Remember, The Democrats Can Only Win By Cheating, And Only Do Bad Things.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Mystery Squadron.

Of course, Muir is going off of bullshit Rightosphere accounts meant to tell nitwits like him that all their prejudices are correct, and all the apparent defeats are just esoteric victories that the uninitiated do not see. But what lurks behind this is that dim awareness that the administration he was praising is failing and unpopular, that the things he thought would be powerful and successful are weak and ineffectual. On top of which, Muir's pose of a rugged patriot is a bad counterfeit, and he's actually a lazy, entitled, bigoted schmuck who resents the country for not being the racist dictatorship he wants, and for demanding anything of him at all. In Muir's head, he ideally is owed everything while owing nothing. And so we get these pathetic little strawmen opponents where when you scrape off the idiotic exaggeration, there's this bitter offense at a government doing anything but be Muir's brand of racist awful.

The Eternal Assertions That Cities Are Awful, And Run By Bizarro-Logic Leftist Tyrants.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Wolf Dog.

I've noted it multiple times, but Muir's straw leftists get more bizarre and pathetic every year. Partially this is because his own politics have gotten so wretched that he needs ever more ridiculous opponents to make what he wants look good. But another part is the further Muir travels into fascism, the less and less capable he becomes of envisioning good government. Gunpowder is a nakedly criminal tyranny where the power of the state seems to exist only to persecute those the Compound dislikes, and where things are accomplished by fiat. His only way of imagining bad government now is 'the opposite of what I want', and that gets the ridiculous thing he throws out here, a government that is simultaneously tyrannical, and yet also can't do anything, somehow.

Muir Is Very Easily Impressed By The Peanut Gallery.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Fighting with Kit Carson.

Aside from a confirmation that Muir's audience as as full of Mittyish tendencies as himself, two things are interesting. Firstly, how little Muir's cared about the Maduro operation, which still barely warrants a mention. Secondly, the way that Zed has been notably inactive throughout the second Trump presidency. You'd think Muir would go for the obvious route of having him called into duty to serve ICE, but, no, no, he's needed at home to... do things.

She's Demoralized Because She's Been Raised To See Good As Evil, And To Want Terrible Things.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Three Musketeers.

Eva's problem of course is that she's typical of the hivemind--deluded, stupid, bigoted, weak whiny, with the underpinning that she views all these manifest flaws as signs of how clever she is. This is a growing issue for the cast, I'd argue--they spend ever larger amounts of time blubbering about how unfair everything is while simultaneously insisting that they are as tough as nails. A part of me can't help but think that even Muir is starting to have problems writing around his present state of ideological cringing when joined with the ever-present bluster.

He's Certain Nazism Is Cool With All The Kids!

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Whispering Shadow.

The American Right. Proudly spewing the bullshit of the people the US helped thump but good, because patriotism.

Saying Nazi Things, Nazishly.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Devil Horse.

I see we've found the one thing that will get Skye to behave like a proper straw liberal again. Blatant Nazi rhetoric. Which gets Muir to get all whiny about why don't anybody respect white people anymore.

Delightful.

Jackie Gleason Sarcastically Saying "Har De Har Har."

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Hurricane Express.

There is something so wearisome in this pretense of wit, in Muir trying to pretend he isn't saying what he's saying, and imagining he's getting away with it.

And We All Thought She Was Named After Eva PERON!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Last of the Mohicans.

Won't lie, I thought something like this was coming up, but only after Muir would first explain how we mustn't be hasty...

But no, next step is Muir shouting Nazi filth so he can chide those member of the Peanut Gallery who object for being sheeple when they object, because, no, no, he's not being a Nazi, honest, the jackboots and the armband are just for emphasis.

What Could It All Mean?

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Shadow of the Eagle.

While this all could be Muir starting out one of his patented about-faces, I think Skye is about to tell her daughter that it's too early to tell, can't separate the wheat from the chaff yet, etc.

I just don't think he's ready to move on yet.

Pay Muir, And He'll Draw You Pretending To Party With His Cast.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Lightning Warrior.

There's something so, so very sad about the late period shout-outs to fans.

While not being sympathetic, mind you. It all just makes me loathe everyone involved even more.

"And The Most Devious Part Of The Conspiracy Is That People Keep Telling Us Just Asserting Things Doesn't Make Them Real!"

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Galloping Ghost.

