[146] Crazytown (20-26 Jan 2019)

Completion Date: 31 January 2019
Medium: Paint & ink on cardboard
Dimensions: 30 X 40 inches

Real-time documentation of life in the US

20 January
* Trump angered by Democrats’ rejection
* Giuliani” “So what if Trump and Cohen talked?”
* Teens in MAGA hats taunt native American elder
* Gillibrand doesn’t shy away from her conservative past in Iowa
21 January
* Kamala Harris to run for president
* Last food payments just went out
* A new Supreme Court is poised to take a chunk out of MLK’s legacy
* 1964 Civil Rights Act, 1965 Voting Rights Act, 1968 Fair Housing Act
22 January
* Student says he respects Native American elder, but he doesn’t owe an apology
* Trump insists on delivering State of the Union from the House
* Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to go into effect
* Kamala Harris to run for president in 2020
23 January
* US sides with Venezuela opposition
* Donald Trump dared Nancy Pelosi to cancel his State of the Union speech. So she did.
* Michael Cohen postpones House testimony, citing ‘threats against his family’
24 January
Trump concedes to Pelosi on State of the Union
Senate rejects bills to reopen government
White House preparing National Emergency proclamation
25 January
* FBI arrests informal Trump advisor Roger Stone
* Shutdown 35 days
* Trump caves in to Pelosi, announces deal to lift shutdown
26 January
* America Pushes Allies to Fight Huawei in New Arms Race With China
* Right-wing media split over Trump’s shutdown decision: Did he cave or was it a master stroke?
* Roger Stone must have made Mueller really angry
* Government reopens, but clock is ticking