times Strikes Back Easter🐣eggs ♦️ALL the headlines ~ 📰TRUMP RANKED DUMBEST PREZ EVER 📰TRUMP’S BODY ORDER SETS OFF CAR ALARMS 🔸TESLAS EXPLODE 📰TRUMP’S FAVORABILITY LOWER THAN CHLAMYDIA’S 🔸HERPES DEMANDS RECOUNT 📰LARGEST ANAL WARTS SINCE TAFT 🔸MANY PEOPLE ARE SAYING ♦️🖼️Epstein in frame 📰WHERE ARE THE EPSTEIN FILES 🖼️King Charles in frame 📰WHERE’S ANDREW ♦️Pizza Rat 📰TRUMP SUCKS MORE THAN DOMNINO’S ♦️Red Stapler PROPERTY OF MILTON ♦️KKK Washington Monument ♦️Russian Flag Label Pin on 🍊♦️Sipping Cup: ASK ME ABOUT MY CANKLES ♦️ Ear Diaper: Lord Farquaad from Shrek. 🚨The face on the witch is too blurry for me.
Easter🐣eggs that I don’t think anyone has mentioned. Please pardon me if I’m repeating. ♦️Upper Left Panel 🔸Pezzy hanging out in the basket to catch the head. ♦️Lower left panel 🔸Screaming Yellow Rubber Chicken 🔸Prop arrow 🔸In windows - 🪟 Tulsi Gabbard 🪟Fucker Carlson 🪟Top of the head of Boris (from Bullwinkle)
I'll give you 20 Peezy points.
Thanks Fucker ⚔️ ⬅️ According to a new memo from US Law Enforcement that is a certified gang emoji! From that Tren De Aragua monsters. So considering my use of emojis I be in deep doo doo. 💩 Just wanted you to know in case I disappear
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/19/fbi-cbp-tren-de-aragua-emojis?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
You had me, Uncle, until the Nickelback comment, lol, otherwise, great blog!