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Glasses clinking

Honestly, I didn't think
This day would ever come:
Trump is finally being charged.
I hope they get the bum.

June, 2023
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Donald Trump boarding private plane

The documents they found are not
The only ones he's got.
He took a bunch of boxes to
Bedminster, did he not?

June, 2023
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Ron DeSantis

It's crazy that DeSantis,
In the midst of a campaign,
Can't decide the right
Pronunciation of his name.

June, 2023
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Kevin McCarthy

Looking at this travesty,
One thing could not be clearer:
Kevin's top priority
Should be a full-length mirror.

May, 2023
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Elon Musk

Now that Musk is running it,
It's really sad to see:
Twitter is a sh*thole next to
What it used to be.

May, 2023
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Ron DeSantis

As much as I hate Donald Trump,
I really love the way
He's making life for Ron DeSantis
Harder every day.

May, 2023
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Cat showing fangs

What good is a f*cking pet
You pet at your own peril?
Next time I adopt a cat,
I'll specify "no ferals."

May, 2023
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Mauricio Garcia
Mauricio Garcia killed eight and wounded 10 at a
suburban Dallas mall before being killed by police

Allen TX Shooter

Not only did he hate the world
(That's obvious as hell);
A brown-skinned white supremacist
Would hate himself as well.

May, 2023
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Cursive alphabet

Lost Art

Children can't write cursively,
And that's a real shame.
I wonder if you wrote it
If they'd even know their name.

May, 2023
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Donald Trump
Wowing them at CNN's BS Fest, AKA Town Hall

The Enablers

More sick'ning than the man himself
With all his smears and lies
Are the suckers in the audience.
That's who I most despise.

May, 2023
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AR-15

There's just so much to hate about
This godforsaken gun:
Exit wounds the size of f*ckin'
Oranges, for one.

May, 2023
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Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mitch McConnell, Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz & Ted Cruz

What a bunch of f*cking dicks.
It's always about politics.
They never care about the debt
Until a Dem is president.

May, 2023
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Soldier in Afghanistan

We had to leave Afghanistan;
That war could not be won.
Was messy how we did it,
But at least it's f*cking done.

May, 2023
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Angry man watching TV

Tucker Carlson's out at Fox,
But viewers, don't despair:
If toxic talk is what you want,
Sean Hannity's still there.

April, 2023
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Man at gun shop counter surrounded by assault weapons

The Senate should have never let
The weapons ban expire.
You can't depend on background checks
When someone has no priors.

April, 2023
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Bobby Jr.'s in the race,
But he won't be the choice.
It's not just that he's anti-vax;
It's also just the voice.

April, 2023
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Fox News Channel

Big Lie Costs Fox $787.5 Million

Seems to me the network
Should be putting "News" in quotes,
Given the extent of
All the bullsh*t it promotes.

April, 2023
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Woman with thumb down

Another Third Party

"No Labels" has no business
On the ballot in my view.
Helping the Republicans
Is all they're gonna do.

April, 2023
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Dalai Lama and boy

The Dalai Lama asking
A young boy to suck his tongue
Kinda makes you wonder
Where the f*cker's coming from.

April, 2023
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Grand old party

Income inequality's
The trend that doesn't stop.
It's always a recession now,
Unless you're at the top.

April, 2023
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An Inconvenient Truth

Al Gore was the target of
A lotta right-wing crap.
But everything he warned about
Is happening, in fact.

April, 2023
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Ron DeSantis and Mickey Mouse

Fifty years in Florida
And now they're on the outs?
Disney's not the party here
That's acting Mickey Mouse.

April, 2023
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Tucker Carlson

If you think you're getting news from Fox,
Then take another gander:
Most of what they're telling you
Is straight out propaganda.

April, 2023
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Donald Trump as mob boss

Donald Trump's assorted crimes
Are way beyond the pale
(Not that I'm suggesting here
He'll ever go to jail).

April, 2023
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Man peeking through blinds
COVID killed 1,779 Americans last week (CDC)

Lingering Pandemic Paranoia

There's a movie out in theatres now
I really wanna see.
I'll have to wait and stream it, though,
Cuz I have LPP.

April, 2023
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Anderson Cooper

Why are all these talking heads
Still calling Trump "the president?"
It's not an honor he deserves,
As should be f*cking evident.

April, 2023
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Dummies

Imagine being so naive
You never figure out
That Trump is lying every time
He opens up his mouth.

April, 2023
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Merrick Garland

I know it's up to Biden
And it isn't up to me,
But I don't think that Garland's
Got the balls to be AG.

April, 2023
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Donald Trump and $100 bills
The Trump campaign raised $4 million in the first
24 hours after his NY indictment on fraud charges

No defendant's sure of what
The future's gonna bring,
But ever since they charged him,
All he's hearing is ka-ching.

April, 2023
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Michael Steele "Trump Indictment Watch" on MSNBC

Donald Trump Indictment Watch
Is not must-see TV.
Wake me when they lock him up;
That's all I wanna see.

March, 2023
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Child drone victim

It's easy to condemn what
Russia's doing to Ukraine,
But isn't what we did to
The Iraqis much the same?

March, 2023
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Man in "Trump Won" shirt

A sorer bunch 'a losers
You will not find anywhere.
They can't accept the fact that
They were beaten fair and square.

March, 2023
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Tucker Carlson

In the mood for Russian
Propaganda? You're in luck!
All you have to do is
Get your news from Traitor Tuck.

March, 2023
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Woman yawning

Congress has killed better things,
So wouldn't it be fine
If they finally got around
To killing Daylight Savings Time?

March, 2023
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Merrick Garland shadowed by Donald Trump

All the legal experts say
That Trump should be indicted.
But since they're not the ones in charge,
Let's not get too excited.

March, 2023
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Laura Ingraham

Fox does not require
Every story to be true.
As long as what you're saying's
Good for ratings, that'll do.

March, 2023
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Sean Hannity

There's nothing educational
About this kind of show.
They tell you what you wanna hear,
Not what you need to know.

March, 2023
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Erin Burnett

I know I'd find it easier
To watch her every night
If she didn't always interrupt
Her sentences with Right?.

March, 2023
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Pete Buttigieg

Far be it for me to judge,
But what the f*ck's with Buttigieg?
As soon as they blew up that train,
He shoulda been there taking names.

February, 2023
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Merrick Garland

Garland's just the latest in
A long parade of chumps:
Prosecutors through the years
Who never nailed Trump.

February, 2023
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aMike Pence

It's sad: of all the candidates
Republicans could choose,
The only hero in the race
Is almost sure to lose.

February, 2023
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Nikki Haley and Donald Trump

Haley Joins 2024 Race

They worked together beautifully
When she was his ambassador,
But far as Donald Trump's concerned,
That should've been the last of her.

February, 2023
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) heckling
Pres. Biden during State of the Union address

How could someone let herself
Behave like such an ass?
She oughta be embarrassed,
But she doesn't have the class.

February, 2023
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Man looking through binoculars and holding racing form

Good luck, Nikki Haley,
But if I may be succinct,
I'm looking at your chances
And your chances really stink.

February, 2023
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Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder

Don't just "track" the spy balloon
That's moseying around.
It's got no business being here.
For God's sake, shoot it down!

February, 2023
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Photo by Wesley Mann, Daily Mail

Moving down to Florida?
Think twice before you go.
Assholes like DeSantis don't
Elect themselves, you know.

February, 2023
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Five Memphis cops charged with Tyre Nichols' murder
Fired and charged with second degree murder

Our Street Crime Unit officers
Are young and in their prime.
The only problem is that they're
Committing all the crime.

January, 2023
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Tyre Nichols, R.I.P.
Tyre Nichols, 29, fatally beaten by Memphis police

Even when the cops involved
Are all as black as night,
Standards seem to suffer when
A "suspect" isn't white.

January, 2023
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Tack Sappington
Lucky survivor on Mt. Baldy, 10,000 ft. above L.A.

Hiking on the mountain now?
That's really kinda dicey.
Every step could be your last
When everything's this icy.

January, 2023
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99 Cent Only Store

You still pay lower prices
At the 99¢ Only Store,
But there aren't many items
That are 99¢ anymore.

January, 2023
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George Santos as Kitara Ravache
George Santos AKA Kitara Ravache, Rio, 2008

So what if he's a double-dealin',
Ponzi schemin' louse?
At least we finally get to have
A drag queen in the House.

January, 2023
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George Santos

What I would like to know
(Along with where he got the loot)
Is why he always has to wear
A sweater with a suit.

January, 2023
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Prince Harry

Caveat Scriptor

Once you write a tell-all book,
Assume all hope is gone
For any kind of future with
The ones you're telling on.

January, 2023
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George Santos

A fraud like Mr. Santos
Would have never got this far
If opposition research
Had been halfway up to par.

January, 2023
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Robert Hur
Robert Hur will lead DOJ's Biden documents probe

Mueller was the first one,
And now we're up to four.
At some point, special counsels
Aren't that special anymore.

January, 2023
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Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell

They give their wealthy donors
Every tax break they can get,
So don't believe 'em when they say
They care about the debt.

January, 2023
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Steve Bannon

It's not enough to mess with
Our democracy at home.
Bannon won't be happy till
They all get overthrown.

January, 2023
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Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthy (R-CA) became the new House
Speaker after 15 ballots and bitter GOP infighting

I don't know how the prospects
For this Congress could be bleaker,
When the party that's in charge
Can't even pick a friggin' Speaker.

January, 2023
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Pope Benedict
When the going gets tough, get out

A lot of folks'll keep a job
Until they're past their prime.
Not the late Pope Benedict;
He knew when to resign.

January, 2023
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Girl holding sign pleading for entry at the border

Our borders aren't "open"
But when liars say they are,
Migrants hear the message and
They come from near and far.

December, 2022
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Two men playing shuffleboard

These Florida seniors supporting Rick Scott
Are not as informed as they oughta be,
Or else they would know not to vote for a schmo
Who wants to end Social Security.

December, 2022
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George Santos

George Santos has the kind of skills
Republicans require:
Not only can he raise the dough,
But boy, is he a liar.

December, 2022
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Brianna Ruffalo

The weather in Los Angeles
Is better than in Buffalo,
'Specially when it's brought to us
By one Brianna Ruffalo.

December, 2022
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Skeleton waiting
The House J6 Committee made a compelling case to charge the ex-president with four federal crimes in-
cluding insurrection, but will the DOJ do anything?

Referring Trump for charges
After all this time is great,
Except, of course, it doesn't
Carry any legal weight.

December, 2022
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My friend Cayla doll
"Hi, I'm Cayla. I'm going to spy on you"

These smart toys are a menace
With the data they're accruing.
Ripping out the mic is what
Your children should be doing.

December, 2022
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Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw

Twenty million dollars
For a year? That's pretty rich.
Now all we have to hope is
He's not injured and can pitch.

December, 2022
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Man shrugging

They and them are pronouns
That refer to two or more.
Why's that controversial now?
It never was before.

December, 2022
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Sam Brinton
Sam Brinton was terminated as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Management
after being arrested for stealing women's luggage

I don't know how this guy
Got a job at D.O.E.,
Unless whoever vetted him
Was high on LSD.

December, 2022
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Ron DeSantis and Kent Stermon

Kent Stermon's to DeSantis as
Vince Foster was to Hill and Bill:
Officially, it's suicide,
But speculate, you know we will.

December, 2022
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Air passenger and germ by Leif Parsons
Illustration by Leif Parsons, The New York Times

Why aren't they requiring masks
When you get on a plane?
With all the crap that's going 'round,
It's patently insane.

December, 2022
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Kevin DeLeon
L.A. City Councilman Kevin DeLeon remains in
office after being recorded disparaging colleagues

DeLeon isn't stepping down,
And I don't think he should.
He's said he's sorry's many times
As anybody could.

December, 2022
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Kyrsten Sinema
With a 37% approval rating among Arizona Demo-
crats, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema became an independent

Staying in the party,
She'd have paid too high a cost.
Whoever would've challenged her,
She knows she would've lost.

December, 2022
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Drag queen Bev

Just because a drag queen may
Be coming to your town
Doesn't mean you have to take
The power system down.
You're not gonna like it if
They catch your ass, you know.
Maybe you should just relax
And go enjoy the show.

December, 2022
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Donald Trump and Kari Lake
Losers in denial Donald Trump and Kari Lake

Their thumbs can hardly get it up;
Their smiles are looking strained.
Telling lies around the clock
Must really leave you drained.

December, 2022
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Arkansas gov.-elect meets the press

What the f*ck's with Sarah Sanders?
Someone needs some better handlers.

December, 2022
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Richard Nixon

He never faked a bone spur,
Or tried to mount a coup.
Nixon was a choir boy
Compared to you-know-who.

December, 2022
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Donald Trump as screaming baby

The sorest loser in the world's
Come up with a solution
So he can still be president:
Rip up the Constitution.

December, 2022
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Liz Wheeler

There's something these reporters do
That irks me to the core:
Stop calling Trump "the president."
He isn't anymore!

December, 2022
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Herschel Walker

I can't see Walker winning
In the Georgia Senate race:
For one, he lives in Dallas,
And for two, he's a disgrace.

December, 2022
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James FryLocal police inspired little confidence with their
initial comments after four University of Idaho
students were found murdered in their beds

Until you've caught the psychopath
Who killed our friends so brutally,
Please don't come and tell us there's
'No threat to the community.'

November, 2022
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Donald Trump

Of course he hosted Kanye West
And Nick Fuentes too.
What else would you expect a troll
Like Donald Trump to do?

November, 2022
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Woman with thumb down

Republicans are very good
At pushing all our buttons,
But what have they accomplished
For us? Absolutely nothin'.

November, 2022
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Hands clutching prison bars

The Colorado shooter
Would prefer the pronoun "they."
But going where he's going,
I don't think he'll have a say.

November, 2022
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NFT ape

I don't know my NFTs
From L.S./M.F.T.
All I know's it look like
One big giant scam to me.

November, 2022
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Homer Simpson
Cyrptocurrency investor

 

I wonder how I let myself
Make such a dumb mistake...
Using real money
To buy money that was fake.

November, 2022
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Jack Smith
Mueller redux? Veteran federal prosecutor Jack
Smith was named to lead Trump criminal probes

Makes sense, a special counsel,
Expecially when you've got
A weak attorney general
Who's afraid to take his shot.

November, 2022
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Republican elephant debating

They like to say they're tough on crime,
But that one's getting old.
If they were really tough on crime,
We'd have some gun control.

November, 2022
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk a few days after buying Twitter
(Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

I can't deny the quiet
Satisfaction that it always brings
When fabulously wealthy men
Do fabulously stupid things.

November, 2022
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Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Mitch McConnell, Paul Gosar, Matt Gaetz & Ted Cruz

Republicans in Washington
Are such a bunch 'a schmucks.
I hate the lying, cheating, whining,
Backward-looking f*cks.

November, 2022
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Man saying grace

Jesus, as you prob'ly know,
The drought here is insane...
So thank you for our blessings,
But we need some frickin' rain.

November, 2022
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Mehmet Oz

Fickle Republicans

They called Barack a Muslim
And they wouldn't ever quit.
But Mehmet really is one,
And they couldn't give a sh*t.

November, 2022
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Powerball ticket purchase

Powerball's two billion now;
How high's it gonna go?
I wish someone would win the thing
So I could keep my dough.

November, 2022
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Man wearing large Q at Trump rally

Disinformed

What's your favorite fantasy:
The vaccine has a chip in it,
Democrats drink babies' blood,
Or Trump is still the president?

November, 2022
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John Fetterman

Many think that letting him
Debate at all was nuts,
But one thing that it showed us
Is that Fetterman's got guts.

October, 2022
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Conor LambJohn Fetterman

If Pennsylvania Democrats
Had gone with Conor Lamb,
They'd be on the road to victory
Instead of in a jam.

October, 2022
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Elon Musk

He Paid How Much?!

For those of us who've never been
In love with Elon Musk,
There's always hope that Twitterland
Is where he bites the dust.

October, 2022
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Clarence Thomas

A Justice is supposed to know
What ethics are about.
If this was any other court,
They would've thrown him out.

October, 2022
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The late Queen Elizabeth and Liz Truss

That poor Liz Truss's term was jinxed
Was clear from early on.
No sooner had she met the Queen
Than--poof--the Queen was gone.

October, 2022
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Katie Hobbs

Hobbs Refuses to Debate Lake In AZ Gov. Race

Bad decision, Katie Hobbs:
In many voters' eyes,
A candidate who won't debate
Does not deserve the prize.

October, 2022
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Mookie Betts
Mookie Betts

What a year the Dodgers had!
I thought they'd never quit.
Oh, to win so many games
And see it turn to sh*t.

October, 2022
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Chechen fighters

Demonizing Chechens is
How Putin rose to power,
So isn't it ironic they're
His soldiers of the hour.

October, 2022
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Mohammed bin Salman and Vladimir Putin

Look at MBS and Putin
Sticking it to Biden--
Cutting oil production when
The price was finally sliding.

October, 2022
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Herschel Walker

Herschel Walker says he's for
A nationwide abortion ban,
Even though abortion's how
He limited the Walker clan.

October, 2022
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"Groceries and shit" bag loaded with produce

For me, it's just another sign
The culture's in the crapper
When everybody black and white
Is talking like a rapper.

October, 2022
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George W. Bush and Xi Jinping

While we were stuck in foreign wars,
China forged ahead.
If only we'd not 'stayed the course,'
And chosen theirs instead.

October, 2022
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Ken Paxton
Texas AG Ken Paxton jumped in a truck driven
by his wife to avoid being served a subpoena

Attorney Generals generally
Aren't running from the law,
But ask the process server
Down in Texas what he saw.

September, 2022
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Herschel Walker and fans

Herschel says he's "not that smart,"
A quote that's gonna stick...
So how will that make voters look
If this is who they pick?

September, 2022
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Aileen Cannon

Aileen Cannon's rulings
Have been biased from the jump.
She's no impartial jurist;
She's an advocate for Trump.

September, 2022
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Queen Elizabeth II

If you don't think Americans
Are into monarchy,
Then why are we all looking at
The same thing on TV?

September, 2022
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Steve Harvey

Publishers Clearing House

Seven thousand bucks a week
For life is quite a prize.
The question is how long they let
Your lucky ass survive.

September, 2022
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Lauren Boebert
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO)

Republicans love assholes.
That's why they vote 'em in.
The bigger flaming jerk you are,
The bigger you can win.

September, 2022
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Herschel Walker

Hot-Headed Herschel

I always figured Walker
Had a touch of CTE,
But come to find he's struggled
All his life with DID.

September, 2022
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Donald Trump in jail

What the f*ck's it gonna take
For Trump to go to jail?
You wouldn't think with all his crimes
He'd be that hard to nail.

September, 2022
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Secret documents recovered by FBI at Mar-a-Lago

A picture's worth a thousand words,
And this one's no exception:
Look at all the stolen stuff
They found in Trump's possession.

September, 2022
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Rick Scott
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)

He criticizes Biden for
Vacationing in Delaware,
While on a yacht in Italy.
This guy's a horse's derrière.

August, 2022
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Donald Trump hugging American flag

A flag has no say over where it's displayed,
So pity the red, white and blue.
If I was a prop for a traitor like Trump,
I wouldn't be happy, would you?

August, 2022
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Mar-a-Lago flag

How dare he fly Old Glory
At his Mar-a-Lago home.
If he's gonna sell our secrets,
Let him use a skull and bones.

August, 2022
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Herschel Walker addressing media

Will Georgia be a laughing-stock?
The odds are rather high,
If they're gonna throw out Warnock
For the crazy football guy.

August, 2022
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Man saying "Ooops!"

They finally got their way and killed
A woman's right to choose.
So now there's lots of races that
Republicans could lose.

August, 2022
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Ron Johnson and Marco Rubio
Sens. Ron Johnson (WI) & Marco Rubio (FL) were among Republicans blocking a $35 cap on insulin

If they won't cap your insulin
At thirty-five a pop,
Then why ya still supporting them?
If I were you, I'd stop.

August, 2022
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Jim Jordan

Usually with Jordan,
There's no shutting up the turd.
But when he witnessed sex abuse,
He never said a word.

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Woman holding "In Trump I Trust" sign
Woman protests FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago in Florida

Whatever he's accused of,
Trumpers sing the same old song:
It's all a f*cking witch-hunt;
Donald Trump can do no wrong.

August, 2022
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Donald Trump on January 6, 2021

There's no defending all the hours
Donald Trump was quiet,
And didn't do a frigging thing
To try and stop the riot.

August, 2022
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Gallows erected outside U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2121

Lately it's becoming clear
That Trump is not the hero here.
Anyone who's still confused
Should try and watch some real news.

August, 2022
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Matt Damon

If you bought cryptocurrency
Cuz someone famous told you to,
Promise your dependents that's
The lamest thing you'll ever do.

July, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Cain by Henri Vidal, Tuileries Garden, Paris, 1896

The fact we can't protect our kids
From shooters is a scandal.
But what do we expect when all
Our gun laws are dismantled?

July, 2022
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Cop lifting flag
A shooter killed seven and wounded 48 in Illinois

Land of the Free

It doesn't feel like freedom
If you have to be afraid
Of dying while you watch an
Independence Day parade.

July, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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tSamuel Alito
Samuel Alito, United States Supreme Court

It really burns my britches
How we call them "Justices."
As if these sons of bitches
Even know what justice is.

July, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man shrugging

What's with "neoliberals?"
You hear that word a lot.
I thought they were the good guys,
But apparently they're not.

July, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man overheated

SCOTUS picked the perfect time
To hobble EPA,
As temperatures around the world
Get higher every day.

July, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Protest sign, "I'm as moderate as hell"

I'm the kind of voter
That you prob'ly want to keep.
I may not be the wokest,
But at least I'm not asleep.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman with thumb down

Never has our highest court
Polled lower than today.
You can't just go bestowing rights,
Then taking them away.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Clarence Thomas
If Roberts wants to save
The reputation of the court,
There's someone whose career
He should be trying to abort.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Fence surrounding Supreme Court building

Shooting down our gun laws when
The problem's so immense...
I can't believe our highest court's
So low on common sense.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

It's never easy learning that
Your hero is a heel,
But guess who kept the money that
You sent to "stop the steal."

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

What a country! Even if
You start an insurrection,
No one's gonna stop ya if
You run for reelection.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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William Barr
Former Attorney General William Barr testifies to House Select Committee investigating January 6th

With everybody saying he's
Untethered from reality,
The best defense for Donald Trump
Is gonna be insanity.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man holding sign, "Congress Do Something"

Even if a deal in
The Senate is arranged,
All we're gonna get from them
Is incremental change.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man holding a sign, "Babies are murdered here"

Right to Life

If you're against abortion
But you're fine with all these guns,
I do not for the life of me
Know where you're coming from.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Capitol dome through broken glass

You'd think that this would be the time
For gun control to pass,
But even a Uvalde doesn't
Get them off their ass.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Uvalde TX memorial

It's easy to focus on chickensh*t cops
Who didn't make much of a stand,
But this'll take more than cojones to stop:
We need an assault weapons ban.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Sean Hannity

If Fox is "fair and balanced,"
Then please explain to me
Why no one gets a decent shake
Unless they're G.O.P.

June, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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J.D. Vance shaking Donald Trump's hand

Never trust a turncoat,
Like for instance J.D. Vance.
He knew that Trump was trouble;
Now he sees him as his chance.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Chuck Norris as Walker, Texas Ranger

You look at how Uvalde cops
Performed that day, and wow--
It's not exactly Walker
Texas Rangers, is it now?

