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Mike Peterson
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Cartoons critic, history buff, retired editor, reporter, business and education writer. Amateur dog walker.
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As the lady said, "His mind is up his sleeve, and his talk is make believe." Come join Brendan Loper, Dave Granlund, Dennis Goris, Guy Venables, Jeff Stahler, Kevin Kallaugher, Matt Golding, Nick Anderson & Zez Vas
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CSotD: A Mind Up His Sleeve
I don’t know that Loper has pinned down the entire Bad Bunny controversey, but he made me laugh and that’s a good thing. Certainly, in the days after the Super Bowl, I’ve seen lots of praise and suppo...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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Don't blame Dear Leader: He's suffering from a staff infection. Come join Cathy Wilcox, Christian Adams, Clay Jones, Ed Stein, Ella Baron, Guy Venables, Jon Ostrove, Mike Smith, Monte Wolverton & Peter Brookes
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CSotD: Staff Infections & Other Excuses
I hit “record” and shut off the Super Bowl last night, knowing I’d wake up to a bunch of spoilers. However, as I write this, I don’t know who won because as I went through social media picking out car...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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Exploring Dear Leader's move to change our system of elections. Come join Chip Bok, Clay Bennett, Gregory Kearney, Matt Davies, Mike Smith, Nick Anderson, Paul Duginski, Phil Hands, RJ Matson, Rob Rogers & Robert Ariail
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CSotD: Ballots and Bull
Bennett’s commentary on Dear Leader’s interference with the election process is particularly apt, because, like the destruction of the East Wing of the White House, it has no legislative backing, came...
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February 8, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Rats, cats, groundhogs, lawyers and so forth. Have a few laughs with Bliss, Ellis Rosen, Garth German, Jonesy, Joy of Tech, Looney Tunes, Matt Pritchett, Paul Noth, Rick Maynard, Rubes, the Other Coast & Zits
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CSotD: Son of Saturday Morning Comics
A little late, dated four days after the Big Event, but if you remove the glands under their legs, they reportedly cook up like rabbit or chicken. However, don’t try to eat Phil. Nothing about sentime...
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February 7, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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As we watch the Washington Post collapse, CSotD is turning sweet 16 and going strong. Come join Adam Zyglis, Antonio Rodriguez, Dennis Goris, Ink Pen, Nick Anderson & Paolo Lombardi
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CSotD: Episode 5844
As DD Degg reported the other day, the ridiculously deep cuts at the Washington Post are making most observers feel that either Jeff Bezos is a raving incompetent or he has lost interest in the toy he...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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Congratulations to Vietnam for joining the club of liars who create malicious fakes. Thought only the Russians could make fools of so many gullible Americans.

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Fact Check: Stephen Colbert And Jon Stewart Did NOT Host 'Freedom And Justice' Show About Virginia Giuffre Death -- Spam From Vietnam
Did Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart host a "Freedom and Justice" TV show to discuss the death of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre that reached one billion views globally? No, that's not true: There is ...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Lies, errors and wishful thinking: Sorting through the fakery in search of valid points. Come join Bill Mitchell, Drew Sheneman, Gary Varvel, Gregory Kearney, Joe Heller, Joel Pett & Steve Kelley
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CSotD: Falling For The Fakery
As the Rock Man told Oblio, “You see what you want to see, and you hear what you want to hear.” The point — no pun intended — is that “You got to open your mind as well as your eyes. But first you got...
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February 5, 2026 at 12:44 PM
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Eighth grade graduation exists because there was a time when that was all the education you needed. But even then, nobody passed with this stunning level of absolute ignorance.
February 4, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Groundhog Day is over, now it's Camel Day! Celebrate along with Arlo & Janis, Betty, Daddy's Home, Deflocked, Joe Dator, Madam & Eve, Non Sequitur, Off the Mark, Speed Bump & Tom Toro
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CSotD: A Camel, not a Woodchuck
Mike Mike Mike knows what day it is. And now so do you!I agree with Parisi: The distance and anonymity of the Internet lets people say things they’d never say face-to-face. You have to be a close rela...
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February 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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Facing the banality of evil and the evil of indifference. Come join Adam Zyglis, Bill Bramhall, Chip Bok, Lalo Alcaraz, Maarten Wolterink, Patrick Chappatte, Rick McKee, Ward Sutton & Zapiro
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CSotD: Snakes in the Snow
I think I’ve seen just about enough cartoons that play upon the I.C.E./ice coincidence. We’re having an exceptionally tough winter and facing an exceptionally draconian private army. But neither will ...
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February 3, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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Some news is hard to swallow. Come join Aislin, Andryi Petrenko, Ann Telnaes, Brewster Rocket, Dave Whamond, Doonesbury, Gary Huck, Graeme MacKay, Gregory Kearney, Guy Body, John Auchter, Michael de Adder, Mikail Çiftçi, Paul Noth, Peter Broelman, Ratt & Truant Cartoons -- Link in first comment
February 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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Some news is hard to swallow. Come join Aislin, Andryi Petrenko, Ann Telnaes, Brewster Rocket, Dave Whamond, Doonesbury, Gary Huck, Graeme Mackay, Greg Kearney, Guy Body, John Auchter, Michael de Adder, Mikail Çiftçi, Paul Noth, Peter Broelman, Ratt & Truant
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CSotD: Monday Morning Coming Down
Today is a sort of cartoonists’ holiday. Nobody takes Groundhog Day seriously, except the Chamber of Commerce in Punxsutawney, obviously, but there it is and gag cartoonists can pop out something and ...
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February 2, 2026 at 12:09 PM
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What is the well-dressed Stepford Wife wearing today?
February 1, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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What is on trial is not Don Lemon or Georgia Fort. It is the First Amendment and our right to know what's going on. Come join Benjamin Slyngstad, Deb Milbrath, Dennis Goris, Garthtoons, Jeff Danziger, Max Espinoza, Paul Fell & Steve Kelley. Link in the first comment.
February 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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Trump paid $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and now wants $10 billion because a leaker pointed that out www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Trump Lawsuit Against IRS Puts Him on Both Sides of the Same Case
President Trump’s lawsuit against the government that he runs presents a mind-bending minefield of conflicts that could end with his appointees approving a federal payout to him.
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February 1, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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What is on trial is not Don Lemon or Georgia Fort. It is the First Amendment and our right to know what's going on. Come join Benjamin Slyngstad, Deb Milbrath, Dennis Goris, Garth German, Jeff Danziger, Max Espinoza, Paul Fell & Steve Kelley
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CSotD: The Press Under Pressure
Danziger explained it all back in 2018, but it’s a much older story than that. For Americans, as everyone who paid attention in high school social studies knows, the issue of press freedom was raised ...
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February 1, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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We'll mostly skip politics this morning. Pour a bowl of Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs and come join Benjamin Slyngstad, Betty, Brevity, La Cucaracha, Lola, Madam & Eve, Monty, Off the Mark, Paul Noth, Reality Check, Speed Bump & Tom Toro
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CSotD: Saturday Morning Apolitical Cartoons
I was prepared to jump right into this very non-comical story, and the AAEC has released a statement on it, but I didn’t find enough cartoons this morning on the topic, so it’ll have to wait. But Slyn...
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January 31, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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If you're striking today, here's an excellent place not to spend money! But we've got reviews from Clay Bennett, Clay Jones, David Horsey, Drew Sheneman, Ed Wexler, Guy Venables, Jimmy Margulies, John Buss & Matt Davies
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CSotD: Striking the Set
In case you hadn’t heard, there’s a national strike going on today to protest ICE, with the slogan “No work, No school, No shopping,” and Matt Davies suggests some alternatives: A quiet walk on the be...
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January 30, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Former DHS Chief of Staff Miles Taylor wrote the Executive Order that Dear Leader claims gives him and Tulsi Gabbard the right to steal ballots in Georgia. It most certainly does not, as Taylor explains:

