President Trump’s bizarre answer to Christine Welker’s question on Meet The Press continues to draw criticism and ridicule. As noted here yesterday and in many other places across a wide span of media, the presidential oath is not complicated: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of […]
We’ll start the rundown with a portrait of world leaders by David Rowe, with Donald Trump in the center and his babysitter at his feet. You may notice that it’s not a terribly flattering portrayal, but if you look around the world, you’ll find there aren’t a great many flattering portraits of Dear Leader. Much […]
As Herbert suggests, we’ve got a full plate, in keeping with Steve Bannon’s advice to flood the zone with shit so that the opposition has no time to deal with any of it. As Dan Perkins (“Tom Tomorrow”) told the Irish Times in Trump’s first administration, [It’s] like waking up and saying ‘I’d like a […]
Martyn Turner gets to lead off today on the basis of simplicity: Trump is helping Putin to raise the flag of Russia over Ukraine. Extra points for using a symbol of American heroism to mark a moment of American betrayal. You would think, if the Trump administration were going to advocate giving Russia a slice […]
Kevin Kallaugher points out something you should already know, which is that Dear Leader is celebrating his return to power but wearing blinders to avoid facing a major crisis that he has dismissed as a hoax. It’s certainly not because any reputable scientists have assured him that it isn’t real, but perhaps it’s somehow linked […]
I like David Cohen‘s take because it really does seem like Trump is grabbing random screwballs for his cabinet rather than carrying out some cunning plan. Granted, anyone who listened to his speeches during the campaign shouldn’t be surprised that his actions now are similarly incoherent and inexplicable, but it would be nice if he […]
Oh well. Wiley anticipated the outcome of yesterday’s vote with a Non Sequitur (AMS) that didn’t try to predict the winner but just observed that the Electoral College count doesn’t reflect the popular vote. There have been several cartoons over the past weeks suggesting we abandon the Electoral College and I think it’s a remnant […]
We’ll get to knaves and fools in a minute, but first a salute to unintentional genius, as The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee (KFS) magically riffs on the McDonald’s e coli outbreak despite having been scripted and drawn well before it happened. Sometimes the Fates smile and make you look really smart, but, alas, there […]
Brace yourself, Willie. Here comes a flood, and it’s not just special sauce. Granted, I posted a David Rowe version yesterday, but that’s the advantage he gets with a 15-hour time difference between Sydney and New York: He slipped in ahead of the crowd. Jack Ohman — Smerconish Pat Bagley Phil Hands Nick Anderson — […]
If we got nothing else out of the Vice-Presidential Debate, Non Sequitur (AMS) reminds us, it was JD Vance’s plaintive whine about the moderators not letting him derail things with outrageous whoppers. Still, the road to Hell is paved with good intentions: Lying is evil, but quietly tolerating lies greases the slope. Blatant dishonesty is […]
I count on David Rowe to use the time difference between here and Sydney to comment on events while American cartoonists are still selecting their nibs. In this case, I think he misjudges last night’s Fox News interview with Kamala Harris, not because it went well for the Trump crowd but because I can’t believe […]
Pia Guerra David Rowe A pair of rapid responses to last night’s debate: Guerra from the Canadian West Coast, Rowe from Australia, but let’s wait to see what cartoonists who work at a more deliberate pace have to say about it, not that either of these is hasty with their graphics or their thinking. IMHO, […]
Lisa Benson — Counterpoint Mike Lester — AMS Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,But there is no joy in Mudville— Donald Trump is striking out. Make no mistake: Trump has not struck out […]
Xitter has been kicked out of Brazil, as Joy of Tech notes without mourning. It seems Musk got in a quarrel with them over his right to spread misinformation, and so they blocked reception of his platform, though the NYTimes also reports that he’s encouraging people there to log on via Starlink, which could get […]
Sometimes the view from a distance is clearer. David Rowe, watching the latest scandalous behavior from Dear Leader and his disciple, declares them to be digging their own political grave while Harris and Walz need only watch them self-destruct. There’s plenty of reason to assume it, and to assume that, if nothing else, they’d obey […]