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Police in Uvalde TX

Imagine these officers armed to the teeth,
Knowing a shooter's inside,
Thinking the time to step into the breach
Is after the children have died.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Barry Loudermilk

If Loudermilk was giving tours
On Insurrection Eve,
Why's he still in Congress?
Shouldn't traitors have to leave?

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Salvador Ramos

Again

Who gives a sh*t what his motive was?
Isn't the point that the little skuzz
Would never have done it
If he'd 'a been gunless?
The gun made the difference; it always does.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Karen Bass
L.A. mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA)

Her record is impressive and
Her promises beguiling,
But how ya s'posed to trust someone
Who's always f*cking smiling?

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Rick Caruso
L.A. mayoral candidate developer Rick Caruso

"Rick Caruso, Democrat,"
It says in every mailer.
But Rick was not a Democrat
Until he ran for mayor.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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White House

If Trump's not held accountable
For anything he's done,
His chances of returning are
Infinity to one.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Richard Barnett

These people aren't patriots,
At least as far as I can see.
A real f*cking patriot
Would stick up for democracy.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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John Fetterman

If you met him in an alley,
You would prob'ly turn and run.
But Pennsylvania Democrats
Say Fetterman's the one.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Ted Nugent

Prowling the stage in a loincloth,
Ted Nugent was something to see.
But now you would not even know him:
He's ugly as ugly can be.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Brett Kavanaugh swearing to tell the truth at his Supreme Court confirmation hearing
Brett Kavanaugh at SCOTUS confirmation hearing

He told the Senate Roe v. Wade
Was "settled law"; however,
Now he says that doesn't mean
It's settled law forever.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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 Russian Victory Day parade rehearsal

Victory Day was s'posed to bring
Some massive escalation,
But luckily they settled for
The standard celebration.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Susan Collins
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)

Kavanaugh and Gorsuch
Took Ms. Collins for a ride.
They said they'd honor Roe v. Wade,
But what a shock: they lied.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Tattoed woman extending middle finger

I'll prob'ly get in trouble
For expressing what I think,
But if your body's perfect,
Please don't f*ck it up with ink.

May, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Marjorie Taylor Greene in "Trump won" mask
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)

It's pretty damn discouraging,
What's happ'ning on the Hill.
You can't have a democracy
If you don't have goodwill.

April, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Lia ThomasUniversity of Pennsylvania's Lia Thomas, née Will

Letting Lia swim against
The women isn't fair.
She's bigger and she's faster
And she's still a he down there.

April, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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From new Ukrainian postage stamp featuring soldier flipping off Russian warship

Somewhere off Odessa
At the bottom of the sea,
The flagship of the Russian fleet
Is where it's s'posed to be.

April, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Boy listening nervously to radio

Hating Russia's always been
An easy thing to do.
I grew up to Khrushchev saying
"We will bury you."

April, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Ketanji Brown Jackson
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, SCOTUS-confirmed

Republicans don't give a sh*t
What history will say.
They knew that they were full of it
And slimed her anyway.

April, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man watching TV nervously
"Breaking news from Ukraine..."

It's obvious why watching
This disaster is so tough:
For all we may be doing,
We're not doing near enough.

April, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Steve Bannon
Steve Bannon's arrest on fraud charges, August 2020

His goal is to "dismantle
The administrative state"--
Bad for normal people,
But for criminals it's great.

April, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Madison Cawthorn

No one likes a tattletale;
It makes 'em insecure.
If this guy wants to party,
He'll be on his own for sure.

April, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell and Joe Manchin

Manchin thinks he's good at
Making deals with these jerks.
When's he gonna notice that
It never freakin' works?

April, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Kyrsten Sinema
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)

The Senator is looking like
A double-crossing dirty rat
To all the folks who voted for her
Thinking she's a Democrat.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Singer Paigey Cakey went public with her traction alopecia

Speaking of Alopecia

If you braid your child's hair
As tight as it can be,
You'll only give her hair loss
By the time she's 23.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 2022 Academy Awards

For anyone who didn't see
The Oscar night unpleasantness,
Here it is without the bleeps,
In all of its inelegance.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Vladimir Putin superimposed on missile strike of apartment building in Mariupol, Ukraine

Not only is he not deterred
By anything we try,
But saying what we won't do is
Emboldening the guy.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Madison Cawthorn
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC)

What kind of Putin parrot says
"Zelensky is a thug"?
If only there was half a brain
Behind the handsome mug.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Russian tank and soldiers in Ukraine

Shooting at civilians.
Shooting at the press.
Shooting at a power plant
That's nuclear, no less.
You can call it "Putin's war,"
But let's just keep in mind:
It takes a lot of Russians
To commit this many crimes.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Josh Hawley
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) salutes Capitol protesters
on January 6, 2021, before they riot and he objects
to Electoral College results (Photo: Francis Chung)

What's an insurrectionist
Still doing in the Senate?
Congress put a ban on that;
I thought they really meant it.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell and Ketanji Brown JacksonSen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) with Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson

Now they're saying Jackson is
Supported by dark money.
Coming from Republicans,
That's really kind of funny.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man trying to wake up in the dark

Making Daylight Savings Time
The standard time all year,
The way the Senate wants to do,
Is not a good idea.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

I've had it up to here with all
This anti-vaccine crap.
If all ya got's conspiracies,
Then kindly shut your yap.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Yacht belonging to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich

Taking all their yachts away
Is only so fulfilling.
The problem with the sanctions is
They haven't stopped the killing.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman in mask marked "TYRANNY"

If your idea of tyranny's
A stupid little mask,
Talk to some Ukrainians:
They'll straighten out your ass.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Skeptical man looking over his glasses

If you haven't figured out by now
That Trump is fulla shit,
Spare me your opinions, pal;
I couldn't care a bit.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Brianna Ruffalo

The latest rain prediction
Was just another flop.
They always get our hopes up
And it doesn't rain a drop.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Boris Johnson
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson

Every time I see the guy,
I have to stop and stare:
An actual world leader
Who has never combed his hair.

March, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Tucker Carlson

Remember which Americans
Were cheering Putin on
When innocent Ukranians
Start dying from his bombs.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Newsmax Magazine "Vlad the Great" Putin cover December 2021

They call themselves "conservatives"
But they don't have a clue.
You can't say you're for freedom
And then root for Putin too.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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99 Cent Only Shopper

99¢ Only Store:
It's time to change your name.
A dollar twenty-nine
And ninety-nine
Are not the same.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Bob Saget, R.I.P.

The Conspiracist

Saget dying from a fall?
I'm not buying that at all.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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From "Dreading" by Danielle PampFrom "Dreading" by Danielle Pamp

As much as I would like to think
This Covid thing is done,
I'm waiting for another f*cking
Variant to come.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Camilla, duchess of Cornwall, and Charles, prince of Wales

Coronation Someday

It's fitting that they're planning on
A "scaled back" affair.
Why invite the people if
Their princess won't be there?

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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George C. Scott as General George Patton

Secure the Border

These truckers blocking bridges
Are a bunch of f*cking jerks.
Lock 'em up or mow 'em down--
Whatever f*cking works.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man peeking through blinds

Thanks, Covid

I might be going overboard
With all the germ aversion.
Last time I went this long
Without sex, I was a virgin.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman in funny mask

I've never been as healthy
As I've been the last two years,
So I may leave the mask on
After Covid disappears.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Joe Rogan

This Rogan guy reminds me of
A million other schmucks.
But Spotify is paying him
A hundred million bucks.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump in darkened Oval Office

Presidents are not supposed
To tear up all their documents,
But maybe Trump has more to hide
Than other White House occupants.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Merrick Garland

Attn: Merrick Garland

As far as going after Trump,
You don't seem too excited.
What more does he have to do
To get himself indicted?

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

I can't believe that Donald Trump
Is back out on the trail.
If D.O.J. was on the job,
His ass would be in jail.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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NY Post front page 3/2/21 showing Andrew Cuomo with a woman who said he made unwanted advances at a wedding

Now that his career's destroyed,
It doesn't help a lot,
But all investigations
Into Cuomo have been dropped.

February, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man wearing large Q at Trump rally

There's millions who think Donald Trump's
The best of all our presidents.
(But they believe a lot of stuff
Without a shred of evidence.)

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Ron DeSantis Presidential hopeful Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)

Anyone who'd let a million
Covid tests expire
Is not the kind of manager
You really want to hire.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Rosie the Riveter wearing mask

You can't do much for public health
By thinking only of yourself,
So get the shot and wear a mask
And show you're not a horse's ass.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man saying "Ooops!"

When NAFTA closed our factories
From sea to shining sea,
It guaranteed that one day we'd
Be out of PPE.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Vladimir Putin in 1999

Some leaders will do anything
To forge their reputation,
Like bombing their own people in
A false flag operation.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Sucking up to enemies
And pissing on our friends...
A Russian tool must never be
Our president again.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Uncle Sam

Democracy, goddammit,
Isn't something we should dump.
Not for anybody,
And especially not for Trump.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

This Interview is Over

Nine minutes is all Donald Trump
Could stand with NPR.
They questioned his election lies,
And that just went too far.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Melania Trump

Melania Auctioning "Iconic" Hat, Autographed

A "portion" goes to charity;
At least that's what they say.
(But when's the last time Mrs. Trump
Gave anything away?)

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump telling GA Secretary of State, "I just want to find 11,780 votes"

Every time he lies about us
Stealing the election,
He's doing what psychologists
Refer to as projection.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump in golfcart

The fact they haven't locked him up
For any of his crimes
Is proof enough we're living in
The most corrupt of times.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Man scratching head

Trump Leads in 2024 Polls

I can't imagine why
They lionize the guy.
All I've ever seen him do
Is lie and lie and lie.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump rioters at the Capitol 1/6/21

The country dodged a bullet
With the Capitol attack.
But Trump could snap his fingers
And the assholes'd be back.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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"2022" written in the sand, with a wave washing away "2021"

It's not just any New Year;
It's the last year that we've got
To salvage our democracy
Before it goes to pot.

January, 2022
© Robert C. Keating

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Men with assault weapons outside Governor's office, Lansing, Michigan, April 30, 2020
Two weeks after former Pres. Trump tweeted
"LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" during its Covid lock-
down, armed protestors stormed the state capitol
in Lansing. Above: outside Gov. Whitmer's office

This myth of guns and liberty
Is one big f*cking lie.
Unrestricted guns is how
Democracy will die.

December, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump being booed

They booed him when he told 'em
That he'd had the booster shot...
Trumpers proving once again,
Intelligent they're not.

December, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin
Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Joe Manchin
(D-WV) are obstructing their own party's agenda

The Democrats can live without
The Build Back Better Act,
But if they don't do voting rights,
They're f*cked, and that's a fact.

December, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Father Time

If you don't do it now,
Then you'll prob'ly do it never.
Start respecting time
Before you're out of it forever.

December, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Anti-mask protester
In Jerkoff Nation, the freedom to be a jerkoff
is all that matters

Eight hundred thousand Americans dead,
And millions still won't wear a mask.
Sure would be helpful in slowing the spread;
Sorry it's too much to ask.

December, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Caveman with club

When it comes to "late adopters,"
I'm the latest, I'm afraid:
I've never bought a single thing
That Apple's ever made.

December, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Call center robots
"Thank you for calling; now go away"

Customer "Service"

Every time you call for help,
And I mean every time,
They pitch your ass on hanging up
And handling it online.

December, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Joc Pederson and Corey Seager
Former L.A. Dodgers Joc Pederson & Corey Seager

I'm done with buying Dodger merch,
Cuz every time I do,
The player's playing somewhere else
Within a year or two.

December, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Man looking in mirror

It's been a month of Sundays
Since my ass has gotten laid.
Covid stole my mojo;
Now I'm always too afraid.

December, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Bicyclist passing street art of Covid germ

Next Up: Omicron

Covid's not behind us,
As the variants keep showing.
Until the world gets vaccinated,
This'll keep on going.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump as Taliban from cartoon by Peter Brookes, The Times
From cartoon by Peter Brooke, The Times

It's easy to blame Biden
For what happened in Aghanistan,
But Donald Trump's the asshole
Who surrendered to the Taliban.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Joe Biden

Down in the Polls

Everything was going well
When Biden's term began;
Didn't start to fall apart
Until Afghanistan.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Ahmaud Arbery murder
Cell phone video captured Ahmaud Arbery's murder

Think of all the lynchings
That have happened over time
When no one had a camera on
To document the crime.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Judge Bruce Schroeder

Whichever way the verdict goes
In Rittenhouse's case,
The one thing that's for certain is
The judge was a disgrace.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump crowd

The fact that Trump's still drawing crowds
Should not come as a shock.
If people like the lies you tell,
They'll line up down the block.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Kyle Rittenhouse
Kyle Rittenhouse is pleading self-defense after
killing two and wounding one in Kenosha WI

He thought it would be cool
To go out brandishing a gun,
But in the end it only made him
Target Number One.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Jesus protecting children at the border in David Horsey cartoon
From cartoon by David Horsey, Seattle Times

Just cuz evangelicals
Ask "What would Jesus do?"
Doesn't mean a hill of beans
Unless they do it too.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz pointing in both directions

Will We Defend Taiwan?

"Strategic ambiguity"
Is getting out of hand.
Even we don't seem to know
Exactly where we stand.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Glenn Youngkin
Virginia Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin (R) told
voters he'd ban critical race theory from schools

Youngkin knows that CRT
Is not what's being taught,
But never mind reality;
What matters is they bought.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Joe Biden
Pres. Biden takes five at Glasgow climate summit

Dozing off at Joe's old age
Is wholly understandable.
White House staff
Should give his ass
A schedule more handleable.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Man watching TV and drinking from a bottle

I'm tired of seeing Jayapal
On TV every day.
Give the woman what she wants
And make her go away.

November, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump rioters inside the U.S. Capitol

January Sixth was not
A false flag operation.
But leave it up to Fox
To give us more disinformation.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Joe Biden holding his head

It's bad enough Republicans
Are always in the way,
But Joe's not getting any help
From anyone today.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Doctor and COVID patient

Fifteen hundred people
Are still dying every day,
In case you thought this Covid thing
Had finally gone away.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Disgusted woman

Chanting "F*ck Joe Biden"
At a family-friendly show?
Some of Trump's supporters
Are as low as you can go.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol

A good Attorney General
Who's not sleeping on the job
Would get the insurrectionist
Who fired up the mob.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Merrick Garland

If Merrick Garland isn't up
To prosecuting Trump,
Then maybe this is someone that
The president should dump.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman holding sign: "No Mandatory Vaccinations, No Micro-Chipping, No Tyrrany, No Fear" next to American flag

How jaded anti-vaxxers
In America must seem
To all the people
Round the world
Still waiting for vaccine.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Kyrsten Sinema

Be nice if Kyrsten Sinema
Would give some indication
Of what she needs
To get behind
Her party's legislation.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Cain by Henri Vidal, Tuileries Garden, Paris, 1896

If Democrats can't unify
Around Joe Biden's plan,
It'll be the biggest failure
In the history of man.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Uncle Sam in mask

Just Do It

Seven hundred thousand dead
Cuz all across the nation,
Millions still won't wear a mask
Or get their vaccination.

October, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Police searching Florida swamp for Brian Laundrie

Or So We Thought...

They can search that f*cking swamp
Forever and a day.
Brian Laundrie isn't there;
They let him get away.

September, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump as a flaming match addressing a crowd of bombs, in a cartoon by Duff
From cartoon by Duff Moses

Why has no one big been charged
For January Sixth?
Everybody knows who led
The insurrectionists.

September, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Larry Elder
Larry Elder

Don't call him an "Uncle Tom."
As apt as it may be,
You'll only build his image up
Among the G.O.P.

September, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Phil Valentine
Radio host Phil Valentine, felled by COVID

All the anti-vaxxers
On the radio are dying.
Hopefully, some listeners
Will find that clarifying.

September, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Anti-mask protester

I don't know what's so hard to
Understand for all these mothers:
The virus is the enemy,
Goddammit, not each other.

September, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Ivermectin

Modern-day America
Is such a scammer's dream:
People will buy anything
Except a free vaccine.

September, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Clint Eastwood photographed by Patrick Swirc

I've outlived all my enemies,
So now I must decide:
Make some more, or leave it at
The assholes who have died.

September, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Larry Elder

On the California recall,
You can count me as a "no."
I don't wanna wake up
To the Larry Elder show.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Afghans on U.S. cargo plane
640 refugees packed a US cargo plane leaving Kabul

Vietnam, Afghanistan--
You know the end's arrived
When everyone you partnered with
Is running for their lives.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Afghan soldier

We don't have much to show for all
The dough we've thrown around,
Standing up these armies that
Are always falling down.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Taliban fighters in Kabul

Many of our Afghan friends
Are f*cked without a doubt:
The Taliban is now in charge
Of who'll be getting out.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Joe Biden with George W. Bush in background

Takes balls to leave Afghanistan,
Even when you know
That you'll be blamed
For dumb mistakes
From twenty years ago.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Hank Taylor and John Kirby

So much for all the military
Progress that we touted.
A rout's a f*cking rout and there's
No doubt that we've been routed.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Taliban fighters with American-made M16 rifle
"You get an M16, you get an M16!"

Not only can we not get back
The twenty years we fought 'em;
The same is also true for all
The weapons we just bought 'em.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Ron DeSantis

If your state's still opposing masks,
Your governor's a horse's ass.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Afghans chasing departing U.S. cargo plane at Kabul Airport

Hindsight's 20/20,
But Jesus F*cking Christ:
A little planning in advance
Would really have been nice.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Taliban in presidential palace, Kabul

To see these assholes back in charge
Is sobering, for sure.
Twenty years of shoveling
And still the same manure.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Afghan and soldier

The Afghans who assisted us
Are learning, like the Kurds,
That trusting the Americans
Is kind of for the birds.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Man in "World's Greatest Dad" t-shirt

I don't know what kind of
"Family values" that you've got,
If you don't love your kids enough
To get the f*cking shot.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Jim Jordan

The problem isn't Jordan,
As repulsive as he's been.
The problem is the people
Who keep voting him back in.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman holding sign, "Let me call my own shots"

They fret about their "freedom,"
So they won't get vaccinated.
But I don't know how free they'll feel,
Once they're intubated.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Girl

The climate crisis won't be solved,
And Trump won't go to jail.
But I still need
To make believe
The good guys will prevail.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Adolf Hitler and Donald Trump

When Hitler blew his brains out
In a bunker in Berlin,
Most of us were hoping not
To see his likes again.
But Trump was more ambivalent,
Or so his wife has said:
He kept a book of speeches
By the Führer by his bed.

August, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Xi Jinping

Quarreling amongst yourselves
And getting nothing done:
Rots of ruck, America,
On staying Number One.

July, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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"Welcome to Sweet Home Alabama" highway sign

The lowest vaccination rate
In all the U.S.A.
Not the place you'd wanna be
With Delta on the way.

July, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Paul Hodgins, holding flag, and Jacob Chansley, partially shown

They're locking up the perpetrators;
How about the instigators?
That's who should be doing time,
Especially the mastermind.

July, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Nurse attending Covid patient

The number of cases
Is off to the races
Cuz millions won't get the vaccine.
And there we thought Covid
Was gonna be over--
I swear, this is like a bad dream.

July, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Melania and Barron Trump
Barron Trump and his mother Melania, who is 5'11"

Barron Trump is trending
Cuz he's really, really tall.
The way the kid is growing,
He'll be seven feet by fall.

July, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Mike Pence

Not What Republicans Want

In presidential polling,
Pence is bringing up the rear.
(Put your country over Trump,
And there goes your career.)

July, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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"Do Not Call" Registry

How quaint the "Do Not Call" list seems
In Twenty Twenty-One.
We thought that it would stop the calls;
It's stopped exactly none.

July, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporters pledging allegiance

To Trump supporters who have not
Convinced themselves to get the shot:
Trump did and his wife did too,
So what the heck is taking you?

July, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn
Police officers Michael Fanone and Harry Dunn
leave a disappointing meeting with GOP Leader
Kevin McCarthy (AP Photo/ J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans in Congress
Say they always "back the blue,"
But Capitol policemen
Haven't found that to be true.

June, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Jeffrey Toobin

CNN has given
Jeffrey Toobin back his job.
(The understanding is
He won't be pulling out his knob.)

June, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Man wearing a giant Q for QAnon

First you take some dummies,
Then you add the internet.
You would not believe
The kind of crap you're gonna get!

June, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Jacob Chansley

They thought that they'd be pardoned
For the Capitol attack.
(That's some imagination,
Thinking Trump would have your back!)

June, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Joe Manchin
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)

What good is a majority
With Democrats like Joe?
Every time we need a "yes,"
It's always f*cking "no."

June, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman begging, "Please?"

Nobody's safe until everyone's safe,
When there's a mutating disease.
So if you have not
Gone and gotten the shot,
Stop waiting and go get it, please?

June, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Richard Barnett

The traitors think they're patriots,
But patriots they're not.
All they are's the biggest suckers
Donald Trump has got.

June, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Justin Bieber

Grown-up Justin Bieber has an
Eerie, vacant look.
(So would you if you had taken
All the drugs he took.)

June, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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"Stop the steal" protestors

It never seems to dawn on them,
He's lying to their face.
These Trumpers are so stupid,
I'm embarrassed for my race.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell

Married to the Mob

We don't support investigating
January 6th.
The boss would go ballistic,
And we can't afford the risk.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Man using weed trimmer

Honest Owner's Manual

Our tools aren't sturdy,
So don't make mistakes.
Everything's plastic,
And everything breaks.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Justin Bieber

They call it self-expression,
But it's sacrilege, I think--
To look as good as Bieber
And destroy it all with ink.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Worried woman on phone

In both of Trump's election runs,
The polling's been awry.
('Fyer ashamed of who you're voting for,
You're prob'ly gonna lie.)

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Hook baited with "Special Offer"

Home Repair

You know those Valpak coupons
Where the deals seem so nice?
Throw the f*cking things away;
You never get that price.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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 U.S. Capitol attacked by Trump supporters on January 6, 2021

Post-Truth America

What good is a commission
To investigate the riot?
Unless it blames Antifa,
The Republicans won't buy it.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Barack Obama and Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Hindsight's 20-20,
But if only RBG
Had hung the robe up sooner,
How much better things would be.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Man wearing funny mask

Mask Confusion

If you're seeking clarity,
Don't look to C.D.C.
They don't even know what their
Position ought to be.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporters, one holding sign "Dems Cheated"

Of course the country's polarized;
I don't know how it couldn't be,
When half the population's always
Pushing some conspiracy.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Marjorie Taylor Greene
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)

What a bunch of scumbags is
The modern G.O.P.
How do you do business with
The likes of M.T.G.?

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Andrew Clyde
Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA)

January 6

A big lie takes big liars,
And Andrew Clyde is one,
Claiming the attack was just
Some tourists having fun.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman wearing a Trump mask

Republicans 2021

They failed to kill democracy
On January 6th,
But they're just getting started,
The unconscionable pricks.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit and trainer Bob Baffert
Trainer Bob Baffert with Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit

He's got a lot of Derby wins,
But how does he explain
All the failed drug tests for
The horses that he's trained?

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman in mask and face shield administering vaccine to woman in mask

F*ck the anti-maskers
And the anti-vaxxers too.
Blessed are the people who
Do what they're s'posed to do.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Liz Cheney

Cheney on the Ropes

Don't speak truth to power
If you're in the G.O.P.
Their capacity for candor
Isn't what it used to be.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Robot callers

I don't have a student loan
Or auto warranty,
But tell that to the stupid bots
Who keep on calling me.
They call me when I'm working;
They call me when I'm home.
They call me so damn much
They should be paying for my phone.

May, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Anti-vaxxer

Millions won't get vaccinated;
Isn't that absurd?
To get to herd immunity,
We'd need a smarter herd.

