Jon Pennington

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The "get in, losers" photo from Mean Girls of Regina George (Rachel McAdams), Gretchen Wieners (Lacy Chabert), and Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfreid) in an open silver convertible
Xzibit "Yo dawg" meme with text: Yo dawg, I heard you like maxing your Air Force One inside your maxxed-out Air Force One inside of your Air Force One.
Monochromatic yellow square with black trim & with text: Depeche Mode, Blasphemous Rumors (extended Support mix)
Still from a Simpsons TV episode depicting Homer Simpson in a wide-brimmed hat & white polo shirt whispering into a white horse's ear. The caption reads, "When the race starts, run really fast."
Diane Arbus photo titled Identical Twins, Roselle, N.J., 1966. The photo depicts two young twin girls, both with black dresses with white collars and cuffs. They wear identical headbands and stand next to each other shoulder to shoulder like the Grady Twins in The Shining.
Schematic drawing depicting the inhumane conditions experienced by enslaved Africans during the Middle Passage. Original title: Diagram of Ship Transporting Enslaved People (1808) by Thomas Clarkson
Daaaaaaaaamn GIF meme featuring cool Black guy in leather hooding shifting from one foot to another while another Black guy makes a face like Daaaaaaaamn while coming in from the upper right corner
The "Oh my God, he admit it!" meme
Cover of The Wizard of ID #4, Remember the Golden Rule! A peasant says, "What's that?" referring to "the golden rule." Another peasant says, "Whoever has the gold, makes the rules!"
Still from a Simpsons episode featuring gay steelworkers. The caption says "We work hard, we play hard" while another caption below indicates that "Everybody Dance Now" by C + C Music Factory is playing.
Elon Musk's fascist granddad, Joshua N. Haldeman, in a publicity stunt that depicts him with a fake turban and staring into a crystal ball. There is a pennant below him with a Nazi sun cross symbol and the words Social Credit, partially cut off by the photo. A caption under the photo says, "I predict a Social Credit victory." The headline below the caption says, "Soothsayer Haldeman."
Todd Flanders from the Simpsons wearing a T-shirt that says Butthole Surfers while pretending to surf. The caption says, "I'm a surfer!"
Tweet by IRA leader Gerry Adams: This house is like Santa's Grotto. Takes half an hour to switch off fairy lights and assorted Yule illuminations. Feel like a grinch now. Tweet by Eddie Izzard's Beret: @GerryAdamsSF Surely you know someone who can fit a timer.
Still photo of older woman with green jacket and thick cat's eye glasses taken from the movie Slapshot
Jasper from The Simpsons standing before Lisa Simpson's classroom at Springfield Elementary holding a wooden paddle
Jasper from the Simpsons standing in front of a classroom at Springfield Elementary holding a wooden paddle
Red tinted Soviet era poster with a young man and young woman in profile with wind-swept hair hoisting aloft a red flag of Lenin's Soviet youth organization, Komsomol. The text is in Russian, which roughly translates as "Happy Day Komsomol."
A book cover of A Spaniard in the Works by John Lennon. The front cover features a collage of John Lennon in half-shadow wearing a cape and a tilted Spanish wide-brimmed hat, while holding a wrench in his right hand.
Bar chart of 12-month percentage change, Consumer Price Index, selected categories, October 2024, not seasonally adjusted. From left to right, "All items" increased by about 2.5%, "Food" increased by about 2%, "Energy" decreased by about 5%, and "All items less food and energy" increased by about 3.5%.
Line graph of Total Apprehensions of Migrants by Border Patrol at U.S.-Mexico Border by Fiscal Year with peaks in total apprehensions at 1986, 2000, and 2022.
Line graph titled "Encounters with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border peaked in December 2023 but have plummeted since then." The graph shows a spike in migrant encounters between 2021 and 2023, then a sharp decrease in 2024.
Jasper from the Simpsons holding a wooden paddle saying, "That's a blockin'."
Screen shot of Cumberland County Pennsylvania, Democratic vs. Republican vote totals. Estimated 44.5% counted 2020 Election: 44% Dem, 54% GOP 2024 Election: 53% Dem, 46% GOP Margin swings from R +11 to D+6. A shift of D +17
Homer Simpson in a grass hut. Dialogue: Dad, are you licking toads? Homer replies, "I'm not not licking toads."
Predator handshake meme with KENDRICK DISS TRACKS on the left, PROBLEMATIC JD VANCE PODCASTS on the right, and ANOTHER ONE DROPPED?!? in the middle
New York Times Opinion column by Maureen Dowd The Dems Are Delighted. But a Coup Is Still a Coup. August 17, 2024
Colorful infographic from the turn of the 20th century done by pioneering sociologist and founder of Hull House, Jane Addams
Let them fight GIF from the movie Godzilla
Tweet of Governor Tim Walz: "Electric Fetus for the win. Shop local for your vinyl." The picture of the Governor's purchases include vinyl LPs by Steve Linwood, Genesis, Warren Devon, and the Moody Blues.
