My father, Ralph Weinstock, and Ed Reich shared the same page. They hated bullies. They served in World War II. They thought anyone who had to bully someone else to feel good about himself was despicable. If they did their bullying through politics, they were doubly despicable.

A helpful guide on how to protest, how to record federal agents and what to do if you're confronted or arrested by authorities.

Some Americans expect to lose power. Others want a supplemental heat source. And then there are some who had canceled previous orders when the temperatures were higher in early January — and now regret their decision.

Cult 101. Trump has bound his followers to himself more than to any policy prescription, making his success or failure their own. Veneration and loyalty are central — ideology secondary. Trump presents himself as infallible, uniquely qualified, even divinely delivered for this moment in history.

Voters are restless. They are less interested in policy detail than in emotional validation. Stable, calm leadership speaks to the head, but rebellion speaks to the gut. In this moment, the gut is winning. As the Democrats look forward to the midterms, they should keep this in mind.

Something on your mind? Hiromu Kira’s “The Thinker” (Mulholland Dam, Los Angeles, 1930).

Canadian editorial cartoonist Dave Hamond weighs in on the incredible success Trump has had in fleecing his flock, while increasing his family fortune by at least $4 billion since returning to the White House.

Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich notes Attorney General Pam Bondi’s leading role in covering up what Trump doesn’t want exposed, such as multiple allegations in the Epstein files of Trump sexually abusing minors.

Editorial cartoonist Daniel Boris reacts to Trump telling Americans “not to worry” as he repurposes the EPA, making it into the Environmental Pollution Agency.

Editorial cartoonist John Deering sums up the relief felt in Minnesota after the Trump administration announced it was ending its chaotic and deadly immigration crackdown in the state.

German editorial cartoonist George Riemann projects how much of Europe perceives the Trump administration tag team.

In at least 4,421 cases, more than 400 federal judges ruled since the beginning of October that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is holding people illegally as it carries out its mass-deportation campaign.

After Trump's unprovoked tariff war, his designs on Greenland and his siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Ukraine, America's longtime allies fear being stabbed in the back.

In Trump’s first term, Jeffrey Epstein had an interesting text-message exchange with Trump confidant Steve Bannon. Bannon responded: “donalds head would explode if he knew you were now buds with the guy who on monday will decide the nobel peace prize. I told him next year it should be you."

Dumb and dumber? Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's preliminary list includes the nation's top universities.

“It’s great when the emperor is Marcus Aurelius,” Elon Musk said in 2017. “It’s not so great when the emperor is Caligula.” Let’s just say that our man in the White House is no Marcus Aurelius.

Cover-up uncovered.

How unchecked authoritarian leaders silence dissent. Did anyone actually believe the Kremlin's explanation that Russian President Vladimir Putin's most prominent political opponent died of natural causes?

When democracy dies. Kate Diehn-Bitt’s “Self-Portrait in Black Underwear” (1932). Popular during the Weimar Republic, Diehn-Bitt was prohibited from painting when the Nazis took power. She was declared a degenerate artist because her step father was a Jew.

San Diego nature captured in black and white.

Enjoy New Mexico artist Ed Sandoval’s “Beauty of Community and Culture.”

Valentine’s Day humor from The New Yorker’s Jim Benton.

Austrian editorial cartoonist Marian Kamensky laments the plight of America’s longtime European allies as they try to placate an erratic narcissistic U.S. leader.

Cuban editorial cartoonist Alfredo Martirena believes ICE is now synonymous with violence and discrimination against immigrants in the United States.

French editorial cartoonist Ian David Marsden goes full Exorcist in “The Power of the Dow Compels You” as he responds to Attorney General Pam Bondi playing to an audience of one in defending her handling of the Epstein files.

Swedish editorial cartoonist Hanif Bahari weighs in on the Iranian regime, which has moved from street violence to a quieter, more systematic crackdown: mass arrests, disappearances, intimidation of families, denial of lawyers, coerced “confessions”, and expedited court cases.

Editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich responds to the Justice Department’s effort to shield sexual predators named in the Epstein files, which include multiple allegations of Trump sexually abusing young girls.

Editorial cartoonist Joe Heller weighs in on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s bizarre the-stock-market-is-booming remarks at the House hearing focused on the Epstein files.

"Big Brother is watching you" — George Orwell, 1984.

A perfect fit? Belives American society lost its moorings when it drifted from a core power structure centered on the Christian white men. Claims Western elites, manipulated by Jews, want to “replace” white Americans with nonwhite immigrants.

Clearing the air after a false narrative attacking climate change and wind turbines.

A little relief for Americans grappling with the sharp cost increases of the past five years.

Whitewash, rinse and repeat? This seems to be yet another example of Trump administration claims undercut by video evidence.

No, Jeffery Epstein is not alive and playing video games in Israel. No, the Dalai Lama didn't have dinner with Epstein. No, there is no evidence Democrats were practicing cannibalism.

ICE agents: masked, armed and dangerous. At a coffee shop in Hillsboro, Ore., deputies and local police responded to multiple 911 calls that reported 10 armed men wearing masks who approached a car filled with high school students with weapons drawn in a crowded drive-through lane.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on the impact of Trump. “The international order based on rights and rules is currently being destroyed. This order, as flawed as it has been even in its heyday, no longer exists in that form.”

Victims are not faceless. Stripped of her German citizenship, Hildegard Rheinstein was deported on Sept. 16, 1942 to the Theresienstadt ghetto. On Oct. 23, 1944, she was transported to Auschwitz and murdered.

Shabbat shalom. Marc Chagall’s “Solitude” (1933).

Take in the show. Photographer William Claxton’s “Street Performers” (New Orleans, 1960).

Editorial cartoonist Allan McDonald weighs in on Cuba’s economic collapse.

British editorial cartoonist James Mellor has fun with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Department of War using a laser weapon to down a party balloon, which resulted in shutting down the El Paso airport.

Editorial cartoonist Michael Ramirez captures the sharp contrast between Great Britain, where heads have rolled, and the United States, where Trump’s Justice Department is protecting the perpetrators and ignoring the sexually abused victims.

Austrian editorial cartoonist Marian Kamensky weighs in on Trump’s love of coal and bizarre fixation on dismantling clean, power-producing wind turbines.

Mexican editorial cartoonist Monero Rapé goes full Hobbit over Attorney General Pam Bondy's disastrous and cynical defense of Trump at a raucous House hearing.

Political cartoonist Jeff Danziger exposes Attorney General Pam Bondi’s fierce defense of Trump in her handling of the Epstein files, which contain multiple allegations of Trump sexually abusing young girls.

In an extraordinary court filing, the top federal prosecutor in Minnesota acknowledged that ICE agents had provided false information in the shooting of an immigrant last month.

Sunset van Gogh.

Led by Trump, who calls climate change a “hoax,” the administration is essentially saying that the vast majority of scientists around the world are wrong and that a hotter planet is not the menace that decades of research shows it to be.

Never a good look when a member of Trump's Religious Liberty Commission defends conservative commentator Candace Owens, who spins conspiracy theories and embraces antisemitic rhetoric.

A painful reality check for those who actually believed Trump's claims that foreign countries were paying for his tariffs, not Americans.