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Cartoonist, Politico Washington DC
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James Fallows
about 2 hours ago
Never gets old. J-school essay topic: Is there any performance test for essentially life-tenure columnists? A limit on how many big calls you can get totally wrong, before they say: Hey, buddy, how about taking a step back for a while. Maybe a few reported pieces? Where you go out and ask around?
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Politico
about 8 hours ago
Trump is retreating from plans for a $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” after a fierce backlash from fellow Republicans.
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Trump administration retreats on 'Anti-Weaponization Fund'
The $1.8 billion settlement was seen as a "slush fund" by the president's critics and made many in his own party uncomfortable.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/01/trump-weaponization-fund-retreat-00944656?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it
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Politico
about 2 hours ago
New York Democrats push redistricting amendment, joining national battle
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New York Democrats push redistricting amendment, joining national battle
The proposed amendment won’t change the Empire State’s House lines in 2026 as local Democrats take a longer-term approach.
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Mark Hamill
about 9 hours ago
We live in a country where some of the best journalists are late night comedians & editorial cartoonists. THANK YOU Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, Jimmy Fallon, Tom Tomorrow, Mike Luckovich & Michael de Adder ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
#LAUGH_DO_NOT_DESPAIR
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Kai Ryssdal
about 9 hours ago
“…anti-diversity…” is doing a lot of work here. k
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Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/us/politics/hegseth-navy-promotion-list.html
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Ann Telnaes
about 13 hours ago
Read Propublica's story: The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr.
www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Speaking of the Trump 250 dollar bill...
Don Jr. is also making big bucks off the presidency
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/speaking-of-the-trump-250-dollar
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In a hundred years people will be mystified by what we did back in the 20’s
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Politico
about 12 hours ago
The dock that launched America’s offshore wind industry now sits mostly empty. Only remnants of the project remain. As Trump has made combatting offshore wind a hallmark of his second term, a blue-collar town is at the center of it all.
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It Was Supposed to Be a Lifeline for a Blue-Collar Town. Then Trump Returned.
New Bedford, Massachusetts is ground zero for America’s wind industry.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/05/30/offshore-wind-energy-massachusetts-trump-00941062
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Econ Analytica
1 day ago
"The best we can hope for is that rising prices will make him less inclined to vote in off-year elections, which is not a small thing and could offset some of the gerrymandering and voter-suppression tactics currently being unveiled." Cartoon by Drew Sheneman
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Kai Ryssdal
1 day ago
I mean, true?
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Derf Backderf
1 day ago
When cartoonists strode the earth like giants. Bill Mauldin and Pres. LBJ in 1965.
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Scott Horton
1 day ago
Graeme MacKay, Toronto Star
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Xela Hart
1 day ago
Cornyn is an emblematic Republican of the interregnum between Reagan and Trump, shifting its identity from conservative party for whom the business of America was business to a cult of personality smashing everyone and everything in its path to erect kleptocracy
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The fall of John Cornyn mirrors the fall of the Republican party | Sidney Blumenthal
The Texas senator was emblematic of the era between Reagan and Trump, as Republicans shifted from the party of business to a cult of personality
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/31/texas-john-cornyn-republicans
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Morten Morland
2 days ago
Sunday’s
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Marc Channick
2 days ago
And thus did the prophecy of
@anntelnaes.bsky.social
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Aaron Rupar
2 days ago
Trump’s Truth Social posting over the last hour or so is completely batshit insane. Get a load of this nonstop nuttery.
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Lucas Seehafer
2 days ago
Look, plantar fascitis sucks but I think this guy has bigger issues going on
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Ann Telnaes
2 days ago
@propublica.org
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Speaking of the Trump 250 dollar bill...
Don Jr. is also making big bucks off the presidency
https://anntelnaes.substack.com/p/speaking-of-the-trump-250-dollar
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Politico
3 days ago
Trump’s effort to rebrand the Kennedy Center in his own name is illegal, a federal judge ruled. The ruling is a stinging blow for the president, who has made clear his personal stake in the rebranding and remodeling of the Kennedy Center.
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Judge blocks renaming, closure of Kennedy Center
The ruling is a stinging blow for Trump, who has made clear his personal stake in the rebranding and remodeling of the Kennedy Center.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/29/judge-blocks-trump-kennedy-center-renaming-closure-00943068
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Politico
3 days ago
Trump leaves Situation Room meeting with no update on an Iran deal
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Trump leaves Situation Room meeting with no update on an Iran deal
The president had promised a "final determination" on Iran after the two-hour meeting. He emerged without one.