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Worried woman eating a hamburger

Fake News

"Obama's coming for your guns!"
(Except he never did.)
And now they're saying Biden's
Banning burgers, God forbid.

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Kirsten Gillibrand
Other fellow Democrats whom NY Sen. Kirsten
Gillibrand has called on to resign include MN
Sen. Al Franken, who did, and VA Gov. Ralph
Northam and Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, who didn't

Gillibrand Strikes Again

Cuomo's just the latest in
A long, distinguished line
Of less than perfect Democrats
She's heckled to resign.

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Gay flag

Why'd they have to add the Q
To L, G, B and T?
Had all the bases covered there
Already, seems to me.

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Frustrated business owner

These unemployment benefits
Are totally berserk:
Everybody's staying home
And no one wants to work!

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Taliban fighter

We're ending the war in Afghantistan,
But that's not the end of the Taliban:
Soon as we go,
They'll be back in control,
With the help of our "allies" in Pakistan.

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Men with assault weapons outside Governor's office, Lansing, Michigan, April 30, 2020

Getting rid of gun control
Was not the brightest move.
You can't have law and order
If the laws have been removed.

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Matt Gaetz

Close, But No Cigar

Gaetz is not a "pedophile"
And neither is Roy Moore:
Pre-pubescent children aren't
What they're looking for.

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Madison Cawthorn
Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC)

He votes against relief and then
Takes credit when it's passed.
Typical Republican:
He's just a horse's ass.

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Man crossing his fingers behind his back

Supposedly, deregulation
Makes the prices fall.
But that is not what happened
Down in Texas, not at all.

April, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman holding sign, "End the violence against Asians"

Spa Shooter Kills 8

Officials down in Georgia
Say his motive isn't clear.
Well, I'm in California;
I can see it fine from here.

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Man holding sign "Return to Sender"

At the Border

What would Jesus do
If those kids were coming through?
There's a lot of "Christians"
Who don't seem to have a clue.

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand & Chuck Schumer (D-NY)

Top Democrats Call For Gov. Cuomo's Resignation

Circling the wagons
Is not in their skill set.
You'd think they'd have learned
From Republicans; not yet.

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Senior citizen

Social Security and Medicare

Label them entitlements;
You're not offending me.
I paid in all my frickin' life,
So I'm entitled, see?

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Anna Ruch and Andrew Cuomo on front page of NY Post under headline "Handsy Andy"

I must be out of outrage
After Trump and all his crap,
Cuz Cuomo's indiscretions
Seem like nothing next to that.

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Sergeant Joe Friday from Dragnet TV series

The truth may not be comfortable,
But here it is again:
Donald Trump's delusional.
He didn't f*cking win.

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Anti-mask protester

America vs. Covid

Millions still won't wear a mask,
Despite the tiny cost.
I'm glad this isn't World War II,
Cuz our side would've lost.

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Cartoon of map of Texas freezing

Voting for Republicans
Is really getting old.
All they do's deregulate
And leave us in the cold.

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump as baby

Impeach me once,
Impeach me twice,
Impeach me all you like.
I just want my Twitter back--
I need my f*cking mike!

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

'Magnanimous in victory
And gracious in defeat'--
Not the kind of standards
Every president can meet.

March, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Ron Johnson

I can't believe Wisconsin
Traded Feingold for Ron Johnson.
Feingold was a leading light,
But this guy is like day and night.

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Irritated white man

Diversity Training

A well-intentioned message
Doesn't always come out right,
Like Coca-Cola telling people
"Try to be less white."

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump second impeachment vote
The Senate fell short of the 67 votes needed to con-
vict ex-Pres. Trump after his second impeachment

57-43 is usually a win,
But not the way
The Senate works:
The losers win again.

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell

Excuse Our French

Isn't Mitch McConnell just
A total piece of sh*t,
Saying Trump is culpable
But voting to acquit?

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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"Stop the steal" protestors

The election wasn't stolen.
Don't listen to these schmucks.
They can't accept the simple truth:
He lost because he sucks.

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Chris Christie

Chris Christie is, by all acounts,
A jolly sorta fella,
But you can tell from fifty yards
He's fulla shitzerella.

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Alexei Navalny

I gotta say, Navalny
Is a different kind of cat.
If someone poisoned my ass,
I don't know if I'd be back.

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Jim Jordan
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH)

Republicans with new ideas?
I wouldn't hold my breath.
All they ever talk about's
The Left, the Left, the Left.

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

To: Impeachment Defense Team

Wanna make a case for Trump
That's solid as can be?
Then call a spade a spade for once
And plead insanity.

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman besieged by Covid

When I finally got my vaccine,
I thought I had it made.
Didn't count on variants
To rain on my parade.

February, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump behind bars

Why Trump Lied About the Election

The biggest motivator yet
For staying in the White House
Is knowing if they throw you out,
You're headed for the big house.

January, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Homer Simpson wiping forehead

The day we thought would never come
Has finally arrived:
Trump is out and Biden's in.
Democracy survived.

January, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Uncle Sam pointing a gun at his head

Four hundred thousand Americans dead,
And millions still won't wear a mask.
Sure would be helpful in slowing the spread;
Sorry it's too much to ask.

January, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Funeral procession for Brian Sicknick, kiled at U.S. Capitol
Slain Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, R.I.P.

They terrorized the Capitol
And now they gotta pay.
Terrorists don't get a pass
For chanting "USA!"

January, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump at border wall

Fifty miles of border wall
Where there was none before
Is all that Trump has gotten done,
In case you thought there's more.

January, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump rioters inside the U.S. Capitol

True Believers:

Your president's been telling you
A dirty, rotten lie.
He lost the damn election.
Now it's time to say goodbye.

January, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capitol

Nice Try, Republicans

They wanna blame Antifa for
The riot in D.C.,
As if we didn't see it all
On national TV.

January, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Fred Trump talking to his son Donald

Swindle your shareholders,
Stiff all your contractors,
Screw everybody you know.
None 'a that matters
As long as your ass is
The one that ends up with the dough.

January, 2021
© Robert C. Keating

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Nerd thinking

Throwing Trump off Twitter
Makes a lot of sense, no doubt,
Though I might need some new ideas
On what to tweet about.

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Not Your Father's G.O.P.

The party of Lincoln, the party of Reagan:
We hear all that crap all the time.
But what with the pardons
They're handing out lately,
It's more like the party of crime.

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

It's bad enough that Russia mounts
A cyberwar attack;
What's worse is that with Trump in charge,
We aren't fighting back.

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell as turtle

When Putin beats McConnell
In congratulating Joe,
It really makes our government
Look functional, you know?

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell in front of American flags

Of the people? By the people?
For the people? No.
We're here to serve the donor class.
The rest is just for show.

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man in mask

I don't wear my mask for you
And I'm not gonna lie:
I wear it cuz if I get sick,
I'm scared I'm gonna die.

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Save Your Money

He says your contribution
Is to help him "stop the steal."
But actually it's going
In his pocket. What a deal!

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Michael Flynn

Martial Law, Anyone?

Suspend the constitution,
Says the pardoned Michael Flynn,
And redo the election
So my pardoner can win.

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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We need some legislation
To control disinformation.
We can't keep letting
Total bullsh*t
Tear apart the nation.

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Sean Hannity

'I don't vet the information
That I put out on this show.'
(That's media malpractice, Sean,
In case you didn't know.)

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Twitter logo bird covered in newsprint

A retweet's worth a dozen likes.
Although a like is fine,
Unless a tweet's retweeted,
It will die upon the vine.

December, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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The White House

One more scam for old times' sake
Before I have to go:
I promise we can win this thing--
Just send me some more dough!

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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CNN news program with graphic showing U.S. Coronavirus Deaths So Far Today

Thank you kindly, CNN,
For "Deaths So Far Today."
Nothing like some happy news
To get me on my way.

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Kayleigh McEnany on One America News Network

Stop What Steal?

A court requires evidence,
But out here they don't need it.
However lame the argument,
The media repeat it.

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Rudy Giuliani with black hair dye streaming down his cheek

Rudy's Closing Argument

A free and fair election's
What this case is all about.
If someone didn't vote for Trump,
Their vote should be thrown out.

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Cartoon by Kevin Siers:  Donald Trump with desk sign, "I don't take responsibility at all"

The Coronavirus President
Will never be forgotten.
Not with a performance
So exceptionally rotten.

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump looking in the mirror and seeing a king

"Crazy Bernie," "Crazy Nancy,"
Donald likes to say.
(But we all know who's crazier
On any given day.)

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Homer Simpson hitting his head and saying "D'Oh!"

Whether it's a worker
Or a president you hire,
It's never fun discovering
You picked yourself a liar.

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporters

"Lock her up!" "Send her back!"
"Build the wall!" And so on.
It's all a bunch of f*ckin' crap,
But crap is what they go on.

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Statue of Liberty wearing mask

If you wanna "save America,"
Don't give to Donald's PAC.
Slam the door behind his ass
And never have him back!

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump in golfcart

He's gotten used to playing golf
And charging it to us.
Once he has to pay himself,
I doubt he'll play as much.

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Stop the count! I'm losing ground!
It isn't f*cking fair!
I was winning by a lot.
They shoulda stopped it there.

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Boy separated from parents at the border

To orphan children purposely
Is cruel beyond compare.
How can Christians vote for Trump?
There's nothing Christian there.

November, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Corey Seager with female fan

Dodgers Win World Series; Seager Named MVP

He's stoic, he's heroic,
He's the apple of my eye.
His name is Corey Seager
And I'll love him till I die.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Hand dropping ballot into box

Although I'd like to think that our
Elections can't be rigged,
I'm less and less convinced of that,
The more and more I dig.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Joe Biden

He's quite a bit more likeable
Than Hillary, for sure,
But there's still a lot of buyers
For the other guy's manure.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump looking grumpy

Let's elect a happy man;
I'm tired of this grump.
The nation needs an optimist,
Not more of Donald Trump.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Amy Coney Island

Trump Thought Balloon

Another stolen seat, and now
Another swearing-in.
You schmucks may never recognize
Your government again!

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Doctor and COVID patient

COVID

You don't see too much unity
On so-called 'herd immunity.'
Mass murder's what
They call it in
The medical community.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man shrugging

I think all these Republicans
Are dumb as dumb can be.
But judging from my Twitter feed,
They think the same of me.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man with neck tattoo

Don't tattoo your face or neck;
It marks you as a freak.
Try and get a job like that;
Your odds are gonna reek.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporters

These people think they're patriots,
But patriots should know
That flirting with dictatorship
Is not the way to go.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Armed Michigan protesters

Michigan Madmen

COVID is the enemy,
Not your governor.
So put your f*cking mask on, please,
And keep your hands off her.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Anti-mask protester

Don't Collude with COVID

If we'd behaved in World War II
The way we're doing now,
We'd all be speaking Japanese
And learning how to bow.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Barack Obama on vacation

Where the f*ck's Obama?
The guy's been MIA.
Tell him the election's
Only 20 days away.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham won't let himself
Be tested pre-debate.
Might be time for someone else
To represent the state.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man in blue suit and brown shoes

Brown shoes with a blue suit used to
Mark you as a hick.
But now you see 'em everywhere;
These people don't know dick.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Regeneron antibody cocktail

Saying COVID's no big deal,
Trump can go to hell.
He knows they saved his ass with things
That we can't get ourselves.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

The reason he took off the mask
When he got up the stairs
Is he was very, very, very,
Very short of air.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Secret Service agent

The last thing that he cares about
Is who he's making sick.
Like super spreaders everywhere,
He's just a selfish prick.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man watching TV nervously

Debate

I can't believe the POTUS thinks
He gave a great performance.
The gap between perception and
Reality's enormous.

October, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump as a flaming match addressing a crowd of bombs, in a cartoon by Duff

We're headed for a civil war
And it will not be fun.
It isn't like us libbies are
The ones with all the guns.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Scott Atlas

Scott Atlas, M.D.

He's a neuroradiologist,
Not epidemiologist,
So saying he's an expert on
This virus is preposterous.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Bunny shaking head

Two hundred thousand Americans dead,
And millions still won't wear a mask.
Sure would be helpful in slowing the spread;
Sorry it's too much to ask.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporter

Hey, Trumper

You might not be a racist
Or deplorable, it's true,
But a lousy judge of character?
Admit it, Jack: that's you.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Melania Trump with hand over heart

She couldn't say the Pledge;
She didn't have a clue.
It wouldn't be too hard, I'll bet,
For Biden's wife to do.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man walking in smoke

In the West

You'd have to be a moron
Not to wanna wear a mask,
Between coronavirus
And this f*cking smoke and ash.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man holding signs "Get a brain, morans" and "Go USA"

This country is just dumb enough
For Donald Trump to win.
We proved it once already;
I just hope we don't again.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Trumpnocchio by Dana Ellyn

Another day, another lie
(Or two or three or four...
Or five or six or seven, eight,
Or sometimes even more).

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporter

People know that Democrats
Are big on civil rights.
Problem is, they think that we
Forgot about the whites.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Kyle Rittenhouse
Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, killed two in Kenosha WI

Open carry laws are bad;
They oughta be struck down.
Seems we're at the mercy now
Of any f*cking clown.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at Helsinki meeting, 2018

Spare me, Mr. President,
Your patriotic pitch.
More and more, it's evident
You're only Putin's bitch.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

Talking to the enemy,
You never want to fawn.
And that is where this president
Goes very, very wrong.

September, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman protesting masks

It's hard to wear a mask
When your head is up your ass.
The longer you don't do it, though,
The longer this'll last.

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman touching cellphone

Don't go hitting "Unsubscribe,"
Cuz that's their latest scam:
It might release some malware,
So just mark the mail as "Spam."

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump mocking disabled reporter

An ugly personality
And policies that suck.
You say you love your president;
All I can say is "Yuck."

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man on bicycle riding past building in flames, Kenosha WI

Law and order, law and order's
All he has to say.
It worked for Richard Nixon;
It could work for Trump today,
Cuz 99% of us
Are frightened of a mob.
So quit the f*ckin' riots
Or you'll help him keep his job.

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Republican elephant

They're horrible at running things,
But very good at running.
How they win elections while
They're f*cking us is stunning.

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman biting her nails

Now that there's a running mate,
The race is getting tighter.
Hope we aren't losing whites
Who wanted someone whiter.

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump hugging American flag

They think that he's a patriot.
That's so beyond the pale!
As if a real patriot
Would wreck the U.S. Mail.

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Xi-Jinping clapping

When Trump declared the virus
Would just disappear in spring,
You'll never guess who told him that:
His buddy Xi-Jinping.

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Boy detained by Border Patrol

He's putting kids in cages,
So it sounds a little odd
For Trump to say that Biden
Is the one who's 'hurting God.'

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Brian Stauffer's "Under Control," New Yorker cover showing Donald Trump with a surgical mask covering his eyes

The virus won't just "go away,"
And children aren't immune.
(Ignore what POTUS has to say;
He's crazy as a loon.)

August, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Voters being erased

Think this thing is in the bag
For Biden? Think again:
Republicans are purging voters
Everywhere they can,
And many won't discover it
Until Election Day.
So make sure you're still registered
And don't get turned away.

July, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man tossing lifeline

Millions who have lost their jobs
Have lost their health plans too,
So Medicare For All would be
A timely thing to do.

July, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Illustration, Donald Trump in hooded cowl

He wants to kill Obamacare,
No matter who gets screwed--
Amidst a damn pandemic, yet.
That's one demented dude.

July, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Anthony Fauci

Fauci's been more right than wrong
And Trump more wrong than right,
So I'm surprised it took this long
For Trump to start a fight.

July, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Pandemic, shmandemic--
There's nothing to fear!
We'll have a vaccine
By the end of the year,
With millions of doses
In ready supply.
Trust what I'm telling you;
Why would I lie?

July, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump rallygoers in Tulsa

Everywhere he holds events,
This thing gets worse, not better.
He may not have the bug himself,
But Trump's a super spreader.

July, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump on a global wrecking ball, by Ben Kirchner

A f*cking ignoramus
Isn't what the country needs.
Imagine the improvement
If we had a guy who reads.

July, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, with "RACIST FISH" scrawled below
Little Mermaid statue vandalized in Copenhagen

In spite of what you might have heard,
I'm not a racist fish.
So put the f*cking paint away
And come and make a wish.

July, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Is Trump a Russian agent?
I think there's something there:
The Russians kill our soldiers
And he doesn't seem to care.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman wearing mask that says "Tyranny"

Pull your head out, Trumpers,
Or you might regret it later.
If you think a mask is bad,
Just try a ventilator.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Illustration of Red Skelton as Freddie the Freeloader

I can't read any news at all
With all these fricking firewalls.
The Times, The Post, they're all the same:
I think they figured out my game.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Uncle Sam wearing a mask

If 95% of us
Would simply wear a mask,
It wouldn't cost us nothin'
And we'd cut the deaths in half.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump walking dejectedly after poorly attended Tulsa rally

Tulsa Fizzle

It must offend his ego
That thousands would decide
That seeing him
Means less to them
Than saving their own hides.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man in dark glasses eating pancakes

I won't miss Aunt Jemima.
Not only's she passé,
But all that sugar
Puts me in a
Coma anyway.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump drinking water with two hands

The way he dumped on Clinton,
Always questioning her health,
It's time for Trump to taste some
Of that medicine himself:
Like, why's he need a second hand
To take a sip of water?
And doesn't going down a ramp
Take longer than it oughta?

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump lying

Tulsa Rally

I wouldn't make you wait
Until this virus thing is gone.
Release my liability
And come and cheer me on!

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Marching protestor holding "Defund the Police" sign

Catnip for Trump

It doesn't sound too practical,
"Defunding the police."
As 2020 slogans go,
I like that one the least.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Kevin Hassett
White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett

Wipe that smile off your face,
You stupid f*cking jerk.
In case you haven't heard it yet,
There's millions out of work.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump holding a Bible outside St. John's Church, Washington, D.C.

Stunts and distractions:
That's all that we get.
Still haven't seen real
Leadership yet.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Black protester yelling at white cop, neither wearing a mask

Has everyone forgotten
There's a virus going round?
Floyd won't be the only one
They're putting in the ground.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man peeking through blinds

The city is reopening,
But I'm not sure I buy it.
Too much chance to catch this thing
Or wind up in a riot.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd
The murder of George Floyd

The thing about this Chauvin guy
I find the most grotesque:
He's looking at the camera
As he's putting George to death.

June, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Clown typing

What's with all these "liberal tears"
I've heard so much about?
These trolls could use some new ideas;
They've worn the old ones out.

May, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump leaning on golf club

Churches are essential!
They should open right away!
(Not that I'll be going;
There's some golf I need to play.)

May, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump looking dismissive

He's not a "stable genius."
He doesn't have a plan.
He's just a con
Who's out to con us
Any way he can.

May, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Runner

Huffing and puffing, not wearing a mask,
The runner is right in my face.
If common ass courtesy's too much to ask,
I think I'll just shelter in place.

May, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Protester holding sign, "Give me liberty or give me Covid-19"

I wouldn't fear a "second wave"
Of COVID in the fall.
(It's not as if the first one
Will be over, after all.)

May, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman holding No Masks sign, 'MY BODY MY CHOICE TRUMP 2020"

If Donald Trump would wear a mask,
He'd do a lot of good.
But when's the last time Donald Trump
Did anything he should?

May, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump as the Grim Reaper

Sure, we'll lose a couple lives,
But let's reopen now.
Everybody's gotta die
From something anyhow.

May, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump, Birther Nation illustration by Mario Piperni

Along with blaming Trump for all
The crap that's coming down,
I blame the ignoramuses
Who voted for the clown.
They knew he was a birther and
A climate change denier;
That's all you had to know to know
The guy's a f*cking liar.

May, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump with mouth covered by caution tape

Don't take disinfectant and
Inject it in your vein,
No matter what the POTUS says.
The POTUS is insane.

April, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Nervous woman biting her nails

Can'tcha turn the news off, honey?
I've had my fill.
If the COVID doesn't get me,
The anxiety will.

April, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Frustrated man at gas pump

No other POTUS
Before Donald Trump
Wanted to see us
Pay more at the pump.

April, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Statue of Liberty wearing a face mask

Half a million cases of
Coronavirus, folks.
(In case you needed proof it's not
A 'Democratic hoax.')

April, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Mass burial pit for COVID-19 victims, Hart Island, New York City
Workers bury COVID-19 victims, Hart Island, NYC

How dumb would someone have to be
To still believe in Trump,
Through even this catastrophe?
That takes a real chump.

April, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Doctor with head in hands

No one knows who's got it
Cuz you cannot get a test,
They say a vaccination is
A year away at best,
Our doctors and our nurses
Don't have half of what they need,
And best of all, we've got ourselves
A leader who won't lead.

April, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Illustration of Donald Trump hawking snaike oil

Trust me, this elixir
Is the best that's ever been.
Sure to cure what ails ya,
And it's now with chloroquine!

April, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Cartoon by Kevin Siers:  Donald Trump with desk sign, "I don't take responsibility at all"

Harry Truman got it wrong:
The buck does not stop here.
(Unless you're counting all the bucks
I've pocketed, my dear.)

April, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump as ghoul

"Back to Work, Everyone"

He doesn't care if you or I
Come down with this infection.
All that Trump's concerned about's
His f*cking reelection.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Dummies

The polling is fakakta or
The people are fugazi:
Fifty-five percent like how
He's handling this? That's crazy.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Where Are the Masks?

''The governors should get that stuff;
We're not a shipping clerk.'
It sucks to have a president
Who's such a fricking jerk.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Man surveying empty store shelves

No toilet paper anywhere
Means having to adapt.
Just eat more ramen every day;
You'll never have to crap.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Annoyed face

I know you say it's "allergies"
But kindly keep your space,
And try and cough into your arm
And not into my face.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Scared man running away

Pandemic

Being anti-social's more
Acceptable these days.
No one's told me lately that
I have to change my ways,
And try and be more open and
More trusting and more free.
Now the well-adjusted are
As paranoid as me.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Brian Stauffer's "Under Control," New Yorker cover showing Donald Trump with a surgical mask covering his eyes

"I alone can fix it."
Did you really think he could?
Cuz Trump is proving dumber
Than a f*cking piece of wood,
The way he botched the testing kits
And lied about the threat.
If this guy's up to fixing things,
We haven't seen it yet.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Doctor

Dx

Irony deficiency
And rampant truth decay
Are what afflict, respectively,
The left and right today.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden

The Democrats don't want this race
To keep on dragging on.
They've settled on Joe Biden;
Any chance for Bernie's gone.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Lululemon yoga pants

Donald Trump is like a pair
Of Lululemon yoga pants.
Anyone who's half aware
Can see through him in half a glance.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Grand old party

Look at all the corporatists
We keep on voting in.
Soon we'll have another chance
To get it wrong again.

March, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Michael Bloomberg

We've seen some wealthy candidates,
But not like this before.
They say that he could outspend Trump
A hundred times or more.
But money won't be all it takes
To keep his dreams afloat:
The people have to like ya to
Get off their ass and vote.

February, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Joan Lunden on "A Place for Mom" TV commercial

Get Real, Joan

"A Place for Mom," regrettably,
Costs fifty grand a year.
So till I hit the lottery,
The place for mom is here.

February, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Mike Bloomberg

His ads proclaim repeatedly
That "Mike will get it done."
(That's if he wins some primaries;
So far he's been in none.)

February, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Worried man in fetal position

Chicken Little, What Say You?

I hate this f*cking field.
There's no one who's that strong.
And half of 'em, let's face it,
Will be dead before too long.

February, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Charlie Tuna

To lower your triglycerides,
Eat lotsa fatty fish--
Like salmon, trout or mackerel,
Or tuna if you wish.
As for carbohydrates,
Limit those for sure;
And stay away from processed food:
It's basically manure.

NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE / CONSULT YOUR PHYSICIAN

February, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Sad bunny shaking head

What an awful precedent,
To not remove a president
Who's crooked as the day is long
And can't distinguish right from wrong.

February, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell signs oath book after swearing to do "impartial justice" at Senate Trump impeachment trial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) signs oath to "do impartial justice" in the Trump impeachment trial

A trial should have witnesses;
Would someone tell the Senate?
They swore an oath to seek the truth,
But I don't think they meant it.

January, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Rick Perry and Ted CruzRick Perry and Ted Cruz

Texas Strangers

Perry got glasses
And Cruz grew a beard.
Whatever they're after,
It's comin' out weird.

January, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Two men at a Trump rally wearing "I'D RATHER BE A RUSSIAN THAN A DEMOCRAT" t-shirts

Traitors for Trump

"I'd rather be a Russian,"
Says the t-shirt on your back.
Then why not move to Russia?
Hell, I'll even help you pack.

January, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump as mob boss

If this guy ain't impeachable,
Then I don't know who is.
The crimes of other presidents
Seem minor next to his.*

*Excluding war crimes
January, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Iranian mourner holding photo of Gen. Soleimani

As thousands of Iranians
Shout "Death to the Americans,"
It's hard to buy
The White House line
That Trump has made us safe again.

January, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Nikki Haley

For the record, Democrats
Aren't mourning Suleimani.
Anybody saying that
Is spreading pure baloney.

January, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Two men sitting and talking, one with a dog on a leash

God, I miss the good old days.
The doctors were the best.
All these guys do nowadays
Is send you out for tests.

January, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump in golf cart

This'll make you wanna rolf:
The money that we spend on golf
For Donald Trump. It's off the charts--
Like half a million just for carts.

January, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Soleimani funeral in Tehran

To kill their biggest hero
Ain't no way to "stop a war."
You're giving them a martyr
That they didn't have before.

January, 2020
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump White House

If you guys are so innocent,
The evidence will show it.
But that's why you're withholding it;
You're guilty and you know it.

December, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Hillary Clinton at Benghazi hearing

I hate to see the Democrats
Impeaching him so fast.
Republicans would take their time
And make the damage last.

December, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Mick Mulvaney

Of course there was a quid pro quo!
Get over it, okay?
We do these kinds of crooked deals
Every single day.

December, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump in front of Trump University sign

It's not exactly breaking news
That Donald Trump's a crook.
The evidence was always there;
You only had to look.

November, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Michael Bloomberg

I'm sorry I did stop and frisk.
I'm sorry as can be.
And now that that's all over with,
I hope you'll vote for me.

November, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Man yelling at his cell phone

They call me when I'm driving.
They call me when I'm home.
They call me so damn much I wish
I didn't have a phone,
These f*cking robocallers.
They all deserve to die!
I'd vote for anyone who'd hang
The motherf*ckers high.

November, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg doesn't stand
A snowball's chance in hell
Of winning down in Alabam,
As any fool can tell.

November, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi

Impeaching him in English
Is their best decision yet.
I don't know
From quid pro quo;
Extortion, though, I get.

November, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Beto O'Rourke at the dentist

Don't go live streaming
Your next dental cleaning
And end up like Beto O'Rourke.
Instagram's cool
As a general rule,
But it can make you look like a dork.

November, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Elizabeth Warren at Medicare For All event

53 trillion?
That sounds kinda high.
This health plan of Warren's
Is not gonna fly
If 53 trillion
Is what it'll take.
The voters'll tell us
To jump in the lake.

November, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Girl holding sign, "Kurds betrayed by Trump"

The Kurds were once our friends,
But that's no longer true.
They'll never trust our ass again
For dumping them; would you?

October, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump looking dismissive

In His Head

Who cares about the Kurds?
They're just a bunch 'a turds.
Let someone else
Take care of them;
This war is for the birds.

October, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump on phone

Ukraine

Need a little aid?
How's about a trade:
Help me smear the Bidens
And I'll see that you get paid.

October, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Hunter and Joe Biden

I don't care if Hunter Biden
Sucks to kingdom come.
All I want's a president
Who isn't f*cking scum.

October, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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William Barr

What a f*cking whore you are,
Attorney General William Barr,
Always giving Trump a pass.
I hope they fry your big fat ass.

October, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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"Trumpnocchio" by Dana Ellyn

If you needed further proof
That Donald Trump was full 'a crap,
Boy, did he deliver when
He falsified that weather map.

September, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump with weather map he altered to show Hurricane Dorian impacting Alabama

It's just the same old song:
He can't admit he's wrong.
Not the clown
You want around
When trouble comes along.

September, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump seeing himself as king in mirror

He thinks he's King of Israel,
A Twitter check will show.
If Trump is that delusional,
It might be time to go.

September, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump as tangerine

"I love the poorly educated!"
That's a real quote.
(And so would I,
If they were like
My biggest source of votes.)

September, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Weather map altered by Donald Trump to show Hurricane Dorian impacting Alabama

Alabama won't be hit
By Dorian at all,
In spite of what the dotard said;
It isn't dotard's call.

September, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell, John Thune and John Cornyn

"Principled conservatives"
Must be in short supply:
Instead of bringing down the debt,
They're blowin' it sky high.

September, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Tucker Carlson

Every day the talking heads
Dispense their latest views.
Problem is that people are
Confusing that with news.

August, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

The Balkans and the Baltics:
He doesn't know the diff.
Pray to God this faker doesn't
Take us off a cliff.

August, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Couple kissing next to Amazon Echo device

Everyone's entitled to
Their private little zone.
That is why I'll never have
Alexa in my home.

August, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Man wearing large Q at Trump rally

Whoever started QAnon
Should really get a prize
For showing how susceptible
We are to stupid lies.

August, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump promoting Trump University

Whereas Richard Nixon
Left office in disgrace,
Donald Trump came in that way,
If you recall the case:
Right after the election,
He had to up and pay
Twenty million-plus to make
A fraud suit go away.

July, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump "Russia, if you're listening..."

"No collusion? No obstruction?"
What a f*cking lie.
No wonder Trump's so thrilled
At seeing Mueller testify.

July, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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"Breaking News"

Every time they show his tweets,
They amplify the lies.
Ignoring Trump's the only way
To cut him down to size.

July, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump's brain

Although I'm not a doctor,
I concur that he's insane.
(How the hell at this late date
Could any doubt remain?)

July, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Trump v. the Squad

To say they "hate America"
Is dangerous from the start,
Consid'ring all the whackos who
Could take that sh*t to heart.

July, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Kim Darroch

"Inept, insecure and incompetent,"
The British ambassador said,
Regarding America's president...
And then it was off with his head.

July, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Dummies

2020

This dipsh*t of a president
Still has a lot of fans.
I wouldn't bet against him,
As the situation stands.

July, 2019
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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Treason is the reason
For impeaching Donald Trump:
The guy's in Putin's pocket
And he's been there from the jump.

July, 2019
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Joe Biden sniffing a woman's hair with his hands on her shoulders

Joe's principal foe
Has always been Joe;
He was born with a foot in his mouth.
If he gets to be
The next nominee,
Just pray that it doesn't go south.

July, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Man watching race with binoculars

Democrats 2020

Watch who's filling stadiums
And who can't fill a hall:
Knowing who to nominate
Should not be hard at all.

June, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Two ostriches with heads in the sand

Mueller won't indict him
And Pelosi won't impeach.
God forbid the lesson
2020's gonna teach.

June, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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White House tour group

If I was on the White House tour
And had some indigestion,
I'd try and pass
Some "freedom gas"
In Donald Trump's direction.

June, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump rally carried live on TV

The media are much to blame
For Donald Trump's success.
They clean up in the ratings game
And leave us with the mess.

June, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell

They're calling him a hypocrite,
But I don't think he gives a sh*t.
Mitch McConnell ain't the kind
To pay the public any mind.
Long as there are courts to pack,
The one percent'll have his back.

June, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Robert Mueller

Choke

'We can't indict the president;
It isn't constitutional.'
Not to be indelicate,
But Mr. Mueller's full of bull.

June, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump in Russian hat

Trump obstructed justice
But that's not his main offense:
On Russia he's done bupkis
When we need a strong defense.

May, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump in the emperor's new clothes

#ReadTheReport

It's obvious that Donald Trump
Colluded and obstructed.
Most of us would be in jail
For half the sh*t the f*ck did.

May, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

The way to make space
For your personal power
Is laying to waste
Institutional power,
Including the Congress,
The courts and the press:
You can't have more power
If they don't have less.

May, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Joe Biden

Don't campaign on how bad Trump is;
We already know.
Tell us what you'll do for us,
And be specific, Joe.

May, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Some 116th Congress freshmen

"This Congress is the most diverse
The country's ever seen."
That's wonderful. Now get to work:
Impeach the tangerine.

April, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Person holding "Medicare For All" sign

A health plan that's affordable's
Available, no jive!
You only have to wait until
You're over 65.

April, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump saying, "Russia, if you're listening..."

It's totally preposterous
To say there's no collusion.
He did it right in front of us;
That wasn't an illusion.

April, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Pete Buttigieg

A president who's gay would send
These Trumpers off the edge
(Practically a reason for
Electing Buttigieg).

April, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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William Barr

William Barr is lying
When he says the feds were "spying"
On the Trump campaign,
But that's a claim
A lot of chumps are buying.

April, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Kirstjen Nielsen

Kirstjen Nielsen

When putting kids in cages
Ain't enough to show you're tough,
Be glad you're getting fired,
Cuz you've whored yourself enough.

April, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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"Trumpnocchio" by Dana Ellyn

He promised us a healthcare plan
That's "better than Obamacare."
So far, there's no sign of that;
Just bigger problems everywhere.

April, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Why's he wear his ties so long?
You know the explanation
Has gotta have a lot to do
With overcompensation.

April, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Robert Mueller

As much as I respect the
Special Counsel, I'll be blunt:
I never would have thought he'd
Be the kind of guy to punt.

March, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump on a global wrecking ball, by Ben Kirchner

Two years in, you know
What kind of president you've got,
And this one is a wrecking ball;
Much more than that, he's not.

March, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump saying "Russia, if you're listening..."

I don't buy their conclusion
That there was no collusion.
He did it right
Before our eyes;
That wasn't an illusion.

March, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Elizabeth Warren

"Let's end the electoral college!
We gotta get rid of it now!"
I'm with you there, Senator Warren,
But--not to be difficult--how?

March, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump looking snide

A scoundrel and a scalawag
Is what he's proved to be.
The day he's out of office
Can't come soon enough for me.

March, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman talking to psychiatrist

It's this feeling of foreboding
With the way that people drive.
Every day I wonder
If I'll make it home alive.

March, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump behind bars

How I'd like to see
This lying S.O.B.
Doing time
For all his crimes,
The way it's s'posed to be.

March, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Alexandria Orcasio-Cortez

AOC for president?
She's definitely bold enough;
Only slight impediment's
The fact that she's not old enough.

March, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Christopher Wray

I can't get past the nagging feeling
Something's wrong with Wray,
Though all of Trump's appointments really
Make me feel that way.

February, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman looking up, praying

I have a little ritual
I probably should hide,
But every day I check the news
To see if Trump has died.

February, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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A man in blackface and a man in KKK garb from Ralph Northam's medical school yearbook page

Gov. Northam

At first he said he's sorry
For that photo he was in,
So it's kind of hard to swallow
When he says it isn't him.

February, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Trump's a Russian asset.
He proves it every time
He cozies up to Putin and
Repeats the party line,
Like, "Mueller's on a witch hunt,"
Or "NATO's obsolete."
You wanna know what Russia thinks?
Just read his latest tweet.

February, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Ed Buck

The Word on Ed Buck

He likes to prey on young black men
And shoot them up with meth.
Unconscionable, even when
It doesn't lead to death.

January, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani

My lawyer is a f*ck up
But I think I'll let him stay.
It's hard to fire anyone
Who'd lie for you that way.

January, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

'I never said that Mexico
Was paying for the wall.'
Oh yes, you did, you dirty dog;
A zillion times in all.

January, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell, John Thune (in back) and John Cornyn

Who's the one who looks like Lurch
Who's always in the back,
Counting down the decades till
He gets to lead the pack?

January, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Three men walking through town destroyed by hurricane

Climate change is real;
Donald Trump is fake.
If you got it backwards,
Wisen up, for heaven's sake.

January, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump as snake oil salesman

#TrumpShutdown

It takes a lot of nerve
To try and stick us for the wall.
The promise was that Mexico
Was paying, after all.

January, 2019
© Robert C. Keating

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Lady Justice peeking from blindfold

Why are they so hesitant
To charge a sitting president?
Let's just get it
Over with,
And then you got your precedent.

December, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Heart shaped cactus

The desert's either way too hot
Or else it's way too cold.
So think before you move there,
Cuz it will get f*cking old.

December, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Man wearing "Don't touch my junk" t-shirt

It's bad enough you'd wanna call
Your genitals your junk,
But wear it on a t-shirt?
Have some class, ya little punk.

December, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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John Kelly

Trump will have to draft
Another Chief of Staff.
General Kelly's
Had it shoveling
Sh*t on his behalf.

December, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Sarayu Blue in "I Feel Bad" TV show, pulling her turtleneck sweater up, obscuring chin and neck

"Firm your aging neck!"
"Fix your crepey skin!"
My TV keeps reminding me
What sorry shape I'm in.

December, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump pointing to his brain

He seems to think that no one has
A brain as big as his.
(An ignoramus never knows
How ignorant he is.)

November, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Farmer putting "Farmers for Trump" sign in the ground

A classic city slicker,
He conned the country rubes...
And now their very livelihood
Is going down the tubes.

November, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump embracing

He "fell in love" with Kim Jong Un;
The problem, folks, is this:
Kim is out to f*ck us and
There won't be any kiss.

November, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump Cream of Bullsh*t Soup

First he says he'll "drain the swamp,"
And then we get Scott Pruitt.
Next he says he'll "build the wall,"
But still can't seem to do it.
Then he gives us "tax reform,"
And rigs it for the rich.
He says he's kept his promises;
My question would be, which?

November, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Every time he runs his mouth,
He tells another lie...
The bigger lie, the better;
That's what people like to buy.

November, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump as a flaming match addressing a crowd of bombs, in a cartoon by Duff

Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting

He carps about the "caravan,"
And pretty soon a crazy man
Is killing
Fellow citizens
He thinks are with the boogeyman.

October, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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George Clooney

Thank the Lord, I've kept my hair.
It's going grey, but I don't care:
It frames my face
In any case,
And I'm just glad it's f*cking there.

October, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Young lady with two thumbs up

You gotta love 'em, rich or poor:
The 99¢ Only Store
Knows how to keep
The prices cheap,
As everybody else's soar.

October, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Man watching TV through his fingers

My team may have won the division,
But I got a sneaking suspicion
It's gonna end sadly,
They're doing so badly
With runners in scoring position.

October, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Brett Kavanaugh

Low Road to the High Court

Kavanaugh's less credible
Than Christine Blasey Ford,
But there's an old tradition here:
Accusers get ignored.

October, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Brett Kavanaugh

Is this guy the best that we've got?
I get the impression he's not,
The way he's attacking
The Senators asking
Him questions, the impudent snot.

October, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman posing with giraffe she shot dead in Africa

It's hard to fathom anybody
Pulling such a stunt.
Don't even have to know her
And you know that she's a c*nt.

October, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump-nocchio by Dana Ellyn

Update

Five thousand lies and counting,
According to the Post.
When Donald's under pressure's when
He tends to lie the most.

September, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Question mark superimposed on a silhouette of a man in front of the White House

Whoever wrote that op-ed piece
Deserves a lot of credit:
The president who never reads
Was so intrigued, he read it.

September, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporter holding "Lock Her Up" sign

Midterm Strategy

'We can't discuss impeachment
Lest we rile up his base.'
(I guess it's also out to call 'em
Stupid to their face?)

September, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Devin Nunes

Devin Nunes has to go,
And sooner versus later.
It's obvious the f*cking shmoe
Is nothing but a traitor.

August, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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"All our tires are gluten free" sign at Fountain Tire

Why do they put "gluten-free"
On everything these days?
Most food never had it
But it's labeled anyways.

August, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Overheated man holding plastic water bottle to his head

"Anomalously warm" is what
The next five years will be.
That's one more bit of lousy news
I didn't need to see.

August, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Man holding Nazi banner

An English poet long ago
Said "Ignorance is bliss."
I don't think he was thinking, though,
Of ignorance like this.

August, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Rudy Giuliani

"Collusion's not a crime"
Is Rudy's latest line.
This Trump defense
Is getting less
Convincing all the time.

August, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump golfing

A Way Out

Let's just pay his ass to leave;
He's gotta have a price.
Someone who's so greedy
Should be easy to entice.

August, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Wayne LaPierre

Once your common sense
Is overcome by ideology,
Do us all a favor:
Stay away from public policy.

August, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

What does Putin have on Trump?
I'm not sure we should care.
Just realize
He's compromised,
And get him out of there.

July, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump in hooded cowl

Once they bought the birther sh*t,
That's all he had to know:
There was no frickin' limit
As to how low he could go.

July, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Sad teddy bear looking out window

We lost our local toy store,
Which served us all just fine,
To Toys R Us;
Then they went bust,
And now it's all online.

July, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump Birther Nation illustration by Mario Piperni

#Civility

Donald Trump's a racist pig,
In case you hadn't noticed.
Must be plenty like him, though;
He ended up the POTUS.

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Little boy surrounded by border patrol

Separating children from
Their parents at the border...
What criminal behavior in
The name of law and order.

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Kim Jong Un shaking hands with Donald Trump

Donald Trump's delusional
To think he's solved Korea.
A photo op with Kim Jong Un
Is not a panacea.

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump supporters holding hands over hearts

There's nothing like the bond
Between the con man and the conned.
They'll probably stick together
Through impeachment and beyond.

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Angela Merkel, Donald Trump and Justin Trudeau

I've got bigger hands than Trump
And better eyebrows than Trudeau...
A smaller waist than Merkel;
Maybe I should run the show.

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump

The Dilettante

Who needs preparation?
I do it all by feel.
I'll know within a minute
If we're gonna have a deal.

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump holding Bible

"Blessed are the lying f*cks:
For they shall rule the world."
That will be our Bible verse
For next week, boys and girls!

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Cartoon of Donald Trump in the emperor's new clothes, by Sack in the Star Tribune

Any more self-pardon talk
Would not be to his benefit.
All it does is make it clear
He knows he isn't innocent.

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Skeptical man looking over his glasses

I'm here for my free consultation.
They tell me there's no obligation,
So don't try and close me
And don't try and hose me;
Just give me the damn information.

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump rallying supporters

He lies and lies and lies and lies
And people still believe him.
What's it gonna take for all
These nincompoops to leave him?

June, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Roseanne Barr

When you've got a racist thought,
Before you go and tweet it,
Let that sucker sit a while;
You'll probably delete it.

May, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump-nocchio by Dana Ellyn

Three thousand lies and counting,
According to the Post.
Of all our lying presidents,
This one has lied the most.

May, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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The White House with Help Wanted sign

If you think it's acceptable
To badmouth John McCain
While he's in Arizona
Fighting cancer of the brain,
You might just be the kind of gal
The White House wants to hire.
A total lack of decency--
That's all that we require.

May, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump and enraptured supporters

Just because you're Christian
Doesn't mean you're not a chump.
Look how evangelicals
Have gone for Donald Trump.

May, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Ajit Pai

"The good news is, the Fairness Doctrine's
Dead," says Ajit Pai.
The bad news is, the FCC is
Headed by this guy.

May, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Suspicious old woman

Everybody's wanting in on
My Last Will and Testament...
Even those who've treated me like
Nothing short of excrement.

April, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Otto Warmbier & Kim Jong UnOtto Warmbier & Kim Jong Un

Attn: White House

"Honorable"'s not a word
I'd use for Kim Jong Un.
Would someone brief the president
On all the sh*t he's done?

April, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Girl with crazy glasses

Corruption under Trump
Is on a level that's insane.
You'd have to be on drugs
To think the swamp is getting drained.

April, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Scott Pruitt

Republican Senators blew it
When they allowed someone like Pruitt
To run EPA;
He was never okay
With its mission, and they f*ckin' knew it.

April, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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James Comey

'I cannot answer anything
You're asking me tonight.
Just put the frickin' book up
So they get the title right.'

April, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Scott Pruitt
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt

Carson, Pruitt, Zinke--
What a cabinet of thieves,
Ripping off the public
Like they couldn't care who sees.

April, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Angry man

E-bicycles, e-tricycles,
E-scooters and the like
Are f*cking up the bike paths where
I used to like to bike.

April, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

We're getting out of Syria!
No wait, we're staying in.
Check with me tomorrow;
I may change my mind again.

April, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

Fishy

Russia's still attacking us,
And look how Trump's responded:
Instead of kicking Putin's ass,
The two of them have bonded.

April, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Cartoon  of terrified man running away

Family Night

Thursdays are germ days at Hometown Buffet.
You wanna stay healthy? You'd best stay away,
Cuz starting at 4, they got kids out the ass
Coughing on everything under the glass.

March, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Illustration of lovestruck girl by rawrx3zoey

Conor Lamb is cute as f*ck,
If I may be so bold.
I hope he runs for president
Before he gets too old.

March, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Conor Lamb
Rep. Conor Lamb (D-PA)

The Democrats have found themselves
A brand new shining knight.
He flipped a district Trump had won
By twenty points. All right!

March, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump Jr. on TIME cover

When Russia offered dirt on Clinton,
Junior said, "I love it."
So claiming there was no collusion...
Donald Trump can shove it.

March, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Memorial for Meadow Pollack, Parkland FL mass shooting victim

#EnoughIsEnough

You shouldn't be able to walk in a store
And purchase some horrible weapon of war,
Whatever your background, whatever your age.
Surprising it's still a debate at this stage.

March, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Mark Zuckerberg

I wish these Russian trolls
Would shut their f*cking holes,
Or Zuckerberg & Company'd
Come up with some controls.

February, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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KCBS' Amber Lee in front of Southern California weather map

Another winter storm they hyped,
And all we got was cold.
This megadrought of megadroughts
Is really getting old.

February, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Garrison Keillor

I can't believe how MPR
Has cancelled Keillor's show.
The list'ners are the losers here,
I hope they f*cking know.

February, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

He won't read the intelligence
They give him every day,
But I guess it's for the better
Cuz that's less he'll give away.

February, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Devin Nunes in Russian uniform

He's not your dad's Republican,
This Devin Nunes guy.
Daddy hated Russians and
He loved the FBI.

February, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Cartoon of Donald Trump with a sh*thole for a mouth
"Sh*thole"

He's gotta love how cable news
Repeats his every line,
As hungry as he is for our
Attention all the time.

January, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Female protester holding a sign, "Pat Meehan: REPAY & RESIGN!"

It's "he said, she said" with these things,
But one thing that we know:
To squelch his aide's
Harassment claim,
He used the people's dough.

January, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Bill Kristol

Prognostically Challenged

Bill Kristol has a history
Of never being right,
But you gotta give him credit:
He keeps trying every night.

January, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Steve Bannon

Bannon's out at Breitbart News,
But soon enough, I'm sure,
The Mercers will find someone else
To peddle their manure.

January, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Marianne Williamson addressing followers

Marianne Williamson

"Does that make sense?" she asks again,
The thirty-seventh time.
I gotta find the exit
'Fore I lose my frickin' mind.

January, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Teddy Roosevelt

TR: Speak softly and carry a big stick.
DT: Tweet ca-ca and act like a big dick.

January, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump

'My nuclear button is bigger than yours,'
The president taunted his foe.
With both of the principals outta their gourds,
You wonder how far this could go.

January, 2018
© Robert C. Keating

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Bikers for Trump rally

Trump

In my humble view, he's a put-on
Who defiles every stage he sets foot on.
But this ain't a crowd
Where I'd say that out loud;
End up with my head getting stood on.

December, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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European parade float showing Trump humping the Statue of Liberty

The country's reputation
Is in tatters overseas.
That's the risk you take when
You entrust it to a sleaze.

December, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Roy Moore on horseback

No Moore

F*ck Roy and the horse he rode in on!
The good guys have actually won.
And nobody needs his concession;
The race is still over and done.

December, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Martin Bashir on MSNBC

Whatever happened to Martin Bashir?
One crack about Palin, and he's outta here!
Must be a challenge to be on TV...
With my kinda mouth, I'd be out 1-2-3.

December, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump-supporter

They thought he's for the little guy,
Cuz that's how he campaigned.
Just wait until they get to hear
His tax reforms explained.

December, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Mother Jones illustration of rich people manipulating government to the detriment of working people

The fat cats are impressed:
This tax bill is the best!
It gives to those it oughta,
And it takes from all the rest.

November, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Jared Kushner

"You think they'll get the president?"
The son-in-law inquired.
I wouldn't rule it out, my friend;
You never know who's wired.

November, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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TV weather gal showing sunny forecast

The "atmospheric river"
Isn't flowing anymore.
The rainy season this year
Isn't like the one before,
When there was so much rainfall
That they said the drought was done.
Now rainy season's back again,
And all we've got is sun.

November, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Beverly Young Nelson

Republicans are fleeing Moore,
But there's an inconsistency:
How come they're still backing Trump?
He's got the same damn history.

November, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Roy Moore brandishing gun at rally

They'll stick with Moore no matter what,
Cuz one thing Alabama's got's
A rebel streak a mile wide;
They love a guy we can't abide.

November, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Bunny shaking head

Why ya keep voting Republican?
Y'actually wanna get f*cked again?
Isn't it true
They've done nothin' for you?
Never too late to wake up, my friend.

November, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump trying to kiss Olivia Culpo, Miss Universe 2012

If Harvey Weinstein is a pig,
Then what does that make Trump?
Look at all the women
Oinky Oinker's tried to hump.

November, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Dejected young baseball player

To hit into a triple play
With bases loaded, no men out,
Will teach a fella right away
What pain and suff'ring's all about.

November, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Devin Nunes

The Republican side of the aisle
Is so f*ckin' stuck in denial
That all they can do
With this Russiagate news
Is reopen the Hillary file.

October, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell

'Now's not the time for a gun debate.'
Actually, guys, it's a little late...
For those who have died
Because someone decided
That now was the time to deregulate.

October, 2017
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Kevin Brady, Donald Trump and Paul Ryan

This gun law blocking, science mocking
Backward bunch 'a scum
Would not know civic duty if it
Bit 'em on the bum.

October, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Sowing discord sea to sea
Is Donald Trump's forté.
Wonder who the S.O.B.
Is picking on today.

October, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

In Florida and Texas,
He was Johnny on the spot.
But down in Puerto Rico,
He's unfortunately not:
The people have no water,
Have no power, have no food...
And all he does is talk about
The debt that they've accrued.

September, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Aaron Hernandez

In fifty years, will football be
The game it is today?
Or will the fear of brain disease
Make players stay away?

September, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Mark Christopher Lawrence as irate sales clerk in NBC TV show "Chuck"

We're out of Tiki torches, sir;
We'll get some more next week.
But sheets are all on sale,
If you'd like to take a peek.

September, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Alt-right marchers in Charlottesville VA

Word of the Day

When Donald Trump's supporters
Are referred to as the "base,"
It could be noun or adjective,
Depending on the case.

August, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump using KKK hood as megaphone--The Economist cover illustration

CEOs are dumping Trump
As quickly as they can.
'F he's gonna cost 'em customers,
He's not their kind of man.

August, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

From Rosie O'Donnell
To Mitchell McConnell,
The pattern is always the same:
He needs to be fighting
To keep it exciting,
So havoc's the name of the game.

August, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Vladimir Putin dangling puppet Donald Trump

Putin's puppet's in the house!
Why, only just today,
He thanked his ass
For sending half
Our diplomats away.

August, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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"Libtard snowflakes" illustration

I've studied these "conservatives"
And how they play the game:
If they can't beat ya with ideas,
They'll call your ass a name.

August, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Jeffrey Lord

I'm done with these panel discussions.
If somebody's still in denial
That Trump is in bed with the Russians,
It's time to be turning the dial.

August, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Christopher Wray

There's more to him than meets the eye,
This new man at the FBI.
He's mostly worked
For bad guys, but
He gets the job; I wonder why.

August, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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White House

According to our president,
The White House is a "dump."
Just another reason for
Evicting Donald Trump.

August, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and John Kelly

From the halls of Montezuma
To the shores of Tripoli,
The toughest job a tough Marine
Is ever gonna see
Is serving as the Chief of Staff
To someone who's berserk.
Good luck to General Kelly,
But we doubt it's gonna work.

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and John McCain

Attn: Mr. Trump

It's fun to dump on everyone,
But there's a price to pay:
They won't be there to help ya when
You're needing it someday.

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Bush and Cheney Wanted poster

Why do Bush and Cheney
Never leave the USA?
They fear they'd be arrested,
Is what many people say.
(Although that sounds appropriate,
It prob'ly isn't true;
There aren't any warrants out
For either of the two.)

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump hugging flag

"These colors don't run," goes a popular song,
But I'm not so certain, since Trump's come along.
The flags at the White House, particularly,
Look redder and redder and redder to me.

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Kamala Harris

The money is flowing to Kamala Harris
And tongues are beginning to wag
That this is the one they should put up for POTUS;
She's kind of Obama in drag.

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump, Jr. on Time Magazine cover: "Red Handed"

Like father, like son:
Donald Jr.'s a liar.
Each statement he gives
Contradicts the one prior.

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Clock melting

Note to Self:

No one's gonna pay ya
For the crap you put on Twitter.
It's one gigantic waste 'a time;
They oughta call it Fritter.

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Dummies

The president's been compromised,
But tell that to his base.
They wouldn't get the picture
If you put it in their face.

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell

False Advertising

How's it called a "health care" bill?
A health care bill it's not,
If millions stand to lose
The only health care that they've got.

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Chris Christie

People like tough-talking assholes,
Dishing it out from the stump.
That's how you get these disasters,
Like W., Christie and Trump.

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell, John Thune and John Cornyn

Although you'd think they'd have a plan
With eight years to prepare,
They haven't gotten much beyond
"Repeal Obamacare."

July, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Marcus Tullius Cicero

Read Cicero on treason;
You will find it quite enlightening.
The traitor he describes is
So familiar that it's frightening.

June, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Mitch McConnell talking to Ted Cruz

GOP Health Care

They can't attack what they can't see,
So let's design it secretly.
If millions stand
To lose their plans,
Like, why upset 'em needlessly?

June, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Realtor greeting card showing house

Junk Mail

The card says "Happy Father's Day,"
Though I am not a dad.
(That's not their main point, anyway;
They wanna list my pad.)

June, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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James Comey

The president's a liar,
So I thought I'd make some notes.
It pays to CYA
With all the bullsh*t that he floats.

June, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Michael Flynn

Other than the fact he lied,
Everything is classified.
Wonder if
We'll ever get
To find out what he has to hide.

June, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Man awake in bed at night

City birds are so confused;
They sing all frickin' night.
They don't know when it's time to snooze
With all this frickin' light.

June, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Thom Hartmann

It's not that RT doesn't have
Good people on the air.
It's just that, what with who's in charge,
I wouldn't watch 'em there.

May, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Lucille Ball as Lucy, puzzled

These f*cking people go to church
And claim to be devout,
And then they vote for Donald Trump.
Explain what that's about.

May, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Bill O'Reilly and Roger Ailes

Bill O'Reilly's off the air
And Roger Ailes is dead:
Two less guys
The distaff side
Of Fox will have to dread.

May, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Fox and Friends cast: Brian Doocy, Ainsley Earhardt & Brian Kilmeade

There is a there there, nincompoops:
The Russia story's real.
So don't sell out your country to
Protect an old schlemiel.

May, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump addressing Lester Holt

Donald Trump is such a dolt.
He spilled the beans to Lester Holt
And told him why Jim Comey's gone:
That "Russia thing's" still going on.

May, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Kevin Brady, Donald Trump and Paul Ryan

How in the hell do you stop
A Russian intelligence op,
When those in control
Have the opposite goal--
Protecting the tool at the top?

May, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

He "thought it would be easier,"
This presidency thing.
That alone should tell ya
He's a f*ckin' ding-a-ling.

May, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Man wearing Bud Lite carton as hat and empty beer cans as necklace

Imagine a man with no impulse control
Winning the White House at last,
And getting his hands on the nuclear codes.
Doesn't that sound like a blast?

May, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump pointing

Mexico, he promised,
Would be paying for the wall.
But now that he's the president,
It's not that way at all:
It's we who have to pay for it,
At fifty billion-plus.
Amazing, with this president,
How little you can trust.

April, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Man perplexed at his "smart" phone

I know how to spell, but my "smart" phone does not.
It "auto-corrects" everything on the spot,
So nothing makes sense when I'm done with a text.
I wonder what crap they'll be thinking up next.

April, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Nervous man

Everybody wants my dough
Since Donald Trump got in.
My name must be on every
Lefty list that's ever been.
Once ya give 'em anything,
They're always back for more.
I wish I were a millionaire,
But most I must ignore.

April, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Secret meeting

"The president has gone insane.
So what do we do now?"
"It's obvious we gotta get him
Outta there somehow.
The 25th Amendment,
For example, is a way
That Pence could be the president
And Trump would go away.
"

March, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Frustrated woman

Spare me the upsell, goddammit!
You're pushin' so hard I can't stand it.
I only want
What I told you I want.
If that doesn't suit ya, then cram it!

March, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Verbizi girl

Celebrex and Vesicare
And Nexium and Lyrica:
There's a pill for everything
In modern-day America.
Anyone who visited
And looked at our TV
Would have to think these f*ckers
Are as sick as they can be.

March, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump extending his hand to a reluctant Justin Trudeau (not shown)

Anyone can understand
Why no one wants to shake his hand:
It's like you're being lassoed;
It's the rudest sh*t in all the land.

February, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump in a Russian hat

Russia must see Trumpsky as
The answer to their prayers.
They could build the Berlin Wall
Again for all he cares.

February, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Betsy Davos and Steve MnuchinBetsy Davos and Steve Mnuchin

They're clever, these Republicans,
But what should make us nervous is
They're out to wreck the government
And privatize its services.

January, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

So now it's done: he's president,
And crazy as a loon.
He's gonna make a mess of it;
The question is how soon.

January, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Shady accountant with calculator

Statistics can be made to lie.
For instance, take the CPI:
It always shows
Inflation's low,
When everybody knows it's high.

January, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump as pirate with Paul Ryan as parrot on his shoulder

Republicans will have themselves
The mother of all booties
If they can shrink the government
And privatize its duties.

January, 2017
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump protesters

Looking Ahead

"Trump is not my president!"
That's really kinda reachin'.
He is the goddam president;
That's why we must impeach him.

December, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Hillary Clinton

She Should Be President, But...

Her "basket of deplorables"
Remark was kind of dumb.
You don't insult the voters;
That is Rule Number One...
Or tell them they'll be unemployed
As soon as you get in.
It's arrogant to talk that way
And think that you can win.

December, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Man in Volvo commercial

Volvo has an ad campaign
That leaves me high and dry.
There's someone getting married
And we're s'posed to care, but why?

December, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Girl looking at phone

Coupons are a way of life;
Ya gotta have the coupon.
But stick with stuff you know you like,
Not crazy crap on Groupon.

December, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Mitt Romney

He labeled Trump a "phony;"
Now he goes and licks his hand.
If you're ashamed of Romney,
I completely understand.

December, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Electoral College = Voter Suppression protest sign

Our system is so stupid
That it makes you wanna cry.
Democracy it isn't,
But we hang on to the lie.

December, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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David Niven in tuxedo

"Pet friendly" isn't something
That I look for on vacation.
The pets are always dogs,
And that's a certain indication
You're gonna be awakened
At a very early hour...
A frightfully good way
To make a holiday go sour.

December, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Hillary Clinton in crown

A word to establishment Democrats:
You could've had Sanders, remember that.
Polls showed that he
Was much stronger than she
Against Trump; don't know what you were lookin' at.

December, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Bernie Sanders and Hillary ClintonBernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

I've never liked a candidate
As much as Bernie Sanders.
I got his message right away;
Could never understand hers.

December, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Body of Abdul Razak Ali Artan under sheet

An OSU student, Abdul,
Drove into a crowd at his school
And then started stabbing 'em.
He won't do that again.
Got what he asked for, the fool.

November, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Bernie Sanders supporters

You'd rather have a candidate
Who fills a frickin' stadium
Than someone who can barely fill
A middle school gymnasium.

November, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

We didn't like his temperament
And knew he wasn't fit,
But still we made him president.
Ain't that a bunch 'a sh*t.

November, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Hillary Clinton and Beyonce

A better closing argument
Is something she could use.
It's not as if Beyoncé's
Gonna tell me who to choose.

November, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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CNN's Kayleigh McEnany

Whatever happened to "must see" TV?
Lately on cable there's nothin' to see
But surrogates shilling for Clinton and Trump.
After a minute, you're ready to jump.

November, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Jared Fogle holding Subway sandwich

Claim

Subway knew for quite a while
Their spokesman was a pedophile.
He wasn't shy,
This Jared guy--
He said he liked 'em juvenile.

October, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump, Mexico City, August 31, 2016

When a macho man like Donald Trump
Shows up in bobby pins,
You'd think it would be front page news,
But better think again:
Although he looked ridiculous,
The press just let it pass.
(He says they're out to get him,
But for once they saved his ass.)

October, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump standing behind Hillary Clinton at second presidential debate

On Hillary, I'll say this:
She may not be the greatest,
But 'least she won't
Be someone who
Makes everybody hate us.

October, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump at Mexico City press conference, August 31, 2016
At Mexico City press conference, August 31, 2016

We have a small suggestion
For the Donald if he wins:
Before he meets with Putin,
He should lose the bobby pins.

October, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Vin Scully and Kevin CostnerVin Scully and Kevin Costner

To: Kevin Costner
On Vin Scully Appreciation Day

It's not a f*ckin' funeral,
So lighten up, my friend!
Even Scully looks as if
He wishes this would end.

September, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Young Trump supporters

It's gotta be a sign
Our schools are in decline,
If we're too dumb
To see when someone's
Feeding us a line.

September, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump hugging American flag

We'll never see his tax returns;
He can't afford for us to learn
How little that he's really paid
On all that money that he's made.

August, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump holding baby

"A kinder, gentler Donald Trump?"
Now that I gotta see.
(How long, ya think, before he's back
To total S.O.B.?)

August, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman trying on too-small shirt

The online experience blows
When shopping for something like clothes.
But that's all we'll have here,
Cuz after the new year
Our Macy's is going to close.

August, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump playing with toy soldiers

"Why have nukes if you can't use 'em?"
Donald wants to know.
It's not just that he's ignorant;
He's proud to let it show.

August, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Low California reservoir

California

Inasmuch as there's no rain,
They oughta scrap the bullet train
And put that money somewhere smart:
Desalination, for a start.

August, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump addressing Fresno, CA rally

He came to California
And declared, "There is no drought."
How anyone could buy this sh*t's
What I can't figure out.

July, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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James Comey

That does it; the case is decided:
Ms. Clinton will not be indicted.
(For those who believe
That the system is rigged,
More proof has been kindly provided.)

July, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

"I'm with her," the buttons say,
But will she be with us?
There's so much in her resume
That makes her hard to trust.
That said, she's facing someone
Who's so totally unworthy,
I guess I'll have to 'be with her'
And make believe it's Bernie.

July, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump receiving later-rescinded honorary degree

Trump University should be in quotes;
That isn't in fact what it was.
(You couldn't call something
"Trump Hospital," couldja,
By just putting salesmen in scrubs?)

June, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Young man and woman lloking down at smartphones

Everybody's somewhere else,
Inside their little phone...
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram;
You're always left alone.

June, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Gorilla Harambe and boy

#JusticeForHarambe

You're s'posed to be judged by a jury, but wow...
Trial by hashtag is what we have now:
Millions of people expressing their view
On how you f*cked up when you went to the zoo.

June, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Trump rally on MSNBC

To get the news from cable news,
You gotta watch the crawl
And mute the endless Trumpathon;
It's no damn help at all.

May, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Superman could see through walls;
Now you can see through Trump:
This promo for his phony school's
Just like him on the stump.

May, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Sadiq KhanDonald Trump and Sadiq Khan

The new Muslim mayor of London
Has got him a little conundrum:
If he wants to fly
To the states by and by,
Will he need permission from Dum Dum?

May, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

Donald Trump is f*cking nuts;
What else should we consider?
Jesus, you could see this putz
Start World War III on Twitter.

May, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

What this election's not about
Is Mrs. Clinton's marriage.
(It's odd, a guy who's on his third
Finds so much to disparage.)

May, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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California aqueduct

April showers bring May flowers,
So we used to say...
But that's not how the system works
In places like L.A.,
Where rains are insufficient
To grow anything for sure,
So mostly we're dependent
On the water we "procure."

May, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Man in suit walking the plank

Face it, Mr. Sales Pro:
They're always gonna rank ya.
And when it's time to letcha go,
They're never gonna thank ya.

May, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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9/11 Attack on World Trade Center

War on Terror

Think of all the countries
That we've bombed to get these scum:
Everywhere on earth
But where they actually were from.

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Ted Cruz

Attn: Ted Cruz

"Donald Trump's a liberal"?
Hey, let me set you straight:
A liberal would not campaign
On bigotry and hate.
I know that it's your job
To throw him underneath the bus,
But take it from a liberal:
He isn't one of us.

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Tamir Rice

'9-1-1, he's got a gun,
But could be just a kid...
And that could be a toy he's got.'
A lotta good that did.

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Ted Cruz

Whenever politicians say
We gotta close the EPA,
That really means
Behind the scenes
They're taking big polluter pay.

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

The GOP won't break apart if
Trump's the nominee.
They'll act like he's the one they wanted;
Just you wait and see.

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Hillary Clinton

Another sign the Clinton folks
Are under some duress:
They took a static noise machine
And aimed it at the press,
So no one could determine
What she told the donors there.
(If it was on the up and up,
You wouldn't think they'd care.)

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Man lighting cigar with hundred dollar bill

You think these corporate media dicks
Want money out of politics?
They're making scads
Off all those ads.
It's not a system they would fix.

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

Sour Grapes

He brings the independents in
As Hillary does not.
But that is not rewarded in
The system that we've got:
You have to be a Democrat
To vote for him most places.
If primaries were open,
He'd be winning all those races.

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Sanders Wins Wyoming Democratic Caucus

It's kinda weird: he wins again,
But Clinton gets more delegates.
It isn't on the up and up,
The way we pick our presidents.

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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"No boats" sign on parched lakebed

If nature is something to tame,
We're not very good at the game...
Or else we'd be outta
This miserable drought,
Cuz we'd know how to make us some rain.

April, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton

Why Bernie

Our appetite for change is great:
Remember, in 2008
We voted for
An end to war,
Not eight more years of stalemate.

March, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Terrorist

Homeland Insecurity

ISIS really worries me;
Al Qaeda does as well...
And Al-Shabab, and Shish Kabob,
And all those hounds of hell.
But on a daily basis,
The one who scares me more
Is the camo-clad American
With all his guns next door.

March, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump showing his hands at debate

Tortured Trump

The way he needs to tell us that his penis isn't small,
And everyone's in love with him from NY to Nepal,
You start to see a pattern that's unsettling for sure:
We really want a president this f*cking insecure?!

March, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump hugging flag

Get this asshole off the stage!
I'm tired of his act:
His haughty air, his stupid hair,
Most everything, in fact.
I've had it with the media
Not challenging his lies,
And snubbing Bernie Sanders,
Who could cut him down to size.

March, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Cops

Blue Wall of Silence

Good cop, bad cop--which is which?
It's hard to tell, if none'll snitch
When one of theirs commits a crime,
But mum's the word most every time.

March, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump and Mitt RomneyDonald Trump and Mitt Romney

'Trump's bankrupted companies,
Screwed over workers,
And hidden what taxes he's paid.'
(That all may be true,
Mr. Romney, but you
Did those very same things, I'm afraid.)

March, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Confused man at store

Decaffeinated coffee,
Non-alcoholic beer...
I don't know what they're good for;
So tell me why they're here?

March, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Marco Rubio pointing at Donald Trump

See the most recent Republican brawl?
Somebody's grown him a new set 'a balls!
Best frickin' takedown of Donald to date.
Question now, is it too little, too late?

February, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Lady biting her nails

Trump's the next president; how do I know?
Looks like the Democrats aren't gonna show.
Maybe it's burnout,
But this kinda turnout
Is not gonna get 'em where they need to go.

February, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

I like to write poems that are based on the news,
But lately the challenge is staying enthused
When most of the news is so awful to see,
You just wanna hide and turn off the TV.

February, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Gas leak protest at Porter Ranch CA

Aliso Canyon Storage Facility

After all the gas it's spewed,
Shouldn't they just shut it down?
Everybody knows they should;
Everyone but Jerry Brown.

February, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Starving sea lion pup

Saving "the planet" is such a misnomer;
The planet will still be around.
It's we who are on it that's gonna be goners,
If we don't keep temperatures down.

February, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Ted Nugent

Nugent's only trending
Cuz 'a something dumb he said.
(Not to disappoint you
If you thought that he was dead.)

February, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Zika fumigation

Pregnant? I'd skip the Olympics in Rio,
Where sewers are open and breeding mosquitoes
With some of the nastiest viruses yet.
Zika is one that you don't wanna get.

February, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Steve King and Ted Cruz

Cruz Takes Iowa Caucus

They only won by subterfuge:
They told the Carson folks,
'Your candidate has left the race,
So give us all your votes.'

February, 2016
© Robert C. Keating

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Donald Trump

I got to admit, I'm a little confused
By something that's commonly said:
"He sucks all the oxygen out of the room."
Then why isn't everyone dead?

February, 2016
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Hillary Clinton at rally

She's shouting--my God, is she shrill!
As a speaker, she's nothin' like Bill.
She's more like a dentist
Who's inside your head
With a big ass electrical drill.

February, 2016
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Rick Snyder

Heckuva Job, Ricky

Just to save a measly buck,
He switched our source of water.
So now it's lead we're drinking up.
Arrest his ass? They oughta.

January, 2016
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Bird looking up

I thought that our fortunes were set:
The winter was s'posed to be wet.
They promised El Nino;
Reality is, though,
We haven't seen anything yet.

January, 2016
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Bored Hillary Clinton fans

Is Hillary Clinton, like, yesterday's news?
Millenial women seem less than enthused...
"First woman president"
Just isn't gettin' it.
They're gonna need more than gender to choose.

January, 2016
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Donald Trump mocking a disabled reporter

A consummate asshole in ev-er-y way:
So what does our surging support for him say,
That we'd even think of electing his kind?
"Surrounded by assholes" is what comes to mind.

