Cartoons: Trump's White House

With all the White House leaks, you can color Trump livid. If you want to see transcripts of his January conversations with Mexican President Peña Nieto and Australian Prime Minister Turnbull, follow this link: Full transcripts of Trump’s calls with Mexico and Australia.

Meanwhile, for your entertainment, here are some cartoonists' comments on Trump and his administration.

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David Fitzsimmons, The Week

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Is this what the chaos in the White House looks like?

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Drew Sheneman, The Week

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And is this what a partisan compromise looks like?

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Bob Englehart, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: Fair and balanced?

Today I'm looking at Fox News, the U.S.'s Republican-dominated Congress, and the view that many voters have of this presidential election.

The dust appears to be settling at Fox News according to this article in The Week Magazine:

Roger Ailes is gone. So is Greta Van Susteren. Megyn Kelly is rumored to possibly be on the move. Gretchen Carlson settled her sexual harassment charges against Ailes for a cool $20 million. And then there's Gabriel Sherman's bombshell report for New York magazine about Ailes' 20-year reign at Fox News. All of this has spawned obsessive speculation about the future of America's No. 1 cable news channel.

But I doubt that "fair and balanced," which used to be the objective of responsible journalism, will ever describe this news channel--its brand of "conservative messaging" is/was too popular.

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Scott Stantis, The Week

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The U.S. Congress left the concept of fair and balanced behind some time ago. Now it's mostly Republican. See the Wikipedia entry for the 114th United States Congress for some good graphics showing the numbers of Republicans vs. Democrats. With Trump running as a Republican, Congress may find itself in a bind.

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RJ Matson, The Week

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Meanwhile many voters feel betrayed.

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Bob Englehart, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: who you gonna turn to?

It's beginning to look like all systems everywhere are rigged. Is that paranoia? If so, I got it.

If Trump lived on Jupiter, this is what he'd say.

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David Fitzsimmons, The Week

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Even if the Republicans lose the presidential election, there's still their jerry-rigged, uhm gerrymandered, systems that falsely represent the voters. BTW, the symbol on the table in front of Trump is an altered one for the KKK according to Forbidden Symbols.

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Bob Englehart, The Week

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So, who's winning in the presidential race? Does it really matter?

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Chan Lowe, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: Falling through the cracks

Just 2 cartoons today, because I've heard enough about Donald, and Ted, and Hillary, and Bernie. Let the GOP stew in its own juices.  So, today's cartoons are about the cracking of the San Bernardino iPhone and two levels of fracking--one to the earth and one to our economic system.

Recent news tells us the FBI figured out--with help--how to crack the iPhone they've been arguing with Apple about. Who helped them crack it is now classified: Government keeping its method to crack San Bernardino iPhone 'classified'. But here's an educated guess: This Stock ​Is​ Soaring Because the FBI Cracked the San Bernardino Shooter's iPhone. From a survey of the information being offered on the internet, it may have been hacked by a 10-year-old.

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Bob Englehart, The Week

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Fox News' current buzzwords are "political earthquake." Tom Toles' parallel with fracking is arresting and led me to a wealth of news on earthquakes due to fracking and wastewater disposal: Fracking Added to Govt Map of Earthquake Risks and Fracking—not wastewater disposal—linked to most induced earthquakes in Western Canada. This is the USGS's (U. S. Geological Survey) report that offers solid proof: 2016 One-Year Seismic Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes.

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Tom Toles, The Week

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-- Marge

Cartoons: Crimea and winter

There's a lot of news about Putin annexing Crimea, and sanctions against it, and who-did-what-and-why.  Even Sergei Khrushchev, son of Nikita Khrushchev, is weighing in--he's writing a series of articles titled "Crimea: Whose land is this?" Note that it's published by Aljazeera (link resolves to the American edition) and that he clearly has a chip on his shoulder for the U.S.:

In Washington DC, the best minds of the Obama administration were feverishly thinking how else to make it more difficult for the recalcitrant citizens of Crimea. They will definitely think of something since they have a lot of experience in doing so. After all, Iraqis, Iranians, Syrians, Libyans and the Lebanese have long stopped celebrating.

Here's what some of the political cartoonists are saying.

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Jimmy Margulies, USA Today

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Walt Handelsman, US News

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Steve Sack, The Week

Meanwhile, on the winter front--

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Bob Englehart, The Week

-- Marge

Cartoons because we need them

This week, with the grim news about Syria, we need a laugh to relieve some of the stress. These cartoons from The Week offer some insights to go along with the humor.
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Steve Benson, "Sounding Familiar," theWeek

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Scott Stantis, "Cheer Section," theWeek

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Bob Englehart, "Accidental Allies," theWeek

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Patrick Chappatte, "Spoiler Alert," theWeek

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Steve Sack, "Peace of Mind," theWeek

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Gary Varvel, "Finally A Plan of Attack," theWeek

-- Marge