Democrats Who Don't Support A Ceasefire Lose Grounds with Voters Chart showing that Democrats win 49%-44% on a generic ballot if the Republican supports Israel's approach and the Democrat supports a ceasefire, but Democrats are tied with Republican 44%-44% if both the Democrat & the Republican support Israel's current approach. Text block Finally, we touched on the foreign policy issue recently at the top of many voters' minds: Israel-Palestine. Our first matchup tested a Democrat and a Republican who "both agree with Israel's current approach to the conflict in Gaza". In this case, the generic candidates tied 44-44. The second matchup saw the same Republican facing a Democrat supporting "an immediate ceasefire and a halt of military aid and arms sales to Israel". Interestingly, the Democrat led 49-43, with Independents and 2020 non-voters driving the bulk of this shift.
Kamala Harris holds up Rage Against the Machine's self-titled debut album.
Kamala Harris holding up a vinyl LP of X-Ray Spex, Germ-Free Adolescence
Kamala Harris holding a vinyl LP copy of Germ-Free Adolescence by X-Ray Spex
The Swedish Chef character from the Muppet Show
Poly Styrene, lead singer of 1970s UK punk band, X-Ray Spec
Photo of Edie McClurg in Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Joffrey from Game of Thrones plus the Pillsbury Doughboy plus Terry O'Quinn with a beard drenched in blood from The Stepfather equals J.D. Vance
Distracted Boyfriend meme where "boyfriend" represents TRUMP, the girlfriend represents "34 FELONY CONVICTIONS," and the girl he's ogling in the red dress represents "54 PENDING CRIMINAL CHARGES."
Still from the Decemberists' video "16 Military Waves" featuring Colin Meloy dressed like Max Fischer from Rushmore representing U.S.A. at a Model U.N. conference
Classic black-and-white cartoon from The Onion of a man with a shirt that says "SICKOS" peering through a window and saying, "YES... HA HA HA... YES!"
The late Chadwick Boseman as T'Challah on Saturday Night Live's Black Jeopardy! with "YOUR FRIEND KAREN BRINGS HER POTATO SALAD TO YOUR COOKOUT" in the upper right corner.
Photo of electronic duo LMFAO with member Redfoo on left (in black Party Rock T-shirt) and Sky Blu on right (wearing sleeveless blue shirt and gold chain)
Matt LeBlanc as the character Joey Tribbiani from Friends. He has a flirtatious grin and is asking, "How you doin'?"
THE RAT FINKS The public hearings into the activities of the New Jersey "Rat Finks" are over. Those hearings that finally did take place occurred on Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19, in Newark, New Jersey. There was another hearing scheduled for Saturday, March 26, but that one was cancelled. The original controversy stems from alleged distribution and use of a "New Jersey Rat Fink Song Book" which consisted of seven mimeographed pages of anti-Semitic, anti-Negro, and anti-Catholic lyrics to be sung to the tunes of "Jingle Bells" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone." A New Jersey Republican Committee was set up to "investigate" the allegations and to recommend "remedial" action to the state Young Republicans.
Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari in women's clothing on the 1980s sitcom Bosom Buddies
Vintage 1970s book dust jacket that says "SINEMA: American Pornographic Films and the People Who Make Them" by Kenneth Turan and Stephen F. Zito
Dust jacket for vintage 1970s book titled SINEMA: American Pornographic Films and the People Who Make Them by Kenneth Turan and Stephen F. Zito
Photo of Barack Obama wearing a dark suit & a red and blue tie, while positioned between two American flags and with his left hand gesturing at the camera. The text reads "EVERYONE CHILL THE FUCK OUT, I GOT THIS!"
Billboard from the 1950s Jim Crow South that says "Martin Luther King at Communist Training School." On the billboard, a black arrow with the word "King" points at Martin Luther King, Junior.
Cartoon of woman in foreground says "Wait a minute. Autism-spectrum people are overrepresented in research science. But... But that means..." Man in white lab coat in background says, "My god..." Words on the bottom state, "AUTISM CAUSES VACCINES."
Still from the Barbie movie with Simu Liu in a yellow Hawaiian shirt on the left, Margot Robbie in a pink and white checked dress in the middle, and Ryan Gosling with a green and pink striped shirt on the right. Spectators and a pink beach with pink parasols are in the background.
Meme from 2008 that features Obama in a dark suit with a red and blue tie gesturing with his left hand toward the camera. The text reads, "Everyone Chill The Fuck Out, I Got This!"
Google ngram search of "judicial activism" with a peak in the graph in 1999
Picture of tweet from @dril: The wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: "there's actually zero difference between good and bad things. You imbecile. You fucking moron."
Picture of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. with a dazed falcon perched on his left arm. Text says, "WIN A DAY OF FALCONRY WITH RFK JR."
Vintage 1970s button that has the face of Archie Bunker in blue and "ARCHIE BUNKER FER PRESIDENT" in red and blue text.
Image: Art deco drawing from 1940s of reverend with a ventriloquist dummy at a lectern with church organ pipes behind him. Text: Reverend E.P. Schofield (Congregationalist), London, England, Frequently Preaces Through A Ventriloquist's Dummy.
Four cast members of the 1977 apocalypse movie Damnation Alley (1 young man, 1 woman, 1 man in jeans in the back, and 1 man in uniform) standing in front of a Cybertruck-like vehicle in a desert-like setting with lots of scrub grass.