Every Battle Is Reported As A Triumph, And Then Undeniable Defeat Happens.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Finger Man.

This is a grand tradition of this strip. Struggles are always depicted as the mighty USA/Republicans/Right Wing smashing their foes utterly. Muir crows and shouts it will always be thus. But it isn't even thus when he's shouting it, and we either get him pretending the supposed great battle didn't matter, or (more and more these days) the collapse into out and out conspiracy theory.

Over and over.