Byline Supplement — Citizen Trump’s Losing Streak
My latest in Byline Supplement ‘The Sweet Smell of Failure’ offers a brief roundup of Trump’s legal losses with the help of Bette members Martin Sheil and Rich Logis, among others
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As a devoted cinephile, I was about to press send on my latest report for Byline Supplement when I saw a vision of a smarmy Tony Curtis and a drunk-with-power Burt Lancaster pop into my head. So I tweaked the headline to riff off one of their classic films, ‘The Sweet Smell of Success,’ with the scent of failure.
After all, Trump has been trailed by the odiferous aroma of failure most of his life, which is why the Russian mob tapped him to be their biggest loser. Yes, he sits atop a shit heap of shame, and I am here for the compounding of all his legal losses.
The West must still be a land with the rule of law or the world is kaput.
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And also, please enjoy some stellar quotes from Bette friends Martin Sheil, Rich Logis, Zarina Zabrisky, Jason Stanley, and Anne Nelson.
I am proud of my final graph:
Ultimately, we will know when reality has the final word, if Trump should join fellow Americans Tara Reade, Scott Ritter, and Tucker Carlson in Moscow, which surely is lovely this time of year.
As my new friend from the UK has repeatedly said, defeating MAGA-QAnon is the most important global challenge in this moment.
I am here for it.
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Illustrations courtesy my brilliant friend Steve Brodner.