I just now noticed the patterns on Duke and Earl's shirts. The pineapple doesn't fall far from the palm tree, huh? 

Today's strip hit close to home, literally. Here in our southern red state, we have witnessed the most hateful legislative session in memory. Bills on every redneck riling issue: two against abortion, two trans bashing, a "stand your ground" for the gun nuts, a "conscience" bill allowing medical people to deny treatment to anyone they morally object to, and more. As far as I can tell not a single bill that actually helps people or tries to solve problems. This is where the Republican Party is today. In spite of the damage done, I do not expect to see Democrats win a statewide office or congressional seat in my lifetime. 

Some people seem to be confused by President Biden's comment on new voting restrictions: ("This makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle.") I hope Doonesbury can explain what a metaphor is, and that Jim Eagle will be bigger and more dangerous than Jim Crow. If you are already working on a strip in which Jimmy Crow himself explains, never mind...

Loved Sunday's SayWhat? quoting Sen.Ted Cruz: "[The HR1 Voting Rights bill] says America would be better off if more murderers were voting. America would be better off if more rapists and child molesters were voting." You know, Ted, I agree that maybe Donald Trump and his friends shouldn’t be allowed to vote, but after all, it is still a democracy.

Especially in yesterday's strip, superb defining of the party of bigotry / "throw out the ballots" / space lasers. As an added bonus, Jimmy Crow's latest saga somehow jogged my mind to connect a certain ex-President's bloody hands and golf gloves (from some prior strips) with the still underreported, still understated, Trump-fomented gore on Capitol Hill. Shaking one's head in disgust and horror, one can only try to grasp the need to bear in mind the specter of domestic terrorists not wont to go quietly. (At all.)

In today's Classic Doonesbury strip, why are panels 3 and 4 both signed?

"REPUBLIQAN." That's such a brilliant, fused name for them. The only thing brilliant about the party, too.  

It doesn’t often happen, but there is a continuity gap in the current Classic storyline, created by the new Sunday strip that ran on March 14th. Could you please post a link to the Sunday that originally ran in that spot, which shows how Mike found out J.J. isn't in a coma? 

Lord, do I despise J.J. I'd never even read the current story arc before and I despised her. This is just confirmation. The only good thing she's ever done was ignore Alex enough to keep from scarring her up. 

Another update on our favorite call-center employee, Austin! I suspect that he is still living at home, still in student debt. Thankfully Trump never did own the company so the paychecks never bounced. Note that the dividers are long gone, resulting in more people packed into the room, with no social distancing and no impractical masks. But Austin will survive. In the last panel, seated behind him, is his future self. (Full disclosure: I worked in a call center and was fired for "failure to meet metrics.")

A July apocalypse? Really? Wow, that was some kind of prescience on GBT's part, as I know he prepares these Sunday strips weeks in advance. Just this week, President Biden announced that Americans might be safe to hold small gatherings by July 4. Hell yeah, I'll be ready!

Re today's Say What?: Yes, indeed; people who love their country. They were only looking to hang Pence by the neck until he stopped being treasonous.

The Trump apologists’ flirtation with reason turned out to be sadly short-lived, as they have since been tripping over each other to get back in line. The real thing to be afraid of is not that they do not read history. It’s that they know their history and expect it to repeat for them in just the way it transpired for Hitler and the Nazis.              

I read all those comments from the senators in Sunday's strip and thought, "Wait, weren't those made after the first impeachment?" Learned his lesson, my ass.

Great piece today, timely, and right on. My best friend is 94 now, went through the whole rise and fall of Hitler, and says daily how parallel this all feels. Despite cancer, he is trying to hold on long enough to see how it turns out this time...We need to read history such as this. or we will surely repeat the entire sad story. 

Since when do they still allow smoking in bars? Or is Duke still one of those guys who does what he wants and no one messes with him? And note the bartender...pretending to not hear a fascinating conversation behind her.

I love it when things come together on the Flashbacks page. This week we are introduced to Bernie as he first "appeared" 50 years ago, and then 25 years ago, and Mike and Kim get together while working for him. Bernie doesn't show up often, but he plays a key role. 

Re yesterday's five-years-ago-today Flashback strip: Turns out the man who visited his golf resorts once every five days while President and spent up to seven hours a day watching cable TV had the market on sloth, too. Zero for seven on the Deadly Sins!

Roland B. Hedley's rueful look back at the frenetic bygone times superbly captures the essence of apologies pouring forth. The grade in the seventh panel of the strip — priceless! 

Reading the Flashbacks page for years confirms that this adage has never been truer than it is right now: The more things change the more they stay the same.