Charles Addams

Before the Addams Family TV show from the 1960s and the Addams Family films from the 1990s, there were the cartoons by Charles Addams. They primarily appeared in the New Yorker.

Most of the characters from the TV show appear in the cartoons. Thing and Cousin It were not in the cartoons as far as I know but every other major character was in the cartoons. Addams also drew other cartoons that featured his sinister sense of humor. Books and prints are available. This is the link to the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation.

Spooky facts you didn't know about The Addams Family 😱 pic.twitter.com/SA6mcBwLss
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) August 3, 2021

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Fountains of Wayne videos

Fountains of Wayne was an excellent power pop band that that was founded in 1995 and last recorded in 2011. Their album Welcome Interstate Managers (2003) had some great videos. “Stacy’s Mom” featured Rachel Hunter while Drew Carey was in “Mexican Wine”. “Stacy’s Mom” was extremely funny, just like the song about an adolescent boy who is attracted to the mother of his girl friend.

Trump’s wrong attacks on the Washington Post and New York Times

The Washington Post and New York Times told the truth. Just because Mueller didn’t charge Trump with criminal activity doesn’t mean the articles were wrong. Trump should not attack them. He says ‘no collusion”. I say “no retractions”.

Trump. Jr. doesn’t know much about Pulitzer prizes so he should keep his mouth shut. Sad!

Twitter users are roasting Don Jr. over a deeply misguided tweet about the Pulitzer Prizes. https://t.co/MjpjOcIEYz
— Esquire (@esquire) March 30, 2019

1) They gave the WP a Pulitzer for exposing the Trump Foundation as a corrupt entity. 2) No apostrophe. 3) They actually do give a Pulitzer for fiction. 4) You have the wit and insight of a mold spore. https://t.co/1l97MR9OyV
— David Simon (@AoDespair) March 30, 2019

MSNBC’s David Gura sets the record straight on why @nytimes and the @washingtonpost won their Pulitzer Prizes after President Trump renewed his attacks on journalists this week. pic.twitter.com/0Nv7GD3eKB
— Up on MSNBC (@UPonMSNBC) March 30, 2019

Trump demands Washington Post, New York Times be stripped of their Pulitzers https://t.co/q2Mz2LdEh3
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 30, 2019

NYT's newest response to Trump: https://t.co/WGBqyq2PfA
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 30, 2019

Not a single prize-winning story had a substantive correction. https://t.co/oqr5Ok5Qvw
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 29, 2019

Overview of pending investigations of Trump

Trump’s legal and ethical troubles extend well beyond the Mueller investigation. https://t.co/od0DZvxj1X
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 30, 2019

Medicare chief spends government funds on GOP consultants

More abuse by a Trump appointee. What a corrupt bunch!

#YouMightThinkItsOK for Trump appointee Seema Verma to use government money meant for Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA to pay off millions of dollars to her Republican buddies while she demands work requirements for poor people on Medicaid, but I don't.https://t.co/5x0jp8MsPI
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) March 29, 2019

Never heard of anything like this before. A reminder that this administration’s scandals aren’t limited to Trump – people are looting the government at all levels. https://t.co/ViWvYnjMZg
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) March 29, 2019

Verma’s team of consultants includes (1) a specialist in helping GOP women with their brands and (2) a longtime colleague from Indiana who got blocked from a CMS job.

Their rate: $185-$200 per hour, apiece. pic.twitter.com/v0vYThJg0j
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) March 29, 2019

Trump is world's worst cheater at golf: book https://t.co/mFuldOPgis
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 30, 2019

Mr. Trash Wheel

Mr. Trash Wheel removes trash from the Baltimore Harbor.

He has his own twitter account.

