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FLASH! Mouse terrorizes Pacifica Network
While the Pacifica network anxiously awaits a July 3, 2025 court date in which a California judge could rule that the so-called "New Dawn" bylaws are illegal, a terror is stalking the network's social media: a cartoon-wielding mouse.
FLASH! Mouse terrorizes Pacifica Network!
June 24, 2025. Part 1 of a 2 part series.
WARNING: The following GrayerZone article contains a cartoon which may instill fear in New Dawn supporters. Please consult your doctor before continuing to read.
While the Pacifica network anxiously awaits a July 3, 2025 court date in which a California judge could rule that the so-called "New Dawn" bylaws are illegal, a terror is stalking the network's social media: a cartoon-wielding mouse.
This GrayerZone investigative journalist revealed the controversial "DOPE" cartoon (see cartoon and its caption, below) is the work of Anon E. Mouse. We caught up with her at a popular cheese bar.
Note: Here is the caption of the offending cartoon:
DOPE
The Department of Pacifica Efficiency
Official Announcement
Starting last month, DOPE's new head, Jan Musk, has been using her golden chainsaw to slash Pacifica Bylaws, Local Station Boards (LSB), and LSB meetings as well. "Fewer Bylaws, fewer board members, fewer meetings. It's more efficient," said Musk. "Time is money, and Pacifica needs to save MONEY!" Musk has introduced the novel idea that LSB members can be replaced by avatars and AI. "In person meetings are so wasteful," she said.
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GZ: Anon, what prompted you to ink the "DOPE" cartoon?
Anon: It's pretty simple, Max. One day in October, 2019 I tuned in to WBAI and I heard an announcer saying I was listening to KPFA! I thought I was going crazy. All day long, it was KPFA, KPFA, KPFA. WBAI was gone. It was like The Twilight Zone.
GZ: Gotcha. A GrayerZone investigation revealed some of the same personnel behind the October 2019 coup at WBAI are behind Jan Musk and New Dawn.
Anon: Correct. The group could change their name, but not their faces. It's no coincidence that in my cartoon Jan Musk bears an uncanny resemblance to Jan GoodDem.
GZ: Didn't New Dawn lose two referenda that would've made Pacifica less democratic?
Anon: Affirmative. The court ruled that they lost. But GoodDem lied about losing and tried to pull a fast one once her New Dawn faction took over the Pacifica National Board. She would drop her lawsuit and "settle" with herself, essentially. Presto! A drastic Bylaws change without a referendum.
GZ: ...which is a violation of the bylaws. What was GoodDem's lie?
Anon: Let's call it "confusion"---Jan's a lawyer, and she's litigious like white on rice.. GoodDem accused WBAI programmers of being cheats--because they weren't dumb enough to give up fair representation on the national board. Show me a State that would give up one of its two Senators because smaller government is more "efficient." New Dawn bylaws shrink staff reps on the PNB from 5 down to 2.
GZ: And they shrink the boards and disempower them, too, right?
Anon: You've done your homework, Max.
GZ: The GrayerZone has been covering Gaza. Millions of Palestinians are starving and when they try to get so-called "humanitarian aid" they're being gunned down. They feel unsafe. Ditto for the undocumented immigrants being kidnapped by armed ICE agents. The whole community feels unsafe. How do you account for a single cartoon terrorizing the Pacifica network?
Anon: I dunno, Max. Some people are just afraid of mice. After all, we're talking about hardened activists who catch tear gas canisters in their teeth and spit them back at the cops.
At this point a white woman wielding a golden chainsaw and sporting a red baseball cap reading "Make Pacifica Great Again" burst into the cheese bar, interrupting our interview.
GZ: It's Jan Musk---I mean, GoodDem!
Jan: Hand over that cartoon!
GZ: Just a minute, Jan. You can't---
Jan: The hell I can't! This is TEXAS. KPFT Land! And in Texas and Florida it's illegal to publish stuff that makes other people feel UNCOMFORTABLE! In fact, that's why we took you and The GrayerZone off the air at KPFK! And we put Ian MasterRace back on---he makes me feel uber-safe!
GZ: You're just like Columbia University, trying to squelch Free Speech---
Jan: Not at all! Zionist students claimed they felt unsafe as an excuse to silence critics of Israel. But I really feel unsafe! That's got to stop! Ask the anti-bullying trainer I inclusively hired to put a stop to you Critical Pacifica Theorists! That mouse has been seen holding up a sign in ?Zoom meetings that says "New Dawn Bylaws Are Illegal!" The sight of it is SO disruptive to our meetings run so efficiently by Parliamentary Procedure! Ask Fred Doddering!
Just then an African American woman walked into the cheese bar.
Jan: Anna PeaceMusker! I'm so glad to see you. I'm feeling EXTREMELY unsafe! Would you care to share a Viva Che Cheese plate? With a side of white rice?
Anna: Did you say "unsafe?" Miss Jan? I'll have a Mucho Mao Matcha Latte with soy milk. Hey, you look sharp in that red Make Pacifica Great Again hat! Wait----did you see this? It went viral!
