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Greek-American artist, cartoonist and filmmaker Nick Bougas has died at the age of 71, according to reports published on August 23, 2026. Bougas, an American documentary filmmaker, illustrator, record producer and cartoonist, became internationally known for the controversial and deeply antisemitic “Happy Merchant” image created under the pseudonym A. Wyatt Mann. The “Happy Merchant” became one of the internet’s most recognizable antisemitic memes. The caricature uses longstanding anti-Jewish stereotypes and has been widely circulated in extremist and hate-filled online communities. The Anti-Defamation League classifies the image as an antisemitic hate symbol. Bougas was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1955 and worked across several areas of underground American media. In addition to his cartooning, he directed documentary and mondo films, including the Death Scenes series and Speak of the Devil: The Canon of Anton LaVey. His connection to the “A. Wyatt Mann” pseudonym was reported by investigative journalism and subsequently documented by multiple sources, although Bougas himself never publicly confirmed the authorship. His cartoons from that period included racist and antisemitic material and were later repeatedly republished and transformed into internet memes. Bougas leaves behind a highly controversial legacy. While his work became influential in certain corners of underground and internet culture, the “Happy Merchant” remains a notorious example of antisemitic propaganda and has been condemned for promoting hateful stereotypes against Jews. Our condolences go to Nick Bougas’ family, friends and loved ones following his passing. May his memory be remembered with respect by those who knew him personally, while the hateful messages associated with some of his work remain firmly recognized for what they were.

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Pat Buchanan ran so the anti-AIPAC’er’s of today could walk. Ron Paul, Thomas Massie, MTG, Gaetz, and recently some of the Democrats. Over four days in August 1990, ahead of the Gulf War, Pat Buchanan did three things. 1) On the 25th he wrote a column naming four men he held responsible for pushing war: Rosenthal, Perle, Krauthammer, and Kissinger, all of them Jewish. 2) On the 26th, on The McLaughlin Group, he said the only groups beating the drums were the Israeli Defense Ministry and its "amen corner" in the United States. 3) On the 29th he wrote that if war came, the fighting would be done by "kids with names like McAllister, Murphy, Gonzales and Leroy Brown." This got him permanently severed from mainstream neoconservatism but laid the groundwork for modern American right-wing populism — paleoconservstism, which was eventually hijacked by MAGA.

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