Re today's strip: All the lobbyists are white men. Subtle. Clever. They make Mark and Mike look old, but not diverse. You are my hero.

From the 25-years-ago-today Flashback strip (compare the first and last panels) it appears that Rick is ambidextrous. Who knew?

Re today's strip: Cheers to you! For myself, back to volunteer GOTV (Get Out The Vote) calling to Iowa -- with my hope that your many readers will not only vote, but will do volunteer work also and as much as they can. All the way from now to November, yes! 

Yesterday's 15-years-ago Flashback strip (from January 29, 2005) would suggest that American foreign policy is drunk.

Red Rascal couldn't carry 007's PPK.

I've been a dedicated fan for well over 30 years (terribly miss new daily strips and detailed development of characters' stories, but no need to be greedy...), and all strips bring a smile, smirk or knowing sigh, but today's Sunday strip featuring the Red Rascal made me laugh out loud. Absolutely brilliant! Mr. Trudeau (and staff), thanks for all that you have given us. 

I'm struck by the 1-25-80 40-years-ago-today Flashback strip about Republicans criticizing how Democrats like Carter respond to the threat of Russia (Soviet Union). In the '80s, making Democrats look weak on Russia was 'de rigeur.' Where have all the cold warrior Republicans gone? Russia tried to get Trump elected -- Mueller's report proves that -- but the president denies it and they don't care. When I was a kid, old men in my neighborhood spoke very poorly of Russia. I would never have put their talk down to just playing politics. But now it seems they were opportunists. Like Trump. 

Today's Doonesbury Classic strip is from 1993, but the punchline is just as appropriate today as it was then. I guess that some aspects of human nature never change.

As one of Lindsey's many unrepresented constituents, Thank you for today's strip!

I didn't realize how ubiquitous Duke is in Doonesbury World until I noticed that four of the nine story arcs currently running in Flashbacks are about him.

In today's 40-years-ago Flashback strip, the first three frames have the toaster cocked and toasting, but we never get to see the toast pop up. I wonder if it burned.

Re today's SAY WHAT? quote:

"He's already set a standard for presidents that most mortals won't be able to meet."
-- Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Trump

Well, thank goodness for that!

GBT does it again. The world weariness, psychological and emotional exhaustion captured perfectly by B.D.'s reaction in the final panel. 

Like GBT, I've been wondering what in the world a Trump "Library" could possibly contain. Turning it into a "luxury" condo high-rise in Moscow, however, is perfection. Well done! 

Gotta hand it to Trudeau. Great strip this morning. Really cutting edge stuff in my opinion.

When I read the line, "What are their little names again?" in today's strip, I thought at first that it was simply J.J. being self-absorbed and forgetful. But on further reflection, J.J. could be taking a swipe at Alex's insistence on a "grandmother name." Nicely done, if so. 

Re the 45-years-ago-today Flashback strip: "Lay some hubris on me" -- one of my favorite lines. I am old enough to remember Doonesbury from the beginning and I cannot wait for "Guilty, guilty, guilty!!" to come around again -- not the strip, but in real life!

Oh boy! We get to revisit two parties this week -- the End of the 70s bash, and Rev. Scot Sloan's "Sixties Revival" publication party. It'll be fun to compare the differences five years make in cultural phenomena. Plus, they'll help to take my mind off the 20-years-ago-today Flashback series, which is giving me the creeps. (I tell you, I'm feeling as old as Mike looks in yesterday's strip.)

I recently posted the following comment on a story in the New York Times about Trump on "The Apprentice." I thought I'd share it with younger Doonesbury readers by sending it to BLOWBACK:

As an older reader, let me point out that Garry Trudeau has been spoofing Trump in Doonesbury for over 30 years. Doonesbury is probably the best social history of the baby boom generation available. The "Flashback" strips printed on the site each day now go back 45 years. Trump showed up as an object of derision well before "The Apprentice," but more absurd than mean. 

What a marvelous sequence yesterday with the Wall, and all cheers and thanks for everything you do!