Anna PeaceMusker held up her phone.
Anna: It’s that Māori woman doing a haka in Parliament in New Zealand!
Jan: YES! THAT WAS SO DIVERSE! Those Māoris shut down Parliament. And I hear they got punished for it. That's so racist! Anyway, back to ME! I feel extremely unsafe. It's this horrible cartoon of me! That mouse bully over there drew it!
Anna: I feel you, Miss Jan, I don't even want to SEE the cartoon! Pacifica cannot abide by bullies. Pacifica stands for PEACE! Everyone has to feel 110% safe all the time!
Jan: Anyone who disagrees with New Dawn Bylaws and expresses that disagreement makes me and ALL New Dawn supporters feel unsafe!...In fact, I'm afraid to be in the same ROOM with those bullies!
An older white couple wearing cowboy hats walked up to Jan's table just as a wait staff person was delivering their order.
Jan: Why, if it isn't Bill Crosspurposes and Susan Old from KPFT! How are you,?
Bill: Why, I'm fi--- I mean, I'm feelin' mighty unsafe.
Susan: Me, too, Jan. Unsafe! Mnnnn... that white rice looks good. I think I'll order some. That reminds me--Bill and I were just talking about how we discussed the Bylaws in our Top Secret Executive Session, so if those pesky CPT board members talk about "The Bylaws" in public...
Bill: HA HA HA HA..... they could be VIOLATING the Confidentiality Agreement they all had to sign... so...Poof! One vote and they're off the board!
Anna: It's funny how often I'm hearing and seeing that word "unsafe" at Local Station Board meetings and in social media posted by New Dawn supporters. Maybe you guys need some security, in case you have an in person meeting!
Jan: What a brilliant idea! Bill, do you think the same armed guards we---I mean, some OTHERS----hired to seize WBAI in October 2019 are available?
Susan: The PNB will support it! Those Critical Pacifica Theorist bullies are violating New Dawn Safety Rules!! All bullies and bullying cartoons and opinions must be muted, have their cameras disabled, be thrown off the board, have their membership revoked by the Executive Director, and be sent to The Waiting Room---permanently!
The New Dawn group turned and stared at this journalist and Anon E. Mouse as we quietly nibbled on a cheese plate.
Anna: Especially when the bully is... is.. is.. a MOUSE?!!! EEEEEEEE!
End, Part 1.
Disclaimer: This is what's known as a "satire." AFAIK it's constitutionally protected Free Speech, which meets the New Dawn definition of "bullying." It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, approved by, endorsed, or smell anything like a stinky cheese or Pacifica Foundation..
June 24, 2025. Part 1 of a 2 part series.
WARNING: The following GrayerZone article contains a cartoon which may instill fear in New Dawn supporters. Please consult your doctor before continuing to read.
While the Pacifica network anxiously awaits a July 3, 2025 court date in which a California judge could rule that the so-called "New Dawn" bylaws are illegal, a terror is stalking the network's social media: a cartoon-wielding mouse.
This GrayerZone investigative journalist revealed the controversial "DOPE" cartoon (see cartoon and its caption, below) is the work of Anon E. Mouse. We caught up with her at a popular cheese bar.
Note: Here is the caption of the offending cartoon:
DOPE
The Department of Pacifica Efficiency
Official Announcement
Starting last month, DOPE's new head, Jan Musk, has been using her golden chainsaw to slash Pacifica Bylaws, Local Station Boards (LSB), and LSB meetings as well. "Fewer Bylaws, fewer board members, fewer meetings. It's more efficient," said Musk. "Time is money, and Pacifica needs to save MONEY!" Musk has introduced the novel idea that LSB members can be replaced by avatars and AI. "In person meetings are so wasteful," she said.
================
GZ: Anon, what prompted you to ink the "DOPE" cartoon?
Anon: It's pretty simple, Max. One day in October, 2019 I tuned in to WBAI and I heard an announcer saying I was listening to KPFA! I thought I was going crazy. All day long, it was KPFA, KPFA, KPFA. WBAI was gone. It was like The Twilight Zone.
GZ: Gotcha. A GrayerZone investigation revealed some of the same personnel behind the October 2019 coup at WBAI are behind Jan Musk and New Dawn.
Anon: Correct. The group could change their name, but not their faces. It's no coincidence that in my cartoon Jan Musk bears an uncanny resemblance to Jan GoodDem.
GZ: Didn't New Dawn lose two referenda that would've made Pacifica less democratic?
Anon: Affirmative. The court ruled that they lost. But GoodDem lied about losing and tried to pull a fast one once her New Dawn faction took over the Pacifica National Board. She would drop her lawsuit and "settle" with herself, essentially. Presto! A drastic Bylaws change without a referendum.
GZ: ...which is a violation of the bylaws. What was GoodDem's lie?
Anon: Let's call it "confusion"---Jan's a lawyer, and she's litigious like white on rice.. GoodDem accused WBAI programmers of being cheats--because they weren't dumb enough to give up fair representation on the national board. Show me a State that would give up one of its two Senators because smaller government is more "efficient." New Dawn bylaws shrink staff reps on the PNB from 5 down to 2.
