Good-Bye Is Not Good Enough

When it comes after decades of his particular brand of toxic spew. Not only did it play so large a role in poisoning political discourse, it also inspired a quite literal body count. Now that he's out of prime time, the mockery is as deserved as could be.

Never have Donald Trump as your character witness.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 19, 2017

And 2 weeks later...https://t.co/ZlpjQ63Oo5

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 19, 2017

Bill O'Reilly is leaving to spend more time with his plaintiffs.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 19, 2017

Fox News: Getting retired people furious about their jobs being stolen by immigrants.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 19, 2017

forgot about this gem https://t.co/rAu2ShBTfy

— Mazel Tov Cocktail (@AdamSerwer) April 19, 2017

Video: "Bill O'Reilly Tells Black Professor That He Looks Like A Drug Dealer"

So apt (gross as it necessarily is)...

Buh-bye O'Reilly! And take your Trump tramp stamp with you... pic.twitter.com/5Xvh3nGbq3

— Pat Bagley (@Patbagley) April 20, 2017

Tom Tomorrow has a thread here, about his O'Reilly cartoons. After the first was published in 2000, he happened to meet the man...

3/ To paraphrase March 2017 Twitter, I thought, "Hold my beer." pic.twitter.com/sB6ogj4hOp

— Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) April 20, 2017

4/ (I'm 6-2. He's a tall son of a bitch.)

— Tom Tomorrow (@tomtomorrow) April 20, 2017

I hadn't realized it before, but size must be yet one more thing he's used to intimidate.

Finally...

Peace in our time. pic.twitter.com/BG72IyOjSi

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 20, 2017

It's over! pic.twitter.com/qLpWxGHgia

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 20, 2017

Please, Please, Please

MFW I read the news lately. pic.twitter.com/1TA2tOTaT0

— Vulgar Gentleman 🌹 (@jndevereux) April 18, 2017

Worth A Thousand Words

It speaks, this image of bored, uncomfortable children forced to be there. The picture says, too, that these undoubtedly are children of White House staff. And volumes are spoken by how strikingly white they are.  

Most telling of all: the starkness of contrast between this and all pictures taken on such occasions in the previous eight years. But during those eight years, kids weren't used as props, and they were thrilled to be with the adults in the picture.

This time, the adult in the picture couldn't appear less simpatico with children. But her sole reason for being here (and in her job) is her being a fundamentalist billionaire, eager to siphon public money into family profit and theocratic control of schools.

So much going on in the image itself, it took a minute for me to see the story told by the caption.

The End

Per pool at DMZ, Pence just said: "the era of strategic patience is over." Which means what, exactly?

— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) April 17, 2017

All hail the era of reckless buffoonery. https://t.co/9txkfzsjUp

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 17, 2017

"So the north are the bad hombres and the south are the good guys? Ah, just like America." pic.twitter.com/jJNKnkaloq

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 17, 2017

Pence looks like the bland faced catalyst of destruction in horror movie about a doomsday cult. https://t.co/jKI5PO037S

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 17, 2017

Today In Historical Press Agentry

The front page #OTD in 2003. U.S. forces take control in Baghdad. #nytimes pic.twitter.com/mPWPH0l7cq

— New York Times OTD (@OnThisDayNYT) April 10, 2017

On the other hand...

"Some resistance remains" https://t.co/iPfoJnwAhc

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 10, 2017

Graphic Reminders

Admirable thread here, on Coretta Scott King as leader in her own right.

1. Today was the 49th anniversary of the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pic.twitter.com/A6QYHdcZkH

— Yashar (@yashar) April 10, 2017

"We must never forget that Mrs. King led a silent march for striking sanitation workers in Memphis, 3 days after her husband was killed.

...In 1985, Mrs. King/her daughter @BerniceKing were arrested for protesting apartheid..."

And she warned Congress against confirming a Southern segregationist to a federal position he would abuse, in pursuit of an agenda hostile to civil rights.

49 years ago today Albert Turner helped lead MLK's funeral procession in Atlanta. Jeff Sessions prosecuted him for helping blacks vote pic.twitter.com/TDHa8hi05A

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 9, 2017

Ancient History, Never Happened, Yada Yada

"There was never a Putin meeting on any schedule" for Secretary Tillerson, @StateDept official tells @VOANews. (But Apr. 5 notice had it) pic.twitter.com/SkmBwVFEVW

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 9, 2017

Tillerson isn't even going to meet with Putin in Moscow now?! Just cancel. Like saying you're going to the Vatican just to see the art. https://t.co/kDUnRHOmi8

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) April 10, 2017

Pass The Cornpone

Nunes "temporarily" out as House Intel Committee chairman, blames those omnipotent "leftwing activist groups" for filing ethics "accusations."

