Mark Fiore

Mark Fiore

@markfiore.bsky.social

Cartoonist, visual journalist, fascism-chronicler, new technology-builder & Substacker: https://markfiore.substack.com Location: Western Edge of Land closest to the Eastern Pacific Theater

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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!

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>

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"

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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...

nytimes.comAn Iowa Republican’s Unusual Connection to the Kochs (and Kansas)In his campaign for governor, Zach Lahn has pitched himself as a self-made businessman. His backstory is more complicated.
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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

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

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com

Trump: "We need a river and we need an ocean. So I was thinking either the Atlantic or the Pacific, we call it 'Trump ocean' or 'Ocean of the Americas.' Something like that. We have to. We should have, before I get out, I think we should have an ocean and we need a great river."

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

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "There's never been anybody in the history of the Nobel Prize that deserves it more. I settled eight wars. I stopped the total obliteration of the world."

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.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "With the war, it's just artificial. It's a little bit high. It's a small price to pay ... let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego. This is a very small price to pay."

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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.

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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."

ms.nowTom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.

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

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "It's worth saying again so the fake news understands it. We are no longer the woke department or the weak department. Simple translation of that -- no fatties no trannies no beardos no weirdos no wimps no radicals. Just warriors."

Buried deep in today’s NYT story about the Trump admin hiring 5,000 new ICE agents is the point that 7,500(!) of the previous 8,000 hires have yet to undergo background checks.

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!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump starts twitching in anger when a reporter tries to ask him about ICE

Trump administration very much staying on-brand with Brand.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Oz: Russell Brand was backstage hugging the Secretary of Agriculture Brand: She initiated that contact. Oz: Ha!

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...

nytimes.comICE Plans 5,000 New Hires to Help With Deportation DriveA similar surge last year resulted in undervetted officers initially being let in and then removed as the agency skipped basic checks for new recruits.

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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...

courtlistener.comMotion (other) – #00108513219 in D.V.D. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security (1st Cir., 26-1212) – CourtListener.comEMERGENCY MOTION to Clarify the Effectiveness of this Court's Decision or, In the Alternative, Confirm the Stay is Lifted or Issue the Mandate filed by Appellees D.V.D., E.F.D., M.M. and O.C.G.. Serve...
Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

SCOOP: ICE is trying to ignore the appeals court decision striking down its third-country removal policy, using the thinnest of legal technicalities as a justification. It wants to expel a Peruvian man to the Central African Republic tomorrow. prospect.org/2026/09/23/i...

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

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com

ICE snatched up a Senegalese college basketball player with an ACL injury in a Kentucky airport. She’s “in so much pain” and needs surgery, but is being transferred from camp to camp with little more than ibuprofen. www.kentucky.com/news/state/k...

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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

Thank you so much for doing this. This is infuriating. And is yet another, "holy shit, they're racist" moment.

Project Salt Box@projectsaltbox.com

Today, we filed a FOIA request with DHS concerning an AI-generated image the @DHSgov X account posted this morning. The image depicts a Transformer facing a South Asian man, over a caption telling "Mr. Singh" to self-deport and get off American roads. We want the prompt.