jensorensen
Jen Sorensen
jensorensen
Political cartoonist and comics editor for Splinter.

The free market is a perfectly fine thing in theory - yet we have never really had it, due to corruption and cronyism.
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I refer to it as “The great and powerful God Mar-Ket.” Give of yourself to Mar-Ket and if you are found worthy them Mar-Ket may see fit to bless you with wealth. If you are poor it is because you have failed to worship Mar-Ket with sufficient fervor. Read more

Americas worship of the free market is a disease on society right up there with our institutional racism. FWIW, i have no interest on ranking these problems; they are both terrible aspects of our society. Read more

Oh my God, this is the absolute worst. Thank you (and Jen!) for educating me on this. Read more

These stories make me so sad, why do they pick on children? When I was in elementary school (back in the 80s, dinosaurs with floppy disks roamed the Earth), the kids that got free lunch walked up the cashier, said “free lunch”, and walked to their table. I thought it was cool they were getting free food (never a Read more

Reminds me of a Simone de Beauvoir quote which I will now butcher since I haven’t been able to find it online since reading Ethics of Ambiguity years ago: “And that is what is really meant by conservatism—settling for what already is instead of what should be.” It goes on beyond that and is much more poignant, but Read more

It’s mostly the Ryancare bill anyway. Trumpcare implies Trump cares about medical care. Trump doesn’t know or do jackshit on this bill except cheerlead Paul Ryan, then Mitch McConnel when it suited him. Obama cares. Trump doesn’t.
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The Conservative “Fuck You!” To the Folks That Voted Their Asses Into Office Plan Read more

I prefer the more flamboyant Republican Law of Suffering and Death Read more

I get the GOPcare, but for me it would be SO much more fun to watch him try to backpeddle and dodge and avoid any responsibility for this when it nosedives. Read more

the wealthy are few, so things they like can poll pretty poorly.
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The wealthiest stand to pay millions less in taxes. Since health care costs are not a concern for them, it is absolutely in their interests to pocket more money. Read more

Remember all the talk about “death panels”? Well Sarah Palin, here you have it.


On a separate note, the goatee totally makes this comic panel complete. 

All of the bullshit surrounding online dating has convinced me to go the organic route. Read more