Municipal Government Official Mugs

"We assure residents that safety is our main motivation for installing automated speed enforcement cameras in town."

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

"Nation-building never works."

"Oh, I'll be bi-partisan alright, punishing both sides of the aisle."

"You're fired."

"1984 by George Orwell. Project 2025. Presidential transition project."

The Anti-Agent

"Obama didn’t get to name a Supreme Court justice during his final year. So how come Trump does?"

"HR-bill 9495. Cutting down non-profits."

They're Not Just That Into It

Mario Draghi

Pretty Flowers

"We seem to be spending more on defence than on things to defend"

US Immigration and Naturalization Service: If you're yearning to breath free...Get Out.

A Q&A with President Obama over jobs

'To most people, 1984 is just a novel; around here it's our instruction manual.'

"Who's got the hammer?"

The Henderson's move to a vertical city took some getting used to.

"You may have been the victim of a mis-sold PFI contract."

Quality Control

'You realize, we can't use the 'benign neglect' method for everything.'

You Are Here - Uncle Sam's Exit Strategy

"National security adviser"

'You think I'm crazy; I think you're crazy...finally some common ground!'

"Excellent, excellent. A fine blend of truths, half-truths, and blatant falsehoods."

"What was I thinking?!"

The Circular Logic of Fascism

'Let's just wait here until the federal stimulus returns.'

"The president demands that staff take responsibility for failures, and the multi-trillion deficit is down to YOU!"

Political convention

Washington D.C., Acronym Capital of the World

CIA report

"Right, before we look at the covid figures for today, do we need another sheet of paper?"

"... And to our friends in the Liberal Democratic party I award thirty pieces of silver."

"Basically, your new job here at the Treasury Department implementing the bailout is simple, Grayson, just grab and armful of money and run..."