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Politico
3 days ago
Hegseth tempers China criticism at Asia forum
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Hegseth tempers China criticism at Asia forum
The Pentagon chief, in a rare omission, avoided any mention of Taiwan in a speech to Asian officials.
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Politico
4 days ago
BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked the Trump administration from using its “Anti-Weaponization Fund.”
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Judge pauses Trump administration’s ‘anti-weaponization’ fund
The temporary order halts any payments from the controversial fund.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/29/trump-weaponization-fund-blocked-00942265
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The Tagger
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May 2026
Cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
https://www.politico.com/cartoons/2026/05/01/matt-wuerker-cartoons-may-2026-00902993?slide=0
3 days ago
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TGIF! which also means there's a whole new Cartoon Carousel ->
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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in th...
https://www.politico.com/gallery/2026/05/29/the-nations-cartoonists-on-the-week-in-politics-00942154?slide=0
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Politico
4 days ago
Trump refiles defamation suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein story
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Trump refiles defamation suit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein story
The president’s complaint revolves around a 2025 report related to a bawdy letter to Jeffrey Epstein bearing Trump’s signature.
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Ann Telnaes
5 days ago
Going to say it again. Stop using AI cartoons in posts. There are plenty of editorial cartoonists who would be happy to let you repost their work; just ask them.
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MAHA Madness
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May 2026
Cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
https://www.politico.com/cartoons/2026/05/01/matt-wuerker-cartoons-may-2026-00902993?slide=0
4 days ago
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The Tennessee Holler
5 days ago
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Tim Marchman
6 days ago
Just over here thinking about the number of editors who told me 15 years ago that my idea for a book about the UFC and the direction of American culture was stupid and no one would read it.
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The Wolfpack
7 days ago
"Totalitarianism, if not fought against, could triumph anywhere." ~ George Orwell
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Econ Analytica
6 days ago
Cartoon by Ian Boothby
@ianboothby.bsky.social
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Kai Ryssdal
7 days ago
All reporters know he’s lying almost all the time. It’s the saying it out loud part that’s hard for so many of them (us.)
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Mike Luckovich
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Econ Analytica
6 days ago
Cartoon by
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May 2026
Cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
https://www.politico.com/cartoons/2026/05/01/matt-wuerker-cartoons-may-2026-00902993?slide=0
8 days ago
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The Daily Cartoonist
8 days ago
A special Comic Strip of the Day "Not the Worst of Evils"—Death is not the worst of evils.
@claybennett.bsky.social
and
@mwuerker.bsky.social
— with help from history — on the choice between fat slavery and lean freedom.
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CSotD: Not the Worst of Evils
By marking the day now instead of tomorrow, I’m likely going to miss quite a few Memorial Day cartoons, but I like the simplicity of Bennett’s political statement. Bennett’s minimalist cartoon reminds...
https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2026/05/24/csotd-not-the-worst-of-evils/?utm_source=bs&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newslink
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Matt Davies
10 days ago
Dozer-In-Chief.
Newsday.com/matt
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
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Politico
10 days ago
Thom Tillis didn't hold back on Pete Hegseth in an interview with our senior congressional reporter Jordain Carney. Read the full Q&A:
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Monumental Chutzpah
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Weaponization? Cartoonists unlock and unload on another crazy week in politics. Check out a new gallery featuring some of the best shots of the week. --->
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The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in th...
https://www.politico.com/gallery/2026/05/22/the-nations-cartoonists-on-the-week-in-politics-00933393?slide=0
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paulpro
12 days ago
@jonesycartoons3.bsky.social
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Scott MacFarlane
11 days ago
Rep Jim McGovern (D-MA) when GOP pulled an Iran War authorization vote off the schedule
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Speaking of weaponization...
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May 2026
Cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker
https://www.politico.com/cartoons/2026/05/01/matt-wuerker-cartoons-may-2026-00902993?slide=0
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The Tennessee Holler
12 days ago
🔥 Massie going hard at Ted Cruz
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Politico
12 days ago
The DNC released its long-awaited and haphazard autopsy of Kamala Harris’ failed 2024 presidential campaign. The report paints a bleak portrait of the party following the crushing loss to Trump.
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The DNC’s 2024 autopsy is out
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin said the report “does not meet my standards.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/21/democratic-party-2024-autopsy-00931754?utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=dlvr.it
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Kevin M. Kruse
12 days ago
"They leaked his tax returns, they tried to destroy him." If revealing your official tax returns -- something every single president and VP for forty years before Trump did voluntarily -- could possibly "destroy" you, that is the scandal.
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Carl Quintanilla
12 days ago
SEN. TILLIS, on the new DOJ 'anti-weaponization' fund: “Stupid on stilts.”
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