MATTHEW FILIPOWICZ was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska and has been writing and performing comedy in one form or another since he was seventeen. Along with John Shay, he co-created Headzup, the world's first daily political cartoon created for video-enabled cell phones and the internet.

With more than 450 episodes in circulation, Headzup is syndicated across multiple outlets, including YouTube, Revver, Short Brain TV and GoLeft TV. His cartoons have been featured on CNN, HBO, PBS, NPR, the BBC, Ain't It Cool News, the online versions of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Atlantic and the London Times, as well as on Air America's Ring Of Fire, The Thom Hartman show, The Young Turks and throughout the blogosphere, including Crooks & Liars, Brave New Films, and Daily Kos.

He currently lives in Chicago, Illinois where he performs and screens cartoons every Saturday night with his comedy group, The Accountants of Homeland Security.


Visit his website and follow him on Twitter.

Blog Entries by Matthew Filipowicz

"God Hates Lady Gaga" Fred Phelps Sings!

Posted December 31, 2009 | 04:10 PM (EST)


Fred Phelps has made a name for himself bringing hate to the world through his ministry, the Westboro Baptist Church, and his website "God Hates Fags".

He protested outside Matthew Sheppard's funeral. He protested the funerals of soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. He...

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Ask Budweiser to Step Down From the Chamber of Commerce

2 Comments | Posted December 29, 2009 | 08:21 PM (EST)


Many companies have quit the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over its extreme anti-environmental views and actions. Apple has quit. Nike has quit. Exelon and Pacific Gas and Electric have also quit.

One of the companies, however, that has yet to quit is Anheuser-Busch, the makers of...

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Obama Dresses As Santa Claus, Meets With Children

4 Comments | Posted December 23, 2009 | 10:40 AM (EST)


After several unpopular compromises on health care reform, and after the revelation that the White House didn't put any pressure on Joe Lieberman to support the public option, President Barack Obama decided to do something to bring a little holiday cheer to the White House. He...

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Obama Quits, Cedes Presidency to Lieberman

8 Comments | Posted December 15, 2009 | 06:42 PM (EST)


You might think that Joe Lieberman is happy. And he is.

With his threats of a filibuster, he successfully got Harry Reid and Barack Obama to remove the public option and Medicare buy-in from the Senate health care bill.

But, as you will see in this...

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Glenn Beck Proves Carbon Dioxide Is Safe

2 Comments | Posted December 7, 2009 | 11:33 PM (EST)


With the Copenhagen climate talks under way, Glenn Beck wants America to know that he is not happy with Barack Obama or the Environmental Protection Agency. He is not happy that the EPA has said that

Greenhouse gases "threaten the public health and welfare of the American...
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Zombie Reagan Fails The Reagan Test

3 Comments | Posted November 27, 2009 | 11:02 AM (EST)


As you most likely have heard, the RNC is proposing a Ronald Reagan Republican purity test. And if a Republican politician were to fail that test, they would no longer receive any funding from the RNC.

The problem is, that Ronald Reagan himself would have failed the Ronald...

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Sarah Palin Goes Rogue On Martha Stewart

11 Comments | Posted November 23, 2009 | 10:18 AM (EST)


As you may have heard, in an interview on CNN's Showbiz Tonight, Martha Stewart had some less than flattering things to say about Sarah Palin. Stewart said of Palin

She's very boring to me, very boring. And a very, to me, kind of a dangerous person. I...
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Twilight: New Moon Werewolf Denied Health Care

Posted November 20, 2009 | 10:51 AM (EST)


The Twilight Saga: New Moon opened last night, and already swarms of movie goers have packed theaters to see the continuing saga of vampires, werewolves and emo teens.

However, those who have witnessed the film, have not seen the entire story.

In this exclusive deleted scene, the character of...

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Rush Limbaugh & Sarah Palin: The Extended Cut

5 Comments | Posted November 18, 2009 | 12:32 PM (EST)


The Sarah Palin book-tour-apalooza kept trucking along this week. After rogue interviews with Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters, Sarah took to the airwaves with a man who not only liked her book, but called it

One of the most substantive policy books I've read

And that is no...

