Brickbats Archives

Debbie Norris Woodell | Illustration: U.S. Attorney/s Office/justice.gov/Zimmytws/Dreamstime

Low-income housing

Brickbat: Well Housed

Charles Oliver | 7.16.2026 4:00 AM

Audato and Ieda Denardi, as well as their children, whose faces are blurred | Alliance Defending Freedom International

Brickbat: Reading, Writing, and Gender Studies

Charles Oliver | 7.15.2026 4:00 AM

An open file cabinet with papers inside | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Making Myself Useful

Charles Oliver | 7.14.2026 4:00 AM

Carla Louise Collins' mug shot | Illustration: Marion County Jail/Jetcityimage/Dreamstime

Government employees

Brickbat: Bargain Shopping

Charles Oliver | 7.13.2026 4:00 AM

Brickbat: Hard Labor

Charles Oliver | 7.10.2026 4:00 AM

Denver International Airport | Peterquinn925/Wikimedia Commmons

Brickbat: Unfriendly Skies

Charles Oliver | 7.9.2026 4:00 AM

A police officer sits in front of a computer with a lock on the screen. | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Friends in High Places

Charles Oliver | 7.8.2026 4:00 AM

Volkswagen headquarters in Saxony, Germany | Hendrik Schmidt/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

Brickbat: Leave the Driving to Us

Charles Oliver | 7.7.2026 4:00 AM

A cell phone with the icons for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Snapchat, and WhatsApp on the home screen. Big Ben and the British flag are in the background. | Illustration: Tomas Marek/Dreamstime/Elisa Schu/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom

Brickbat: Trust, We Swear

Charles Oliver | 7.6.2026 4:00 AM

bb4 | Illustration: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: July 2026

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world

Peter Bagge and Joe Lancaster | 7.4.2026 5:00 AM

A young man plays Gorebox on a computer. | Illustration: Midjourney/Gorebox/F²Games

Brickbat: Not Playing

Charles Oliver | 7.3.2026 4:00 AM

Ottawa Police Chief Eric Stubbs | Ottawa Police Department

Brickbat: Knock It Off

Charles Oliver | 7.2.2026 4:00 AM

Empty classroom desks are arranged in rows. | Mint_Images/Envato

Brickbat: TMI

Charles Oliver | 6.30.2026 4:00 AM

The rear of a United Kingdom ambulance. | David Cliff/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom

Brickbat: Wait Here

Charles Oliver | 6.29.2026 4:00 AM

Shevoy Brown's mug shot | Illustration: Fulton County Sherifs Office/Carlballou/Dreamstime

Brickbat: A Shocking Abuse of Power

Charles Oliver | 6.26.2026 4:00 AM

Still image from dash camera footage of Pasadena Police officers engaging in "horseplay" with their guns. | Pasadena Police Department

Brickbat: Friendly Fire

Charles Oliver | 6.25.2026 4:00 AM

A volunteer pulls a cart as he helps clean the River Thames. | Stephen Simpson/Photoshot/Newscom

Brickbat: No Good Deed

Charles Oliver | 6.24.2026 4:00 AM

A U.S. Army uniform with a Recruiting patch on the shoulder, with an American flag in the distance. | Illustration: Bumbleedee/Dreamstime/United States Army

Brickbat: Sign Here

Charles Oliver | 6.23.2026 4:00 AM

The sign of Big Back's Cajun Kitchen in College Park, Georgia | Big Back’s Cajun Kitchen/Instagram

Brickbat: Taking a Bite

Charles Oliver | 6.22.2026 4:00 AM

Daniel Grand stands in the middle of a synagogue. | Alliance Defending Freedom

Brickbat: Without a Prayer

Charles Oliver | 6.19.2026 4:00 AM

The sign of the SoLIT Café in Montreal, Quebec | SoLIT Café/Instagram

Brickbat: Sacré Bleu

Charles Oliver | 6.18.2026 4:00 AM

Brickbat: In Your Own Words

Charles Oliver | 6.17.2026 4:00 AM

Green Party of England and Wales leader Zack Polanski holds his fist in the air in front of a crowd of supporters. | FIN/Capital Pictures / MEGA / Newscom/UCGBR/Newscom

Brickbat: Keeping a List

Charles Oliver | 6.16.2026 4:00 AM

A young boy tentatively gets on a yellow school bus. | imageBROKER/Unai Huizi/Newscom

Brickbat: Get Off the Bus

Charles Oliver | 6.15.2026 4:00 AM

A doctor and a nurse walk down the hall of a hospital. | GORODENKOFF PRODUCTIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Newscom

