Greetings, Lowdowners! As you know, our crew here loves political cartoons, and we try to highlight some of our favorites whenever we can. This week, we wanted to bring back one of our longtime friends for a guest post—Jen Sorensen. Jen is a cartoonist for Daily Kos, The Nation, In These Times, Politico and other publications throughout the US. She received the 2023 Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning from the National Press Foundation, and is a recipient of the 2014 Herblock Prize and a 2013 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award. She is also a Pulitzer Finalist.

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Playing the Wealth Card

The sheer chutzpah of these billionaire technofascists who assume it's their right to take over the country, destroy our government, and financially terrorize millions is simply beyond me. I find it a little strange, though not surprising, that we rarely heard the words "radical libertarianism" in the mainstream media before the election, and as far as I know, we still aren't hearing much about the extremist ideology behind the current chaos (admittedly, I haven't been paying close attention to these outlets lately). Not that there hasn't been excellent reporting elsewhere. I highly recommend reading Wired magazine these days -- in particular, this article about plans for corporate-controlled cities operating outside the scope of pesky federal regulations like environmental protection and worker rights.

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