And the inspiration for the Lone Ranger who (surprise) was whitewashed . . . like Hooded Justice, in the show.

I would happily trade Trump for random squid attacks.

Haha, I considered that, but was unsure of the timeline. Watchmen just went back in time and prevented the Trump presidency.

“Fred” is very obviously Fred Trump (note the “F.T. & Sons” sign on the warehouse). Maybe very nearly the pig his inspiration was.

If by you guys, you mean the Republican House and Senate majority, it’s because they’re crazy and they hate Obama. Once again, they were mostly elected because voter turnout was awful.

They’re debating allocation of funding for the following fiscal year right now. The Republicans put forward a funding bill that stripped funding from Planned Parenthood and the Dems vowed to fight it, and Obama would veto. Without agreed upon funding allocation, the government would temporarily run out of funding…