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#ScreamingHats
#273 * Jan. 27, 2026
  1. Zia comes in wearing a MAGA hat, grinning, holding a box of MAGA hats. Chloe (holding a newspaper): "Good God, you can't expect me to wear those. Didn't you see the horrors in their Minneapolis?"
  2. Zia (takes off hat): "Oh, these aren't for wearing. I snagged 'em from an ICE van in their world."
  3. Chloe (facepalming): "I can't even with you. What are you gonna do with them?" Zia (holds up ray guns): "Well, this ray gun grants sentience. And this one melts things with acid."
  4. Chloe (horrified).
  5. Chloe: "I'm against MAGA too, but isn't that — like — a war crime?" Zia grins like a maniac.
  6. Zia (brightly, holding out her phone): "Oh, don't worry — I only want you to livestream it! Hashtag #ScreamingHats, baby!" Chloe (shrugging and taking the phone): "Well — I suppose I've livestreamed worse for you."
Characters: Chloe, Zia

This might lose readers, but enough is enough. We're going to stop pretending this is a safe space for anyone on Team Red.

Lest there be any doubt, Day Two isn't "going woke." It's been "woke" since the beginning. Zia's the anti-authority daughter of Mexican immigrants. Chloe's an educated white woman with an advanced liberal arts degree. They live in California. What part of all that says "conservative" to you?

And no, don't worry, we're not going to talk about politics in the main plot. But that doesn't mean the politics doesn't exist, that Chloe and Zia don't care about it. If this page pisses you off — good, and don't let the door hit you on the way out. And if this is just a tiny bit of catharsis for the horrors we're all witnessing? You're very welcome, and please make sure you vote this November as if your life depends on it. Because it does.

Before we go, I would be remiss not to include the list below. These people died at the hands of ICE in the last four weeks alone, and they join dozens and dozens more from previous years.

  • Alex Pretti
  • Renee Good
  • Heber Sanchaz Domínguez
  • Victor Manuel Diaz
  • Parady La
  • Luis Beltran Yanez–Cruz
  • Luis Gustavo Nunez Caceres
  • Geraldo Lunas Campos

Remember their names. Remember their names. Remember their names. Remember their names.


— Inker