We are deep in 'none of this makes sense' territory here, especially as Muir is once again screaming about how poor and persecuted his side is... while they control the government. But damn it, Trump hasn't pulled the insta-win switch, so clearly, there's work to be done before they really control things.

She Will Be Safe From The Schweinhund!

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Vanishing Legion.

He says this as accounts of just what vicious thugs the regime's goon squad is circulate. But you, see Muir is offended, because the inferiors weren't supposed to fight back.

Somehow, The Magitech Is Only Getting Lamer.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because King of the Wild.

The reminder that Muir watches things like Star Trek without comprehending them is looking quite pointed now.

It's So Unfair That She Might Face Persecution For Being A Fascist Mouthpiece.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Phantom of the West.

We've seen it time after time. The moment Muir's side is facing push back, he starts shouting conspiracy theories and claiming everyone against him is actually a subversive.

Because he's whiny, and once again, he and his project everything, including their own projection.

If He Wants It To Be True, It Must Be True. QED.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Lone Defender.

And once again, Muir jumps at the latest ridiculous conspiracy theory and treats it as gospel, all so he can whine how powerless the Right is.

When they have the government.

Youdacrooks, Wedagoodies, Youdacrooks, Wedagoodies...

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The King of the Kongo.

It's just extra-amusing that this blatant bullshit where Muir tries to insist that the crook was the hero and the hero was the crook happens shortly after a Texas State Senate seat deep in Trump country flips.

Keep yelling Muir. It will make you feel better.

I'm Just Going To Sit Here Stunned For A Moment.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Fatal Warning.

...It's the projection that gets you, Muir imagining he's just being a witty guy telling it like it is when he's being... well, this.

Overhunting Coupled With Cyclic Population Patterns. Oh, Wait, That Wasn't Supposed To Be Answered.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Vultures of the Sea.

I even have the misfortune to know just what he's referencing here, and this strip still leaves me somewhat puzzled.

Well, except for the eternal tendency of Muir's in-universe media endeavors to work through this strange sort of cargo cult fashion, Muir having the cast just do a rough version of media things, and somehow, it works until Muir gets bored with it.

Muir Cries 'Wah, Dey Picking On Me!"

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Vanishing West.

It says something that he thinks this pathetic whining uttered by imaginary women who are his equally pathetic wish fulfillment is a fine display of what a real man does.

He Just Knows He's A Big, Strong, Manly Man, Man!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Golden Stallion.

In many ways, this is just classic Muir, burbling about the subversives, who are a dangerous disease who his sort are there to fix and no, the fact that every time they hold power we wind up worse than we were before doesn't mean anything, nope, nope, nope.

But this also draws attention to the extent that Muir genders politics, making running the state an explicitly male function--and makes it clear that he sees that function as largely consisting of beating the shit out of those he disagrees with. It's one of the calling cards of fascism, toxic masculinity as policy.

And it's a big reason why they generally lose. 

"Wuh-We's Gots Da Suh-Siwent Muhjority!"

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Isle of Sunken Gold.

Muir declaring that of course they've got America with them, and if they just keep at it, the inferior schweinhund will knuckle under and get purged becomes bleakly amusing as we watch much of America decide they're sick of this shit.

The Persistent Goose Asks Muir 'Why Do You Insist There Needed To Be Armed Fascist Goons On The Streets, Asshole?'

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Heroes of the Wild.

And as we are deep into 'Muir, after insisting that normal government is fascist tyranny, insists that fascist tyranny is normal government the moment the tables are turned', let's take a good long look at this absolutely wretched showing. It underlines one of Muir's biggest problems--he's a man who, lacking the virtues he professes, has to throw up twisted counterfeits in their place, and in moments like this, it shines through. This is a cowardly bully declaring that cowardice and bullying are the true displays of courage. A conniving thug mumbling that people have to be conspiring against him, as otherwise his conniving thuggery would work. A vicious man who hates the nation screaming that real patriot is being a vicious person who hates the nation, and is actively hurting anyone not like them.

And the best fucking part is this strip has aged like milk. Didn't get the memo that they were abandoning ICE, BP, and Bovino on this, ehh, Muir?

The Cringing Whine Trying To Mask Itself As A Triumphant Cry.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Silent Flyer.

Not only is this even more of a rushed job than the last one, it's blatantly pathetic to anyone not in the bubble. Muir's stuck on this shit, with no off-ramp, and he's desperately trying to convince himself this is a winning move.