I'm really feeling myself today. #flawless

📸: @cjax1694 pic.twitter.com/veuHcltyCI
— Mr. Trash Wheel (@MrTrashWheel) March 17, 2019

A fan of mine got stained glass windows WITH MY FACE! Now my beaming visage will literally SHINE down every morning. I can think of no higher tribute. pic.twitter.com/cj2RLe0fhK
— Mr. Trash Wheel (@MrTrashWheel) March 21, 2019

Pro Tip: A few googly eyes can turn any curly bannister into an homage to my beloved trash snek. pic.twitter.com/PAWoxZmzuu
— Mr. Trash Wheel (@MrTrashWheel) March 19, 2019

You can ever get a plush toy and t-shirts

The source for the plush toy

The source for the shirts

I think it’s time for a #FanArtFriday! 🎨 Check out this super rad tatto of me by @alexjdoucette! 😁 I’m honored to be on this human’s arm! 💪 pic.twitter.com/vAyJ0lxGfW
— Mr. Trash Wheel (@MrTrashWheel) April 8, 2022

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Trump administration/Republicans override voters’ decision in Utah

Utah voters approved Medicaid expansions. The Trump administration will let Utah Republicans go against the will of the voters and limit it.

Republicans keep saying elections matter when we express concern about the Supreme Court. However, they didn’t respect the election here.

The Trump administration granted a request for a more limited Medicaid expansion in Utah, effectively short-circuiting a ballot measure approved by voters in November https://t.co/DbKUrcVCl6 pic.twitter.com/V6s0aPKxiq
— CNN (@CNN) March 29, 2019

background:

Utah voters chose Medicaid expansion. Republican politicians decided they knew better.https://t.co/3kRDUlMovD pic.twitter.com/LtUztrCElL
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) February 14, 2019

It’s official: Utah GOP lawmakers will shrink the Medicaid expansion that voters approved just 97 days ago. https://t.co/H7CN3CaKVc by @rachanadixit
— Dan Diamond (@ddiamond) February 11, 2019

Trump threatens to close the border with Mexico

President Trump repeated his threat to close down the border between the US and Mexico, this time setting a deadline of next week if Mexico doesn't step up. @edlavaCNN reports. https://t.co/2z1TnDVGfY pic.twitter.com/DhG76JRQYF
— CNN (@CNN) March 29, 2019

Trump just now: "Mexico is going to have to do something. With the trade deficit we've had with Mexico, closing the border is going to be a profit-making operation."

A profit-making operation. Hmmmm.
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 29, 2019

Here's the full (eye-poppingly inaccurate) quote: "Mexico is gonna have to do something, otherwise I'm closing the border. I'll just close the border. And with a deficit like we have with Mexico, and have had for many years, closing the border will be a profit-making operation."
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2019

Just now, per @JDiamond1, Trump "falsely claimed that 'closing the border will be a profit-making operation for the US,' even though closing the US-Mexico border would in fact result in significant economic losses for both countries."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 29, 2019

"Mexico could stop it so easily," Trump said of "big caravans" he claimed are now coming from Central America.

He said he stopped foreign aid to Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador because "they set up these caravans" and threatened to close the border "for a long time" pic.twitter.com/UqxcBSgOwM
— POLITICO (@politico) March 29, 2019

If conditions were better in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, people would not seek asylum here. Foreign aid is in our interest, too, if you don’t want people to come here.

Trump says he’ll close all or much of the Mexican border “next week” if Mexico does not stop “ALL” illegal immigration by then. He usually doesn’t attach a specific deadline to this threat. pic.twitter.com/9ganJ2zMBz
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2019

TRUMP CAN'T: "shut down" the border to asylum-seekers crossing illegally
TRUMP CAN: shut down legal ports of entry
ADMINISTRATION MIGHT: move staff from ports to take care of migrants, even (if necessary) to the point of port closure
YOU SHOULD: read this https://t.co/6LDrU8RsSm
— Dara Lind (@DLind) March 29, 2019

Cutting off trade with Mexico would not stop thousands of migrants from crossing the border to exercise legal right to seek asylum on U.S. soil. And Mexico does not have the manpower or the means to immediately implement the kind of draconian enforcement regime Trump is demanding https://t.co/jm8Yn5crv4
— Nick Miroff (@NickMiroff) March 29, 2019

Canadian-born artist is building a wall of cheese along the U.S.-Mexico border #MakeAmericaGrateAgain (h/t @NaheedMustafa) https://t.co/Ubor3CxMvI pic.twitter.com/oA4A7K4X9u
— As It Happens (@cbcasithappens) March 28, 2019

$558 billion in goods flow across the U.S.- Mexico border in both directions, making Mexico our third-biggest trading partner for goods.

Closing the border would cost billions.

