Tidbits-Oct. 15: Reader Comments: Diesel Prices; Setting the Record Straight on AOC & Gaza; Speaking of Public Executions; Resource From EPI – Weak September Jobs Report Shows Hiring and Wage Growth Slow; More…
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Diesel Prices -- Cartoon by Mike Stanfill
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Re: Setting the Record Straight on AOC & Gaza (Miriam Bensman; Paul Buhle)
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The Show They Don't Want Live-Streamed -- Cartoon by Joel Pett
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Re: Boxcar to Nowhere (Cathy Deppe)
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Affordability Crisis? -- Cartoon by Matt Wuerker
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Speaking of Public Executions -- Cartoon by Clay Jones
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Re: Food Stamp Catastrophe (Robert Day)
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Weak September jobs report shows hiring and wage growth slow (Economic Policy Institute)
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Diesel Prices -- Cartoon by Mike Stanfill
Mike Stanfill
October 14, 2026
Raging Pencils
Re: Setting the Record Straight on AOC & Gaza
Good article debunks the carping about AOCs supposed imperfections.
Funny how there so much less carping about Bernie and Zohran. Maybe because they’re men.
Miriam Bensman
Posted on Portside's Facebook page
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Omar is the only one facing deportation, if that makes more (ugly)sense.
Paul Buhle
Posted on Portside's Facebook page
The Show They Don't Want Live-Streamed -- Cartoon by Joel Pett
Joel Pett
October 12, 2026
Chicago Tribune
Go to sleep my weary hobo is a song you might have missed. i sang it to my babies as a lullaby.
Cathy Deppe
Affordability Crisis? -- Cartoon by Matt Wuerker
Matt Wuerker
October 2, 2026
Politico
Speaking of Public Executions -- Cartoon by Clay Jones
At least ICE isn't livestreaming...yet.
Clay Jones
October 11, 2026
Claytoonz
(posting on Portside Culture)
They cut SNAP benefits. They cut Medicaid. They starve us and refuse us medical care. And the damn billionaires keep taking.
Robert Day
Posted on Portside's Facebook page
Weak September jobs report shows hiring and wage growth slow (Economic Policy Institute)
Below, Economic Policy Institute senior economist Elise Gould offers her insights on the jobs report released this morning. Read the full thread here.
Economic Policy Institute
1225 Eye St. NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-775-8810 • epi@epi.org