Well, That Certainly Was A Strip.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Philo Vance's Secret Mission.

I assume he was in a hurry, because I can't otherwise explain why he made a strip that was not only a good 9-10ths reused assets, but included some choices like 'Stock Shouting Black Guy' that made no sense at all.

Does He Think The National Debt Is Resting In An Account Somewhere?

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Philo Vance's Gamble.

I won't lie, as bad as the strip is, it's a bit of a relief seeing Muir finally noticing the national debt during a Republican administration, instead of just pretending it doesn't matter. Of course, that noticing is couched in paranoia, delusion, and a complete misunderstanding of government spending, finance and economic realities. But it all suggests that Muir's rapidly shifting into just abandoning caring about actual politics because 'conspiracy', and that cheers me.

"Son, A Woman Is Just Like... Ummm... A Refrigerator..."

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Philo Vance Returns.

Well, at least now we've moved to a more general brain-dead misogyny.

Muir Continues To Demonstrate He Doesn't Get Women.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Calling Philo Vance.

Won't lie, there's always a good chance when Muir goes into one of these weird rants that he hits a new vein of awful, and yep, this is one of those times.

Weep For The Imaginary Widow!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Trans-Atlantic Murder Mystery.

Aside from Muir's classic 'The imaginary thing that I wrote up demonstrates how right I am', it's that last bit about how they need to do this "electorally" that gets me. Not only is it meaningless gobbledygook, it comes on months--hell, years--of Muir dreaming about brutally purging the country of people who disagree with him. But this is another classic aspect of Muir--he'll get mealy-mouthed in his fascism at odd moments, and try to pretend that he didn't say what he said, or that it has some kind of special meaning that doesn't make it what it is.

Getting Upset About Fascist Tyranny Means You're An Over Emotional LADY!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Crane Poison Case.

Muir's constant insistence that his bigoted, cowardly nonsense is backed by "reason" is a pretty good example of his using definitions for words that don't match their actual definitions.

Spot The Tautology!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Campus Mystery.

It is of course dreadfully easy to declare your group the only real Americans when you make membership in the group the only way to be a real American. Muir can always attempt to live in his fantasy where the unpopular idiocy he supports isn't unpopular and isn't idiocy, but it keeps running into the simple problem of not being real.

Getting Mawkish About The Worst People.

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Sideshow Mystery.

The finest epitaph I have read regarding Scott Adams, the second worst man to ever appear on beloved 90s cult sitcom Newsradio, ran that by dying at the age of  68, he had followed a lifelong tradition of almost but not quite being funny. Savage, but exactly what he deserved. 

As we watch Muir memorialize the man with exactly the sort of awful politics Adams had dabbled in by the end, a part of me suspects that this is Muir--who remember is about the same age as Adams was--feeling his own mortality. Something he feels obligated to lead into with more of his nativist swill.

Yup, Nearly Killed Someone!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because Murder in the Pullman.

It's easy to convince yourself you're brave when you decide that cowardly bullying is a sign of courage.

Also, I'm baffled by the focus on Sam's oil-stained hand in the last panel. At least, I think it's oil-stained. A baffling artistic choice all around, but then, what do you expect from Muir?

POSTSCRIPT--On closer review of the word panels, I think that's Mari's oil-stained hands, which not only underlines his terrible blocking but remains an absolutely baffling artistic choice. And realize it took multiple attempts for me to figure out what he was trying to represent here.

He Knows This Is True Because He Wants It To Be True!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Cole Murder Case. 

There's something almost awe-inspiring in the number of times Muir has declared the conspiracy theory of the day proven, and then just moved on when, no, it wasn't, actually, in fact it was bullshit.

Amazing How They Can Always Find A Way To Be Racist In Addition To Being Awful.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Skull Murder Mystery.

This little quasi-plotline is really dragging out and we are quickly hitting 'bears with power tools' territory in my book.

Let The Bad 1980s Sitcom Humor Flow!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Studio Murder Mystery.

The manner in which Muir has veered off complaining about the phantom Somali fraudsters to this makes me wonder if he's being audited or something. Not that he needs much excuse to start insisting that the state is getting up in his bidness, man--it just seems like something brought this on.

Merging Bad Politics With The Sitcom From Hell.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Symphony Murder Mystery.