January, 2016
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Donald Trump

"Wages are too high," he says.
"Our country can't compete."
If folks see where he's going there,
He won't be hard to beat.

January, 2016
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Hillary Clinton

A no-fly zone in Syria--
Like, what is she, insane?
Let's ratchet up this clusterf*ck
And down a Russian plane.

January, 2016
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Sam Brownback and Chris Christie
Govs. Sam Brownback (R-KS) and Chris Christie
(R-NJ)

Kansas and New Jersey
Had some decent credit once,
Until they both decided
To elect a f*cking dunce
Who cut the corporate taxes
Till there's nothin' comin' in.
(Those "fiscally responsible
Conservatives" again.)

December, 2015
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Bush supporter with Jeb! sign

With thirty million bucks in ads,
You'd think he'd make a dent.
But Mr. Exclamation Mark
Is still at three percent.

December, 2015
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Nashfeen Malik, left, and Syed FarookNashfeen Malik, left, and Syed Farook

Proof that our gun laws are rotten:
Their guns were all legally gotten.

December, 2015
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Israeli soldier and Palestinian child

Line up with Israel! Don't be a critic,
Or someone will say that you're anti-Semitic.
(Don't think that that couldn't happen to you;
That's even happened to many a Jew.)

December, 2015
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Police advancing in riot gear

There's something faintly creepy with
That word they're using currently:
"Homeland" this and "homeland" that.
It sounds like Nazi Germany.

November, 2015
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Ben Carson

I punched my mom and stabbed my friend
But now that I've been saved,
I'd like to be your president.
I'm very well behaved.

November, 2015
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Vote!

Voter turnout is the key
To ending this plutocracy.
It's we who've let
The one percent
Run off with our democracy.

November, 2015
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Ben Carson and Donald Trump

Don't count on corporate media
To filter out the liars.
Just look at all the time they give
To climate change deniers.

November, 2015
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Bernie Sanders

What's in a name? For a "socialist," plenty:
A survey suggests ya got little if any
Chance at the White House
If that's how you're known.
(Might be a label you'd wanna disown.)

November, 2015
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Joe Biden

Anyone who takes this long
Deciding if he'll run
Is not the guy you're lookin' for,
When all is said and done.

October, 2015
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Exxon sign

What did they know,
And when did they know it?
They knew we were warming;
Their documents show it.
But thirty years later,
They're still playing dumb,
And funding deniers,
Like absolute scum.

October, 2015
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Keith Olbermann

M S N B C
Ain't what it used to be.
But what the heck
Could we expect?
It's corporate TV.

October, 2015
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Young woman covering ears

It's so damn annoying, that thing that you do:
Asking me "Right?" every second or two...
Tying me down like I'm buyin' a car
(Seventeen times that you've done it so far).

October, 2015
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Syrian refugees in line for water

Even if there were no Isis,
There'd be a refugee crisis.
Try hangin' out
Where there's nothin' but drought.
A place where there's water is priceless.

October, 2015
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Donald Trump

Must they cover Donald Trump
Every time he takes a dump?
Didn't all his
Birther sh*t
Disqualify him from the jump?

September, 2015
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Man yelling at his smartphone

"Uber needs access" to all of my sh*t:
My photos, my contacts, the whole f*cking bit.
I wanted a ride where I'd save on the tab,
But f*ck this malarkey--I'm callin' a cab.

September, 2015
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Hillary Clinton
From: H <hrod17@clintonemail.com>

Was anyone watching the store?
You'd think it'd be hard to ignore
That emails from "H"
Weren't coming from State;
She sent 20,000 or more.

September, 2015
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Painting of Jesus blessing soldier
The "Prince of Peace" is what he's called.
(Ironic, that, considering all
The bloody wars that men have fought
With Him on board, or so they thought.)

September, 2015
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Bernie Sanders supporter

I've made my choice for president
And nothing can deter me.
The others are irrelevant;
I'm in the tank for Bernie.

September, 2015
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Pres. Obama viewing glacier in Alaska

You see what's at stake in Alaska,
With everything heating up faster.
So why aren't you willing
To see that by drilling
The Arctic, you're courting disaster?

September, 2015
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Donald Trump

Stump the Trump

My favorite book's the Bible,
But as far as favorite verse?
I wish I woulda thought 'a that
And gotten one rehearsed.

September, 2015
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Charlton Heston hoisting rifle before 2000 NRA convention
Quit the NRA!

Men of conscience should decline
To send this group another dime.
It's getting old,
How it opposes
Any gun law, any time.

August, 2015
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Despondent man working on laptop

They hype us on working from home,
As if we'll like being alone,
And won't go berserk
Having no one to work with
Except via email or phone.

July, 2015
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James Inhofe
Climate change denier Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)

If "family values" is their thing,
Then how can all these dingalings
Be leaving to their precious kids
A planet as messed up as this?

June, 2015
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Grand old party

You wanna shrink the government,
But who would really win?
If you believe
It's you or me,
You'd better think again.

June, 2015
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Marco Rubio and Jeb BushMarco Rubio and Jeb Bush

Justifying the War

"The world's a better place
Without Saddam," or so they say.
(A million dead Iraqis
Might not see it quite that way.)

May, 2015
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Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia
The bodies were still being recovered when House Republicans cut Amtrak's budget by $260 million
and rejected funding for speed control technology
that would have helped prevent a horrific train
crash in Philadelphia the night before

What happened was wholly preventable.
That's why it's so damn indefensible
That Congress would cut
Amtrak's budget so much
One day after. It's incomprehensible.

May, 2015
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Osama Bin Laden
The killing of Osama Bin Laden didn't go as the
White House said, according to Seymour Hersh

We may have been misled
By the "hooey" we were fed,
But what isn't in
Dispute is that
The S.O.B. is dead.

May, 2015
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Deflategate headline

Whatever the scandal of late,
It always ends up as a "-gate."
I wish they would snuff
The Nixonian suffix;
It doesn't belong on "deflate."

May, 2015
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Pamela Geller
Four months after 12 were killed at a Paris maga-
zine over publishing cartoons of Mohammed,
provocateuse Pamela Geller offered $10,000
for the 'best Mohammed cartoon' at a TX event,
and got the copycat attack she was looking for

To bait Islamic terrorists
With cartoons of Mohammed
Is so damn irresponsible,
It makes you wanna vomit.

May, 2015
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Fox and Friends' Steve Doocy, Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Brian Kilmeade

When Obama got elected,
There were pundits who suggested
We were over race; remember that?
Sadly, they were fulla crap.

May, 2015
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Obama poster 2008
Pres. Obama says critics of the Trans-Pacific Partnership should judge the trade deal on the
facts, but those facts have been kept secret

I feel like such a fool!
He's just a corporate tool.
He wouldn't be
For TPP
If he was really cool.

April, 2015
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Hillary Clinton

Great Expectations

She voted for a war
That was our country's darkest hour.
What other dumb decisions
Will she make if she's in power?

April, 2015
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Indiana protest

Our money's good as anyone's.
That's why in Indiana,
When people tried to f*ck with us,
Big business went bananas.

April, 2015
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Mike Pence
Gov. Mike Pence (R-IN) signed a law protecting businesses from civil rights lawsuits filed by peo-
ple they refuse to serve on the basis of "religion"

"Religious Freedom Restoration's"
Written, for your information,
So these clowns
Can get around
Our laws against discrimination.

April, 2015
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Bernie Sanders
Progressive Democrats want Sen. Bernie Sanders
(I-VT) to seek their party's presidential nomination

A candidate who we can trust
To actually be there for us...
'Fwe weren't asleep,
This guy would leave
Both Bush and Clinton in the dust.

March, 2015
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Ted Cruz and daughter Caroline
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, with daughter Caroline, is the
first Republican to enter the 2016 presidential race

A guy who thinks so crazily
And gives a speech so nasally
And looks so odd
Won't win it, but
He thinks he can, amazingly.

March, 2015
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Low lake

The first day of spring should delight us,
But sadly it also reminds us:
We're headed from here
For another dry year,
Cuz the best chance of rain is behind us.

March, 2015
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Barack Obama
When a US-backed coup fails, try sanctions

Sanctionista

"Extraordinary threat," he says,
"To national security."
So what exactly is the threat?
It's sounding like manure to me:
Is Venezuela gonna blow us
All to smithereens?
Or is this how we destabilize
A socialist regime?

March, 2015
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Bill O'Reilly
No slave to truth, Bill O'Reilly

"The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News

Whatever else it is, a "no spin zone" it's not.
It's funny they would call it that, considering it's got
An anchor spinning yarns about his acts of derring-do
That actual reporters have determined aren't true.

March, 2015
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Peter King
"There are terrorist attacks all over the world
& we're talking about closing down Homeland
Security," tweeted Rep. Peter King (R-NY).
"This is like living in a world of crazy people."

"Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican"

Republicans seem to've abandoned
Their famous Eleventh Commandment.
It's too hard to keep
When there's so many creeps
In the party, they can't even stand it.

March, 2015
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Nervous mother

Mom, don't even hesitate:
Grab your kid and vaccinate
His ass right now,
Before he's down
With measles (wouldn't that be great).

February, 2015
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Brian Williams

Why did Brian take to lyin'
When he had it all?
And think he'd get away with it?
That takes a lotta gall.

February, 2015
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Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush was expected to raise $10+ million from
Wall St. donors at a $100,000 per plate dinner at
billionaire Henry Kravis' Park Avenue residence

You wanna have Jeb Bush's ear
And get to shake his hand?
Then sign up for his dinner here--
It's just a hundred grand.

February, 2015
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Alberta 2013 oil pipeline spill

If pipelines were impervious
And never ever leaked,
Then Keystone wouldn't worry us,
But as it is, we're freaked.

February, 2015
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Saddam statue toppled 2003

'We broke it; we own it.' That's not just Iraq,
But the whole Middle East, as a matter of fact.
Nothing we've done there has been a success
Since W. snookered us into this mess.

January, 2015
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Child drone victim

For a country that's so damn religious,
You'd think we'd be asking forgiveness
For all of the blows
We've inflicted on those
Who were minding their own f*cking business.

January, 2015
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TV reporter in Times Square

I can't think of anything better
Than sitting here dreading the weather.
The TV won't quit
With this megastorm sh*t.
Sit down and we'll stress out together!

January, 2015
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Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting from the Supreme Court's decision
upholding Michigan's affirmative action ban,
Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Chief Justice John
Roberts was "out of touch with reality" on race

Wish there were more like Sotomayor.
She is the justice whom I most adore:
Look how she's able
To take on an a-hole
Like Chief Justice Roberts and give him what for.

January, 2015
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Joe Friday

I'll hear your confession there, Father:
So how many kids did you bother
And tell not to tell
Or they'd all go to Hell?
Was handy, huh, having that collar?

January, 2015
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I35 bridge collapse
Years after the deadly failure of a Minneapolis bridge
during rush hour, the American Society of Civil En-
gineers still gives U.S. infrastructure a grade of D+

While interest rates are low,
We oughta find the dough
And fix what all needs fixin',
Not just wait for it to go.

January, 2015
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NYC police turning backs on Mayor DeBlasio
NYC police turned their backs on a live video feed
of Mayor de Blasio eulogizing one of their own

A clarification before we go
And put all the blame on de Blasio:
Did he shoot those cops?
No, he did not.
Did he choke that guy in the video?

January, 2015
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Actor playing Kim Jong Un in The Interview
Kim Jong Un character in Sony's "The Interview"

At Least Change His Name?!

"Comedy" or not,
A movie where the plot's
Assassinate
A head of state
Should never have been shot.

December, 2014
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William Montemarino and Lamard Joye

No wonder "stop and frisk"
Has everybody pissed:
They take the cash
Right off your ass
As if it won't be missed.

December, 2014
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Eric Garner RIP
"I can't breathe"

The way that Eric Garner died
Was quickly ruled a homicide,
But bring the perp
To justice? Nope,
The prosecutor never tried.

December, 2014
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Tom Coburn
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK), known for blocking
bills through "holds," used his last days in the
Senate to block a $22 million veteran suicide
prevention bill with broad bipartisan support

Good-bye to Dr. No.
We're glad to see him go!
He got his kicks
From bein' a dick
And holding up the show.

December, 2014
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University of Virginia rape protest
Since 1998, 183 University of Virginia students
have been expelled for honor-code violations such
as cheating on exams, but not one for sexual as-
sault, despite multiple reported cases

An honor system gone awry:
You cannot steal, cheat or lie
And get to stay
At UVA,
But rape, they'll letcha slither by.

December, 2014
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Don Lemon and Joan TarshisDon Lemon and Joan Tarshis
CNN's Don Lemon apologized for his bizarre
questioning of one of Bill Cosby's rape accusers

'When Cosby made ya give him head,
Why dintcha bite his dick instead?'
'I wasn't sure how that would go.
You try it, Don, and let me know.'

December, 2014
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"Freedom from Want" by Norman Rockwell

The thing that I'm most grateful for
On this Thanksgiving Day
Is being free of any urge
To jump into the fray
And battle all the shoppers
Who are gathered at the mall
To get a deal on something
That's forgotten by next Fall.

November, 2014
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Chris Christie

Suddenly everyone's giving me grief
For sitting on millions in Sandy relief,
But 800 mill is a lot to let go.
Screw everybody; I'm taking it slow.

November, 2014
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Homer Simpson

Too bad they don't give Mulligans...
By voting in Republicans,
Now ninety-nine percent of us
Have no one representing us.

November, 2014
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Mitch McConnell

It can't get weirder, can it?
You flat could not invent it:
They block our will
Completely, still
We give 'em back the Senate.

November, 2014
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John Roberts

"Legislating from the bench"
Is something he was dead against.
But look how soon
He changed his tune,
Once he got himself entrenched.

November, 2014
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Jaylen Friberg
A spurned WA teenager shot five, then himself

Who gives a sh*t what his motive was?
Isn't the point that the little skuzz
Would never have done it
If he'd 'a been gunless?
The gun made the difference; it always does.

November, 2014
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Masked New Yorkers at subway

Ebola patient coming through!
I'd give him room if I were you.
(He's blocks away,
But who's to say?
You never know what germs can do.)

October, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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"Loud Fridays" club poster

All the fun people are gonna be deaf!
Nightclubs are beating our eardrums to death.
Why can't they keep it to reasonable noise?
No getting back what a deejay destroys.

October, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Larry King

We beat the Giants three weeks back
And won the NL West, in fact.
But nowadays that don't mean squat:
Look who's in, and look who's not.

October, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Girl covering ears
How to stop saying the word "like"

When every other word is "like,"
It's hard to even listen.
We sound like we're lobotomized
And half our brains are missin'.

October, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Angry Republican elephant cartoon

Republican Strategy Session

Voting early isn't right;
The folks who do it aren't white.
It's something that we gotta stop,
Or how we gonna stay on top?

October, 2014
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Polar bear clinging to melting ice

The time for denying it's past:
The planet is heating up fast.
There's much to be done,
But priority one
Is to pull our head out of our ass.

October, 2014
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Eric Holder
Moving on...to Wall Street?
Retiring U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder

Good-bye to Eric Holder.
His record has been mixed...
He fought the fight for civil rights
All right, but then there's this:
He coddled all the banksters,
And let 'em pay a fine;
They crashed the world economy
And no one's doin' time.

October, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Sean Groubert
A South Carolina trooper was arrested for shooting
an unarmed motorist who was complying with his
order to get his driver's license after being stopped
for not wearing a seatbelt

The thing we gotta stop
Is trigger happy cops
Who act like we're all terrorists
And they're in Special Ops.

September, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Monopoly man surrounded by cash
Follow the money: Few in Washington have raised
concerns about the proposed merger of Comcast
& Time Warner Cable, though the combined entity
would control 19 of the top 20 U.S. markets, with
a 30% market share in cable & 40% in broadband

We've long had laws on antitrust
And everyone endorses them,
But spread around sufficient bucks
And nobody enforces them.

September, 2014
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Ferguson MO protester

Until they see a certain cop
Convicted by a jury,
Don't look for all the sh*t to stop
In Ferguson, Missouri.

September, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Iraqi tribesmen

Back to Iraq

You don't buy these tribesmen; you rent 'em at best.
Remember when Dubya was pounding his chest,
Proclaiming the surge was what won us the peace?
What won it was cash, and they'd like some more, please.

September, 2014
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Greg Hardy

NFL Domestic Violence

This comes as such a big surprise;
They all seem like such decent guys.

September, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Sun over parched land

Go East, Young Man

Sunny days are lots of fun,
But when there's nothing but the sun,
You can't sustain
A fricking thing.
Without some rain, the West is done.

September, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Godane
The Heritage Institute called it highly unlikely that
Al Shabab would remain intact as a cohesive terror-
ist group after the U.S. killed its leader in Somalia

We just killed the leader of some f*cking group.
So that oughta fix 'em; they'll never recoup.
He won't be a martyr whose praises they'll sing;
More likely than not, they'll forget the whole thing.

September, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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ISIS fighter
Islamic State militants added an American journalist
to their hundreds of beheadings across Iraq & Syria

ISIS

You're talking some real depravity:
These guys are so bad that they had to be
Expelled from Al Qaeda,
No less, cuz their fighters
Were using "excessive brutality."

August, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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World War I poster

"The War to End All Wars"
Began a hundred years ago,
And even though we won it,
There's an asterisk, you know:
It didn't end all wars;
In fact, it wasn't even close.
There's more of 'em than ever now,
And we're involved in most.

August, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Lake Mead and Hoover Dam
Bathtub ring: Water and hydroelectric deliveries are threatened as Lake Mead on the Colorado River has fallen to its lowest level since the Hoover Dam was completed and the reservoir filled in the 1930’s

Forget what you've seen in the past;
This drought's in a singular class--
The kind that could augur
A gallon of water
At more than a gallon of gas.

August, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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John Boehner

We know that there's no precedent
For us to sue the president,
And it won't fly,
But that's all right...
The base will find it resonant.

August, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Rick Perry
Despite having the highest uninsured rate in the
country, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, like most GOP
governors, has refused to expand Medicaid in his
state, though the federal government would pay
100% of the cost now and 90% after three years

Isn't it inspiring
To see how they're conspiring
To uninsure
The millions who're
Barely, like, surviving?

July, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Pres. Obama eating ice cream

A Jewish deli in L.A.
Is where the prez had lunch today.
The talk was small;
No talk at all
Of genocide in Gaza, say.

July, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Ticket agent
Four months after a Malaysia Air jet vanished over
the Indian Ocean, one was shot down over Ukraine

If you're the type who takes a dare,
Then come and fly Malaysia Air.
The kind of year
We're having here,
Your ass could wind up anywhere.

July, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Murrieta, CA protesters
Protesters blocked buses taking Central American detainees--mostly women and children--to a Border Patrol processing center in Southern California

What would Jesus do
If those kids were comin' through?
Out in Murrieta,
California,
They don't have a clue.

July, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Capitol dome through shattered glass

If it doesn't get your goat
They're making it a bitch to vote
And easier to buy a gun,
Then you must be Republican.

July, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Pres. Obama in Cushing OK
His "all of the above" energy strategy leaves little
chance that Barack Obama's presidency will be
remembered as "the moment when the rise of the
oceans began to slow and the planet began to heal,"
a vision he tantalized supporters with in 2008

Until we say no to Big Oil,
They'll only continue to foil
Our efforts to manage
A liveable planet
(That isn't theirs, dammit, to spoil).

July, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Man texting while driving

If your phone were really smart,
When you got in your car,
It'd hop into the trunk
And stay away from where you are.
That ain't gonna happen, though,
So here's a tip for real:
Turn the f*cker off
Before you get behind the wheel.

July, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Boston Marathon bombers Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev
What if the Boston Marathon bombers hadn't been -identified through surveillance videotape? The U.S.
has had the technology to trace explosives for dec-
ades, but it goes unused due to NRA opposition

A right to bear arms or a right to bear bombs?
It's hard to make sense of the NRA's qualms
'Bout tagging explosives so they can be traced,
But they're still opposing it. What a disgrace.

July, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Sean Banks
A former Navy officer was found guilty of
raping two women he met through the internet
dating sites ChristianMingle and Match.com

Sacrosanct and single?
Go on ChristianMingle.
(Just pray it's not
A psychopath
Who's making your heart tingle.)

June, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Jeff Bezos holding new Amazon Fire phone
CEO Jeff Bezos shows off Amazon's new smart-
phone, which can recognize images, products, text
and audio, and connect users to buy those items

Amazon's got a new smartphone named Fire.
Its primary object's to make you a buyer
Of every last product and service they've got,
Till every last buck in your wallet is shot.

June, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Jared and Amanda Miller
Two years after Indiana passed an NRA-backed
law allowing citizens to shoot public servants
who 'overstep their authority,' an Indiana couple
assassinated two policemen eating lunch in Las
Vegas and proclaimed the revolution had begun

NRA members, please tear up your cards:
Don't give one more dime for this f*cking canard
That only more guns can protect us from harm.
There's too many nutbags you're helping to arm.

June, 2014
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Veteran in wheelchair saluting flag
A Veterans Administration investigation found sys-
temic problems, with records being manipulated nationwide to mask long waits for appointments

We send 'em to Afghanistan
And then on to Iraq.
And just to show we're grateful,
When they finally get back,
We make 'em wait forever
When they need to see a doc.
We thank 'em for their service
But it's sounding like a crock.

June, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Elliot Rodger
A CA killer spurred new calls for tougher gun laws

The "lonely young virgin" was resolute:
He'd find him some women to execute,
Cuz he couldn't get none.
But that begs the question:
Why didn't he just call a prostitute?

May, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Barack Obama and Bill Clinton
"Free" trade deals have cost American jobs, and the
Trans-Pacific Partnership may be the worst one yet

What a stinking pile of sh*t's
This Trans-Pacific Partnership.
You'd think that they'd
Be off free trade,
With all the damage NAFTA did.

May, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Man wearing Google Glass eyewear
Google's new computerized eyewear may have
more than the $1,500 price tag to overcome

Don't Be Evil

If someone wearing Google Glass
Should follow you around,
Remove 'em from their head
Before you stomp 'em in the ground.

May, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Egyptian protester waving shoe
Egyptians, shown protesting Pres. Mubarek's refu-
sal to step down in 2011, look ready to put another
former military commander in charge: Abdel Fattah
al-Sisi, who recently vowed that the Muslim Broth-
erhood would "cease to exist" if he were elected

Egypt in a Nutshell

Once they got democracy,
They voted for theocracy.
When that went bad,
They went right back
To what they'd had: autocracy.

May, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Egyptian woman protesting mass death verdict
The U.S. resumed military aid to Egypt, even as 683
were sentenced to death for killing a police officer,
& the democratically-elected ex-president continued
to be held on charges that carry the death penalty

Egypt

With all of the people they've sentenced to die,
I can't for the life of me understand why
Obama would give 'em more milit'ry aid,
Their evil intentions so clearly displayed.

May, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Clayton Lockett
It took nearly an hour for convicted murderer
Clayton Lockett to die in a grisly Oklahoma ex-
ecution that officials finally hid from observers

A botched execution? Well, f*ckin' boo hoo.
I hear that his victim's was pretty botched too:
The one that he kidnapped and pumped full 'a lead,
And buried alive when she wouldn't play dead.
...I'm not disputing death penalties suck,
But don't ever ask me to cry for this f*ck.

May, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Man shrugging
Faith in internet security was shaken by the discov-
ery of "heartbleed," a programming flaw that leaves
encrypted websites vulnerable to hackers

I thought that little padlock meant
A website was secure.
But that, like so much else these days,
Turned out to be manure.

April, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Eric and Charlotte Kaufman with one-year old daughter Lyra
A sick 1-year-old was rescued at sea with her family after they tried to go sailing around the world, de-
spite the infant's having just tested positive for sal-
monella and being on three antibiotics and a steroid
for bronchitis and an upper respiratory infection

Baby daughter's ailing?
Why not take her sailing!
Salmonella,
Shlamonella--
That's why they got a railing.

April, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Supreme Court Building
Equating money with "free speech," the Supreme Court's conservative majority followed its Citizens
United decision allowing corporations to spend unlimited sums on election campaigns by striking
down the total limits on individuals' contributions
in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

Take nine random people and put 'em in robes:
I'll bet their decisions are better than those
That Roberts and friends have been able to make.
They can't even learn from their biggest mistake.

April, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Leland Yee
The CA State Senate suspended Leland Yee and
two other Democrats who are fighting criminal
charges. Yee, arrested in an FBI sting, is accused
of corruption and conspiracy to traffic in guns

California Democrats, corrupt as they can be:
Roderick Wright, then Calderon,
And now there's Leland Yee--
Each one with a rap sheet
That outdoes the one before.
Damn if I know who the hell to vote for anymore.

March, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Dry river
In California, up to 30 million young salmon will be trucked from inland hatcheries to waters near the
Pacific Ocean after the state's drought has left riv-
ers too dry for them to migrate on their own. Top
scientists issued a dire new climate change warning

When drought leaves our rivers too dry for the
salmon
To swim to the ocean, it's time to get jammin'
On fixin' this climate before it's too late.
Our food's out there dyin'; how long can we wait?

March, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Malaysia Flight 370 searcher with binoculars
Searchers have found no sign of Malaysia Flight 370

We don't have a whole lot of facts;
We're not even sure it was jacked.
But what we keep wonderin'
Throughout this conundrum
Is whether it could've been hacked.

March, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Anderson Cooper

Breaking News: We have no news
About the missing plane.
We only called it "breaking news"
To suck you in again.
It's just the same old theories,
The same old talking heads,
The same old damn commercials.
I'd watch something else instead.

March, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Man on cell phone at airport
Not since Amelia Earhart's plane vanished in 1937
has there been a mystery like Malaysia Flight 370

My flight gets in at 6:15
So come and get me, dear.
I'll be down by the baggage claim
(Unless we disappear).

March, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Low reservoir
Fracking is depleting water supplies in America's
driest areas, a new report shows

I'll tell ya why we oughta
Put frackers out to slaughter:
As reservoirs
Keep going down,
We can't afford the water.

March, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Barack Obama
Pres. Obama is taking heat for using executive ac-
tions to bypass a do-nothing Congress, but most
of his recent predecessors used them even more

"Executive actions are running afoul!
Obama's a tyrant!" Republicans howl.
But what's he to do
When the Congress is truly
Against him on everything? Throw in the towel?

March, 2014
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Soldiers
Nearly 20% of U.S. soldiers had a common mental illness before enlisting in the Army, a study shows

It's something we thought was immutable--
That soldiers be mentally suitable,
But two out of ten
Are a little unhinged,
And nonetheless seen as recruitable.

March, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Russian & Ukrainian Ministers of Defense with U.S. Defense Sec'y William Perry, 1996
In 1996, Defense Secretary William Perry and his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts celebrated the dismantling of a Ukrainian nuclear missile silo by planting sunflowers in its place. 5,000 USSR-
inherited nuclear weapons were transferred to Rus-
sia, after both countries signed a pact with the US
and UK guaranteeing Ukraine's territorial integrity

After you give up your nukes,
How do you put up your dukes
When sooner or later
Your nuclear neighbors
Are acting like absolute pukes?

March, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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John Kerry
Sec'y of State John Kerry, who voted for the Iraq
War Resolution in 2002, blasted Russia's incursion
in Ukraine: "You just don't invade another country
on phony pretext in order to assert your interests"

The high ground is lovely to claim,
But wasn't it roughly the same,
Invading Iraq
On our own set of facts
As the Russians have done in Ukraine?

March, 2014
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Sochi Olympics bear mascot
So long, Sochi

We caught the whole public relations campaign...
"We're not your old Russia with war on the brain."
But all the p.r.
Doesn't go very far
When the next thing you know they're invading Ukraine.

March, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Paul Tanaka
Paul Tanaka is running to replace Lee Baca as L.A. County Sheriff, though the scandals that engulfed
the department on their watch forced both to quit

Whoever replaces ex-Sheriff Lee Baca,
We'd better do better than Mr. Tanaka.
Ya need someone new,
Not the old #2,
To fix a department so frickin' facacta.

February, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Shady guy with calculator
The failure of the world's largest bitcoin exchange triggered a panic sell-off of the virtual currency

So bitcoins are worthless? That's gotta be rough
For all of the folks who were into the stuff.
But what was the virtual money's allure?
You had to be crazy to think it's secure.

February, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Jordan Davis, R.I.P.
Jordan Davis, 1995-2012

The problem down there's
Every Tom, Dick and Harry
Can go get a permit and legally carry,
So people get shot for the stupidest things.
This is the crap that less gun control brings.

February, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Michael Dunn
Michael Dunn, 47, who killed an unarmed teenager whose rap music annoyed him, shows disbelief af-
ter being convicted on lesser charges. Like George
Zimmerman and the moviegoer who killed another
for texting, he has a FL concealed weapons permit

Sunshine State

Hey, turn down that music there!
Stop with those texts!

With middle-aged white guys increasingly vexed,
You'd better watch out when they make a demand...
Before you find out there's a Glock in their hand.

February, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Jamie Coots, R.I.P.
Jamie Coots, R.I.P.
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents
& scorpions, & over all the power of the enemy; &
nothing shall by any means hurt you. (Luke 10:19)

A snake-handling preacher has gone to his grave
Believing that Jesus would be there to save
His ass from a bite,
But it got him, all right.
(Know how some churches use grape juice for wine?
Maybe their snakes could be rubber next time.)

February, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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George ZimmermanGeorge Zimmerman, acquitted last year of murdering
Trayvon Martin, says he's homeless and has PTSD

Zimmerman 'suffers from PTSD.'
That's kind of how you'd expect it to be
For someone who murdered an innocent kid.
I'd sure be stressed if I'd done what he did.

February, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Snowboarder
The end of snow? Only half of the cities that have hosted the Winter Olympics may be cold enough
to host them again by 2050

Winter Olympics are fun!
But under a punishing sun,
Scientists say
That we may see the day
When the Winter Olympics are done.

February, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Chris Christie
With his office under federal investigation, NJ Gov.
Chris Christie was shunned by TX Gov. Rick Perry
and candidates in TX & IL when he travelled there
to raise funds for the Republican Governors Assn.

The more that he tries to deceive 'em,
The more that they're starting to leave him.
When Christie says he
Wasn't in on Fort Lee,
Supporters don't even believe him.

February, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Tea party
When government gets smaller, who wins?

Wanna shrink government? Some people do...
Mostly the people who haven't thought through
Who'll be the winners if that comes to be;
Dollars to donuts, it's not you and me.

February, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Worried worker
Most Americans agree with Pres. Obama that the minimum wage should be raised, but the chances
of Congress doing anything about it are next to nil

Why am I working full-time,
And still getting treated like slime?
My pay should be fair
But these people don't care
That I'm under the poverty line.

January, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Kardashian sisters

No matter how good all the ass has been,
You don't wanna wed a Kardashian.
They get--like poor Odom--
Some guy by the scrotum,
And soon the whole family is cashin' in.

January, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman ululating

Cultural Exchange

Watching how they can manipulate
Those little tongues when they ululate,
It goes through your head--
If you got one in bed,
You might both need a week to recuperate.

January, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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John Boehner, Eric Cantor & Mitch McConnellAmerica has the lowest voter turnout of wealthy
countries, and look what we have to show for it

When 3 out of 4 say they haven't done sh*t
To fix all our problems, that oughta be it.
But pros are predicting they'll stay in control...
Cuz most of us won't even go to the polls.

January, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Chris Christie
Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ) claims he knew nothing about his associates' closing of George Washington
Bridge lanes to tie up traffic as a political vendetta,
though emails show the plot originated in his office

"Abject stupidity?" That part is true.
But guess who selected those people: it's you!

January, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Pope Francis
Pope Francis has the makings of a radical reformer
if he focuses the same moral outrage on his own
institution that he has on 'trickle-down' economics

We've needed a pope like this Francis forever,
But didn't expect we'd be seeing him ever.
Course, now comes the part
Where he shows us his range:
A lotta great talk, or some actual change.

January, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Paul Walker, R.I.P. (inset) with wrecked Porsche Carerra GT
The 2005 Porsche Carrera GT that carried Fast
and Furious actor Paul Walker to his death was
going 100+ mph, and was built without the sta-
bility management system most Porsches have

From 0 to 60 in 4 seconds flat
Is pretty impressive, but how is it that
The people at Porsche forgot to include
A stabilize system for that little dude?

January, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman under hot sun
With less than an inch of rain in the last six
months, 2013 was L.A.'s driest year on record

In New England it hasn't stopped snowing,
But out West here, anxiety's growing
That we'll never see rain
Or a good snow again--
Not the way that this megadrought's going.

January, 2014
© Robert C. Keating

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The late Malcolm Mency and son
The late Malcolm Mency with Malcolm, Jr.

Eighteen years old, a new father, in fact,
Walks home one night and gets shot in the back.
Guns should be harder to buy;
Screw the lie
That the Second Amendment is under attack.
When's the last time it got shot in the back?

December, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Phil Robertson
If it looks like a redneck and quacks like a redneck,
it's probably a redneck

A redneck is what he's supposed to be.
So why is the guy from Duck Dynasty
In trouble these days
Cuz he's dumb about gays?
He knows about ducks, not diversity.

December, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Woman crying at Arapahoe High School after shooting there
A school shooting near Columbine occurred just
months after three Colorado legislators lost their
jobs for supporting stronger gun laws

Though everyone's always appalled,
Does anything ever get solved?
When folks we elected
Wrote laws to protect us,
They ended up getting recalled.

December, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Kim Jong Un
30-year old Kim Jong Un is rattling international
nerves as he purges N. Korea's senior leadership

My uncle was scum. He was worse than a dog.
And just in case anyone's still in a fog
'Bout who's in control here,
Then get through your head:
I didn't like Uncle, now Uncle is dead.

December, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Hillary Clinton
With one eye on the White House, ex-Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton did not take the diplo-
matic risks her successor John Kerry has taken

The final assessment of Clinton at State:
Despite all the hoopla, she wasn't that great.
She travelled like crazy
But played it too cagey--
A little less daring than Kerry to date.

December, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Boris and Natasha cartoon
Russian diplomats in NY claimed poverty to fraudu-
lently collect Medicaid for their pregnant wives and children while shopping at Prada and Tiffany's and taking luxury cruises, the U.S. government charged

The Russians are coming...to get on the dole.
The FBI says that their diplomats stole
1.5 million in Medicaid perks.
Mere deportation's too good for these jerks!

December, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Tap water on fire
The EPA has halted investigations of environmental damage from hydraulic fracturing, while privately
warning those affected not to drink their water

Fracked

They tell us that putting new wells there
Is good for the general welfare.
I'm sure there'll be gobs
Of incredible jobs;
The problem's they'll all be in healthcare.

December, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Man yelling at smartphone

If I wanted my voicemail converted to text,
With rampant misspellings and all of the rest,
I'd already have it,
So stop asking, dammit!
What I need's a cell phone that isn't a pest.

December, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Afghans in poppy field
The United Nations reported that Afghanistan's
2013 opium harvest was up 50%, with land used
for cultivation at an all-time high

Afghan Opium Eradication

In spite of the billions of dollars we've spent,
There's nothing to show that we've made any dent.
They pocket the dough
But the poppies still grow;
Their opium crop is up 50%.

November, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu took credit for de-
railing negotiations to limit Iran's nuclear program

It's not breaking Israel's heart
Our talks with Iran fell apart.
They'd just as soon bomb 'em
As f*ckin' disarm 'em;
They've beaten that drum from the start.

November, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Bill O'Reilly

Killing Lincoln. Killing Jesus. Killing JFK.
O'Reilly's books are selling,
But I'm waiting for the day
He writes the one we "pinheads"
Would really like to read:
It's Killing Bill O'Reilly.
I'd buy that one, guaranteed.

November, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Chris Christie eating on David Letterman Show
President Christie?

In Jersey, he might be the rage,
But in such a visual age,
How good would it be
For our image if he
Represented us on the world stage?

November, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Barack Obama

So Healthcare.gov is a wreck.
But what did we f*cking expect?
We can't let the lobbyists
Write all our laws for us,
Then be surprised when they're dreck.

November, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Devil in a suit

"Wanna be famous but don't have a skill?
Find you some innocent people to kill!
That's how you get on the 6:00 News.
Sicker the footage, the more that they'll use."

November, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Barack Obama and John Boehner

Hang tough, Obama. Don't give him a thing!
Boehner looks good with his ass in a sling.
Don't be a gentleman; don't be a clown.
This is one guy you should kick when he's down.

October, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Angry elephant

To: Republicans
Re: Law of the Land

It seems like "Obamacare's" causing you stress.
Stop calling it that. It'll bother you less.
Affordable Care Act--that's easy to say.
Now pick a new battle, and have a nice day.

October, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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John Boehner, Eric Cantor & Mitch McConnell

Shut down the government? Why the hell not?
It's not like you charlatans ever knew squat
'Bout working together or getting things done.
So shut down the f*cker, and go have some fun!

October, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Ty Warner
Ty Warner, who became a billionaire creating Beanie Babies toys, was charged with federal tax evasion
and has agreed to pay a $53.5 million penalty

If you bought a Beanie Baby,
This could make you mad:
The fellow who created 'em
Was up to something bad.
Instead of paying taxes,
He was stashing all his loot
In Switzerland. (On second thought,
Those dolls were not that cute.)

September, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Worried gal at laptop
Google's practice of scanning emails to sell adver-
tising violates privacy laws, says a federal lawsuit

Why would they give you free email?
Here's why they do it at Gmail:
It helps 'em to pick
All the ads that you'll click--
Knowing your every last detail.

September, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Yasiel Puig
Cuba's loss, L.A.'s gain

Dodgers 2013

Their run-up from last to the best in the league
Began on the day they met Yasiel Puig.
(The talent was there,
But they started to care
When the new guy showed up, cuz he showed
'em up big.)

September, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Though most Americans oppose Pres. Obama's plan
to launch missile strikes on Syria for its use of chem-
ical weapons, leaders in Congress support it

Excuse us for starting to doubt
What all of these wars are about...
How taking more lives'll
Make anything right.
Why can't we just sit this one out?

September, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Uncle Sam eavesdropping
Leaked documents show that U.S. spying has gone beyond protecting national security to gaining an
upper hand in international trade dealings

Makes sense that we'd spy on our foes,
But that's not as far as it goes.
Ed Snowden's revealed
The rest of the deal:
We spy on our friends, and it blows.

September, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Barack Obama
Syria's use of chemical weapons has Pres. Obama seeking Congressional approval for the kind of mili-
tary action that hasn't deterred enemies in the past

Little shaky on what you should do?
Tell the country it's not up to you.
Let the Congress decide
On a Syrian strike;
Then those f*ckers are owning it too.

September, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Thumbs down on Facebook
The more that people use Facebook, the worse
they feel about themselves, according to a new
study conducted by the University of Michigan

The research is in: if you wanna be happy,
Then stay offa Facebook. It makes ya feel crappy.

August, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Kids watching TV
Time Warner Cable's willingness to suspend CBS
programming for three million customers over a
fee dispute shows the grip monopolies have on
Americans' access to communications

"Heavens to Murgatroyd, what can we do?
Time Warner Cable just blocked Channel 2!"
"This is as bullsh*t as bullsh*t can get.
Give me my gun and I'll shoot out the set."

August, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Anthony Weiner and Bob FilnerAnthony Weiner and Bob FilnerDamaged by sex scandals, New York mayoral can-
didate Anthony Weiner (D) and San Diego Mayor
Bob Filner (D) are resisting public pressure to quit

Weiner and Filner are peas in a pod:
They say they ain't leavin' for nothin', by God--
Convinced to the end they're surrounded by fans,
As less and less people are shaking their hands.

August, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Cow looks for blades of grass
87% of the West is in a drought, but nowhere is it
worse
than in New Mexico

Cattle can't graze in New Mexico.
Problem is, there's no place else to go.
The grasses have died
Cuz the soil's so dry,
And the wells that are left ain't got much to go.

August, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Anthony Weiner as "Carlos Danger," by John Cuneo
Not long after a sexting scandal drove him
from Congress, NYC mayoral candidate
Anthony Weiner (D) was at it again

Civic Pride

The chances are rather remote
New Yorkers would actually vote
For someone so sh*tty,
The whole frickin' city
Would then be the butt of the joke.

August, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Barack Obama
Pres. Obama has used semantics to get around laws
that would limit U.S. actions in Libya and Egypt

I learned this from Republicans
And use it quite a lot:
Whatever they say something is,
I simply say it's not.
So Libya was not a "war,"
And Egypt's not a "coup."
It drives 'em f*ckin' crazy,
But that's what I like to do.

July, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Chuck Schumer and Marco Rubio
The Senate's immigration bill's $46 billion for border security--ten times the initial proposal--promises a bonanza for the contractors that helped shape it

Getting a bill through the Senate's a bitch...
Unless you can make all the right people rich.
The new immigration bill's sure to do that:
It's 46 billion, with oodles of fat.

July, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Angry crowd in Mideast
Elections in Egypt, Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Tu-
nisia & Morocco have all been won by Islamists

"Make the world safe for democracy?"
What if they want a theocracy?
We push for elections
Where people's selections
Are never the ones that we wanna see.

July, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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George Zimmerman
George Zimmerman is on trial for the second-degree murder of unarmed Trayvon Martin, 17, but it took
44 days and national outrage before he was charged,
having asserted Florida's "Stand your ground" law

Dispatchers told Zimmerman, Stand the hell down,
So how can he claim he was "standing his ground"
When he pursued Trayvon and shot him that night?
So much to his story that just isn't right.

July, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Michael Hastings R.I.P.
Journalist Michael Hastings' death in a fiery solo
crash is consistent with a cyberattack on his car,
said Richard Clarke, the former chief counter-
terrorism advisor to the National Security Council

There's a reporter
Who may have been slaughtered
By cyber-controlling his car...
It's time we explored
What a double-edged sword
All our modern conveniences are.

July, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden, who leaked National Security Agency secrets because he couldn't "allow the U.S.
government to destroy privacy and basic liberties,"
is now holed up in Russia, where journalists who
probe too much can end up dead in the street; and
seeking asylum in Ecuador, which just made criti-
cism of the president and other officials a crime

Snowden's in a "transit lounge,"
While the Russian agents scrounge
Through everything that's in his head
And on his hard drive. Nice job, Ed!

June, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy
Both John Roberts and Anthony Kennedy, the
swing votes, respectively, in the Supreme Court's
5-4 decisions to re-allow same-sex marriage in CA
and overturn the Defense of Marriage Act, voted
the previous day to void a key part of the Voting
Rights Act which required states & counties with
a history of discrimination to get federal approval
to change election laws. Six of those states are al-
ready proceeding with new restrictions on voting

Supreme Court

It's great that they ruled for gay marriage,
But there's still a lot to disparage:
Like how they just hacked
Up the Voting Rights Act.
That "justice" was just a miscarriage.

June, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Scarecrow

Choose your poison, East or West.
Tell me which you like the best:
Where it rains most every day,
Or where the rains have gone away.
Flood or fire, take your pick.
Global warming--ain't it sick?

June, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Marco Rubio
Conservative politicians haven't had a lot of new
ideas lately, but Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) may
be the first to suggest they don't even need any

What they see in Rubio's
A mystery to me
(Besides the fact he's handsome
As a knucklehead can be).
Doesn't think he needs a new idea,
Or that's the pitch--
"The idea's called America,
And it still works." How rich.

June, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Doug LaMalfa
Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-CA) is among the lawmak-
ers who want to slash food stamps in the farm bill
while protecting crop subsidies they benefit from

Food stamps are evil! Folks feed at the trough!
We'll do 'em a favor by cuttin' 'em off!
But helping my farm with a million or two--
That's something I'm charmed to see government do.

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Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre and the National Rifle Associa-
tion's answer to gun violence is always more guns,
but with more of such killings than any other de-
veloped country, the U.S. might learn from John
Howard, Australia's conservative prime minister
who helped rid his country of assault weapons

NRA

The Second Amendment with no other laws
To regulate guns is a dubious cause,
But they're gonna "fight for our freedom," by God
(To live in a circular firing squad).

June, 2013
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Syrian rebel
In Iraq, the U.S. toppled a Sunni government and
saw it replaced with a Shiite one; in Syria, it will
try to do the opposite

Syria

When polling Americans, here's how it went:
For arming the rebels, 11%.
But getting in wars is what we're all about;
How silly to think we could sit this one out.

June, 2013
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Darrell Issa
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), in Congress since 2001

American Dead: Iraq 4486, Benghazi 4

We're known by the battles we pick.
The people who didn't do dick
When W. lied
And so many died
Think this is a scandal? It's sick.

June, 2013
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Justin Bieber

Your body's a fricking sensation--
So what's with the self-mutilation?
The next time you're due
For another tattoo,
How 'boutcha just fight the temptation?

June, 2013
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Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber lets it all hang out

When Bieber goes everywhere showing his bum,
You think he's aware where that style came from?
It started with prisoners giving a sign
They're up, so to speak, for a f*cking good time.

June, 2013
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Yasiel Puig
Yasiel Puig's shoulder is improving after he hurt it
in the latest Dodgers brawl with the Diamondbacks

We finally had hope, in a rookie named Puig.
He's batting .500, the best in the league.
But that could be over--
He injured his shoulder
While fighting. No wonder there's Dodger fatigue.

June, 2013
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Mailman
"Snail mail," anyone? A leaker revealed that
the National Security Agency is tracking
all Americans' electronic communications

Could this be the break
That the Post Office needs?
At 46¢, it's a value indeed
To send someone something
That's just for her eyes,
And not just more data
For government spies.

June, 2013
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John Zawahri
John Zawahri, 23, killed by police after murdering
five in Santa Monica CA, was armed with a .44 cal-
iber handgun, AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, and 40
large-capacity magazines each holding 30 rounds of
ammunition. As a high school student, he'd been ad-
mitted to UCLA's psychiatric ward after a teacher
found him surfing the internet for assault weapons

Under this endless Republican curse,
Things never get better; they only get worse.
Sickos buy weapons they see on the web,
With nothin' to stop 'em if they got the bread.
Everyone knows that this bullsh*t should stop,
But thanks to Republicans, those bills are blocked.

June, 2013
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N.J. rollercoaster submerged after Hurricane Sandy
Climate change threatens more storms like Sandy,
but it's not hurting home sales at the Jersey shore

There's a building boom down at the shore,
As if nothing there happened before.
I wish 'em all luck
But the odds kinda suck
That the ocean won't come through their door.

June, 2013
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Woman in military
With an estimated 26,000 service members experi-
encing 'unwanted sexual contact' last year, the sys-
tem is broken, but top brass don't want to change it

If I had a daughter, I would be wary
If she said she's joining the military,
With all these assaults
That they can't seem to halt.
What for a father could be more scary?

June, 2013
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Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's weak approach
to filibuster reform may cost Democrats control of
the Senate next year, as they'll have little to show
for their time in "control," with Republicans under Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (l.) routinely blocking presidential nominees & popular bills such
as universal background checks for gun purchases

Death by a Thousand Filibusters

The Senate Majority Leader should lead.
Would somebody tell that to Senator Reid?
He's letting Republicans block every bill.
If he doesn't fix this fiasco, who will?

