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Editorial cartoons for May 2, 2021: Biden’s big speech, Giuliani search, vaccine hesitancy Today 5:00 AM Facebook Share President Joe Biden’s address Wednesday to a socially distanced joint session of Congress is a popular theme in this week’s batch of editorial cartoons. Biden used the speech to take credit for the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, and to make a case for his multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure and child care plans. Bill Bramhall of the New York Daily News drew the president as Mary Poppins singing about a tax increase to pay for universal pre-k. The Republican respons...

Phil Hands for April 28, 2021 April 22, 2021 Daeder  about 4 hours ago That’s like asking “What do you care if one of the world’s worst human beings in the country represents Wisconsin in Washington?”

Editorial cartoons for April 25, 2021: Chauvin guilty verdict, climate confab Today 5:00 AM Facebook Share After a three-week trial, a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murder in the May 2020 death of a handcuffed George Floyd. Video evidence presented in court (and previously seen worldwide via social media) showed Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds until he died. Several editorial cartoonists juxtaposed the image of Lady Justice with variations on Floyd’s anguished plea, “I can’t breathe.” Joel Pett of the Lexington H...

Editorial cartoons for April 18, 2021: Afghanistan withdrawal, police shootings, infrastructure Updated 8:00 AM; Facebook Share President Joe Biden announced he will withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks plotted by al-Qaida that precipitated the war. “I’ve concluded it’s time to end America’s longest war,” Biden said. “It’s time for American troops to come home.” Cartoonist Drew Sheneman of the Newark Star-Ledger captured the risks of the decision by depicting a U.S. infantryman standing atop a precarious tower of woo...

Phil Hands for April 17, 2021 April 16, 2021 Concretionist  about 8 hours ago I remember when we “declared victory and left” in Vietnam. That turned out to be… not all that bad, in the longer run, despite all the soldiers who died. Afghanistan hasn’t cost (US soldiers) anywhere near that much, though the survivors may be more psychologically traumatized. Or not.