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AUGUST 27, 2026

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Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump outside the White House kicking a can labeled “Social Security Insolvent 2032” down the road while telling JD Vance, “Don’t worry, JD. You won’t have to deal with it. Marco, maybe. But not you.”

August 27, 2026

Kicking the Can to 2032

Social Security’s 2032 cliff gets kicked down the road—and JD learns Marco may be next in line.

Editorial cartoon outside a Texas county jail showing Christian Castro leaving while protesters demand extradition; an aide asks Governor Greg Abbott whether Texas is now a “sanctuary” state, and Abbott replies, “Only if they’re immigrants.”

August 27, 2026

Only If They’re Immigrants.

Texas discovers a very selective definition of what makes a sanctuary state.

Editorial cartoon from inside Jelly Roll’s tour bus showing Rep. Jimmy Patronis stopping the bus beneath a “Welcome to Florida — The Freedom State” sign and an entry-requirements board ending with “No jokes about Trump,” while Jelly Roll says, “Well, that’s a new one.”

August 27, 2026

Well, That’s a New One.

Florida’s “Freedom State” apparently has one more entry requirement: no jokes about Trump.

Editorial cartoon at a U.S. power-grid construction site with equipment marked “Made in China,” Donald Trump shouting “Emergency! Emergency! National emergency!” at puzzled workers, and two wolves discussing the story of the boy who cried wolf.

August 27, 2026

Oh, He’s Heard It.

Another national emergency is declared. Even the wolves have started to notice a pattern.

Editorial cartoon in an ornate Russian hall showing CIA Director John Ratcliffe warning that NATO is off-limits while Vladimir Putin laughs and Gen. Valery Gerasimov points toward Ratcliffe and mocks America’s army and missile supplies.

August 27, 2026

Who’s Missiles?

Washington delivers Moscow a NATO warning. Moscow remembers the missile inventory.

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Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump boarding shut a doorway labeled “Legal Immigration” while visa applicants wait and an aide says, “Sir, they’re doing it legally,” and Trump replies, “I know. That’s the problem.”

August 26, 2026

I Know. That’s the Problem.

Legal immigration runs into a policy problem nobody bothered to hide.

Editorial cartoon showing Mark Zuckerberg at Meta headquarters being scolded by state attorneys general beside a giant Meta Parental Controls screen and a $17 billion settlement check.

August 26, 2026

We’re Not Everybody Else’s Parents, Mark.

A $17 billion settlement turns Meta’s parental-controls problem into an actual parenting problem.

Editorial cartoon showing Todd Blanche warning Donald Trump that a judge may block the Kennedy Center renovation while Trump grips a demolition plunger wired to TNT around the building and replies, “Then we’ll start with the demolition.”

August 26, 2026

Then We’ll Start With the Demolition.

If the renovation gets blocked, the administration has apparently found a more dramatic first step.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump smiling on the phone after hearing Judge Talwani lifted the block on his mail-voting order while Todd Blanche reads an open Washington Post and says, “Told you we could pull it off.”

August 26, 2026

Told You We Could Pull It Off.

The block on Trump’s mail-voting order is lifted, and Todd Blanche sounds remarkably unsurprised.

Editorial cartoon showing Judge David Hittner ruling against Texas’s performance law as a drag performer, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley and Miley Cyrus stand nearby and the judge says, “The solution is relatively simple, just don’t go.”

August 26, 2026

Just Don’t Go.

A federal judge offers Texas a remarkably simple solution to performances it doesn’t like.

Tribute cartoon showing a younger Dolly Parton walking toward Carl at sunset as she says, “I had a few things left to do,” and he replies, “Took you long enough.”

August 25, 2026

Took You Long Enough.

Dolly finishes a few things on Earth before heading home to Carl.

Editorial cartoon showing Agent Anderson questioning an ICE officer about paying Rwanda to take a Cuban deportee before asking whether it would be cheaper to buy him a first-class ticket to Havana.

August 25, 2026

Wouldn’t It Be Cheaper?

Third-country deportations meet the one question taxpayers were eventually going to ask.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump beside a Great Lakes map where Lake Ontario has been crossed out and replaced with “Lake America,” while Susie Wiles asks, “Sir… how far are we taking this?”

August 25, 2026

Lake America

The list of things America doesn’t own apparently needed one more line.

Editorial cartoon showing four USCIS fraud investigators holding navy shirts labeled “Noncitizen Voter Integrity Task Force” as one says they will return to immigration fraud work after the midterms.

August 25, 2026

Read Between the Lines.