Mia, who has been in the US for years now, still acts like a bad 1980s sitcom foreigner who is baffled by our mysterious Yankee ways.

Always Be Gullible And Resentful!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Week-End Mystery.

It says something that when the twins aren't talking like a pair of 30s comics moppets, they're talking like a couple of bitter racist old hicks.

When The Manosphere Tries To Do History...

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Wall Street Mystery.

What I'm getting is that Zed has terrible reading comprehension, and also is terminally online. Wonder if he's about to start plugging terrible dietary supplements.

"Our Victims Are Invariably The Worst People Who Deserve It!"

 It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Clyde Mystery.

As usual, in response to tragedy and the crimes of his side, Muir demonstrates his gullibility, and his deep, deep awfulness.

Jesus fuck, is this a wretched husk of a human being.

A Pepe Reference? In 2025?

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Winter Murder Case.

How happy is Muir with things? So happy he's proposing 'not voting' as the answer.

No doubt Phase 3 of this brilliant plan is "PROFIT!", right after Phase 2 "???".

Soon, It Would Soon Happen. And It Would Be Soon.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Gracie Allen Murder Case.

Ahh, time for yet another thing that will be about to inevitably occur, and then suddenly, the cast will be pretending that, what, no, they never thought that would happen.

Clearly Naked Tyranny Is The Answer To Everything.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Kidnap Murder Case.

Muir is saying this in a situation where the Republicans hold both branches of Congress. Because even their present disgraceful obsequiousness isn't enough, and the fact that they could lose in the near future has to be some sort of plot. Because Muir knows if the things he supports don't work, it's because of treachery, and if his side loses the election, the other side cheated. Or shouldn't have been allowed to vote in the first place.

Thank Goodness They Have Internet Randos To Tell Them How Things Work!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Garden Murder Case.

As we stare at Muir once again declaring that a dictatorship would be great, just great actually so long as it's his racist sort in charge, let's acknowledge that we've gotten something new with this one. An actual address to where he's getting this crazy 'That's not how it works' bullshit.

I checked it out and trust me, it's as batshit as you might imagine. Maybe even moreso. 

Look, this guy is selling his own bizarre fundie novels on this substack. We are in 'the interwebs delivering the gibbering of crazy people straight to your brainpan' territory.

They Are So Put Upon.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Casino Murder Case.

Ahh, racist whining about taxes. Behold the awesome patriotism of a man who feels he's owed everything and owes nothing, and how dare you call him on his bullshit!

Why, When You Put It Like That, It Makes Total Sense!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Dragon Murder Case.

You know, I'm genuinely torn as to what's the most fascinating part of all this wall of crazyfail, that Muir doesn't realize he's swapped out how the Evil Conspiracy of Evil works yet again, that Russia's back to being a bad guy, or that at the bottom lies Muir's eternal conviction that the things he wants just CAN'T be unpopular, that the Democrats can't just win elections, that it has to be an evil plot that gets them back into power and makes things he supports fail. (And when he himself finally acknowledges something he supported failed, this does not lead to any general reevaluation of his beliefs.)  This is a man who feels powerless when those he supports hold power. And again, he just can never ask himself why that is, because the actual answer would destroy him. 

It's Really Happening. Offscreen.

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Kennel Murder Case.

So, the same racist joke as before, only even more lifelessly done. 

Oh, and Muir still doesn't understand how H1B visas work.

Well, let's see if Muir's going to gloat about Maduro tomorrow, or Monday, when things are likely to really be going off the rails. 

In Today's Episode, The Part Of 'El Dorado Dad' Will Be Played By A Clip Art Caricature....

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Scarab Murder Case.

As Muir reminds us that A) he will entertain downgrading the cast's circumstances, but he won't commit to it,  B) El Dorado Dad is fucking scum, and C) Muir has completely turned on a Congress that the Right largely controls, let's just really soak in the... art of today's strip, because... damn. El Dorado Dad's mustache looks very close to a crudely drawn mouth. That is just... shit.

You Support ONE Genocidal Dictator, And It's Like You're A Criminal!

It's the Day's Day of Days! Because The Bishop Murder Case.

A reminder that Sam was offering to hold Putin's gold in her depository. And that this was when Gunpowder was declaring itself sovereign.

I'm saying this because it amuses me that Muir wants to refer back to a plotline that he seems largely to have decided to sweep under the rug, it should be remembered just how batshit it was.