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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� Trump is cool with disrespecting the dead if they're ...

Cartoon: No soul

December 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM

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A cartoon by David Horsey. Related |� Republican gushes at Trump over bailout needed due to his ...

Cartoon: The worm

December 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM

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The grotesque imbalance. ..

Cartoon: Top Heavy

December 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM

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A cartoon by Clay Jones. Related |� Netflix, this game was always ...

Cartoon: Bribe wars

December 12, 2025 at 1:18 AM

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Who’s the Last Person in the World to Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?

The person who’s been waging illegal wars

December 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM

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The clearest symptom yet of Trump’s mental decline

His brain is turning into sh*t

December 4, 2025 at 4:25 PM

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A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related |� Trump threatened him with death. Now the Pentagon will probe him.

Cartoon: Treason!

December 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM

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Sunday thought: The Bigot in the Oval Office

Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with hate

November 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM

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Gratitude

Thanksgiving thoughts

November 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM

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How Trump has raised the price of Thanksgiving

Let’s Talk Turkey

November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM

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Sunday thought

The rot at the top

November 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM

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don't go Mamdani. don't go

don’t go to the white house. taco will just use it as a photo opt to embarrass you and to humiliate you. history will repeat itself and he will attempt to do as much harm to nyc anyway. nyc does’t lik...

November 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM

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The real danger to press freedom has nothing to do with Trump's personal insults.

And everything to do with his threats to corporate media's profits.

November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM

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Cartoon: The only difference

A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related |� Epstein wasn’t really all that pedophile-y, says Megyn ...

November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM

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Cartoon: Save the children!

A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related |� Trump spews more lies about vaccines and autism and ... the Amish?

November 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM

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Cartoon: MAGA Trek

November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM

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Cartoon: But Trump said ...

A cartoon by Drew Sheneman. Related |� Trump has no idea how grocery stores ...

November 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM

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Sunday thought: Progress?

This week’s cave by Senate Democrats was a setback, but we’re still winning

November 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM

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A cartoon by Clay Bennett. Related |� GOP panics as Mamdani nears NYC mayoral ...

Cartoon: You're welcome

November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM

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The Sleeping Giant Awakens

The history of today

November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM

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Cartoon: JD Vance on Halloween

A cartoon by Pedro Molina. Related |� It sure seems like JD Vance doesn't give a sh-t about his ...

November 4, 2025 at 1:48 AM

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What the Democrats Must Do. Now!

Friends,

November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM

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Cartoon: Merrily, merrily, merrily ...

A cartoon by Mike Luckovich. Related |� ‘We’re going to kill them’: Trump brags about bombing ...

November 3, 2025 at 3:17 AM

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A direct quotation, issued on October 23, 2025.

No mystery to murder

October 27, 2025 at 12:14 AM

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Cartoon: Effect and cause

The Kickstarter for my new book, OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE , ends in ten days. This is a compilation of the last five years in cartoon form, and will not be available in bookstores or on Amazon. I��