Andertoons (AMS) picks up today’s Fortuitous Timing Award, particularly since he offers all three possible pleas, including the one that might well emerge if Trump’s lawyers don’t keep a lid on their client. That’s not just my politics wisecracking. There has been significant speculation, including from some attorneys, about the dubious strategy of turning Trump […]
The advantage of the Jan 6 Committee holding a hearing in prime time rather than in midafternoon was that more people were home to watch. The disadvantage for political cartoonists is that it meant they didn’t have time to respond overnight, which Deb Milbrath indicated by simply posting her notes on Facebook in an implied […]
I’m not in a political mood today, but I’ll feature this Carpe Diem (KFS) because I’m pretty sure that, since Niklas Eriksson lives in Sweden and his panel is not political, his lead time was significant and this is a coincidence. I wouldn’t run it if I thought he were drawing a fist-bump cartoon not […]
There are a ton of ketchup cartoons this morning, but Jack Ohman gets the prize not only for having this up within about an hour of yesterday’s hearings, but for managing to frame the bizarre moment in a larger context. That is, many of the cartoons have the ketchup spelling out words, but Ohman shows […]
Joel Pett lays the groundwork for today’s parade of despair, which comes with a side order of a curse on both your houses. The MAGA crowd is claiming bias and declaring the hearings a witch hunt. That’s without counting the truly delusional group that says Bill Barr and the other Trump staffers are still loyal […]
Ann Telnaes summarizes yesterday’s confirmation hearings for Ketanji Brown-Jackson, which, as she notes, had nothing to do with assessing the judge’s qualification but were, instead, a chance for GOP politicians to compile sound bites. Chuck Grassley (R-Ia) asked her a for-real question about allowing cameras in the Supreme Court, and she properly replied that — […]
Juxtaposition of the Day (Steve Brodner) (Ann Telnaes) (Kevin Siers) As the expression goes, one should never miss a good opportunity to shut up, and sometimes less is more. I’ve seen a couple of cartoons about yesterday’s Jan 6 Hearing that tried to be clever and to make a point, and they seem […]
I’m going to reach across the sea to start the day, with a Chris Riddell cartoon that, in fact, ran a few days before the Impeachment Trial began. Not only is the whole world watching, but the whole world knows what they’re watching. And I suppose we should know, too, but seeing it unfold yesterday […]
About the time I hit “Publish” this morning, Robert Mueller will be taking his oath and beginning to testify, and a lot of pundits and cartoonists will either look like prophets or nitwits, depending on what happens next. I would add that most cartoonists facing a seventh game of the World Series or an election […]
I still don’t understand how deadlines work for political cartoonists. There are cartoonists leaping to the fray with each wrinkle in the news and there are those who draw cartoons that sit for weeks. Sure, some are full-time and some have other duties, but do the cartoonists in that second group really have no ability […]
I shouldn’t have promised CXC coverage for today, since, while I don’t believe in jinxes, my GPS apparently does, turning a five-hour final stretch into eight, which means I arrived late for the opening speeches and then found that the after-dealie was too loud and crowded for much conversation anyway. However, this gives us […]
Let’s start with the obvious, because sometimes pointing out the obvious is the best you can do. Dave Granlund points out that Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination is getting different treatment from the Republican majority than Merritt Garland’s nomination received. Ditto with Matt Wuerker‘s commentary, which does not break any new ground or display any unexpected […]