A temporary election assignment leaves the fraud investigators wondering what happens after the midterms.

Editorial cartoon showing a $2.3 billion AI data center announcement where a reporter asks how many permanent jobs it will create and the speaker answers, “Uh… maybe 50?”

August 25, 2026

How Many Permanent Jobs?

A $2.3 billion AI data center arrives with a very large investment number and a much smaller permanent-job number.

Editorial cartoon showing a confused USPS worker holding mail-in ballots and a 2026 Mail Ballot Acceptance & Compliance Manual as he asks Frank, “Wait, what? Frank, do you know what we’re supposed to be doing?”

August 24, 2026

Wait, What?

The Supreme Court acted. The mail-ballot rules are still complicated. Frank still wants an answer.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump on the Oval Office floor pounding his fists beside a Washington Post approval poll and shouting, “It’s not fair! I’m allowed to lie. They’re not!” while Marco Rubio and Natalie Harp watch.

August 24, 2026

It’s Not Fair! I’m Allowed to Lie.

A bad approval poll triggers an Oval Office tantrum. Rubio has apparently seen this before.

Editorial cartoon showing a Russian couple in a Moscow apartment with an Ozon delivery bag and a laptop displaying “Order Cancelled” while Putin appears on television and the wife says, “Darling, ‘I’m starting to think Putin is lying to us,’ you said.”

August 24, 2026

Starting to Think Putin Is Lying to Us

When everyday deliveries stop arriving, even loyal Kremlin believers begin to notice a pattern.

Editorial cartoon showing a Global Talent Recruitment Fair where Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany welcome skilled workers while a U.S. booth advertises a $103,265 H-1B entrance fee and two tech applicants realize the company must pay it.

August 24, 2026

They Want the Company to Pay Them

America says it wants the world’s best talent. Then it puts a six-figure cover charge at the door.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump holding a 50% tariffs sign while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touches a 9-volt battery to his tongue and Trump asks, “Do we make those here?” as Doug Ford and Mark Carney stand outside beside a “Power to U.S.” switch.

August 24, 2026

Do We Make Those Here?

A tariff plan runs into one small supply-chain question: who controls the switch?

Editorial cartoon showing two scientists on a shoreline with a giant wave behind them while a Global Climate Summit continues nearby; one says it may be the warmest in 125,000 years and the other says, “I think the time for talk is over.”

August 24, 2026

The Time for Talk Is Over

The climate summit has a full agenda. The ocean appears to have brought one of its own.

Editorial cartoon showing Hakeem Jeffries in a tan suit shaking hands with Jared Kushner during a private meeting, with opposing Democratic and MAGA crowds outside the windows and 2027 Democratic House Agenda 2028 and Project 2025 folders on the table.

August 23, 2026

Great to Finally Meet You Outside an Investigation.

A private meeting puts accountability rhetoric and governing agendas at the same table.

Editorial cartoon showing Natalie Harp holding a red MAGA phone and saying she typed more than 150 pro-Trump tweets that day and it got her where she is today, while another woman reacts in shock.

August 23, 2026

It Got Me to Where I Am Today.

Natalie Harp recalls the January 6 tweeting marathon that helped launch her White House career.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump throwing a strongly curved boomerang labeled Economic War toward Iran while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says “Uh, sir…” and the return path threatens American energy, oil, shipping and banking.

August 23, 2026

Economic War Boomerang

Trump aims economic war at Iran. Scott Bessent notices where the boomerang is headed next.

Editorial cartoon showing Representatives Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin looking toward one another amid stacks of Trump investigation files and a hearing room under construction while an aide asks, “Shouldn’t we win the House first?”

August 23, 2026

Shouldn’t We Win the House First?

The investigation files are ready. One aide has a small question about the 2026 midterms.

Editorial cartoon showing representatives of seven Western states drinking through straws from the last glass of Colorado River water at a depleted Lake Mead, each saying “Conserve water! Absolutely, you first!”

August 23, 2026

Absolutely, You First!

Seven Western states agree on conserving Colorado River water—as long as somebody else starts.

Original August 22 editorial cartoon showing a confused postal worker holding a Mail Ballot Acceptance & Compliance Manual with a yellow notice reading implementation pending Supreme Court ruling.

August 22, 2026

Wait, What?

Postal workers try to decode the new mail-ballot rules while implementation awaits a Supreme Court ruling.

Editorial cartoon in a supermarket meat department showing an American rancher twisting a Make America Great Again hat while Donald Trump gestures toward cheaper imported beef and says, “America first. Unless America costs too much.”