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Rudy Giuliani Explains Republican Cowardice

2 Comments | Posted November 17, 2009 | 02:33 PM (EST)


After the announcement that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 defendants will stand trial in New York, right wing panic set in. Countless Republicans took to the airwaves to let the world know that they don't believe in the capabilities of the American justice system.

John Boehner...

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Tom Cruise Talks About Beating Disobedient Scientologists

Posted November 11, 2009 | 03:39 PM (EST)


As you may have seen, the New York Daily News is reporting that a top lieutenant in the Church of Scientology is claiming that Tom Cruise offered to:

Personally "beat the living [bleep]" out of disobedient Scientologists

Leading Scientologists, and Cruise's lawyer have disputed the claim. And now,...

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Rupert Murdoch Plans To Block More Than Just Google

7 Comments | Posted November 9, 2009 | 10:19 PM (EST)


As you might have heard, Rupert Murdoch, the Chairman and CEO of News Corp., stated in an interview with Sky News Australia that

He will remove stories from Google's search index as a way to encourage people to pay for content online.

News Corp. owns the Wall Street...

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Carrie Prejean Discusses Her Sex Tape

24 Comments | Posted November 5, 2009 | 09:53 PM (EST)


It's being reported that former Miss California Carrie Prejean, who was suing the Miss California organization for religious discrimination, has settled her lawsuit without pocketing any of the over one million dollars she had requested. The reason? Two words. Sex tape.

TMZ is reporting

Carrie Prejean demanded...

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WATCH: The Scariest White House Halloween Costume

Posted October 29, 2009 | 08:25 PM (EST)


With Halloween just around the corner, some folks in the White House are getting into the spooky spirit. Namely, Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.

We have obtained exclusive footage of Gibbs revealing to President Obama what can easily be described as "the most frightening Halloween costume of all time".

Be...

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Exclusive Preview of Oprah's Interview With Sarah Palin

10 Comments | Posted October 26, 2009 | 01:39 PM (EST)


As you most likely have heard, Sarah Palin has a book coming out entitled Going Rogue. But Palin isn't just "going rogue" or "writing rogue". She's "living rogue". Because what can be more rogue than going on the TV show of one of President Obama's biggest supporters?

Well,...

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My City Is Being Invaded by Banksters

3 Comments | Posted October 23, 2009 | 08:09 PM (EST)


In mere days, my city, Chicago will be overrun by the worst of the worst. The lowest of the low. Criminals who have affected more lives than any mugger, killer, or gangster. My city is going to be overrun by Banksters.

See, the American Bankers Association is holding...

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LeBron James Dunks on George W. Bush's Ass

2 Comments | Posted October 23, 2009 | 12:41 PM (EST)


As you may have heard, in an interview with Maxim magazine, NBA superstar LeBron James was asked

If there was one guy on the planet you could dunk on, who would it be?

The Cleveland Cavaliers star had a surprising response. He said:

If it doesn't have...

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Rush Limbaugh Reveals His St. Louis Rams Uniform Design

12 Comments | Posted October 13, 2009 | 06:21 PM (EST)


As you have most likely heard, the head of the Republican party, Rush Limbaugh, is attempting to purchase the St. Louis Rams NFL franchise.

Needless to say, he's excited about the opportunity. So much so, that should the sale go through, he's already designed a whole new uniform...

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WATCH: Max Baucus Explains His Screwing Over The American Public

9 Comments | Posted September 29, 2009 | 09:14 PM (EST)


As you most likely have heard, today Blue Dog Democrats in the Senate Finance Committee, led by Senator Max Baucus voted down amendments that would have added a public option to the Finance Committee bill.

Shortly after, Senator Baucus explained his reasons for screwing over the American public. Take...

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Chris Dodd Confronts WWE's Linda McMahon On Her Senate Candidacy

2 Comments | Posted September 21, 2009 | 02:56 PM (EST)


As you may have heard, last week we received some blockbuster news out of Connecticut, when Linda McMahon, CEO of the WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment, announced that she was stepping down from her position in the company to run for the Senate.

While McMahon announcing her...

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