Cartoons: It's Trump's Republican Party Now

At the beginning of the GOP convention it may have been this:

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Chan Lowe, The Week

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Now it's this: (Nice play on Grant Wood's "American Gothic," RJ.)

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RJ Matson, The Week

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Somewhere along the way dissenting Republicans got booted:

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Dana Summers, The Week

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A-n-d It’s Donald Trump’s Republican Party Now. Don't you just love the butt heart?

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Michael Ramirez, The Week

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Cartoons: closing in on the last lap

Could be me, but it seems this presidential race is dragging on forever, ad infinitum, ad nauseam. And the closer we get to election day, the more desperate it looks.

Running scared, the GOP is trying to wrangle Paul Ryan into declaring for president. From the video in Paul Ryan Rules Out Run for President it looks to me like Speaker of the House Ryan is sure he not going to run and he's not being coy, either. This is Dana Summers' view on the topic:

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Dana Summers, The Week

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Cartoonist David Horsey shows us a clutch of chickens, likely related to Chicken Little.

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David Horsey, The Week

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And here's Tom Toles dark view of life under President Trump (looks a lot like life in China under Xi Jinping).

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Tom Toles, The Week

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Cartoons: What in the world are they thinking?

Cartoonists are riffing on these news bites this week: ISIS is going broke, the world watches the U.S. presidential race with 'disbelief', and the GOP establishment is cozying up to Cruz.

Why ISIS is Going Broke.

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Tom Stiglich, The Week

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The world watches the U.S. presidential race with ‘disbelief.’

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Dana Summers, The Week

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The GOP establishment is cozying up to Ted Cruz. It’s not clear they know why.

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Mike Luckovich, The Week

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Cartoons: Broken politics and American heart

Today there's a cartoon about Jeb!, one on D. Trump and the GOP, one on the US budget and one looking at the real Americans. They're pretty much self-explanatory and chosen for hints of humor.

Jeb spoke out in the recent Republican debate and there's hope his campaign may be revived. Here's the transcript.

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Dana Summers, The Week 

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Now that Trump has allied himself with the GOP, will the GOP nominate him to run for president?

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Gary Varvel, The Week

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Everybody on the bus, today we ride for free.

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RJ Matson, The Week

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Where do politics and opinion end and the real America begin?

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Pat Bagley, The Week

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Cartoons: finding truth and the sane alternative

Many of this week's cartoons are about Hillary and Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi. And Jeb. One or two are about Star Wars: the Force Awakens, due out in December.

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Dana Summers, The Week

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Pat Bagley, The Week

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Mike Luckovich, The Week

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Chan Lowe, The Week

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Cartoons: how about "politically enlightened"?

Just two topics this week: Playboy Magazine's departure from nudity and the question of who will be the next Speaker of the House.

As The American Spectator puts it, Playboy puts its clothes on. What, Guys, you weren't reading Playboy for the articles?

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Nate Beeler, The Week

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Dana Summers, The Week

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From the Wall Street Journal there's this--GOP Presses Paul Ryan as Republicans Search for Next House Speaker. He says he's not interested. The tea party group has its own agenda. Meanwhile, the GOP side of the House is leaderless and rudderless. Warning: this Jay Bookman article is strongly opinionated. However, there's a great video with Groucho Marx.

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Jack Ohman, The Week

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Steve Sack, The Week

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Tom Toles, The Week

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Cartoons: tension, strife, and unease

No comments or references from me today, just cartoons.

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Bob Gorrell, The Week

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David Fitzsimmons, The Week

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Mike Lukovich, The Week

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Mike Keefe, The Week

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Dana Summers, The Week

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Cartoons: a new hero for America

Pleasant as Christmas was, it's over and the world moves on. At least the Middle East was/is relatively quiet.

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Rick McKee, The Week

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According to the Center for American Progress, "The Fossil-Fuel Industry Spent Big to Set the Anti-Environment Agenda of the Next Congress."
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Pat Bagley, The Week

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The Hill answers the question: What is the cromnibus? Elizabeth Warren slams Citigroup's influence on it.

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RJ Matson, The Week

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And our new hero is...

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Dana Summers, The Week

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Cartoons: Operation inherent reluctance

Today's cartoons are ones that struck my fancy. I especially like the phrase "operation inherent reluctance"--it seems to capture the moment. While the half-measures being taken to control ISIS are better than 'boots on the ground', these half-measures could be a measure or two more effective, IMHO.

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Nate Beeler, The Week

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When you vote on November 4th, remember that a Republican Senate could vote in a ladder.

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Tom Toles, The Week

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Even Democrats are avoiding Obama now. Julian Zelizer, writing for CNN Opinion, poses the question, "Obama: One very successful president?"

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David Fitzsimmons, The Week

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While the next cartoon is pretty funny, again IMHO, it addresses a serious situation--the recall of faulty airbags.

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Dana Summers, The Week

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Cartoons: Ebola and politics

Ebola and politics--they just seem to go together, don't they? No further comments today, just five cartoons from The Week.

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Dana Summers, The Week

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Mike Luckovich, The Week

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Rick McKee, The Week

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Drew Sheneman, The Week

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David Horsey, The Week

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Cartoons: quaking, hedging, fleeing, and shooting

Reporters have a wealth of news to give us this week, sad to say.

The number of earthquakes is up in Oklahoma. Meanwhile, gas producers in Pennsylvania quake at proposed taxes.

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John Cole, The Week

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The CDC keeps losing (or misplacing) infectious toxins.

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Drew Sheneman, The Week

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Violence in Chicago may be somewhat comparable to that in Central America.

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Scott Stantis, The Week

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The Mideast, specifically Palestine-Israel, appears to be imploding.  This opinion in Al Jazeera asks if Hamas provokes Israel to attack Gaza.

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Dana Summers, The Week

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Russia is proving deadly, as well. Hopefully, this will not be the final result.

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David Fitzsimmons, The Week

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Cartoons: snapshot of America on this 4th

While, as Steve Breen asserts in the cartoon below, many of us still value life, liberty, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness, some in America don't value these rights so much.  This is especially true when the self-evident rights of others are concerned.  Here are some dos and don'ts for today's America.

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Steve Breen, US News

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If you pray, pray for a tolerant employer.

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Jack Ohman, US News

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Forget what you love to do, learn what will bring home the bacon.

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Michael Ramirez, US News

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When faced with an anti-Obama Congress, use executive actions to get things done.

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Dana Summers, US News

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Watch out for underhanded play in the marketplace.

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Drew Sheneman, US News

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-- Marge