#rnc 2016

[osheenbean]

Donald Trump's dramatic RNC entrance

[brumblemakedo]

“How To Make Your Own Billboard: A Clevelander’s Homegrown Anti-Trump Sign,” July, 2016 (Belt)

“If you walk down any protest line, there’s no discourse. It’s just yelling,” says Eric Helms, plausibly the only Clevelander to put up his own billboard in anticipation of the arrival of the Republican National Convention. “No one is listening to each other. Discourse is dead.”

A billboard may seem an odd way to get people talking, but Helms’ sign, looming above the West Shoreway at 33rd, is a conversation starter. It features a towering wall topped with heaps of razor wire. Six words appear in bold across the image:

TRUMP ‘16    STAY ON HIS GOOD SIDE.

How did Helms, a 35-year-old freelance copywriter who lives in the inner-ring suburb of Cleveland Heights, go about writing his opinion large across the sky?

…full piece here.

[brumblemakedo]

“For Some Clevelanders, It’s All About the Side Hustle,” July, 2016. (Belt)

Search for downtown Cleveland on Google Earth before Friday and a giant, pixelated blob of commemorative Trump-themed swag will appear before your very eyes. Pins, hats, programs, t-shirts, posters, flags, whoopee cushions, masks, bobbleheads, and more can all be yours for the low, low price of… negotiable.

This city’s hustle is strong.

In the build-up to the RNC, areas anticipating major foot traffic were divided into three “zones”; mere mortals hoping to participate in the almost-free market free-for-all then purchased these permits whose upwardly scaling prices would correspond, theoretically, to the amount of foot traffic they could expect, and thus the volume of their sales.

Regardless of zone, the wares themselves blend together fast if one isn’t in a purchasing mood. Given such brutal competition, I stopped to inquire about business with two kiosks that stood apart from the crowd: a woman selling dashikis alongside the ubiquitous Trump tees and Cavs pennants, and farther afield, a man who’d brought along his two bored-beyond-belief-looking young sons.

Both these aspiring cotton kingpins, it turns out, are social workers.

…full piece here.

[robertgleeman]

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[thedevilsofficialblog]

Cenk Uygur: WE'RE AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, YOU DUMBASS. WE TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME Alex Jones, for once being the voice of reason: wERe agAiNsT SaUDi ArabIA yoU DUmbASs

[comixunderground]

GOP NAZIS #1 - January 2017

Page 14 - Richard Van Ingram (July 2016)

ABSURDISTAN COMIX/LOSER COMIX

Richard Van Ingram - Loser Comix ([email protected])

Scott Stripling - Stripling Art on Instagram

Andrew Hamill - Atomic Detonator Productions on FB

Kyle Reynolds - economic and moral support - www.slugnuts.com (Slugnuts on FB)

#underground comix

#adult comix

#comix

#comic books

#political cartoon

#protest

#anti trump

#anti gop

#richard van ingram

[gmotd]

House of Memes (gmotd.tumblr.com) 2016-12-29

This is pretty self-explanatory.  Team Drumpf claims that the "king" in question is obviously Jesus, and that anyone who says otherwise is politicizing the statement.  But the RNC's 2015 statement is unambiguous and contains no such questionable language.  For more background, see http://www.snopes.com/2016/12/26/rnc-new-king-christmas-message/ and the links therein.

[traxonthetrail]

Trax co-editor James Deaville shares his insight on convention music: http://traxonthetrail.com/article/un-conventional-music