Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 28, 2018

I guess somebody appreciated Honey’s potential.

man… honey aged a LOT. nice to see her again after 6 years.

What if her aide is just doing to her what she used to do to Mao? Lie about it being done and hope she changes her mind?

How did Honey get such a position? She was wanted by the Chinese government after Tiananmen Square, and escaped to the USA where she apparently became a citizen.

I must have missed Honey’s rise to power. You go, girl!

Well, if you think about it, Honey IS in her sixties at least …

It’s an Autocracy-IN-TRAINING. His Orangeness could only HOPE for something so functional.

Whatever happened to California’s high speed rail project? Do they need some extra autocracy? Maybe CA should take the first step and become a one-party state.

It is good that our autocrat is incompetent lest we think it a good idea.

Have you thought about not spending money on a big stupid wall?

And THAT’S what happens when you have someone who actually knows what’s going on in charge, unlike The Dumpsterfire, who lives in his fantasy world where HE’s actually smart.

Have you thought of taxing billionaires, and actually using public funds for public benefits?

Our Autocracy is still a work in progress.

Sweet gig. A…honey of a job.

Woman Power! Look what she achieved once she escaped the shadow of her “first love”, Duke.

Need her in Austin, TX to do something about our gridlock.

Well, no reply from you know who?

We’ll never manage to get things done as long as we insist on letting contractors run the work for us. Get the Army Corps of Engineers and the Sea Bees involved and we’d have high speed rail from coast to coast in time for 2020.

I think she’s just playing SimCity.

Actually, I’m perfectly fine with not adding more lanes to superhighways. We need to drive less, not more. As for the other items, since our autocracy operates on the principle of funneling all wealth to a tiny number of rich people, subways and high-speed rail are only on the table if they can be massively overpriced.

Autocracy might be able to overlook the number of homes and businesses that would need to be bulldozed to add four lanes to even a middling country road over there. Over here, we have lawyers: one of the few bulwarks left against unchecked government and commercial power. (No wonder our would-be autocrats hate other people’s lawyers so much.)

Yes, trump has tried the autocratic maneuver and continues to try it. The White House counsel got in his way big time a few months ago when trump wanted to fire Mueller. Fortunately, we still have some checks and balances, even with the GOP controlling the House and Senate as well as the White House.

An autocracy is a good start, but slave labor actually does the job.

Young people should probably learn Mandarin now and avoid the rush later when the Chinese completely dominate the world

Young people should probably learn Mandarin now and avoid the rush later when the Chinese completely dominate the world

RIP Mort Walker, of Beetle Bailey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakistocracy

Did Honey actually have a first name of her own before adopting Duke’s, um, endearment?

I rode high speed rail in France and Britain in 1984, it was great.

As I recall that Ayn Rand book was about making a high speed rail, Republicans hate that idea.

If all you recall is high speed rail, you may want to re-read it. The business principles which allowed the railroad’s success would have been embraced by Republicans.

That call should be originating in Sacramento from “Moonbeam” Brown.

Actually, they are “trying” to establish an “Autocracy” even as we speak, but are proving as inept at THAT as they have proven themselves in every endeavour they’ve attempted – the ONLY thing at which they’ve proven exceptional at is DESTRUCTION – at which EVERY child excels!

Well, now…! Here’s someone I haven’t heard from for the longest time. I truly didn’t recognize her before the phone call. Good to see her doing so well!

Keep doing what you’re doing, Honey!

May 8, 2016 was the last time we saw Honey before today. She just as still pining away for Duke:

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http://www.gocomics.com/doonesbury/2016/5/8

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I guess, she stopped dying her hair.

A quibble which I bet most people didn’t note… Most of the dialog in today’s strip should have been in parentheses, because it is in Chinese, not English.

Wow. Honey finally /aged/. o.0