Flag: House Intel Chair Devin Nunes will temporarily step aside in the Committee's Russian investigation. pic.twitter.com/UGKj220I3s

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 6, 2017

To be replaced by... impartial guy wearing hat...

Nunes replacement? pic.twitter.com/rrKHIDTkfB

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 6, 2017

Well, let him explain in his own words—.

With Nunes stepping aside, this is the guy who's now leading House Intel Committee's Russia investigation https://t.co/mDSJoRKgzH pic.twitter.com/JKXhp6OJDr

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 6, 2017

With extra helping of Benghazi.

Seriously, he's being replaced by a guy in a MAGA hat. pic.twitter.com/pjIsH3MC7j

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 6, 2017

Family Matters

I know at least one person taking this advice pic.twitter.com/LAvf7V2itb

— Betsy Woodruff (@woodruffbets) April 5, 2017

Because, there is one family that matters...

How was this all in the same day pic.twitter.com/6qKxZsrkmc

— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) April 5, 2017

Oh this NYT correction is just... oof. https://t.co/vXOkZlkdH2 pic.twitter.com/0xeYBQ3tjk

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 5, 2017

It was an honest mistake. pic.twitter.com/UtMZCZsNSe

— Schooley (@Rschooley) April 5, 2017

Ivanka: My biz trustees are independent.

King: They're family members.

Ivanka: They're still independent. pic.twitter.com/AnghcbRsHT

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 5, 2017

Whenever I see Ivanka defend her dad I remember when he said he didn't sexually assault all those women because they weren't hot enough https://t.co/vbfdEFUBDX

— Ike Barinholtz (@ikebarinholtz) April 5, 2017

WhiteHouse Washing

Heartbroken and outraged by the images coming out of Syria following the atrocious chemical attack yesterday.

— Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) April 5, 2017

Friend Of A Friend

"What is it going to take?" Watch @arwaCNN's emotional appeal to the world about Syria after gas attack https://t.co/54iLJam8Bs pic.twitter.com/ycqLoMvU5A

— CNN (@CNN) April 4, 2017

Exactly the question. It is our heartlessness there that makes way for demagogues here. We lose ourselves one value at a time. https://t.co/a4QZi2D2b8

— ❤️ (@umairh) April 4, 2017

Imagine how terrible it would have been if ISIS killed these kids instead of the clean shaven suit wearing president who's less complicated.

— Hend Amry (@LibyaLiberty) April 4, 2017

BREAKING: Secretary of State Tillerson ignores question when asked for response to chemical attack massacre in Syria.

— Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) April 4, 2017

Remember, Trump has a history of belittling chemical attacks. Him describing a gas attack that killed thousands: pic.twitter.com/jg6Wo5OeQ4

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) April 4, 2017

Good Questions

Sarah Kendzior, retweets her finds from last August. That Trump in 2014 was planning to leverage his Russian connections is clear. Also clear: his eagerness to get his hands on the US economy, and personally light the match to a purifying flame.

Trump interview from 2014 praises Putin, says he spoke to him personally. And says crash, riots will fix US economy. https://t.co/j2xIipPrUU

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 1, 2016

2014: Trump says give Russia a pass because "We're going to win something important later on and they won't be opposed to what we're doing."

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 1, 2016

More Russian media from February 2014. Headline: "Donald Trump: Stop picking on Russia!" - https://t.co/w04Qcnbsdg

— Sarah Kendzior (@sarahkendzior) August 1, 2016

This Day In History

No coincidence. Daddy was assassinated exactly 1 yr after #BeyondVietnam (U.S. militarism) & 1 day after #Mountaintop (economic injustice). pic.twitter.com/C0D6M68sUu

— Be A King (@BerniceKing) April 4, 2017

Brotherhood Of Brutes

After no handshake with Merkel, President Trump brushes human rights concerns for not one but two handshakes with Egypt's leader el-Sisi pic.twitter.com/32uOqNpJvz

— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) April 3, 2017