June, 2013
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Fun girl

I looked you up on Facebook
Just to see how you've been doing.
[Frankly, it's the cheapest way
To see who you've been screwing.]

May, 2013
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Young woman with sun damage

A word to the wise if you're young
And spending your time in the sun:
Before I got into
Protecting my skin,
The damage was already done.

May, 2013
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American poor
Poverty in the suburbs has soared 64% in the last
decade, a new Brookings Institution study shows

We dream of suburban prosperity,
But Brookings has found a disparity:
The suburbs have more
Of America's poor
Than our cities do now, in reality.

May, 2013
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Man whittling
South Carolina Republicans shrugged off ex-Gov.
Mark Sanford's faults & returned him to Congress

Mark Sanford won his seat back?
That wasn't hard to see:
Here, breathing and Republican
Is all you have to be.

May, 2013
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"Dark Money" by Dale Stephanos for Mother Jones
The IRS's acting commissioner resigned over the
agency's profiling of tea party groups applying for
tax exempt status, but the real scandal is that such
501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations exist at all

A 501(c)(4)'s a way
For billionaires to hide
And buy our damn elections.
All their apps should be denied.

May, 2013
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John McCain
Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) Television Consumer
Freedom Act of 2013 faces stiff industry opposition

Cable bill hitting you right in the crotch?
Paying for channels you don't even watch?
Then my legislation is perfect for you:
You'd just have to pay for the ones that you do.

May, 2013
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Man covering face in shame

Have you ever had a tsunami of shame,
Where wave after wave crashes over your brain
Of all the mistakes you can't help but recall
That still make you feel about two inches tall?

May, 2013
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Don Mattingly
A day after Dodgers Manager Don Mattingly said
he felt good about their performance, the best paid
team in baseball lost their fifth straight game and
dropped to last place in the National League West

The reason the Dodgers are coming up last
Is Mattingly doesn't know how to kick ass.

May, 2013
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Man with underarm tattoo

These primitive people all covered in ink
Who utter the F word as often as blink
And don't lift the seat when they're taking a piss
Are lucky their mommies can't see 'em like this.

May, 2013
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Border Patrol agent with binoculars
Under a bipartisan reform bill, the path to citizen-
ship for 11 million undocumented immigrants would
depend on the Border Patrol halting 90% of illegal
entries, but no one knows how they'd do the math

Securing the borders is Congress's goal,
'But 90 percent?' says the Border Patrol.
'The problem with that is as plain as can be:
How can we tally the ones we don't see?'

May, 2013
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Wayne LaPierre
The right to bear bombs?
The technology to put taggants in explosives to
help track their origin has existed for decades but
been opposed by Wayne LaPierre and the NRA

If it were not for the NRA,
We'd have a far more efficient way
Of tracking a bomber;
The traceable powder
Itself would be giving the perp away.

April, 2013
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Jeb Hensarling
House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb
Hensarling (R-TX) said his panel won't hear the testimony of Consumer Financial Protection Bu-
reau Director Richard Cordray because he doesn't
think Pres. Obama legally appointed him, in the
latest Republican move to undermine the agency

To hell with consumer protection!
Consumers don't fund my election.
I'm sure they're aware
"Let the buyer beware."
That should be sufficient direction.

April, 2013
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Jeb, Barbara, George W. & George H.W. Bush
Former First Lady Barbara Bush told NBC that she
doesn't favor a presidential run by son Jeb (l.)

Should Jeb run for president
Just like his brother?
"We've had enough Bushes."
And that's from their mother.

April, 2013
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John McCain and Lindsey Graham
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham
(R-SC) called for the Boston marathon bomber sus-
pect to be held as an enemy combatant & tried in a
military tribunal, despite the government's excellent
record of convictions in similar terrorist bombings

Re: Surviving Boston Bomber

It's creepy the way that they wanna whisk him
To Gitmo to try him on terrorism.
What's painfully plain
About Graham and McCain:
They don't have much faith in our justice system.

April, 2013
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Janice Hahn and Maxine Waters at LAX protest
Reps. Janice Hahn and Maxine Waters (Ds-CA)
joined flight attendants at LAX Airport protesting
TSA's decision to re-allow small knives and other
potential weapons on planes starting April 25

I've always stuck up for the TSA.
Their job is a tough one on any day.
But where are their brains
Letting knives on a plane?
Didn't some major sh*t start that way?

April, 2013
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Man with extra-large gun

A gun buyback program
That's gonna succeed
Has gotta be geared
To a gun owner's needs.
You want my assault weapon?
Throw in a prize:
A penis enlargement,
And I name the size.

April, 2013
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Marco Rubio
4 out of 5 Americans support universal background
checks for gun buyers, but 31 of 100 U.S. Senators
tried to block such a bill from coming to the floor
for debate, including Marco Rubio (R-FL)

What kind of moron blocks gun control?
According to every opinion poll,
The bulk of the nation
Supports legislation,
But these little f*cks tried to stop it cold:

Senators Who Voted
To Filibuster S.649:
Barrasso (R-WY)
Begich (D-AK)
Blunt (R-MO)
Boozman (R-AR)
Coats (R-IN)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Crapo (R-ID)
Cruz (R-TX)
Enzi (R-WY)
Fischer (R-NE)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Johanns (R-NE)
Johnson (R-WI)
Lee (R-UT)
McConnell (R-KY)
Moran (R-KS)
Murkowski (R-AK)

Paul (R-KY)
Portman (R-OH)
Pryor (D-AR)
Risch (R-ID)
Roberts (R-KS)
Rubio (R-FL)
Scott (R-SC)
Sessions (R-AL)
Shelby (R-AL)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)

April, 2013
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Barack Obama
Petitions with 2.3 million signatures were delivered
to the White House opposing Pres. Obama's plan to
cut Social Security benefits by tying them to a slow-
er moving consumer price index, the Chained CPI

Base to Obama

We're used to Republicans trying to screw
With Social Security; now we got you?!

April, 2013
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Barack Obama and George W. Bush
The U.S. has stayed at war for 12 years under com-
manders in chief with no military experience of it

Ya don't know how to fish till you've caught one;
How to shop for a car till you've bought one.
So then how 'bout a law
Where you can't start a war
Unless you have actually fought one?

April, 2013
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Capitol dome through broken glass
Even though most Americans favor universal back-
ground checks & an assault weapons ban, their rep-
resentatives in Congress look unlikely to deliver

See, Newtown was Congress's test.
They failed, but who'd expect less?
You can't get reform
In a town where the norm
Is to go with whoever pays best.

March, 2013
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John Boehner looking silly

Congress for Slackers

There's an issue you'd rather let slide?
Say it's something the states should decide.
There's a program you'd rather not fund?
Say it's something the states oughta run.
There's a chance you may have to work late?
Put whatever it is on the states,
And we'll see you for drinks around 8.

March, 2013
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Villagers with coffins

A guy who's as smart as the boss is
Has not figured out what the cost is
Of killing by drone
From the comfort of home,
With all those "collateral losses?"

March, 2013
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People with pitchforks
"My administration is the only thing between you
and the pitchforks," Pres. Obama told top bankers
at the White House in 2009. Indeed, they've gotten
off easy under his Justice Department and FDIC

Banksters

What they've done to the country's a crime.
How come not even one's doin' time?
If you make the connection,
That takes some protection
From pretty damn far up the line.

March, 2013
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Uncle Sam pointing gun

Defense had the right name before:
They called it Department of War.
(To call it "defense"
Kinda smacks of pretense
When you're in 60 countries or more.)

March, 2013
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Syrian rebel
Washington figures from Leon Panetta to John Mc-
Cain have advocated arming the Syrian rebels, but
now the L.A. Times reports that some of them are actually being considered for drone hits by the CIA

The Syrian rebels--let's arm 'em.
Or better yet, maybe, let's bomb 'em.
(It's comforting news when
Your leaders are clueless
On whether to help 'em or harm 'em.)

March, 2013
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Pope Francis
The first pope from the Americas is a public rela-
tions boost for the scandal-ridden Vatican, though
whether he'll reform anything remains to be seen

Pope Francis Charms St. Peter's Square

No wonder they're making a fuss!
A pope who's been taking the bus,
And asks for your blessing?
That's kind of refreshing,
Compared to the previous cuss.

March, 2013
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Hermit giving the finger

The lasting effect of an urban space
And living in such a congested place
Is slowly but surely
You start to think rurally,
You're so outta love with the human race.

March, 2013
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Paul Ryan
Even after the Affordable Care Act was upheld by
the Supreme Court and the Democrats maintained
control of the White House and Senate, Rep. Paul
Ryan (R-WI) said the GOP-controlled House
would vote again to repeal it (for the 35th time)

"The Democrat party. Obamacare."
I think they're still tryin' to insult us there.
If only these zeds
Could just get through their heads
That we won and we're not goin' anywhere.

March, 2013
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Roger Mahoney
After Cardinal Roger Mahoney's role in concealing clergy sex abuse from authorities was revealed, he
was relieved of public duties but continues to cel-
ebrate Mass and will help choose the new pope

I moved around priests who were
Preying on boys;
Put 'em where nobody'd
Make any noise.
Now I'm in Rome where we're
Choosing a Pope
(Someone as upright as
I am, I hope).

March, 2013
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John Boehner, Eric Cantor & Mitch McConnell
Many politicians calling for drastic cuts to Ameri-
ca's safety net are supported by corporations that
haven't paid federal income taxes in years

Back when our leaders were resolute
Not to let people get destitute,
They taxed you and me
And the powers that be.
Not like these corporate prostitutes.

March, 2013
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Man with a question

If corporations are people
And prostitution's illegal,
How do our congressmen
Stay outta jail then,
Bein' they're always spread eagle?

March, 2013
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Lech Walesa
Lech Walesa, the leading figure in Poland's over-
throw of communism, said that if gays should be
in Parliament at all, they should sit in the back,
"or even behind a wall"

It sounds like a bit of hypocrisy
For someone who battled autocracy,
But Lech says that gays
Shouldn't have any place
At the table in Poland's democracy.

March, 2013
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Grand Old Party
We'll get the government out of your life!
As every billionaire Tea Party backer knows, in-
stitutions that can be wrested from the public do-
main are big opportunities for the private sector,
from schools to mail delivery to social security

It's all about privatization.
The more they can strangle the nation,
The more they can run
When we're all out of funds.
There's money in crisis creation.

March, 2013
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Angry John McCain
No band of brothers: Despite the efforts of his old friend John McCain (above) and other Republicans
to derail his appointment, Chuck Hagel was con-
firmed as Secretary of Defense--the first Vietnam
veteran, and first enlisted soldier, to hold the post

Rabid Republicans

The way that they tried to finagle
A way to block Senator Hagel
From heading Defense,
You're left with the sense
They're not all that mentally stable.

March, 2013
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Ted Cruz
When Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) took on Defense Sec-
retary nominee Chuck Hagel in Senate hearings, he looked & sounded like the late Sen. Joe McCarthy

Ted Cruz has been getting some blowback
For being too much of a throwback
To Joseph McCarthy
(Whose vicious malarkey
Caught up with him; doesn't he know that?)

March, 2013
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Ted Cruz
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) was reprimanded by others
on the Senate Armed Services Committee for mak-
ing baseless charges against Sen. Chuck Hagel, who
went on to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense

Why does a Senator Cruz
Give me a case of the blues?
Cuz he wouldn't be there
If millions did not share
His stupid, maniacal views.

February, 2013
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Your name on a grain of rice

Who wants his name on a grain of rice?
Even if somebody does it nice,
What would ya do with it
Once he gets through with it?
Seems kinda silly at any price.

February, 2013
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Marco Rubio on cover of TIME
Though it may help him win GOP primaries,
Sen. Marco Rubio's extreme voting record
could hurt him in a general election

They need someone different, 'n fast,
But look at the votes that he's cast!
He's more 'a the same
With an "o" on his name.
"Republican savior," my ass.

February, 2013
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Marco Rubio drinking water
The president's State of the Union address was a
hard act to follow for Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL),
whose dry mouth was understandable given the weakness of his case

We're always so ready to smirk
At one of their silly ass quirks
That most of us miss
The insidiousness
Of the arguments outta these jerks.

February, 2013
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House freshmen Republicans, 2011
With a potential loss of a million jobs, the seques-
ter--$85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts
over the next seven months, $1.2 trillion over the
next ten years--will begin in March unless Con-
gress acts, but it's on break till the end of February

A ticking time bomb for the nation
Is what you could call sequestration.
A million-plus jobs
Could be lost if these slobs
Don't resolve it, but they're on vacation.

February, 2013
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John McCain
Though ex-Vietnam POW Sen. John McCain (R-
AZ) should understand better than anyone the
high cost & low return of lengthy foreign wars, he
continues to press for more involvement overseas,
and to oppose those who think differently, like
Defense Secretary nominee ex-Sen. Chuck Hagel

The question we seem to ignore
Is, Why aren't we winning these wars?
And if we can't win 'em,
Then why're we still in 'em,
After four decades or more?

February, 2013
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Afghan local police with villagers
To help fight "the insurgency" after U.S. troops exit Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the Pentagon will commit $1.2 billion to more than double the num-
ber of fighters in the Afghan local police. The rural
force, shown with villagers, has a shady reputation

Afghanistan: Twelfth Year

We've kabulled together a strategy
To exit this f*cking calamity:
We'll throw some more dough
At their fighters (Who'll go
With the Taliban later, unhappily).

February, 2013
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Man sleeping
Oil-funded think tanks have been so successful at
demotivating Americans about climate change that
the opportunity to slow it may be lost forever

Don't wanna go work at a big bank.
I see myself more at a think tank:
You just sit around
And pretend you're profound,
And nobody knows you're a big skank.

February, 2013
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Elephants in hats
Republicans are considering changes to how elec-
toral votes are awarded that would have handed
the 2012 presidential election to Mitt Romney,
even though he lost by nearly five million votes

"America's changing, I fear--
We can't win the White House from here."
"Nah, we can win big;
We just have to rig
The electoral college, my dear."

February, 2013
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Man watching race with binoculars

Democrats 2016

May I do a little confidin'?
There's somethin' I kinda been hidin'.
Everyone's bettin'
On Hillary Clinton,
But I'm kinda likin' Joe Biden.

February, 2013
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Girl with crazy glasses

Get out in the country and F*ck!
Does everyone have a black truck?
Is this a reprise
Of the old Model T's?
Since when does variety suck?

February, 2013
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George W. Bush

Even though W's gone,
His crowning achievement lives on:
He started a war
There was no reason for,
And handed Iraq to Iran.

January, 2013
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Condoleezza Rice
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was
hired as a contributor by CBS News, which said
she "will use her insight and vast experience to ex-
plore issues facing America at home and abroad"

How can the "experts" who just stank
Still get a job at a think tank
Or on the TV?
You'd think we would be
Tired of gettin' our chains yanked.

January, 2013
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Man reading book

The Samuel Pepys of his time--
Except that he does it in rhyme.
There's really no beating
This Robert C. Keating...
The fact that he's broke is a crime!

January, 2013
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David Cameron with Union Jack
Moved to the right by the anti-European Union
UK Independence Party, PM David Cameron
vowed to seek trade concessions from the EU and
put Britain's continued membership to a national
vote should his party be returned to power

Elect me and here's what we'll do:
Decide if we leave the EU.
(I know it's a tease
But the UKIP's
Up my ass, so I need something new.)

January, 2013
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Dave Heineman
Gov. Dave Heineman (R-NE) approved a new
route for the Keystone XL pipeline that would
carry Canadian tar sands oil over the Ogallala
aquifer, one of the world's largest groundwater
supplies. Pres. Obama will make the final call

Keystone XL

A pipeline that crosses an aquifer?
The downside sounds rather spectacular,
Since all it would take
Would be one little break
And we're ratf*cked, to use the vernacular.

January, 2013
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Soldier silhouette
A court-martialed Marine sergeant pleaded guilty
to desecrating the remains of Taliban fighters in a
video seen worldwide. "I have no excuse," he said

Believe this Afghanistan mess?
We pissed on their corpses, no less.
Remember that line,
We'd "win hearts and minds?"
Could take a bit longer, we'd guess.

January, 2013
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Republicans in Congress
Facing an imminent U.S. credit downgrade, House GOP leadership announced a plan to extend the
debt ceiling for 3 months without spending cuts

"GOP promises debt ceiling fight."
Jesus H. Christ, am I hearing that right?
Don't they all know
From their last little go
What they did to America's borrowing might?
...Or, God forbid, are they just not that bright?

January, 2013
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Ken SalazarInterior Secretary Ken Salazar, who announced he's resigning, enraged environmentalists for letting Shell
Oil drill in the Arctic Ocean off Alaska, two years
after the Gulf BP disaster occurred on his watch

Who cares if he's leaving Interior?
His record was kind of inferior
At keeping the Chevrons
And BPs and Exxons
From putting it up our posterior.

January, 2013
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Newtown shooting
In the wake of the Newtown CT school massacre,
Pres. Obama announced sweeping, long overdue
proposals to reduce gun violence. Acknowledging
the fight ahead in Congress, he said change would
not happen unless the American people demand it

On curbing the violence from guns,
Some movement is better than none.
What's troubling is
It took such little kids
To finally get something done.

January, 2013
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Statue of man with head in hands
Climate change, population growth and destruction
of natural ecosystems are driving us toward an ir-
reversible change in the biosphere, scientists warn

Earth

Give me that bottle and pass the joint--
We've already gone past the tipping point.

January, 2013
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Hamid Karzai and Barack Obama
Continued U.S. support for Afghan Pres. Karzai,
who visited this week, recalls its support of South
Vietnam's corrupt leadership through a long war...
except that one ended by Democrats defunding it

Obama's been meeting with Karzai.
How come we're still dealing with this guy
And propping him up
When we know he's corrupt?
We'll never get outta this pigsty.

January, 2013
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Dumb girl
My bad! Glad we're okay

Home robbed after teen--this is funny--
Posts pictures of grandmother's money
On Facebook, no less.
It's Grandmother's guess
How someone could raise such a dummy.

January, 2013
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John Boehner, Eric Cantor & Mitch McConnell
The last debt ceiling fight cost us a credit downgrade
and $19 billion in higher borrowing costs over the
next decade, but here we go again

GOP Promises New Debt Ceiling Fight

What happened to "loyal opposition?"
This gang could be hanged for sedition,
The way that they messed up
Our credit and showed not
A hint of concern or contrition;
In fact, plan another edition.

January, 2013
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Deepwater Horizon explosion
The Justice Dept.'s prosecutions of Transocean
over the deadly Gulf oil rig explosion and HSBC
for Mexican drug money laundering were the lat-
est to end with big fines and no one going to jail

The worst 'a these corporate crimes
Are settled today with a fine--
'Zif makin' 'em pay
What they make in a day's
Gonna change 'em like, say, doin' time.

January, 2013
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Intelligent schoolgirl
What happened to "the fierce urgency of now?"
Though the world faces catastrophe unless green-
house gas emissions peak by 2020, Pres. Obama
reportedly will not seek a carbon tax or any oth-
er broad climate change measures in his 2nd term

His foes are so frickin' malevolent,
I hate to be less than benevolent--
But till he gets hopping
On climate change-stopping,
This president's kind of
irrelevant.

January, 2013
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Coupon clipper

Buy "this" and you'll get one for nothin'!
That's great unless "this" isn't somethin'
You actually need
And you're lettin' your greed
Make you take any deal they're runnin'...
If that be the case,
Throw your coupons away
And the savings'll really be stunning.

January, 2013
© Robert C. Keating

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Two guys talking

Money rules Washington--that's nothin' new;
Money is what makes 'em do what they do.
Even the "good" ones who look like they care
Put out for someone or wouldn't be there.

Devember, 2012
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John Boehner and Barack Obama
Pres. Obama's offer to cut the inflation adjustment
for Social Security was opposed by many progres-
sives who argued that as a non-contributor to the
deficit, Social Security should be exempt from the
so-called "fiscal cliff" negotiations

Social Security

We've paid for it out of our payroll;
The payouts have always been stable;
It's not in the deficit;
So, Mr. President,
Why is it now on the table?

Devember, 2012
© Robert C. Keating

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Party animal
After CO and WA citizens voted to legalize mari-
juana despite federal law, Seattle's police depart-
ment was the first to publish a guide to legal use

Whether I like it or not,
I gotta get offa the pot.
It's taken the drive
I need to survive--
And something else, but I forgot.

Devember, 2012
© Robert C. Keating

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John Boehner, Eric Cantor & Mitch McConnell
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY,
on right), now the least popular senator according
to Public Policy Polling, hit a new low when he fili-
bustered his own debt-ceiling bill

It's always the same with these guys!
They're not givin' up on the lies.
The "cliff" that we're facing
Is of their own making;
That's why they're so widely despised.

Devember, 2012
© Robert C. Keating

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Penelope Gnesin and Brenda Sue Fulton
With gays now able to serve openly in the military
and marry in nine states including NY, West Point
Chapel held its first same-sex wedding, between
Penelope Gnesin (l.) & alumna Brenda Sue Fulton

I guess they're appealing enough...
'Fya like taking orders and stuff.
I wouldn't disparage
The service or marriage,
But both of 'em? That'd be rough.

Devember, 2012
© Robert C. Keating

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Permafrost melt
With global carbon pollution up again last year by
3%, scientists say it is unlikely that global warm-
ing can be limited to 2 °C. Gases released by melt-
ing permafrost (above) are accelerating the trend

We'll need a word stronger than "dire"
As carbon emissions go higher,
Cuz face it or else--
As the permafrost melts,
We're throwing more gas on the fire.

Devember, 2012
© Robert C. Keating

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Mahmoud Abbas and Ban Ki-moon
Palestinian Pres. Mahmoud Abbas (l.) with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. The UN
General Assembly voted 138-9 to recognize a Pal-
estinian state, an embarrassing diplomatic defeat
for the U.S. which sided with Israel against it

It isn't that much of a mystery
Why Uncle Sam's butt is so blistery:
He's Israel's bitch
And he's been on her fist
For most 'a their 60 year history.

Devember, 2012
© Robert C. Keating

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Republican leadership
America has hundreds of thousands less teachers
than it had three years ago, thanks to Republican
measures to reduce the deficit at all costs, even at
a time of record low borrowing costs

Republicans vs. Teachers

They're not gonna fund education.
There's too big a f*cking temptation
To cut it to shreds,
When their future depends
On a less than intelligent nation.

Devember, 2012
© Robert C. Keating

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Generals Allen and Petraeus
Since the Paula Broadwell and Jill Kelley inquiries
came to light, a lot more has been written about the
conduct of Gens. John Allen (l.) & David Petraeus
toward women than about their conduct of the
U.S.'s longest war. But the real news is that their
counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan isn't
working, any more than it did for the Soviets, or
for the Americans in Vietnam or French in Algeria

America's big into pilin' on
When something salacious is goin' on,
But isn't the sin
That these generals don't win
The one we should really be focused on?

November, 2012
© Robert C. Keating

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Earth and UFO
What price energy independence? As climate change worsens, should we really be using corn for ethanol
and water for fracking?

Ya know how they were finally screwed?
They used up all their water and food
Manufacturing gas
(Had their heads up their ass,
But they're gone now, so let's not be rude).

November, 2012
© Robert C. Keating

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Wisconsin dairy farmer with barn and sand mine in background
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is changing the
face of America even hundreds of miles from
where it's done. In Wisconsin, oil and gas compa-
nies are paying farmers to mine their land for sand
which, along with with millions of gallons of water
and chemicals, is used to blast underground shale
formations and unlock oil and gas

They're mining my farmland for sand--
Each month I