August 22, 2026

America First. Unless America Costs Too Much.

Tariffs meet the meat aisle, and the slogan gets a price check.

Editorial cartoon showing Gavin Newsom in a campaign strategy room beside a Road to 2028 board with multiple checks for Attack Trump and one occasional check for Praise Trump, holding a Trump Accounts brochure and paraphrasing James Carville.

August 22, 2026

It’s the Independents, Stupid.

The road to 2028 apparently includes the occasional compliment for Trump.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump holding a White House Employee Evaluation for Natalie Harp with perfect loyalty and tells-me-what-I-want-to-hear scores, zero willingness to disagree, and an A+ overall rating.

August 22, 2026

Finally. An Employee Who Gets Me.

At the White House, independent judgment can be a career-limiting trait.

Editorial cartoon showing a husband reaching toward Canadian maple syrup while his wife says, “Don’t even think about it,” beside a newspaper reporting that Trump hits Canada again with 50% tariffs and Canada vows retaliation.

August 22, 2026

Not Again…

Canada gets hit with another tariff. Breakfast takes it personally.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump at the White House ballroom construction site whispering to a shocked contractor that they should increase the budget by $1.5 billion and add an indoor golf course before the temporary Supreme Court ruling changes.

August 21, 2026

I Swear I’m Good for It

The ballroom gets a temporary reprieve, and Trump finds room for one more modest addition.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump and Democratic and Republican political leaders at an extravagant banquet as a waiter labeled Bond Market presents a $40 trillion U.S. national debt bill. Trump says, Put it on our tab. The waiter replies, That IS your tab. A board behind them shows the 30-year Treasury yield at 5.3%.

August 21, 2026

Washington’s Credit Card

When the bond market brings the bill, Washington keeps ordering.

Editorial cartoon showing a woman reviewing a 2027 Obamacare plan with a health insurance specialist. The plan lists a $550 monthly premium and $3,800 deductible. She asks, So what does it cover? The specialist replies, Mostly the cost of having health insurance.

August 21, 2026

Mostly the Cost of Having Health Insurance

Premiums up. Deductibles up. Coverage down. But at least you still get an insurance card.

Editorial cartoon showing Donald Trump behind a MAGA Inc. counter guarding $400 million in campaign funds while Republican candidates ask for money. Trump asks what they plan to spend it on. When told Getting Republicans elected, he replies, Yeah, that’s gonna be a problem. A sign notes MAGA Inc. has spent $2.3 million, or 0.6% of its resources, helping Republicans win elections so far.

August 21, 2026

Mad Mad MAGA Money

Republicans have plenty of money. There’s just one small problem with getting Trump to spend it on Republicans.

Editorial cartoon set in the Stars and Stripes newsroom. Military police escort fired staff carrying boxes out a door marked OUT while Pentagon officials tell remaining journalists, Relax. Your editorial independence is completely safe, and, Independently approved by us. An approval stamp and discarded pages marked WOKE sit nearby.

August 21, 2026

Independently Approved by Us

The Pentagon reassures Stars and Stripes that its editorial independence remains completely safe—subject to approval.

Former Rep. Eric Swalwell stands under a spotlight while seated Democratic donkey jurors stare at him and one says, This is not what our party stands for; three women stand behind the jury and a folder reads Sexual Assault Allegations and FBI Investigation.

August 20, 2026

This is not what our party stands for

Democrats take their seats when Eric Swalwell enters the spotlight.

A Russian couple sits in a battered car in a huge Moscow petrol queue beneath No Petrol and Rationing signs while a refinery burns; the driver says, Darling, I’m starting to think Putin is lying to us.

August 20, 2026

Putin is lying to us

Russia’s petrol lines finally make the propaganda personal.

At an ICE Iranian Government Priority Deportation Desk, an Iranian official hands over a deportation wish list while an ICE officer passes a confidential Iranian asylum seekers folder and whispers, And remember—you didn’t get these from me.

August 20, 2026

You didn’t get these from me

ICE and Iran discover a remarkably quiet channel of cooperation.

NATO leaders sit at school desks taking a loyalty exam while Pete Hegseth taps Spain and says, No cheating. This is about loyalty; Donald Trump watches beside a Make America Pay Again mug and a sign says Article 5 protection is subject to satisfactory performance review.

August 20, 2026

NATO loyalty exam

Article 5 now comes with a satisfactory performance review.

A young man in a college room looks from a laptop showing a published Median Strategies poll with Karen Bass at 50 percent and Nithya Raman at 38 percent to a television reporting the same numbers, and says, Oh my God, they fell for it.