GZ: And they shrink the boards and disempower them, too, right?
Anon: You've done your homework, Max.
GZ: The GrayerZone has been covering Gaza. Millions of Palestinians are starving and when they try to get so-called "humanitarian aid" they're being gunned down. They feel unsafe. Ditto for the undocumented immigrants being kidnapped by armed ICE agents. The whole community feels unsafe. How do you account for a single cartoon terrorizing the Pacifica network?
Anon: I dunno, Max. Some people are just afraid of mice. After all, we're talking about hardened activists who catch tear gas canisters in their teeth and spit them back at the cops.
At this point a white woman wielding a golden chainsaw and sporting a red baseball cap reading "Make Pacifica Great Again" burst into the cheese bar, interrupting our interview.
GZ: It's Jan Musk---I mean, GoodDem!
Jan: Hand over that cartoon!
GZ: Just a minute, Jan. You can't---
Jan: The hell I can't! This is TEXAS. KPFT Land! And in Texas and Florida it's illegal to publish stuff that makes other people feel UNCOMFORTABLE! In fact, that's why we took you and The GrayerZone off the air at KPFK! And we put Ian MasterRace back on---he makes me feel uber-safe!
GZ: You're just like Columbia University, trying to squelch Free Speech---
Jan: Not at all! Zionist students claimed they felt unsafe as an excuse to silence critics of Israel. But I really feel unsafe! That's got to stop! Ask the anti-bullying trainer I inclusively hired to put a stop to you Critical Pacifica Theorists! That mouse has been seen holding up a sign in ?Zoom meetings that says "New Dawn Bylaws Are Illegal!" The sight of it is SO disruptive to our meetings run so efficiently by Parliamentary Procedure! Ask Fred Doddering!
Just then an African American woman walked into the cheese bar.
Jan: Anna PeaceMusker! I'm so glad to see you. I'm feeling EXTREMELY unsafe! Would you care to share a Viva Che Cheese plate? With a side of white rice?
Anna: Did you say "unsafe?" Miss Jan? I'll have a Mucho Mao Matcha Latte with soy milk. Hey, you look sharp in that red Make Pacifica Great Again hat! Wait----did you see this? It went viral!
Anna PeaceMusker held up her phone.
Anna: It’s that Māori woman doing a haka in Parliament in New Zealand!
Jan: YES! THAT WAS SO DIVERSE! Those Māoris shut down Parliament. And I hear they got punished for it. That's so racist! Anyway, back to ME! I feel extremely unsafe. It's this horrible cartoon of me! That mouse bully over there drew it!
Anna: I feel you, Miss Jan, I don't even want to SEE the cartoon! Pacifica cannot abide by bullies. Pacifica stands for PEACE! Everyone has to feel 110% safe all the time!
Jan: Anyone who disagrees with New Dawn Bylaws and expresses that disagreement makes me and ALL New Dawn supporters feel unsafe!...In fact, I'm afraid to be in the same ROOM with those bullies!
An older white couple wearing cowboy hats walked up to Jan's table just as a wait staff person was delivering their order.
Jan: Why, if it isn't Bill Crosspurposes and Susan Old from KPFT! How are you,?
Bill: Why, I'm fi--- I mean, I'm feelin' mighty unsafe.
Susan: Me, too, Jan. Unsafe! Mnnnn... that white rice looks good. I think I'll order some. That reminds me--Bill and I were just talking about how we discussed the Bylaws in our Top Secret Executive Session, so if those pesky CPT board members talk about "The Bylaws" in public...
Bill: HA HA HA HA..... they could be VIOLATING the Confidentiality Agreement they all had to sign... so...Poof! One vote and they're off the board!
Anna: It's funny how often I'm hearing and seeing that word "unsafe" at Local Station Board meetings and in social media posted by New Dawn supporters. Maybe you guys need some security, in case you have an in person meeting!
Jan: What a brilliant idea! Bill, do you think the same armed guards we---I mean, some OTHERS----hired to seize WBAI in October 2019 are available?
Susan: The PNB will support it! Those Critical Pacifica Theorist bullies are violating New Dawn Safety Rules!! All bullies and bullying cartoons and opinions must be muted, have their cameras disabled, be thrown off the board, have their membership revoked by the Executive Director, and be sent to The Waiting Room---permanently!
The New Dawn group turned and stared at this journalist and Anon E. Mouse as we quietly nibbled on a cheese plate.
Anna: Especially when the bully is... is.. is.. a MOUSE?!!! EEEEEEEE!
End, Part 1.
Disclaimer: This is what's known as a "satire." AFAIK it's constitutionally protected Free Speech, which meets the New Dawn definition of "bullying." It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, approved by, endorsed, or smell anything like a stinky cheese or Pacifica Foundation..
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Instead they chose New Day. It’s like my daddy always said “Son, never trust a political group that names itself as if it was a feminine hygiene product.”
That was good advice then and better advice now.
I saw thru them from the get.