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Federal Overreach
In what appears to be a nostalgic sequel to the 2020 election circus, the Trump administration is once again stirring up anxiety among state and local…
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Bunker Buster
Second cartoon for today (two for Tuesday!).
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David Gergen
David Gergen, a renowned political advisor, commentator, and Harvard Kennedy School professor who served under four U.S.
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Ken Paxton
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, State Sen.
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FEMA
In the wake of catastrophic flooding in Central Texas—a disaster that has claimed at least 118 lives and left more than 170 people missing—the federal…
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Fanning the Flames
In 2020, PBS’s Frontline broadcast United States of Conspiracy, an exhaustive investigation into how conspiracy theories moved from the political fringe…
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Flooding Memorial
Second cartoon (two for Tuesday!).
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Double Standards
As wildfires tore through Los Angeles in early 2025, President Trump blamed California’s management of forests and water, falsely claiming, among other…
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Flooding in Texas
I’ve recently been doing one cartoon a week for The Dallas Morning News. But in light of the devastating flooding in Kerr County, Texas, they asked me…
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Prepare for Pyrotechnics
Republicans have unveiled their latest trick: the “Exploding Debt Fireworks Act of 2025,” perfectly timed for Trump’s July 4th deadline.
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Alligator Alcatraz
President Trump offered some wildly helpful escape advice Tuesday to anyone trying to flee his new Everglades detention center, fondly dubbed “Alligator…
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June 2025

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