Brickbat: Volunteer Medicine

Charles Oliver | 6.12.2026 4:00 AM

Fallyn-Rollins-v1 | Illustration: Midjourney

Government employees

Brickbat: 'Less Serious' Theft

Charles Oliver | 6.11.2026 4:00 AM

Denver Golmon's mug shot against a backdrop of chain link fencing | Illustration: Hammond Police Department/Dmitrii Melnikov/Dreamstime

Brickbat: Rats and Roosters

Charles Oliver | 6.10.2026 4:00 AM

Stacks of tires for sale | Aniloracru/Dreamstime

Brickbat: ReTired

Charles Oliver | 6.9.2026 4:00 AM

A man uses a cell phone in front of the German flag. | Illustration: Mehaniq41 & Farknot/Envato

Brickbat: Regulated Reliability

Charles Oliver | 6.8.2026 4:00 AM

Former New York Police Department Detective Saul Arismendy De La Cruz's mug shot | Illustration: Federal Bureau of Investigation/Julian Johnson/Dreamstime

Brickbat: A Friend on the Inside

Charles Oliver | 6.4.2026 4:00 AM

Macon-Bibb County Planning & Zoning Commission | The Macon Newsroom/Instagram

Brickbat: Bad Memory

Charles Oliver | 6.3.2026 4:00 AM

Chief Earl Mayo of the New Chicago, Indiana, Police Department | New Chicago, Indiana Police Department

Brickbat: Pawned Off

Charles Oliver | 6.2.2026 4:00 AM

Matthew Warden's mug shot | Illustration: Washington County Sheriff's Office/Noah Strycker/Dreamstime

Brickbat: Who's Laughing Now?

Charles Oliver | 6.1.2026 4:00 AM

Santa Clara County Main Jail Complex in San Jose, California | Illustration: County of Santa Clara/Xnatedawgx/Wikimedia Commons

Brickbat: From Guard to Inmate

Charles Oliver | 5.29.2026 4:00 AM

A comic cell of a man in a pawn shop | Illustrations: Peter Bagge

Brickbats: June 2026

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world

Charles Oliver and Peter Bagge | 5.28.2026 6:00 AM

A black and a maroon Dodge Durango, one alongside the other | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Color Blind

Charles Oliver | 5.28.2026 4:00 AM

J. Marvin Jones Federal Building and Mary Lou Robinson United States Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas | The Amarillo Tribune/Instagram

Government employees

Brickbat: Help Yourself

Charles Oliver | 5.27.2026 4:00 AM

Close-up of a man's handcuffed hands as a police officer leads him away. | Illustration: DPST/Newscom/Roman Milert/Dreamstime

Brickbat: Cop Out

Charles Oliver | 5.26.2026 4:00 AM

Mug shot of T'Nae Harrell against the backdrop of police lights | Illustration: Lubbock Police Department/Midjourney

Brickbat: Texas Trouble

Charles Oliver | 5.25.2026 4:00 AM

Derreck Dean's mug shot against a backdrop of police lights | Illustration: Arlington Police Department/Elliott Cowand Jr./Dreamstime

Brickbat: Follow You Home

Charles Oliver | 5.22.2026 4:00 AM

Elderly people sit around a table with empty plates, in front of a picture of meat. | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Where's the Beef?

Charles Oliver | 5.21.2026 4:00 AM

Grainy black-and-white image from an undercover video that caught two Winnipeg police officers stealing. | Manitoba Court of King’s Bench

Brickbat: Failing the Test

Charles Oliver | 5.20.2026 4:00 AM

A cell phone with a facial scanning app | Illustration: Midjourney/Prykhodov/Dreamstime/Open Rights Group

Brickbat: Let's See Some ID

Charles Oliver | 5.19.2026 4:00 AM

Orange County Sheriff SUV and a Welcome to Florida sign | Illustration: Jillian Cain/Wellesenterprises/Dreamstime/Midjourney

Brickbat: The Happiest Place on Earth

Charles Oliver | 5.18.2026 4:00 AM

No plastic | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Not Fantastic

Charles Oliver | 5.15.2026 4:00 AM

Zachary Krug's mug shot | Illustration: Florida Highway Patrol/Christopher Beckett/Sipa USA/Newscom

Brickbat: Slow Down

Charles Oliver | 5.14.2026 4:00 AM

Amsterdam climate change ad ban | Illustration: Midjourney

Brickbat: Red Meat Issues

Charles Oliver | 5.13.2026 4:00 AM

An officer sits at attention in front of the seal of the Washington, D.C. Metro Police Department. | Illustration: Leodavidson/Wikimedia Commons/Midjourney

Brickbat: What Is Crime?

Charles Oliver | 5.12.2026 4:00 AM

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