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Why we should worry that Trump's spy chief was spotted at an FBI raid of an election office
The incident is beyond suspicious. In fact, it’s a real-time flag of potential corruption — and the president's ambition to rig the coming elections.
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January 29, 2026 at 7:28 PM
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Making a choice of weapons for our next Civil War. Come join Benjamin Slyngstad, Bill Bramhall, Dennis Goris, Drew Sheneman, Garth German, Jack Ohman, Nick Anderson, Patrick Chappatte, Ratt, Steve Brodner & Steve Kelley
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CSotD: Weapons of Mass Destruction
Anderson nails our current situation well in his latest piece, and addresses a matter that has bothered me for several years.As you can see from his sig, Ratt introduced the concept six years ago. I l...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Things are still up in the air, but real change is one of those things. Come join Ben Jennings, Bill Bramhall, Gary Varvel, Greg Kearney, Kevin Kallaugher, Marc Murphy, Matt Wuerker, Mike Lester, Nick Anderson, Rob Rogers & Ted Rall
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CSotD: Our Story So Far
A change is as good as a rest, and we’ve seen significant change in the past few days. But, as Bramhall notes, we’re still digging out and far from any resolution. However, we’re starting to see where...
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January 28, 2026 at 12:26 PM
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While we let the new political developments settle and look for honest men, we're celebrating Hump Day early, with Bliss, Brevity, David Sipress, Existential Comics, Ivan Ehlers, Lio, the Duplex & the Other Coast.
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CSotD: An Early Hump Day
Neither, thanks. Given the semi-news out of Minneapolis and Washington, this seems like a good day to avoid political pontificating until we see what’s going on. It’s not time to celebrate and it’s ce...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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My senators had been silent on the appropriations bill so I emailed them about voting against further funding for ICE. They announced that they will vote against the bill, because lots of us were in touch. Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.
January 26, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
O when may it suffice?
That is Heaven's part, our part
To murmur name upon name,
As a mother names her child
When sleep at last has come
On limbs that had run wild.

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Easter, 1916
I have passed with a nod of the head Or polite meaningless words, Or have lingered awhile and said Polite meaningless words, And thought before I had done Of a mocking tale or a gibe To please a compa...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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I think the world is on to us. Come join Ben Jennings, Burkhard Mohr, Christopher Downes, David Pope, Franco Juri, Graeme MacKay, Harry Burton, Jonesy, Kamal Sharaf, Morten Morland, Osama Hajjaj, Patrick Chappatte, Peter De Wit & Theo Moudakis
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CSotD: I Think They’re On To Us
Morland summed up the World Economic Forum in Davos by showing totally knackered leaders and one little fellow blissfully tucked in and sleeping, with his toys scattered around to suggest who was resp...
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January 26, 2026 at 12:49 PM