Trump is a business failure, and America doesn't have a rich father to cover up our losses.
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) March 29, 2019

Trump lies, then changes policy on the Great Lakes

Trump said it was his "great honor" to fund Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, "which you have been trying to get for 30 years." In fact, Obama always funded the program, and Trump's budget proposes a 90 percent cut. https://t.co/0b2X4upn0V via @YLindaQiu
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) March 29, 2019

Trump just flip-flopped on his own admin's proposed budget again. He said "I'm going to get, in honor of my friends, full funding of $300 million for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative." His budget had proposed $30 million. https://t.co/51SZR4VSn2
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) March 29, 2019

1. Every Trump budget proposes steep cuts to Great Lakes restoration
2. Congress ignores him every year, fully funds it
3. Trump goes to Michigan and brags he's fully funding Great Lakes restoration, "which you have been trying to get for over 30 years" https://t.co/cPcGHVMLHq
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 29, 2019

Donald Trump just went on a very weird rant about the Great Lakes https://t.co/JOtMYMCAva pic.twitter.com/luQlRe73Ty
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 29, 2019

Great Lakes/Special Olympics funding are latest variants of Trump's signature move (https://t.co/bShaIUEhpo):
1. Create crisis over distorted version of status quo.
2. Restore status quo.
3. Take credit for status quo.
— Brendan Nyhan (@BrendanNyhan) March 29, 2019

Trump gets fact-checked by Lake Superior on Twitter after saying Great Lakes have "record deepness" https://t.co/vVQh2h8fT3 pic.twitter.com/2JJO8owG9U
— The Hill (@thehill) March 29, 2019

Trump’s budget strategy is to cut or eliminate a bunch of important programs and then triumphantly restore whichever ones cause the most controversy.

A true hero. https://t.co/1qGCQS22wG
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) March 29, 2019

Last night, Trump proudly said he was funding Great Lakes restoration. In fact, his budget this year would cut the program 90%, after he proposed to completely eliminate the program in 2017 and 2018

Flashback to how this was covered in 2017. #FactsMatter https://t.co/vek4FEGO8F
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) March 29, 2019

Qanon supporters at the Trump rally

These folks are scary!

Trump is leading a cult fueled by anger and paranoia. And the GOP is just fine with that. This recent appeasement/courtship of deplorables began with the Tea Party, then Sarah Palin, then birther Trump. Now GOP = QAnon. Sad. https://t.co/uG8drXms1D
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 29, 2019

I've been covering Qanon for a year, and the amount of pro-Q people in this video from yesterday's Trump rally line in Grand Rapids is absolutely shocking. This is just a portion of it. pic.twitter.com/hTDGEnPsEi
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 29, 2019

This is jaw-dropping. A large number of the people waiting to get into last night’s Trump rally in Grand Rapids were yelling their support for QAnon. https://t.co/vjoShicexz
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) March 29, 2019

Hi there – Qanon is a terrifying death cult. It would be good for everyone to pay attention to its spread. https://t.co/ulbCcaWvrr
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) March 29, 2019

QAnon is a failure of critical thinking, but it's also a failure of community. People with thriving familial and social circles simply don't waste their lives pretending John Podesta eats babies and Michelle Obama is actually a man. https://t.co/mLJOAat8UI
— Mike Rothschild (@rothschildmd) March 29, 2019

Trump is leading a cult fueled by anger and paranoia. And the GOP is just fine with that. This recent appeasement/courtship of deplorables began with the Tea Party, then Sarah Palin, then birther Trump. Now GOP = QAnon. Sad. https://t.co/uG8drXms1D
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 29, 2019

The most successful YouTube Qanon grifters are ex- or current faith healers, small time Youtube televangelists, or supplement pushers.

A notorious one filed the paperwork to go tax-free on religious grounds pre-Q and has rolled that over. https://t.co/qUYaQLs8Zh
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 29, 2019

The extent of Trump’s wretched impact on the GOP and American politics cannot, unfortunately, be fully absorbed without understanding QAnon. https://t.co/n81dp4SFWG
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 29, 2019

"QAnon" conspiracy theory makes appearance at pro-Brexit rally https://t.co/agV95vMzR3 pic.twitter.com/6do8KLykGz
— The Hill (@thehill) March 29, 2019

Trump's latest tweet includes a picture of a giant "Q" sign for QAnon. pic.twitter.com/yfH8cvoJhn
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) March 29, 2019