August 20, 2026

They fell for it

A fake polling company discovers how quickly invented numbers become real news.

Donald Trump tells a worker pouring molten gold into a giant DONALD J. TRUMP name mold to be careful because they are making two and the Kennedy Center is closed for two years.

August 19, 2026

Careful with the gold

Two years should be plenty of time to get the gold lettering just right.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden sleep on a bench outside the Treasury while a mother holding a child points to a board showing U.S. debt rising from $19.95 trillion to $40 trillion.

August 19, 2026

$40 trillion and counting

Trump and Biden sleep through another $20 trillion.

A Senate aide points toward a crisis outside while Sen. Darline Graham says national security is not her thing beneath a militarized portrait of Lindsey Graham.

August 19, 2026

Not my thing

A national security crisis meets the wrong Senate office.

Childlike versions of Donald Trump and Jon Ossoff trade insults outside the Capitol while an exhausted Uncle Sam holds a clipboard listing the Iran war, $40 trillion debt and inflation.

August 19, 2026

Whenever you boys are ready

The insults are flying. Uncle Sam still has a to-do list.

David Jolly and Angie Nixon pull a worried Democratic donkey in opposite directions beneath a Democratic Party Big Tent, toward former Republicans and democratic socialists.

August 19, 2026

Big tent

The Democratic big tent discovers its load-bearing limit.

Donald Trump holds a marker beside a map circling the Strait of Hormuz as new U.S. territory while Susie Wiles says circling it does not make it theirs.

August 18, 2026

New U.S. territory

Apparently a black marker now doubles as a deed.

Jared Kushner whispers to Benjamin Netanyahu beside a Gaza reconstruction resort rendering about getting the Middle East Riviera started.

August 18, 2026

Middle East Riviera

Kushner discovers that peace talks and real estate can share a podium.

A man reaches for Canadian maple syrup at breakfast while his wife tells him to thank Trump for lifting his own tariffs on it.

August 18, 2026

Trump’s Maple Miracle

Trump lifts his Canadian tariff and somehow still expects the thank-you note.

Brendan Carr asks Trump whether he should keep poking ABC as a lawyer wearing novelty mouse ears approaches holding the First Amendment.

August 18, 2026

Just a mouse

The FCC keeps poking. The First Amendment arrives with backup.

Josh Shapiro clears old pro-data-center positions into a bin while an aide asks if he is changing policy and a 2028 place is reserved.

August 18, 2026

Setting the table

Josh Shapiro discovers a sudden enthusiasm for clearing old positions before 2028.

Todd Blanche pledges loyalty to Donald Trump while Trump tells him he can skip the rest of the oath.

August 17, 2026

Oath at the Resolute Desk

The Justice Department oath gets an Oval Office rewrite.

Democratic strategists discuss voters who favor socialism while joking that they think it means capitalism where everything is free.

August 17, 2026

Capitalism where everything’s free

A DNC strategy session tries to decode the base’s enthusiasm for socialism.

Donald Trump boasts about making military exercises less hostile while standing on South Korea’s president and shaking hands with Kim Jong Un.

August 17, 2026

Less hostile

A friendlier military exercise leaves South Korea underfoot.

Donald Trump tells Pete Hegseth to order more bombs after threatening Oman.

August 17, 2026

Then order more

The bomb inventory runs into the president’s foreign-policy shopping list.

Moses presents the Ten Commandments to the Supreme Court and says they should start with the adults before the schoolchildren.

August 17, 2026

Morals Start at Home

Moses suggests the adults might need the lesson before the schoolchildren.

Todd Blanche pleading before the Supreme Court over voter rolls

August 16, 2026

Completely normal government stuff

Todd Blanche pleading before the Supreme Court over voter rolls

Court ruling striking down the National Firearms Act permit process

August 15, 2026

Safety is overrated

Court ruling striking down the National Firearms Act permit process

Trump declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory

August 15, 2026

Ships Ahoy!

Trump declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory

$100,000 to skip the line.

August 14, 2026

Pay to play

$100,000 to skip the line.

Steam catapult launching the Epstein files

August 14, 2026

Full steam ahead

Steam catapult launching the Epstein files

Trump in a psychiatrist office

August 14, 2026

In the room

Trump in a psychiatrist office

Kennedy Center satire

August 13, 2026

Restored and renovated

Kennedy Center satire

White House press briefing satire

August 13, 2026

Work complete

White House press briefing satire

Airport catering-truck satire

August 11, 2026

I don’t want to go

Airport catering-truck satire